Motorway networks tend to be most concentrated in urban areas, industrial zones and major seaports, where population density and transport demand are typically highest.
In 2024, the densest motorway networks in the EU were in Bremen, Germany (169 km of motorways per 1 000 km2 land area), and Zuid-Holland (134 km/1 000 km2) and Utrecht (124 km/1 000 km2) in the Netherlands. These were followed by the capital regions of Budapest (120 km/1 000 km2), Wien (109 km/1 000 km2) and Noord-Holland (108 km/1 000 km2).
In contrast, there were 20 regions with no motorways. Most of these were island regions: 6 regions in France (5 outermost regions and 1 island region), 3 island regions in Greece, 2 in Portugal and 1 in Finland. In addition, there were 4 regions with no motorways in Poland, 2 Spanish autonomous cities in the North African coast, as well as a single region in Bulgaria and one in Romania.
Compared with 2014, the most significant expansion of the motorway network took place in Andalucía, Spain, where 242 km of new motorways were built in the 10-year period. The second largest expansion was recorded in Stredné Slovensko, Slovakia, with 214 km, and the third largest in Spanish Castilla y León, with 191 km of new motorways.
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