Madrid Road Network Map
Centred at the Puerta del Sol (Kilometre Zero), Madrid boasts successive concentric orbital motorways enclosing historic Hapsburg quarters and the grand Gran Vía boulevard.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Madrid
Urban Grid Pattern
Kilometre-Zero Radial & Triple Rings
Estimated Road Ways
26,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
40.31, -3.83 to 40.54, -3.58
Primary Arterial Corridors
Gran Vía, Paseo de la Castellana, Calle de Alcalá, M-30 Ring Road, M-40 Motorway
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Madrid roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Madrid', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render Madrid roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of Madrid?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.