M70 motorway (Hungary)

The M70 motorway (Hungarian: M70-es autópálya) is a motorway in Hungary, connecting the M7 motorway to the A5 motorway in Slovenia.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

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M70 motorway
M70-es autópálya
in use other highways
Korongi Bridge in M70
Route information

Part of E653

Length	21 km (13 mi)
Major junctions
From	M7 near Letenye
To	border with Slovenia → A5

Location
Country	Hungary
Counties	Zala

Highway system
Roads in Hungary Highways Main roads Local roads

Section	Length	Opened	Notes
Letenye (M1) – Tornyiszentmiklós	18.6 km (11.56 mi)	Single carriageway: November 2004 Second carriageway: 13 December 2019
Tornyiszentmiklós to the border	2.0 km (1.24 mi)	Autumn of 2005	Fully motorway

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

This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. (November 2021)

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County	km	Type	Destination	Notes
Zala	0		M7 / E65 / E71 – Budapest, Nagykanizsa M7 / E65 / E71 – Letenye → Zagreb (HR)	The southern terminus of the motorway, and E653 route. Kilometrage starting point trumpet interchange
1		Korongi híd	Length: 115.6 m híd means Bridge
2		Main road 7 – Letenye, Zagreb (HR) / Budapest
11		Csörnyeföld, Murarátka / Muraszemenye	Connecting to M70 Autohof
15		Csörnyeföldi pihenőhely	parking, WC, and water pihenőhely means Rest area
		Kerka híd
18		Lenti, Tornyiszentmiklós
20		Tornyiszentmiklósi pihenőhely
21		Tornyiszentmiklós (H) – Pince (SLO) border crossing A5 / E653 – Maribor towards to Ljubljana	Tornyiszentmiklós border crossing to Slovenia → A5 motorway. The northern terminus of the motorway, and E653 concurrency.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Unopened

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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.^[4]

2, county vignettes (vármegyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

More information Type of county vignette, Available section ...

Type of county vignette	Available section
Zala	full length (0 km – 21 km)

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M70 motorway (Hungary)

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European route(s)

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Name	Route
	21 km	Letenye (0) – Avtocesta A5