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 ...
in Morocco; its designated identity marker is A2. Its total length is 190 km.
The Rabat–Fes expressway consists of a four-lane expressway of the non motorway-sort before the
toll
Toll may refer to:
Transportation
* Toll (fee) a fee charged for the use of a road or waterway
** Road pricing, the modern practice of charging for road use
** Road toll (historic)
The road toll was a historical fee charged to travellers and ...
station at
Sidi Allal El Bahraoui
Sidi Allal El Bahraoui is a town in Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco. At the 2004 census, its population was 9,884.Rabat–Tangier expressway. After the toll station, motorway regulations apply. The road roughly follows the old RP1 past
Tiflet
Tifelt ( Berber: Tifelt, ⵜⵉⴼⴻⵍⵜ, erroneously rendered as ''Tiflet'' in French; Arabic: تيفلت) is a town in northwestern Morocco, west of Khemisset and east of Rabat. Tifelt is in a region of Morocco that is rich with ancient his ...
and to
Khémisset
Khemisset (Amazigh language: Zemmur, ar, الخميسات) is an Amazigh town in northern Morocco with a population of 131,542 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is situated on the A2 motorway between Rabat (81 km) and Meknès (57&nbs ...
, before falling down into the valley of the
Oued Sebou
Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...
. The road makes a bypass past Meknes, serving it with two exits, before reaching the target city of
Fez
Fez most often refers to:
* Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire
* Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco
Fez or FEZ may also refer to:
Media
* ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...
. The road will be extended eastward all the way to
Oujda
Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...
, creating the main East-West cross-country link.
The toll income of this road was 146 million
dirham
The dirham, dirhem or dirhm ( ar, درهم) is a silver unit of currency historically and currently used by several Arab and Arab influenced states. The term has also been used as a related unit of mass.
Unit of mass
The dirham was a un ...
(2006: 117 MDh), ranking 4th in toll-revenues in MoroccoMain financial figures on ADM's website, visited 23 August 2008
The road was constructed during a total of four years, between 1995 and 1999, and opened in three phases:
*Fez-Meknes (May 1998)
*Meknes-Khémisset (October 1998)
*Khémisset-Rabat (May 1999)
The extension of this road, the Fes-Oujda expressway completes the A2 linking of Rabat to Oujda.
It was the first road where the ticket system for payment was implemented along the full stretch of the motorway.