The Via Rápida 2 or VR2 (Fast Road 2 in English) is the second

motorway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...

on the island of

Madeira Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of ...

. Construction started in 2008 In 2011, this construction had to stop due to lands owners and the financial crisis in Portugal In 2015, the construction resumed with funding from the

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and it was finally opened in 25 April 2017. With 3,7 km it goes from

Câmara de Lobos Câmara de Lobos (; or 'Wolves' Chamber') is a municipality and town in the southern coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira, divided in 5 freguesias. A de facto suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger pop ...

to Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, providing a fast connection between the downtown of

and the North of the same municipality, Jardim da Serra, Estreito de Câmara de Lobos and Covão.

Junctions

There are 4 Junctions and 3 tunnels in total.

References

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Roads in Portugal 2017 establishments in Portugal Transport in Madeira