The Spanish Autovía A-21 is a highway between Jaca, in Aragon, and Iruña/Pamplona, in Navarre which is partially open and partially under construction.

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Autovía A-21
Autovía del Pirineo
Route information
Length110 km (68 mi)
Major junctions
FromIruña/Pamplona
ToJaca
Location
CountrySpain
Highway system

It follows or is an upgrade of the N-240 and links the Autovía A-15 east of Iruña/Pamplona with the Autovía A-23 at Jaca providing a link through the southern Pyrenees and connections to France, Huesca and Zaragoza.[1]

Phases

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Construction began at the Iruña/Pamplona end of the route, so while the sections in Navarre were completed by 2012, only six out of the eight sections in Aragon (totaling about 31 km) are open. One more section (7 km) is under construction in Aragon but work has not yet started on one further section (11.6 km). Seven financial institutions funded the construction of the highway.[2]

Road Number Description Status (2021) Kilometres
A-21 Noain - Elo/Monreal[3] Open (2006) 12
A-21 Elo/Monreal - Izko Open (2009) 8.6
A-21 Izko - Judasen Benta/Venta de Judas Open (2010) 7.2
A-21 Judasen Benta/Venta de Judas - Esa/Yesa Open (2012) 10
A-21 Esa/Yesa- Border of Navarre/Aragón Open (2012) 6.5
A-21 Border of Navarre/Aragón - Tiermas Open (2013) 4.4
Tiermas - Sigüés Under construction opening 2023 6.57
Sigüés - A-1601 Open (2015) 2.5
A-21 A-1601 - Barranco de Colladas Open (2011) 2.9
A-21 Barranco de Colladas - Fago (Border of Zaragoza/Huesca) Open (2011) 5.4
Fago (Border of Zaragoza/Huesca) - Puente la Reina de Jaca Project halted 11.63
Puente la Reina de Jaca - Santa Cilia Open (2019) 7.2
A-21 Santa Cilia - Jaca (A-23) Open (2019) 9.0


References

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  1. ^ "Abren un nuevo tramo de la autovía A-21 que une Pamplona y Jaca". www.eitb.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. ^ PAMPLONA, DN (2010-05-08). "CAN y Rural, entre las que financian la Autovía del Pirineo | Últimas noticias de la actualidad cultural en Diario de Navarra". diariodenavarra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  3. ^ "El Presidente Sanz ha inaugurado el tramo Noáin-Monreal de la Autovía del Pirineo". www.navarra.es. Retrieved 2020-03-11.