The network of primary highways (freeways or not) in Catalonia, Spain, can be divided into two groups: highways managed by the Spanish Government and highways managed by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalonia's Government).
The first group are itineraries included in the Red de Interés General del Estado (Spanish highways network), which generally either serve as long-distance connectors beyond the Catalonia's field or either have a special strategical importance. They are mainly autopistas () or autovías (Catalan: autovies) but some regular roads can also be found (most of them are in process or in prospect of being upgraded to autovía).
The second group are itineraries mainly used for Catalonia's internal transport. However, some of these highways (such as C-31, C-32 or C-58) are main communication paths and suffer from heavy traffic.
Primary highways managed by the Spanish Government The following highways (freeways or not) are managed by the Spanish Government. The list is arranged by itineraries, some of them formed by sections of different categories. The category field indicates if the sections are autopistas (generally tolled freeways under a concession contract), autovías or simple single-lane roads.
Signal Denomination Category Itinerary (only sections inside Catalonia's territory are listed) Autovía A-2 autovía Aragonese border - Lleida - BarcelonaCaldes de Malavella - Fornells de la Selvasections not upgraded to autovía keep the old name, N-II N-II road Barcelona - Caldes de MalavellaFornells de la Selva - French border at La Jonquerafuture sections upgraded to autovía will be renamed to A-2 Autopista AP-2European route E90 autopista El Vendrell (link with AP-7) - Lleida - Aragonese border Autovía A-7 autovía L'Hospitalet de l'Infant - Vila-seca - Tarragonasections not upgraded to autovía keep the former name, N-340 N-340 road Valencian Community's border - Vila-secaTarragona - Valliranafuture sections upgraded to autovía will be renamed to A-7 Autopista del MediterraniEuropean route E15 autopista French border - Girona - MontmelóMontmeló - El PapiolEl Papiol - Tarragona - Valencian Community's border Autovía A-14 autovía in project: Lleida - Vielha - French bordersections not upgraded to autovía keep the former name, N-230 N-230 road Lleida - Vielha - French borderfuture sections upgraded to autovía will be renamed to A-14some of this itinerary runs inside the Aragonese territory Autovía A-22 autovía under construction: Lleida - Aragonese border N-240 road Tarragona - LleidaLleida - Aragonese border Autovía A-26 autovía Besalú - Olotin project: Figueres - Olot N-260 road French border at Portbou - BesalúOlot - RipollPuigcerdà - El Pont de Suert - Aragonese border Autovía A-27 autovía under construction: Tarragona - Montblanc Autovía A-34 autovía L'Hospitalet de l'Infant-*-Vila-seca N-420 road Reus - Aragonese border B-10 or Ronda Litoral autovía Barcelona's south-eastern ring road B-20 or Ronda de Dalt autovía Barcelona's north-western ring roadSant Boi de Llobregat - Montgat B-23 autopista Barcelona - Molins de Rei (link with B-24) B-24 autovía Molins de Rei (link with B-23) - Vallirana (link with N-340) B-30 autovía AP-7's lateral roadBarberà del Vallès - Rubí B-40 or Quart cinturó autovía under construction: Abrera - Terrassain prospect: Terrassa - Granollers LL-11 autovía Eastern access to Lleida LL-12 autovía Southern access to Lleida T-11 autovía Western access to Reus and Tarragona
Primary highways managed by the Generalitat de Catalunya The primary highways managed by the Catalan Government serve mainly for transport inside Catalonia.
Since year 2004, their denomination follows the next rules:
The letter C before the hyphen (for example, C-31) means that the road is managed by the Generalitat de Catalunya The first number after the hyphen (for example, C-31) indicates the main bound: 1 for south-northbound highways 2 for west-eastbound highways 3 for southwest-northeastbound highways 4, 5 and 6 for southeast-northwestbound highways The second number after the hyphen (for example, C-31) indicates the ordinal number within the category indicated by the first number. For example, for south-northbound highways, the lowest number correspond to the westernmost highway, whereas the highest number is for the easternmost one.
