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Autovía EX-A2

The EX-A2 is an autovía in Extremadura. It originates from the Autovía A-5 (, ) near the town of Miajadas and ends at the EX-206, a road that connects Don Benito and Villanueva de la Serena.

It runs parallel to the EX-106, which directly serves the same towns bypassed by the EX-A2. The autovía belongs to the road network owned by the Junta de Extremadura.

History

The autovía was constructed in approximately 37 months at a cost of €101 million (equivalent to € in ). It opened at noon on 19 April 2006, by the president of Extremadura, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra. The opening of the highway was hailed as a potential economic boon as it connected the most important cities of to the rest of Europe by controlled-access highways.

Major intersections

|- |rowspan=2|Cáceres |rowspan=2|Miajadas | | | | |- | |align=center|6 |EX-106 – Miajadas | |- |rowspan=5|Badajoz |Vivares | |align=center|8 |Vivares, Casar de Miajadas, Valdehornillos | |- |Ruecas | |align=center|15 | | |- |Don Benito | |align=center|20 |EX-A2-R1 – Don Benito (west)<br>EX-106 – Don Benito (central) | |- |rowspan=2|Villanueva de la Serena | |align=center|23 |EX-A2-R2 – Villanueva de la Serena (north) |Autovía ends |- | | |EX-206 – Villanueva de la Serena, Don Benito |Roundabout |-

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