The Autovía A-62 (also known as ''Autovía de Castilla'') is a Spanish
autovía which starts in
Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos.
Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence o ...
and runs through the community of
Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of th ...
, via the cities of
Palencia,
Valladolid and
Salamanca, before ending at the Portuguese border and the
A25 autoestrada. It forms part of
European route E80
European route E 80, also known as Trans-European Motorway or TEM, is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from Lisbon, Portugal to Gürbulak, Turkey, on the border with Iran. The road connects 10 countries and has a length ...
and replaced the former N-620 road.
[https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2015/09/30/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-10439.pdf ]
It is one of the most-used roads in Castile and León, as it is frequently used by drivers travelling between
France
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and Portugal.
History
Conversion of the N-620 to autovía standard began in the mid-1980s, when the section between Palencia and Valladolid was upgraded to
dual carriageway with
same-level junctions. During the 1990s, the Burgos - Palencia and Valladolid - Salamanca sections were upgraded in a similar manner, but with
grade-separated junctions and
slip roads; the junctions on the Palencia - Valladolid section were improved accordingly at a similar time.
The A-62 designation was introduced in 2003, as part of the
general renumbering of Spanish autovías. The section between Salamanca and
Ciudad Rodrigo was built during 2003 and 2004, and the section between Ciudad Rodrigo and Fuentes de Oñoro during 2008. The final section, connecting Fuentes de Oñoro with the Portuguese border and the
A25 autoestrada, opened in 2021.
References
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