The GC-2 (or ''Autovía del Norte'', "Northern Highway") is a superhighway in

Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...

(

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). It connects

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

with the village of Agaete. The eastern portion, for about 20 km, is a superhighway with interchange numbers; the western part is like a freeway (because it has exit numbers) but the rest of the highway only has two lanes.

Description

The superhighway begins by the beach area of the island or the Canary Islands' co-capital with the highway GC1. The highway runs through the downtown area and links with a roundabout interchange with GC23. The freeway runs within the beaches and the coastline of the

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for the half part but at around the twentieth kilometre, it becomes a highway after the unidirectional parclo interchanges and runs within the coastline, it later has several interchanges and several towns as it passes to the northwest and finally, it ends in Agaete.

History

The superhighway was first opened in the late-1970s when tourism arrived, it first opened within Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, it later extended to the western part and with the GC23. The superhighway later extended to the coastline and the highway later bypasses towns in the 1980s and the 1990s to Agaete with several towns, that section within Agaete added interchange numbers and exit numbers but it not classifies as a superhighway.

21st century

A project to extend the GC-2 from Agaete to

La Aldea de San Nicolás La Aldea de San Nicolás is the westernmost municipality of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas (province), Las Palmas province of the Canary Islands. Its full name was, until 2005,Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

* Arucas * Moya * Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria * Gáldar * Agaete * Artenara *

La Aldea de San Nicolás La Aldea de San Nicolás is the westernmost municipality of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las Palmas (province), Las Palmas province of the Canary Islands. Its full name was, until 2005,Autopista GC-1 The GC-1 (also ''Autopista del Sur'', "Southern Highway") is a superhighway (or motorway) on the island of Gran Canaria. It links the capital Las Palmas in the north with Puerto de Mogán in the south. It is the fastest route from the north of ...

* Autopista GC-3

References

{{Gran Canaria GC-2 Transport in Gran Canaria Transport in Las Palmas