The Autovía A-42 (also known as ''Autovía de Toledo'') is a Spanish

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which connects

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to Toledo. It was built in the mid-1980s as an upgrade of the N-401 road between the two cities, and received the A-42 designation in 2003 as part of the general renumbering of Spanish autovías. In the mid-2000s, the Autopista AP-41 was built to supersede the A-42, though the autovía is still regularly used. Beyond Toledo, the A-42 continues through the community of Castile-La Mancha to

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as the CM-42, itself an upgrade of the CM-400.

Project

On May 9, 2006, the City of

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signed an agreement with the Ministry of Public Works to move the road to make it pass through Getafe.

Cities contiguous to Autovía A-42

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