The Autovía A-31, also known as the Autovía de Alicante, is a highway in

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. The road connects

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

. It starts at a junction with the

Autovía A-3 The Autovía A-3 (also called ''Autovía del Este'') ( ca-valencia, Autovia de l’Est) is a Spanish autovía which starts in Madrid and ends in Valencia. It is the shortest of the six radial autovías stemming from Madrid, at 355 km (220. ...

at Alarcón and heads south east to

Albacete Albacete (, also , ; ar, ﭐَلبَسِيط, Al-Basīṭ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-ea ...

. Thereafter the Autovía A-30 branches off to

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

. The A-31 heads east to Almansa and a junction with the

Autovía A-35 The Autovía A-35 (formerly known as the Almansa-Xàtiva highway) is a highway in the province of Valencia, Spain. It connects Xàtiva and the N-340 The N-340 is a major highway in Spain. It is over 1,000 km long starting south of Bar ...

before heading to the coast the

Autovía A-7 The Autovía A-7 (also called ''Autovia del Mediterráneo'') is a Spanish autovía (toll-free limited-access highway) which starts in La Jonquera, near the French frontier and ends in Algeciras. It was finally finished in late 2015 upon completi ...

and

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