The Autopista A-53 is a highway in north western
Spain
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Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of S ...
to
Ourense and follows the
N-525.
It starts to the south east of Santiago at a junction with the
Autopista AP-9
The AP-9 or ''Autoestrada do Atlántico'' is a toll motorway in Galicia, Spain. It starts in A Coruña and runs south past the cities of Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo, before ending at the town of Tui, a few kilometres north of the ...
(72 km). It passes the Castle Pazo de Oca and Lalín. Thereafter the road has yet to be built and in the Serra do Faro the road as the N-525 crosses a pass at 810 m, under the Pico Seco. At Ourense there are junctions with the
Autovía A-52
The A-52 is a highway in northwestern Spain. It starts at Vigo heads east from the town crossing the Autopista AP-9 and then the N-550 (Carretera), N-550/Autovía A-55. It then goes over the Rio Tea running parallel to the N-120 (Carretera), N ...
and
N-120.
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Transport in Galicia (Spain)
Autopistas and autovías in Spain