The GC-2 (or Autovía del Norte , "Northern Highway") is a superhighway in Gran Canaria ( Canary Islands ). It connects Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with the village of Agaete .
12-495: The eastern portion, for about 20 km, is a superhighway with interchange numbers; the western part is like a freeway (because it has exit numbers) but the rest of the highway only has two lanes. The superhighway begins by the beach area of the island or the Canary Islands' co-capital with the highway GC1 . The highway runs through the downtown area and links with a roundabout interchange with GC23 . The freeway runs within
24-416: Is a superhighway (or motorway) on the island of Gran Canaria . It links the capital Las Palmas in the north with Puerto de Mogán in the south. It is the fastest route from the north of the island to the south and vice versa with a top speed limit of 120 km/h (75 mph). It is approximately 75 km (47 miles) in length, and runs along the eastern and the southern coasts of this circular island and
36-481: Is also the second longest superhighway in the Canary Islands. The road provides easy access from the airport to the major cities and resorts. The resorts include Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés . The increase in tourism over the years has seen the GC1 route slowly being upgraded and widened to cope with extra traffic. GC-1 does not have motorway designation from Las Palmas to the airport, but has motorway designation from
48-419: Is one of the most populated towns along the south coast of Gran Canaria , Spain . A once typical Canarian fishing village, it is now home to both locals and tourists, as the settlement has continued to grow. In 2015 it had 2517 inhabitants. It is part of the municipality of Mogán and is located southwest of Las Palmas . There are several bars and restaurants, the latter specialising in fresh fish caught
60-551: The GC2 and later runs with a few clover leaf interchange and later forms a junction with GC5 and south, the GC31 . The highway runs east of Telde and has a cloverleaf interchange with GC-10 (Exit 8), a parclo interchange (Exit 10), it passes into an area where most of the island's farmlands are located and into the subdivision and the industrial area, where it has another cloverleaf interchange (Exit 25). The superhighway has some interchanges to
72-462: The airport to its southern end. Although the geographical name for the official name of the "Southern" highway is used, this is to differentiate it from the Autovía GC-2 , and not because there are two motorways on the island. The GC1 begins south of the downtown area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the superhighway runs within the beach of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and 2 km south intersects with
84-627: The beaches and the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean for the half part but at around the twentieth kilometre, it becomes a highway after the unidirectional parclo interchanges and runs within the coastline, it later has several interchanges and several towns as it passes to the northwest and finally, it ends in Agaete. The superhighway was first opened in the late-1970s when tourism arrived, it first opened within Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, it later extended to
96-491: The same day. Tuesday is market day (the largest on the island). Arguineguín features a beach and a port. Tourism is not as popular in Arguineguín as in the larger places as Maspalomas and Playa del Ingles . Holiday hotels, however, can be found in Arguineguín; Marino I, Dorado Beach, Club Puerto Atlantico, Sunwing Resort Arguineguín, Green Beach Hotel and Radisson Blu Resort to mention the larger ones. The harbour here hosts
108-499: The southeast for the tourist resorts and passes through a number of tunnels before ending at the GC-200 road to the North of Puerto de Mogán. The superhighway was first opened in the mid to late 1970s when tourism arrived. It first opened within Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and later extended to Telde as well as the airport and the subdivision area, along with the industrial area and, in the 1990s,
120-505: The western part and with the GC23 . The superhighway later extended to the coastline and the highway later bypasses towns in the 1980s and the 1990s to Agaete with several towns, that section within Agaete added interchange numbers and exit numbers but it not classifies as a superhighway. A project to extend the GC-2 from Agaete to La Aldea de San Nicolás was drafted between 2001 and 2011. This project
132-425: Was extended to the touristic part of the island, and finally near Arguineguín . Construction of the extension from Puerto Rico through to Puerto de Mogán started in 2009 and was completed and opened to traffic on March 25, 2013. 27°45′23″N 15°37′01″W / 27.75639°N 15.61694°W / 27.75639; -15.61694 Arguinegu%C3%ADn Arguineguín ( Guanche for "quiet water")
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#1732875814907144-511: Was split into two phases: Phase 1 opened in mid-2017, providing respite to communities that had been cut off when a landslide in September 2016 forced the permanent closure of the nearby GC-200 coastal road. On 24 September 2019, work began on phase 2 at a projected cost of €157 million, and with the expectation that it would take 65 months to complete. GC1 (Gran Canaria) The GC-1 (also Autopista del Sur , "Southern Highway")
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