HIGH SPEED LINE MADRID - BARCELONA - FRENCH BORDER. PONTOS-FIGUERAS

The 7,5 km long high speed line stretch runs along the south of Figueres through the AP-7 dual carriageway corridor. In its first stretch, between Can Vicent (Bascara) and the AP-7, it crosses the agricultural lands of Pontòs, Can Fares and Santa Ana Rivers and the Pla d’els Caboters by means of several viaducts, and the GIV-5125 and A-2 roads by means of an underpass and a viaduct. After that, the route runs along the flat surface of Mas Moliner, crossing by means of a viaduct the Rec de la Font Vella and the A-2 road under an overpass.

Transverse permeability of the hydrological system is guaranteed by 3 viaducts over the Can Fares river (100 m), Santa Ana river (220 m) and the Rec de la Font Vella (45 m) and 7 transverse drainage works.

To guarantee the land and road infrastructure transversal permeability 3 viaducts are designed: Pla d’els Caboters (457 m), A-2 road (45 m) and AP-7 dual carriageway (130 m); as well as an overpass and 5 underpasses.

• View of one of the viaducts under construction.

• Elevation of the viaduct over the Santa Ana river.

• Plan and cross section of the PontósBorrasá stretch layout.

STRETCH: PONTÓS-BORRASA, IN MADRID BARCELONA - FRENCH BORDER HIGH SPEED LINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Gerona, 2005-2008

7,5 km stretch of high speed line runs along the south of Figueres through the AP-7 motorway corridor. Its first stretch runs between the AP-7 and the A-2 to the access road to Figueres Sud, where the layout turns north crossing the access branch from the A-2 to the AP-7 by means of a viaduct, the Alguema River and its tributary river, the Rec de Aragal, and crossing the Manol River by means of a viaduct. The layout approaches the AP-7 running with a platform for a siding through the west border of Figueres, crosses under the A-26 road and over the Figueres River and enters a 1,75 km long tunnel, under the motorway and the bosc del Rei lands till the Cap de Terme channel, where it ends.

Transverse permeability of the hydrological system is guaranteed through the construction of 4 viaducts: over the Alguema river (240 m) and its tributary river, the rec de Aragal (100 m), the Manol river (130 m) and the Figueres river (30 m) and 7 transverse drainage works on the trunk.

To guarantee the land and road infrastructure transverse permeability several works are designed: the access viaduct to Figueres Sud (55 m); 2 permeability structures, in the Puig Martí path and in the A-26 road from Figueres to Olot; an overpass and 3 underpasses.

• General view of the Figueres siding.

• Alguema river viaduct.

• Plan and cross section of the stretch Borrasá – Figueres layout.

STRETCH: BORRASA - FIGUERES, IN MADRID BARCELONA - FRENCH BORDER HIGH SPEED LINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Gerona, 2005-2008