Eix Transversal
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Eix Transversal (Template:Langx; lit. Transversal Axis), labelled C-25, is a primary highway in Catalonia, Spain. It crosses the Catalan Transversal Range mountainous region, connecting the northern end of the Catalan Coastal Depression with the Catalan Central Depression.[1]
According to the current coding for highways managed by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the first number C-25 indicates that is mainly a west-eastbound highway, and the second number C-25 indicates that is the fifth southernmost. The road begins at the intersection with Autovía A-2, near Cervera (comarca of Segarra), and finishes at Cassà de la Selva (comarca of Gironès), with a total length of 141 km.
History
The last section of the C-25 to be constructed was finished in December 1997. The main aims of the construction of this highway were:
- to provide a high-speed alternative way for road traffic between Northeastern Catalonia (Girona, Figueres, La Jonquera...) and southern France with Western Catalonia (Lleida, Cervera...) and Aragón, avoiding the often congested Barcelona metropolitan region
- to provide a high-speed connection for Central Catalonia's main towns (Vic, Manresa, Ripoll, etc.), between them as well as with Northeastern and the Western Catalonia
- generally speaking, to create an "orbital route" in what in those days was mainly a radial network with its center in the city of Barcelona, i.e. a road network radiating out from Barcelona.
Despite these aims, the highway was built as a single-lane road and not as a freeway, and soon it was proved to become insufficient for the traffic supported.[2]
On 2007 the Generalitat de Catalunya approved the upgrading of the highway to a freeway, which started on 2008 and is expected to be completed on 2011.[3]
Exits
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| Number | Destination |
|---|---|
| File:AB-AS.svg 132 | Prison of Sant Joan Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Centre Manresa University Zone (8th) Ring roads of Manresa (C-16, C-55, C-25) |
| File:AB-AS.svg 136 | Santpedor Manresa North Ring roads of Manresa (C-16, C-55, C-25) |
| File:AB-AS.svg 180 | Vic North, C-17 highway |
| File:AB-AS.svg 182 | Vic Centre Manlleu |
| File:AB-AS.svg 183 | Roda de Ter, M.O.T. Vehicles Test |
| File:AB-AS.svg 187 | Sant Julià de Vilatorta Calldetenes |
See also
References
- ↑ L'eix transversal de Catalunya, by Societat Catalana d'Ordenació Territorial, Institut d'Estudis Catalans
- ↑ Eix Transversal accumulates almost one death per km during its seven-years life (in Catalan)
- ↑ Agreement inside the Generalitat de Catalunya for the starting of the Eix Transversal's upgrade to freeway Script error: No such module "webarchive". (in Catalan)
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