{"id":3999,"date":"2020-04-09T15:06:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2020-04-13T19:39:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:39:53","slug":"the-highway-that-tamed-the-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/the-highway-that-tamed-the-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"The highway that tamed the mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Public Works opened the Huesca A-23 (E-07 for Europe) stretch of the Mud\u00e9jar highway in October 2019. Ineco provided technical assistance and supervised the project\u2019s environmental monitoring programme. Thanks to this and other works, the full length of the Monrep\u00f3s mountain pass can now be traversed on a highway, reducing travel times and increasing safety levels.<\/p>\n
Construction of the A-23 to connect the Mediterranean coast to the French border began in 1999. The road starts in Sagunto, Valencia, and runs for 435 kilometres (413 of which are now in service), to Jaca in Huesca. Partially new construction and also taking advantage of the existing alignment, the A-23 follows the corridors cut by the N-234 (to Retasc\u00f3n, Zaragoza) and the N-330, which crosses Arag\u00f3n and connects to the Somport tunnel (Huesca) to pass through the Pyrenees.<\/p>\n