M70 motorway (Hungary)
Road in Hungary
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The M70 motorway (Hungarian: M70-es autópálya) is a motorway in Hungary, connecting the M7 motorway to the A5 motorway in Slovenia.[1][2] The road is 21 km long and has a speed limit of 130 km/h. The last section was completed in 2006. After the opening of the last missing sections of the M7 on August 19, 2008, there is a direct motorway link from Budapest to Slovenia. The expressway originally consisted of two lanes between Letenye and Tornyiszentmiklós interchanges. As a four-lane, full profile motorway, it opened on December 13, 2019 (see the Hungarian article for references in Hungarian). It was built by the Colas Group.[3]
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Timeline
| Section | Length | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letenye (M1) – Tornyiszentmiklós | 18.6 km (11.56 mi) | Single carriageway: November 2004 Second carriageway: 13 December 2019 |
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| Tornyiszentmiklós to the border | 2.0 km (1.24 mi) | Autumn of 2005 | Fully motorway |
Route description
- The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with
(2x2 lane road with stop lane).
| County | km | Type | Destination | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Zala |
0 |  |
   M7 / E65 / E71 – Budapest, Nagykanizsa
|
The southern terminus of the  motorway, and E653 route.
Kilometrage starting point | |
| 1 |  |
Korongi híd | Length: 115.6 m
híd means Bridge | ||
| 2 |  |
_Otszogletu_zold_tabla.svg){kind=small} Main road 7 – Letenye, Zagreb (HR) / Budapest |
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| 11 | |
Csörnyeföld, Murarátka / Muraszemenye | Connecting to M70 Autohof | ||
| 15 |  |
Csörnyeföldi pihenőhely | parking, WC, and water
pihenőhely means Rest area | ||
 |
Kerka híd | ||||
| 18 | |
Lenti, Tornyiszentmiklós | |||
| 20 | |
Tornyiszentmiklósi pihenőhely | |||
| 21 |  |
Tornyiszentmiklós (H) – Pince (SLO) border crossing  A5 / E653 – Maribor towards to Ljubljana |
Tornyiszentmiklós border crossing to Slovenia → A5 motorway.
The northern terminus of the motorway, and E653 concurrency. | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Maintenance
The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc. This activity is provided by this highway engineer.
- near Eszteregnye (M7), kilometre trench 219
Payment
Since 2015, the M70 motorway is fully tolled road. Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:
1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica);
- Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024.[4]
2, county vignettes (vármegyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:
| Type of county vignette | Available section |
|---|---|
| Zala | full length (0 km – 21 km) |
European route(s)
| Name | Route | |
 |
21 km | _Otszogletu_kek_tabla.svg){kind=small} Letenye (0) –   Avtocesta A5 |
Significant structures
- Bridge
- Korongi Bridge (Korongi híd; 115.6 m or 379 ft) over the M7 motorway
