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Cadí Tunnel

Toll road tunnel in Catalonia, Spain

42°18′05″N 1°51′23″E / 42.30139°N 1.85639°E / 42.30139; 1.85639StatusActiveRouteC-16
E-9StartUrús, Cerdanya
42°20′6″N 1°50′15″E / 42.33500°N 1.83750°E / 42.33500; 1.83750 (Urús Portal)EndGuardiola de Berguedà, Berguedà
42°17′41″N 1°51′47″E / 42.29472°N 1.86306°E / 42.29472; 1.86306 (Guardiola de Berguedà Portal)OperationOpened30 October 1984^[1]Vehicles per day6679 (2010)^[1]TechnicalLength5026 m^[1]

Cadí Tunnel (Catalan and Spanish: Túnel del Cadí) is a toll road tunnel in Catalonia, Spain, connecting the comarques of Cerdanya and Berguedà. The tunnel, with a length of 5,026 m (16,490 ft), is part of the C-16 highway and E-9, running under the Serra de Moixeró mountain range in the Pre-Pyrenees.^[1]^[2]

It comprises two lanes, separated by a 2-meter-wide (6.6 ft) safety zone in the middle. The southern entrance, at an altitude of 1,175 m (3,855 ft), is located in the settlement of Gréixer, part of the municipality of Guardiola de Berguedà, in the watershed of the Llobregat river. The northern entrance is in Cerdanya, in the municipality of Urús, part of the Segre watershed, and is at a height of 1,236 m (4,055 ft).

Name

The Serra de Moixeró is often confused with the nearby Serra del Cadí range, hence the tunnel's naming after the latter.^[3] Both ranges are within the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park, which also includes nearby Pedraforca.

History

In 1973, the company Promociones Pirinaicas, S.A., was granted a license by the government to build, maintain, and manage a tunnel through the Serra del Cadí.^[4] Work on the project began in 1978, with the completed tunnel and its access roads inaugurated on 29 October, 1984. This work completed a segment of the C-1411 highway, intended to run from Manresa to Bellver de Cerdanya.^[4] Since then, this segment has been added to the C-16 highway, "Eix del Llobregat", which runs from Barcelona to Puigcerdà, and thence to Orleans as part of European route E9.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Abertis vende el 37,2% del túnel del Cadí a la Generalitat" (in Spanish). Cinco Días. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "Un túnel hacia los Pirineos". El País (in Spanish). 3 October 1984. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "El Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró". FemTurisme.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 24 March 2016. Sovint la Serra del Moixeró és més coneguda com a Serra del Cadí que pel seu propi nom. De fet, el túnel que transcorre per sota la serralada del Moixeró és el conegut túnel del Cadí.
^ ^a ^b "Prevalença de l'interès general de la construcció del túnel del Cadí sobre la Utilitat Pública de forests" (in Catalan). DOGC. Retrieved 18 February 2024.