The Autovía A-43 (also known as ''Autovía Extremadura - Comunidad Valenciana'') is an
autovía
An ''autovía'' is one of two classes of major highway in the Spanish road system similar to a British motorway or an American freeway. It is akin to the autopista, the other major highway class, but has fewer features and is never a toll roa ...
in south-central
Spain
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As of 2013, it lies entirely in the community of
Castile-La Mancha. It starts at the Autovía A-41 at
Ciudad Real and runs past the towns of
Daimiel
Daimiel is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 17,342, and a mechanical industry. The football club is Daimiel CF. The Tablas de Daimiel National Park, a well-known but endangered wetland natural re ...
and
Manzanares, and the small cities of
Tomelloso
Tomelloso () is a municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 33,548 (2005).
Main sights
*Posada de los Portales (late 17th century)
*Town Hall, rebuilt in 1904
*Church of the ''Asunción de Nues ...
and
Villarrobledo
Villarrobledo () is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It's better known for having the world's largest area covered by vineyards (more than 30,000 has., approxima ...
, before ending at the village of
Atalaya del Cañavate in the
province of Cuenca, where it connects with the
Autovía A-3 to
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
and the
Autovía A-31
The Autovía A-31, also known as the Autovía de Alicante, is a highway in Spain. The road connects Madrid to Alicante.
It starts at a junction with the Autovía A-3 at Alarcón and heads south east to Albacete. Thereafter the Autovía A-30 ...
to
Albacete
Albacete (, also , ; ar, ﭐَلبَسِيط, Al-Basīṭ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete.
Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the ...
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 ...
.
Between Ciudad Real and Daimiel, the A-43 runs parallel to the road shared by the
N-420
The N-420 is a highway in Spain.
The road starts 36 km east of Córdoba at Montoro (Junction 356 of the Autovía A-4). The N-420 runs north through the heavily wooded Sierra Morena passing over the Puerto de Niella (902m) then crossing the ...
and
N-430 routes, while between Daimiel and Manzanares (where it also connects with the
Autovía A-4) it runs parallel to the N-430 alone. Between Manzanares and Atalaya del Cañavate, it runs parallel to the N-310.
In the future, the A-43 will be extended westwards from Ciudad Real to the
Autovía A-5
The Autovía A-5 (also called ''Autovía del Suroeste'') is a Spanish autovía which starts in Madrid and ends at the Portugal–Spain border, near Badajoz, where it connects to the Portuguese A6 motorway.
It is one of the six radial autovías ...
near
Mérida, in
Extremadura
Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...
, again running parallel to the N-430.
A-43
A-43
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