Autovía A-22

Autovía A-22
Autovía A-22
Autovía Huesca-Lleida
Route information
Length	110 km (68 mi)
Major junctions
From	Huesca
To	Lleida
Location
Country	Spain
Highway system
	Highways in Spain; Autopistas and autovías; National Roads; ;

Autovía A-22 or Autovía Huesca-Lleida is an upgrade of a section of the existing

Aragón and Lleida, a provincial capital in Catalonia. The route has all sections now open to traffic with the exception of the last 13km into Huesca

.

The A-22 runs mainly in parallel to the existing N-240 road except for certain specific stretches such as the

Aragón/Catalonia border-Almacelles Bypass, Almacelles Bypass-La Cerdera, La Cerdera-Junction with A-2 Motorway at the edge of Lleida

[1].

By the summer of 2010 more than half of the A-22 was operational as a four-lane highway comprising 6 of the above sectors. However, in July 2010 a cessation of work due to governmental financial difficulties was announced, despite the Binefar Bypass section being 80% complete. This decision provoked much controversy with local government officials calling for the work to be resumed, citing the dangers associated with the current unfinished road layout [2]. Work was restarted and by 2012 all but one sector was fully open creating an uninterrupted length of around 99km starting from the intersection with the A-2 on the edge of Lleida. The remaining section is the 13km Huesca - Sietamo sector. Construction began in August 2018 and is ongoing. Until this final section is completed in 2023 or 2024, it remains necessary to transfer onto the N-240 highway to complete the journey into the city of Huesca.

The A-22 provides a far more satisfactory communication between Huesca and Lleida and intermediate towns than previously offered by the N-240, but also a direct four-lane highway connection between

Navarra

) using highways which are also undergoing the process of upgrading.

The improvements in road communication between

Cercanias) is under consideration. This may include a regular commuter service connecting Lleida, Almacelles, Binéfar, Monzón

[3] - all of which are communities served by the N-240 and A-22.

List of major towns connected by the existing N-240 and the A-22, includes Lleida, Almacelles, Binéfar, Monzón, Barbastro and Huesca.

References

1. http://www.urbanity.es/foro/infraestructuras/14291-22-autovia-lleida-huesca.html Archived 2011-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (Information in Spanish on the progress in construction of the A-22)

2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307124926/http://www.finanzas.com/noticias/vivienda/2010-07-30/324550_ayuntamiento-binefar-insta-fomento-reanudar.html [Article in Spanish on the controversy surrounding the withdrawal of funds for construction in the Binefar area].

3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715144842/http://www.radiohuesca.com/hemeroteca/Noticia.aspx?codigo=453421 (Article in Spanish on the proposal to extend the Lleida Cercanias to Monzón, Aragón)