List of highways in Portugal
The following is a list of highways in Portugal. The Portuguese highway system is well spread out over the country. As well as the following roads it includes many national 2 lane roads.
Auto-Estrada (Motorway/Freeway)
| Motorway |
Direction |
Route |
|---|
| A1 |
north/south |
Lisbon to Porto |
| A2 |
north/south |
Lisbon to Faro |
| A3 |
north/south |
Porto to the Spanish border in the direction of Vigo |
| A4 |
east/west |
Porto to Amarante and is expected to be extended to Bragança and eventually the Spanish border |
| A5 |
east/west |
Lisbon to Cascais |
| A6 |
east/west |
Begins when the A2 makes a downward turn and goes to the Spanish border by Elvas |
| A7 |
east/west |
Vila do Conde to Vila Pouca de Aguiar |
| A8 |
north/south |
Lisbon to Leiria |
| A9 |
north/south |
Oeiras to Alverca, it is also the outer-loop of the Lisbon Area. |
| A10 |
north/south |
A9 to connect to A13 |
| A11 |
north/south |
Braga to Guimarães |
| A12 |
east/west |
Loures to Setúbal |
| A13 |
north/south |
Setúbal to Santarém |
| A14 |
east/west |
Coimbra to Figueira da Foz |
| A15 |
east/west |
Santarém to Peniche |
| A17 |
north/south |
Aveiro - Marinha Grande/A8 |
| A22 |
east/west |
Algarve coast through Faro |
| A23 |
L shaped |
from the A1 by Torres Novas to Guarda |
| A24 |
north/south |
Viseu to Chaves and on to the Spain border |
| A25 |
east/west |
Aveiro to Vilar Formoso through Viseu & Guarda |
| A27 |
east/west |
Viana do Castelo to Ponte de Lima |
| A28 |
north/south |
Porto to Viana do Castelo |
| A29 |
north/south highway |
Porto to Ovar but is expected to continue to hug the coast until Aveiro |
Itenerario Principal (Highway)
| Number |
Direction |
Route |
| IP1 |
north/south |
designated as A3, A1, A12, A2 and A22; Valenca to Vila Real de Santo Antonio through Oporto, Lisbon and Faro |
| IP2 |
north/south |
Faro to Bragança |
| IP3 |
north/south |
designated partially as A14&A24 and as itself from Coimbra to Viseu |
| IP4 |
|
A4 and the remaining road to Bragança and Spain |
| IP5 |
|
designated as A25 |
| IP6 |
|
designated as A23 |
| IP7 |
|
designated as A6 |
| IP8 |
east/west |
Ficalho to Sines, through Beja |
| IP9 |
|
designated as A27 |
Itenerario Complementar (Principal Route)
| Number |
Direction |
Route |
| IC1 |
north/south |
Albufeira to Setúbal then on to Lisbon and Spain |
| IC2 |
|
designated as N1 |
| IC3 |
north/south |
Entroncamento to the IC8 |
| IC4 |
|
extension of A22 to run to Aljezur and as its own road to Sines |
| IC5 |
|
designated as A7 |
| IC6 |
|
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| IC7 |
east/west |
Penacova to Oliveira do Hospital |
| IC8 |
east/west |
Pombal to Vila Velha de Rodao |
| IC9 |
|
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| IC10 |
|
designated as A13 |
| IC12 |
north/south |
Sta. Comba Dao to Nelas |
| IC13 |
east/west |
western Setúbal to Alcochete and then in another chunk from Mora to Ponte de Sor and in yet another chunk from Portalegre to Valencia de Alcántara in Spain |
| IC 17 |
|
the inner loop of the Lisbon Area |
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