- Eix Transversal
Highway in Catalonia
Name= Eix Transversal
Signal= C-25
European Route= —
Beginning=Cervera
End=Cassà de la Selva
Length= 141C-25 or Eix Transversal (English translation: Transverse axis) is a primary
highway inCatalonia ,Spain . According to the current coding for highways managed by theGeneralitat 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 withAutovía A-2 , nearCervera ("comarca" ofSegarra ), and finishes atCassà de la Selva ("comarca" ofGironès ), with a total length of 141 km. The last section of the C-25 to be constructed was finished on December of 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 ...) andAragón , avoiding the crossing of the usually busyBarcelona 's metropolitan region* to provide a high-speed connection for Central Catalonia's main towns (
Vic ,Manresa ,Ripoll ...) 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 center in the city of 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 [ [http://www.elperiodico.cat/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAT&idnoticia_PK=407225&idseccio_PK=1021 Eix Transversal acumulates almost one death per km during its seven-years life] (in Catalan)] .
On 2007 the
Generalitat de Catalunya aproved the upgrading of the highway to a freeway, which started on 2008 and is expected to be completed on 2011 [ [http://www.gencat.net/acordsdegovern/20070828/02.htm Agreement inside the Generalitat de Catalunya for the starting of the Eix Transversal's upgrade to freeway] (in Catalan)] .ee also
*
Autovía A-2
*List of primary highways in Catalonia References
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