| A2 motorway | |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 206 km (128 mi) |
| Existed: | 1998 – present |
| History: | Completed in 1999 |
| Major junctions | |
| West end: | Rabat |
| A1, A3 , N2 | |
| East end: | Fes |
| Location | |
| Major cities: | Rabat, Meknes, Fes |
| Highway system | |
The Rabat-Fes expressway is an expressway in Morocco; its designated identity marker is A2. Total length is 206 km.[1]
The Rabat-Fes expressway consists of a four-lane expressway of the non motorway-sort before the toll station at Sidi Allal El Bahraoui. It takes its origin at the interchange with the Rabat-Tangier expressway. After the toll station, motorway regulations apply. The road roughly follows the old RP1 past Tiflet and to Khémisset, before falling down into the valley of the Oued Sebou. The road makes a bypass past Meknes, serving it with two exits, before reaching the target city of Fes. The road will be extended eastward all the way to Oujda, creating the main East-West cross-country link[2].
The toll income of this road was 146 million dirham (2006: 117 MDh), ranking 4th in toll-revenues in Morocco[3]
The road was constructed during a total of four years, between 1995 and 1999, and opened in three phases:
The extension of this road, the Fes-Oujda expressway, currently under construction, will complete the A2 linking Rabat to Oujda. It was the first road where the ticket system for payment was implemented along the full stretch of the motorway.
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