CG-1

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Schild GC 1 AD.svg
Main Road CG1
Carretera general 1
Karte GC1 AD.svg
Route information
Length12 km (7.5 mi)
Major junctions
From La Farga de Moles, N-145
To Encamp, CG-2
Location
Country Andorra
Highway system

CG-1 (Carretera General 1) is a road of the Andorra Road Network that connects the capital, Andorra la Vella with La Seu d'Urgell to Alt Urgell. The workers of FHASA contributed to its construction. It is also called Carretera d'Espanya. [1]

History

Financed by a tax on wheat and flour imports, the road was inaugurated by co-prince Juan Benlloch y Vivó and opened to automobile traffic in 1913. [2]

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References

  1. Departament d'Agricultura d'Andorra, ed. (7 October 2012). "Comu Sant Julia". Gossera Oficial. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. Lafontaine, Hugues (2014). Andorre, 10000 ans d'histoire (in French). Association la Méridienne du monde rural Books on demand. ISBN   2-322-03893-8. OCLC   902790289.