The Autovía A-92M, officially the Autovía de Estación de Salinas a Villanueva de Cauche, is an autovía in the Province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Part of the regional road network of the Junta de Andalucía, it runs from the Autovía A-92 at Estación de Salinas, east of Archidona, to the Autovía A-45 at the Puerto de las Pedrizas, near Antequera. It gives traffic between Granada and Málaga a shorter route that bypasses Antequera, and the "M" in its designation stands for Málaga.
Route The road lies entirely within the Province of Málaga. From its junction with the A-92 at Estación de Salinas it runs south-west past Villanueva del Trabuco and Villanueva del Rosario to meet the A-45 at the Puerto de las Pedrizas, near Villanueva de Cauche. It is a dual carriageway, with two lanes in each direction.
History The autovía was built as the dualling (desdoblamiento) of the former N-321 national road between the Puerto de las Pedrizas and Salinas. Work began in July 1994, after a delay tied to the caso Ollero, a corruption case over the alleged payment of commissions by the contractor Ocisa for the award of the Salinas–Las Pedrizas works. The road opened in February 1996, completing a continuous motorway link between Granada and Málaga by that August. It was given the A-92M number in the Andalusian road catalogue of the mid-2000s, which assigned new designations to several roads of the regional Red Básica Estructurante.
See also Highways in Spain
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