Autovía A-6

The Autovía A-6 or Autopista AP-6 (also called Autovía del Noroeste) (Galician: Autovía do Noroeste) is a Spanish autovía and autopista route that starts in Madrid and ends in Arteixo (A Coruña).

Autovía A-6
Autovía/Autopista del Noroeste
Route information
Length	590 km (370 mi)
Major junctions
From	Madrid
To	Arteixo
Location
Country	Spain
Highway system
Highways in Spain Autopistas and autovías National Roads

The tolled Autopista AP-6, from Villalba to Adanero, has a total length of 72.19 km. It includes one of the most important engineering works in the whole motorway, a tri-tube tunnel under the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Sections

#	From	To	Length	Signal
1	Madrid	Collado Villalba	41.79 km	A-6
2	Collado Villalba	Adanero	72.19 km	AP-6
3	Adanero	Medina del Campo	51.29 km	A-6
4	Medina del Campo	Benavente	107.65 km	A-6
5	Benavente	Astorga	65.57 km	A-6
6	Astorga	Ponferrada	65.05 km	A-6
7	Ponferrada	Baamonde	140.26 km	A-6
8	Baamonde	Arteixo	74.33 km	A-6

Major cities crossed

Sign for Autovía A-6 in central Madrid

• Madrid
• Collado Villalba
• Medina del Campo
• Tordesillas
• Benavente
• Astorga
• Ponferrada
• Lugo
• Betanzos
• A Coruña
• Arteixo

External links

• Autopista AP-6 Concessionaire
• Autovía A-6 in Google Maps