The TF-1 is a superhighway encircling the eastern and the southern parts of the island of Tenerife

Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...

 (Canary Islands

Canary Islands

The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

). The TF-1 motorway runs from the capital Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital , second-most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the 21st largest city in Spain, with a population of 222,417 in 2009...

 in the north to Adeje with its major tourist resorts Los Cristianos

Los Cristianos

Los Cristianos is a town in Spain with a population of approximately 19,000 , situated on the south coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife. Located in the municipality of Arona between the cone of the mountain Chayofita and the greater mountain Guaza. The town centre is around the Los Cristianos...

 and Playa de las Américas

Playa de las Américas

Playa de las Américas is a purpose-built holiday resort in the northern part of the Municipality of Arona, close to the adjoining Municipality of Adeje in the south of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. It was built in the 1960s beside the town of Los Cristianos and stretching northward to the...

 in the south of the island. It is a 78 km superhighway and interchange numbers go facing south. The superhighway is one in the Canary Islands that passes through most of the municipalities and is the longest in the archipelago as well.

Description

The superhighway begins with the junction with the northern motorway TF-5 and the short TF-4 near the Canary Islands' only refinery and is 1 km south from downtown Santa Cruz. The TF-1 follows the coastline to the TFS Reina Sofia southern airport, and ends in Adeje a few km before Playa Paraiso.

History

The motorway TF-1 connected Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Candelaria

Candelaria

-People:*John Candelaria , American baseball pitcher*Candelaria Pérez , sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay*Nash Candelaria , U.S...

 first in the mid 1970s. In 1978 a very important extension to the new southern airport supported the creation of new villages on the south-east coast, like the small holiday resort of Abades

Abades, Tenerife

Abades “on Tenerife” is a small holiday resort located on the south-east coast from Tenerife on the municipality of Arico, between Poris de Abona and La Jaca, GPS position 28° 08’ 35.37” N – 16° 26’ 23.50” O.- The leprosy station :...

 and prepared the field for a phenomenal touristic expansion starting from Los Cristianos and extending to Las Americas. The famous town of Güímar

Güímar

Güímar is the name of a municipality, town, and valley in the eastern part of the Spanish island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of Santa Cruz de Tenerife...

 was connected the same year. In the 1990s the TF-1 extended to Arona and later to Adeje to meet up with an increasing demand. The superhighway runs from El Rosario

El Rosario, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

El Rosario is a municipality of the northeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, on the Canary Islands. The city is also a suburban area of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife area...

 to San Miguel de Abona over the mountain landscape and serves mountain interchanges. The superhighway TF-1 ends in a circle southwest of Adeje since 2001, the part between Candelaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife has been enlarged on 3 ways in 2008.

Current

The TF-1 is presently being extended from the Los Menores, Adeje towards Los Gigantes. Apparently the exact route is not published online but you can see construction work along the route.

Municipalities

• Santa Cruz de Tenerife (City)
• El Rosario
  El Rosario
  El Rosario may refer to:*El Rosario, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands*El Rosario, Morazán, El Salvador*El Rosario, a lake located in El Rosario National Park in Guatemala*El Rosario, Baja California, Mexico*El Rosario, Michoacán, Mexico...
  
  
• Candelaria
  Candelaria
  -People:*John Candelaria , American baseball pitcher*Candelaria Pérez , sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay*Nash Candelaria , U.S...
  
  
• Arafo
  Arafo
  Arafo is a municipality of the northeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife , on the Canary Islands. The city is also a suburb of Santa Cruz city....
  
  
• Fasnia
  Fasnia
  Fasnia is the name of a municipality, town, and valley in the eastern part of the Spanish island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The municipality is located in the southeastern end of the island, and extends for from the mountainous...
  
  
• Güímar
  Güímar
  Güímar is the name of a municipality, town, and valley in the eastern part of the Spanish island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of Santa Cruz de Tenerife...
  
  
• Arico
  Arico
  Arico is the name of a municipality, village, and valley in the southeastern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The municipality is located in the southeastern end of the island, and extends for 178,76 square kilometers from the...
  
  
• San Miguel de Abona
  San Miguel de Abona
  San Miguel de Abona is the name of a municipality, town, and valley in the southeastern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. San Miguel de Abona is a suburb or a cluster of Tenerife Sur. The municipality is located in the...
  
  
• Arona
  Arona
  -Places:Italy*Arona, Piedmont, a town in the Province of NovaraSpain*Arona, Tenerife, a municipality in the Canary IslandsUnited States*Arona, Pennsylvania-Persons:*Danilo Arona, Italian writer* Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist...
  
  
• Adeje