The Autovía V-31, commonly called ''Pista de Silla'' (), is an

autovía An ''autovía'' is one of two classes of major highway in the Spanish road system similar to a British motorway or an American freeway. It is akin to the autopista, the other major highway class, but has fewer features and is never a toll roa ...

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

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. It is 13 km (8 miles) long and runs from the junction of the Autopista AP-7 and the

Autovía A-7 The Autovía A-7 (also called ''Autovia del Mediterráneo'') is a Spanish autovía (toll-free limited-access highway) which starts in La Jonquera, near the French frontier and ends in Algeciras. It was finally finished in late 2015 upon complet ...

near the small town of

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

to the Autovía V-30 on the southern outskirts of the city centre. Built as an upgrade of the N-332 road, which used to run through small towns in the Southern metropolitan area, it is frequently used by commuters and drivers travelling between Valencia and

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. The floods of the DANA of 2024 significantly affected the highway. During the afternoon of Tuesday, October 29, the force of the water caused damage to the infrastructure and swept away the vehicles that were traveling on the road out of control, interrupting traffic and trapping many drivers in their vehicles. The V-31 highway stopped the advance of the tongue of destruction during the DANA. The area closest to the Albufera suffered less damage, but the flooding on the western shoulder worsened. The half-meter height of the median turned the lane into a small reservoir and more aggressively flooded the commercial area that extends for kilometers parallel to the road, where the MN4 shopping center is located.

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