M70 motorway (Hungary)

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M70 motorway
M70-es autópálya
in use other highways
Route information
Part of E653
Length	21 km (13 mi)
Major junctions
From	M7 near Letenye
To	Tornyiszentmiklós A5 border with  Slovenia
Location
Counties	Zala
Highway system
Roads in Hungary Highways Main roads Local roads

The M70 motorway (Hungarian: M70-es autópálya) is an 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]

Opening timeline[]

• Letenye; M7 – Tornyiszentmiklós (18.6 km): November 2004 - half profile; December 13, 2019 - full profile
• Tornyiszentmiklós – ( border) (2 km): 2005

Junctions, exits and rest area[]

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km		Destinations	Route	Notes
0		M70-M7 interchange	M7 E65 E71	Connection to M7 motorway, towards to Budapest or  Croatia The eastern terminus of European routes E653
1		Korongi Bridge (115.6 m)
2		Letenye
11		Csörnyeföld, Murarátka, Muraszemenye
15		Csörnyeföld rest area
18		Lenti, Tornyiszentmiklós
20		Tornyisztnmiklós rest area
21		Tornyiszentmiklós (H) – Pince (SLO) border crossing
A5 motorway → to Maribor, Slovenia

Maintenance[]

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by this highway engineer.

• near Eszteregnye (M7), kilometre trench 219

Payment[]

Since February 1, 2015, the M70 is fully tolled. It can be paid with the national sticker or county sticker of following counties:

European route(s)[]

Name	Route
	21 km	Letenye (0) – Avtocesta A5

Significant structures[]

Bridge

• Korongi Bridge (Korongi híd; 115.6 m or 379 ft) over the M7 motorway

See also[]

• Roads in Hungary
• Transport in Hungary
• International E-road network

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Autópálya M70.

• National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English)
• Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.)
• National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.