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Portuguese: Via Rápida 1
Route information
Length	44 km (27 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Ribeira Brava
East end	Porto do Caniçal
Location
Country	Portugal
Highway system
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The Via Rápida 1 or VR1 (Fast Road 1 in English) is the first motorway in Madeira. Since April 2017, there is another motorway in the island called VR2. Construction started in 1989^[1] completed in 2005.^[2]

With 44 km it goes from Ribeira Brava to Porto do Caniçal, providing a fast connection between Funchal and the Madeira International Airport. This motorway is also known as Cota 200^[3]^[4]

Junctions

There are 27 Junctions and 30 tunnels in total.^[2]^[6]

Junction ( Nó )	Km
Ribeira Brava ( 1 ) – Campanário	3,200
Ribeira Brava - 1800 m / 1805 m (consoante o sentido)^[6]
Amoreira - 130 m / 142 m
Campanário ( 2 ) – Quinta Grande	2,645
Campanário - 310 m / 336 m
Vera Cruz - 354 m / 345 m
Quinta Grande - 932 m / 942 m
Quinta Grande ( 3 ) – Alforra	2,550
Cabo Girão - 1200 m
Caldeira - 210 m / 304 m
Alforra - 368 m / 418 m
Alforra ( 4 ) – Ponte dos Frades	1,350
Preces - 280 m
Quinta do Leme - 161 m / 200 m
Ponte dos Frades ( 5 ) – Câmara Lobos	0,765
Câmara Lobos ( 6 ) – Quebradas	1,010
Quebradas ( 7 ) – Esmeraldo	1,850
Esmeraldo ( 8 ) – Pilar	0,625
Pilar ( 9 ) – Santo António	0,850
Santo António ( 10 ) – Santa Luzia	1,300
João Abel de Freitas - 568 m / 581 m
Santa Luzia ( 11 ) – Pestana Júnior	1,450
Marmeleiros - 705 m / 738 m
Quinta da Palmeira - 243 m / 264 m
Pestana Júnior ( 12 ) – Boa Nova	1,900
João Gomes - 138 m / 140 m
Jardim Botânico - 210 m / 208 m
REPSOL Cota 200 - Km 18,900 ^[7]
Boa Nova ( 13 ) – Pinheiro Grande	2,375
Pinheiro Grande - 378 m / 382 m
Pinheiro Grande ( 14 ) – Cancela	0,800
Cancela - 354 m / 353 m
Cancela ( 15 ) – Caniço	2,075
Abegoaria Oeste - 315 m
Abegoaria Este - 300 m / 360 m
Caniço ( 16 ) – Porto Novo	2,725
Mãe de Deus - 230 m
Porto Novo ( 17 ) – Gaula	1,300
Gaula ( 18 ) – Boaventura	1,700
REPSOL Gaula - Km 29,550 (apenas no sentido Este-Oeste)^[7]
Gaula - 160 m (apenas no sentido Este-Oeste)
Boaventura ( 19 ) – São Pedro	0,400
São Pedro ( 20 ) – Santa Cruz	1,550
Santa Cruz Oeste - 150 m
Santa Cruz Este - 110 m
Santa Catarina - 240 m
Santa Cruz ( 21 ) – Aeroporto Gare	1,636
Aeroporto Gare ( 22 ) – Aeroporto Leste	0,800
Aeroporto Leste ( 23 ) – Água de Pena	0,914
Água de Pena ( 24 ) – Machico Sul	1,168
Queimada II - 745 m / 730 m
Machico Sul ( 25 ) – Machico Norte	2,252
Piquinho - 437 m / 460 m
Machico Norte ( 26 ) – Caniçal Oeste	2,945
Fazenda - 162 m / 180 m
Duplo Caniçal - 2140 m / 2160 m
Caniçal Oeste ( 27 ) – Porto do Caniçal ( 28 )	2,063
Portais - 700 m / 740 m
Palmeira - 940 m / 900 m
Porto do Caniçal	44,198