M70 motorway (Hungary) explained

Country:	HUN
Type:	M
Route:	70
Map:	M70 Autóút Hungary.png
Map Notes:	in use other highways
Image Notes:	Korongi Bridge in M70
Length Km:	21
Terminus A:	near Letenye
Terminus B:	border with Slovenia →
Counties:	Zala

The M70 motorway (hu|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]

Timeline

Section	Length	Opened	Notes
Letenye (M1) – Tornyiszentmiklós	18.62NaN2	Single carriageway: November 2004 Second carriageway: 13 December 2019
Tornyiszentmiklós to the border	22NaN2	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
Zala	0		– Budapest, Nagykanizsa---- – Letenye → Zagreb (HR)	The southern terminus of the motorway, and E653 route.----Kilometrage starting point----trumpet interchange
align=center	1	align=center		Korongi híd	Length: 115.6 m----híd means Bridge
align=center	2	align=center		Main road 7 – Letenye, Zagreb (HR) / Budapest
align=center	11	align=center		Csörnyeföld, Murarátka / Muraszemenye	Connecting to M70 Autohof
align=center	15	align=center		Csörnyeföldi pihenőhely	parking, WC, and water----pihenőhely means Rest area
align=center		align=center		Kerka híd
align=center	18	align=center		Lenti, Tornyiszentmiklós
align=center	20	align=center		Tornyiszentmiklósi pihenőhely
21		Tornyiszentmiklós (H) – Pince (SLO) border crossing – Maribor towards to Ljubljana	Tornyiszentmiklós border crossing to Slovenia → A5 motorway.----The northern terminus of the motorway, and E653 concurrency. 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: European route(s) Name Route 21 km Letenye (0) – Avtocesta A5 Significant structures Bridge Korongi Bridge (Hungarian: Korongi híd; 115.6m (379.3feet)) over the M7 motorway See also Roads in Hungary Transport in Hungary International E-road network External links Exit list of M70 National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English) National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Orbán to Slovenian PM: 'We Are Well Aware of What Mass Illegal Migration Mean' . 2019-10-28 . Hungary Today . Hungary Today . Hungary . 2020-01-06.
2. Book: Concrete, FIB-International Federation for Structural . Proceedings fib Symposium in Budapest Hungary Vol1 . 2005-05-01 . . Hungary . 9789634208389 . 2020-01-06.
3. Web site: Roads . admin . 2014-11-13 . Colas . . France . 2020-01-06.
4. Web site: National Toll Payment Services PLC - E-vignette rates from 1 January 2024. toll-charge.hu.