Eix Transversal

C-25
C-25
Eix Transversal
Route information
Length	141 km (88 mi)
Major junctions
From	Cervera
To	Cassà de la Selva
Location
Country	Spain
Highway system
	Highways in Spain; Autopistas and autovías; National Roads; ;

C-25 or Eix Transversal (Template:Lang-en; lit. Transversal Axis) is a 280 km long primary highway in Catalonia, Spain. It crosses the Catalan Transversal Range mountainous region, communicating 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 on 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 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

Exit no. 132: Prison of Sant Joan, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Centre, Manresa University Zone (8th), Ring roads of Manresa (C-16, C-55, C-25).

Exit no. 136: Santpedor, Manresa North, Ring roads of Manresa (C-16, C-55, C-25).

Exit no. 180: Vic North, Road C-17

Exit no. 182: Vic Centre, Manlleu

Exit no. 183: Roda de Ter, M.O.T. Vehicles Test

Exit no. 187: Sant Julià de Vilatorta, Calldetenes

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 (in Catalan)

41°52′36″N 2°44′25″E / 41.87667°N 2.74028°E / 41.87667; 2.74028

[1] L'eix transversal de Catalunya, by Societat Catalana d'Ordenació Territorial, Institut d'Estudis Catalans

[2] Eix Transversal accumulates almost one death per km during its seven-years life (in Catalan)

[3] Agreement inside the Generalitat de Catalunya for the starting of the Eix Transversal's upgrade to freeway (in Catalan)

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History

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See also

References