A5 motorway (Portugal)

A5 crossing Monsanto in Lisbon.

The A5 is a 25-kilometre-long (16 mi) motorway, located in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal. It connects Lisbon with Cascais. The motorway is also known as Estoril Coast Motorway and it overlaps the Complementary Itinerary 15 (IC15).

The first section of the highway – connecting the Duarte Pacheco Viaduct in the City of Lisbon with the National Stadium in the Oeiras Municipality – was opened in 1944, becoming the first motorway in Portugal and one of the first in the world. From 1945 to the early 1980s, it was officially designated National Road 7 (N7), when it became the A5. The last section of the A5 was opened in 1991.

Motorways in Portugal

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 (CREL) A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 (CRIP) A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 (CRIL) A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 (CREP) A42 A43 A44 A47

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