Costa Tropical

Costa Tropical (, "Tropical Coast") is a comarca in southern Spain, corresponding to the Mediterranean coastline of the province of Granada, Andalusia. It is also but less frequently called the Costa de Granada or Costa Granadina. It is crossed by the N-340 coastal highway that runs southwest-northeast along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, to the border with France. Within the last 4 years the A7 has been extended from Nerja in the Malaga province to the Taramay district to the east of Almuñécar. Construction is ongoing to link the A7 motorway to the A44 motorway which heads north from Motril on the coast to the city of Granada. This connection should be complete before April 2012 according to the Spanish Ministry of Development. Originally the whole section of A7 motorway up to Carchuna was due to be completed by early 2011 but the motorway has been besieged by delays due to technical difficulties and the Torrecuevas bridge collapse on 7 November 2005, when six workers died.