Editing Las Palmas (section)

=== Roads and highways ===
[[File:Las Palmas North East.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|Road in the city}}]]
Urban road infrastructure is overburdened on workdays and in certain areas; the city street plan is not at all rectilinear, and may be confusing even to experienced drivers. However, there are no toll roads; entrances, exits, main streets and important zones are all well-signposted.

Las Palmas, being the centre of the Las Palmas metropolitan area, is the hub for the island's motorway network. The city is linked with three highways: the [[Autovía GC-1|GC-1]] to the south, the [[Autovía GC-2|GC-2]] to the west and [[Autovía GC-3|GC-3]] acting as a city bypass connecting the other two.

The [[Autovía GC-1|GC-1]] links the capital with [[Puerto de Mogán]] in the south. It is the fastest route from the top of the island to the bottom and vice versa with a speed limit of {{convert|120|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. It is approximately {{convert|75|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length and runs along the eastern and the southern coasts, and is also the second longest superhighway in the Canary Islands. The road provides easy access from the [[Gran Canaria Airport|Airport]] to the major cities and resorts, which include [[Maspalomas]] and [[Playa del Inglés]]. The increase in tourism over the years has necessitated the route's upgrading and widening to cope with traffic growth. The GC-1 begins south of the downtown area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the highway runs within the beach of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and {{convert|2|km|0|abbr=on}} south intersects with the GC-2 and later runs with a few clover leaf interchanges and later forms a junction with GC-5 and south, the GC-31.

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The [[Autovía GC-2|GC-2]] North Highway connects Las Palmas with the small northern port and village of [[Agaete]]. The highway begins by the beach area of the island, and runs through the downtown area, linking with the GC31 at a roundabout interchange. The freeway runs within the beaches and the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean for the half part but at around the 20th km, it becomes a highway after the unidirectional parclo interchanges and runs within the coastline, it later has several interchanges and several towns as it passes to the northwest and finally, it ends in Agaete.