Autovía A-44

The Autovía A-44 is a highway in Andalucia, Spain. It is also known as the Autovía de Granada / Sierra Nevada.

It starts on the coast at Motril at the junction of the N340 initially being called the N-323. It heads up the gorge of the Rio Guadalfeo into the Valle de Lecrin with Las Alpujarras to the east. The road heads through the Sierra Nevada passing over the Puerto del Suspiro del Moro (865 m). It then passes to the east of Granada 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 valley of the Rio Guadaldulón to Jaen. It then joins the Autovía A-4 at Bailén.

Currently, the Autovía A-44 is active from Bailén to ízbor. The section Ízbor-Motril is under construction, and that still currently is a national road.

External links

* [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&hl=es&saddr=Bail%C3%A9n&daddr=%C3%ADzbor&sll=36.88731,-3.512192&sspn=0.130707,0.344009&ie=UTF8&z=8&ll=37.561997,-3.235474&spn=2.072648,5.50415&om=1 Autovía A-44 in Google Maps]