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Autovía A-92 | |
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Autovía de Andalucía | |
Almería Branch | |
Length | 392 km (244 mi) |
From | Seville |
Major intersections | Guadix |
To | Almería |
Lorca Branch | |
Length | 414 km (257 mi) |
From | Seville |
Major intersections | Guadix |
To | Lorca |
Location | |
Country | Spain |
Highway system | |
TheAutovía A-92 is a highway inAndalusia,Spain. It is a major east–west route running south of theSierra Nevada and is known as theCarretera Sevilla a Granada andAutovía de Andalucía.
It starts inSeville heading parallel to the Rio Guadaira toAntequera, where it is crossed by theAutovía A-45 fromMálaga toCórdoba. It then crosses the Sierra Gorda to Loja and Vega de Granada before reachingGranada. Here the road is crossed by theAutovía A-44 from the coast andMotril toJaén. The A-92 then passes over the Puerto de la Mora de Huétor (1,390 m) toGuadix.
At Guadix the road branches in two; the south passingLa Calahorra Castle and along the Rio Nacimiento toTabernas andAlmería. The northern branch heads along the Hoya de Guadix and theSierra de Baza before joining theAutovía A-7 at junction 578 km, 17 km south ofLorca. In Murcia the road is numberedAutovía A-91.
Over the past many years the road has experienced several problems. In 1991 before the road had opened, a mudslide caused a portion to collapse in Venta del Molinillo,Granada. Again in 1996, a section collapsed nearLoja, Granada. In 2010, two separate portions of the road, inJaén and Granadaprovinces, collapsed following weeks of heavy rainfall. Until 2010, 90 millioneuros had been spent on repairs.[1]