M70 Expressway (Hungary)

The M70 motorway () is a motorway in Hungary, connecting the M7 motorway to the A5 motorway in Slovenia. The road is 21 km long and has a speed limit of 130 km/h. The last section was completed in 2006. After the opening of the last missing sections of the M7 on August 19, 2008, there is a direct motorway link from Budapest to Slovenia. The expressway originally consisted of two lanes between Letenye and Tornyiszentmiklós interchanges. As a four-lane, full profile motorway, it opened on December 13, 2019 (see the Hungarian article for references in Hungarian). It was built by the Colas Group.

Timeline

Route description

*The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).

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Zala
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– Letenye → Zagreb ( HR)
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Kilometrage starting point
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trumpet interchange
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, Korongi híd
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, Csörnyeföld, Murarátka / Muraszemenye
, Connecting to M70 Autohof
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, Csörnyeföldi pihenőhely
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, Kerka híd
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, Tornyiszentmiklósi pihenőhely
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, style="background:#dfd;", Tornyiszentmiklós (H) – Pince (SLO) border crossing
– Maribor towards to Ljubljana
, style="background:#dfd;", Tornyiszentmiklós border crossing to Slovenia → A5 motorway.
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The northern terminus of the motorway, and E653 concurrency.

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road b
Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc.
This activity is provided by this highway engineer.
* near Eszteregnye ( M7), kilometre trench 219

Payment

Since 2015, the M70 motorway is fully tolled road. Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, ''time-based fee'' vignettes (E-matrica);
* Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024.

2, ''county'' vignettes (vármegyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:
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, Zala
, full length (0 km – 21 km)

European route(s)

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, align="right", 21 km , , Letenye (0) – ''Avtocesta A5''

Significant structures

; Bridge
* Korongi Bridge (; ) over the M7 motorway

See also

* Roads in Hungary
* Transport in Hungary
* International E-road network

References

External links

Exit list of M70

National Toll Payment Services Plc.
(in Hungarian, some information also in English)

National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.

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