The Autovía A-44 is a highway in

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. It is also known as the Autovía de Granada / Sierra Nevada. The entirety of the route also forms the entirety of European route E 902, a B class road in the

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. A-44 / E 902 connects the coastal municipality of Motril to the inland town of Bailén. It starts at La Gorgoracha from a section of the Autovía A-7 which starts at Motril at the junction of the N-340. From La Gorgoracha it runs parallel to the old N-323, but to the east of Velez de Benaudalla heading Rules dam (the old, and still existing section of the N-323 between Motril and Izbor, heads up the gorge of the Rio Guadalfeo into the Valle de Lecrin with Las Alpujarras to the east). The road heads through the

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passing over the Puerto del Suspiro del Moro (865 m). It then passes to the west of

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the north of which is a junction with the Autovía A-92. The road heads north through the Sierra de Lucena by the Puerto del Carretero (1,040 m). It then follows the

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of the Rio Guadalbullón to Jaén. It then joins the

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at Bailén. Currently, A-44 / E 902 is finished. The latest section Ízbor-Motril was finished in August 2008 including a couple of bridges over the lake of Rules dam, before it was finished the still existing N-323 national road was the way to get to Motril from Velez de Benaudalla. The new section of A-44 / E 902, running west from Granada to divert traffic from the current ring road, was officially opened on 16 December 2020. The already existing portion of the motorway was renamed GR-30.Segunda Circunvalación de Granada: un alivio para el Cinturón. Granada Hoy https://www.granadahoy.com/granada/Segunda-Circunvalacion-Granada-alivio-Cinturon_0_1529247691.html

Route

* ** / : Bailén () - Jaén -

() - Motril ()

References

External links

UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)Autovía A-44 in Google Maps

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