The Casablanca–Marrakesh (or Marrakech) expressway is an expressway in Morocco. It has been designated A3 as its identity marker. Total length is 220 km: 17 km

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

bypass, 57 km Casablanca- Settat and 146 km Settat-

Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

The

expressway Expressway may refer to: * Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. * Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional s ...

takes its origins south of the residential area of

, at the interchange with the A1 Casablanca bypass. It continues south past Bouskoura and serves the Mohamed V airport with an exit. A toll station is placed just south of there. The road then circumvales the town of Berrechid serving it with an exit north of it for south-bound traffic and one south of it for north-bound traffic. The road was opened in 2002 to Settat, and construction on the remaining part started in 2003 reaching Marrakesh in 2007. In 2005 the 17 km bypass of Settat opened. When the Marrakech-Agadir expressway opened in 2009 it was directly connected to this A3. The Casablanca-Marrakesh highway was completed and opened to traffic on April 17, 2007. Toll-revenues of this road, including the Casablanca bypass, totaled 219 million dirhams, reaching 3rd spot of top earners.Main financial figures
on ADM's website, visited 23 August 2008

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Opening of completed road by king
A3 Expressway, Casablanca Expressway, Marrakech {{Morocco-road-stub ar:طريق سيار الدارالبيضاء-مراكش