Perhaps the classic AC/DC number can best sum up where the A-7 peters out into the N-340… Highway to Hell.
Tag Archive for N-340
Horse Causes Road Accident
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Three members of a family; two men and their mother, were injured when their van collided with a horse on the N-340 between Motril and Torrenueva. The animal had escaped from a field near Motril. It took seven hours before the animal, which was in agony, was put down.
19 in Only 4!
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(Regional News) A police helicopter captured a biker on camera who managed to knock up 19 driving infractions in only four minutes! Hey, gotta say, Guys, that my Mary would knock up 19 driving infractions before she even got the car out of the garage, which would take about four hours, admittedly, but that’s a different story.
New Roundabout Demand
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With the ever-growing numbers of visitors to the very popular Cantarrijan beach, just west of La Herradura, calls for a roundabout to be built on the N-340 are also growing. In fact, several plenary meetings of the municipal council have culminated in a request to the Demarcacion de Carretera (road authorities) for such a junction, as well as one at the entrance to the Urbanizacion de Las Palomas, just before the Cerro Gordo tunnel.
N-340 Road Accident
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There was a road accident on the N-340 in front of Salobrena when a car and a motorbike collided. Anything involving a motorbike and another vehicle normally ends in horrific injuries to the bike rider, although in this case, there were no fatalities to lament. In fact, the biker got away with just a broken…
Landslide Blocks Tunnel
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A landslide near the mouth of the Punta de la Mona tunnel, on the La Herradura side, caused the main road to be closed to traffic whilst it was cleared. It’s not the first time that there has been a rock-fall there; in fact, retention netting etc has only recently been erected at this entrance.
Road Improvements, N-340
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Work on the roadside of the N-340 on either side of the Punta de la Mona tunnel is continuing. Drainage is being improved by turning the earth culverts into a concrete ones.
Three Summers More I
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The summer’s here but the coastal highway is not, nor will it be until early 2013 probably.
Three More Summers II
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As part of the austerity measures, the Government announced that it would cut back 6,400 million euros on public spending. Even before this announcement, the long-awaited completion date for the A-7 coastal highway had been set back to 2011.
Not A Priority?
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This time about the new roundabout on the N-340, where the Los Pinos road joins it. Now, nobody would claim that it was a waste of money, but surely there are much more needy trouble spots in the N-340, where it passes through the municipality.