South-Northbound highways Signal Denomination Category Itinerary C-12 or Eix Occidental road Amposta - Móra d'Ebre - Lleida - Balaguer - Àger C-13 or Eix del Pallars road Lleida - Esterri d'Àneu C-14 or Eix Tarragona-Andorra autoviaroad Salou - Reus - Alcover Alcover - Montblanc - Tàrrega - La Seu d'Urgell C-15 or Eix Garraf-Anoia road Vilanova i la Geltrú - Igualadain prospect: upgrading of the Vilanova i la Geltrú-Vilafranca del Penedès section to autovia C-16 or Eix del LlobregatEuropean route E09 autopistaautopistaautoviaroad Barcelona - Terrassa Terrassa - ManresaManresa - BergaBerga - Túnel del Cadí - Puigcerdà C-17 or Eix del Congost autoviaroad Barcelona - VicVic - Ripoll (in process of being upgraded to autovia)
West-Eastbound highways Signal Denomination Category Itinerary C-25 or Eix Transversal road Cervera - Manresa - Vic - Santa Coloma de Farners - Gironain prospect:upgrading of the full itinerary to autovia C-26 or Eix Pre-Pirinenc road Alfarràs - Olot C-28 road Vielha - Esterri d'Àneu
Southwest-Northeastbound highways Signal Denomination Category Itinerary C-31 or Eix Costaner roadautoviaautopistaroad El Vendrell - Vilanova i la Geltrú - CastelldefelsCastelldefels - BarcelonaBarcelona - MontgatSanta Cristina d'Aro - Palamós - Torroella de Montgrí - Figueresunder construction:parts of the last section are being upgraded to autovia C-32 or Corredor del Mediterrani autopistaautopistaautoviaautopista El Vendrell - Castelldefels(Autopista Pau Casals or Túnels del Garraf)Castelldefels - Sant Boi de Llobregat some renamed sections of the B-20 in Cornellà de LlobregatMontgat - Mataró - Palafolls (Autopista del Maresme)in project: Palafolls- Blanes stretch C-33 autopista Barcelona - Montmeló C-35 roadautovia Parets del Vallès - Maçanet de la SelvaMaçanet de la Selva - Llagostera (link with C-65) C-37 or Eix Diagonal road Alcover - Valls - Igualada - Manresa - Olot C-38 road Sant Joan de les Abadesses - Molló toll road
Southeast-Northwestbound highways Signal Denomination Category Itinerary C-42 road L'Aldea - Tortosa C-43 road Benifallet - Gandesa C-44 road L'Hospitalet de l'Infant - Móra la Nova C-45 road Maials - Seròs C-51 road El Vendrell - Valls C-53 road Vilagrassa - Vallfogona de Balaguer C-55 road Abrera - Solsona C-58 autopistaroad Barcelona (connection with C-33) - Terrassa (link with C-16)Terrassa - Castellbell i el Vilar C-59 autoviaroad Santa Perpètua de Mogoda - Palau-solità i PlegamansPalau-solità i Plegamans - Santa Maria d'Oló C-60 autovia Mataró - La Roca del Vallès C-61 road Arenys de Mar - Sant Celoni C-63 or Eix Selva-Garrotxa road Lloret de Mar - Olot C-65 roadautoviaroad Sant Feliu de Guíxols - Santa Cristina d'Aro Santa Cristina d'Aro - Llagostera (connection with C-35)Llagostera - Girona C-66 roadautoviaroad Palafrugell - Sarrià de TerSarrià de Ter - BanyolesBanyoles - Besalúin project:upgrading of the Banyoles-Besalú section to autovia
References
External links Website of the Departament d'Obres Públiques de la Generalitat de Catalunya Portal de la mobilitat Basic Catalonia's Roads Net New codification for primary highways managed by the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan and Spanish)