Eix Transversal


C-25 or Eix Transversal 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.
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, and finishes at Cassà de la Selva, 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:
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.
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.

Exits

Exit no. 132: Prison of Sant Joan, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Centre, Manresa University Zone , Ring roads of Manresa.
Exit no. 136: Santpedor, Manresa North, Ring roads of Manresa.
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