The Autovía A-67 is a highway in north west

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. It connects the

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

n Atlantic Coast at

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...

. It follows the route of the N-611. It forms part of the

Autovía A-8 The Autovía A-8 is a highway (autovía) that connects all the regions on the Northern Coast of Spain. It is known as the Autovía del Cantábrico (also known as "Transcantábrica") and connects Baamonde ( Begonte, Galicia) and Bilbao, where it ...

until

Torrelavega Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...

where it heads south through the

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along the Besaya River. After

Reinosa Reinosa is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain. , it has 10,307 inhabitants. The municipality, one of the smallest by land area in Cantabria, is notable for being one of the nearest towns to the headwaters of the Ebro River. It is surrounded by th ...

the road passes the head of the Ebro Reservoir with the source of the

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to the east. It then passes over Pozazal Pass (987m). The road then passes south west to

Aguilar de Campoo Aguilar de Campoo () is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Palencia, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is close to the River Pisuerga. Its 2011 population is 7741. It is one of the locations of the St. James' ...

. Thereafter the road has yet to be up-graded and follows the valley of the

Pisuerga River The Pisuerga is a river in northern Spain, the Douro, Duero's second largest tributary. It rises in the Cantabrian Mountains in the province of Palencia, autonomous region of Castile and León. Its traditional source is called Fuente Cobre, but i ...

. At

Osorno la Mayor Osorno la Mayor is a municipio in Palencia province, Castile and León, Spain. The Chilean city of Osorno and Osorno Province (Chile) are named after this place. General information *Covers 88.6 square kilometers and has roughly 1,500 resid ...

the road crosses the

Autovía A-231 The Autovía A-231 (also known as ''Autovía del Camino de Santiago'') is a local autovía in the community of Castile and León, Spain. It is 157 km (98 miles) long and runs from the Autovía A-66 at León to the Autovía BU-30 at Burgos, ...

and

N-120 The N-120 is a highway in northern Spain. It goes from Vigo to the Ebro Valley. Starting on the Rías Bajas at Vigo, the city is connected on the Autopista AP-9, the Autovía A-57, Autovía A-55 and N-550 (Road), N-550. The N-120 heads east into ...

. The road then crosses

Tierra de Campos Tierra de Campos ("Land of Fields") is a large historical and natural region or greater comarca that straddles the provinces of León, Zamora, Valladolid and Palencia, in Castile and León, Spain. It is a vast, desolate plain with practically ...

before meeting the

again at

, where the road meets the

Autovía A-62 The Autovía A-62 (also known as ''Autovía de Castilla'') is a Spanish autovía which starts in Burgos and runs through the community of Castile and León, via the cities of Palencia, Valladolid and Salamanca, before ending at the Portuguese bor ...

. Because it crosses the Cantabrian mountain range from north to south, this communication route has routes of great technical complexity, including five viaducts, including the Montabliz viaduct , which became the highest bridge in Spain on its opening day and the sixth in Europe, being the most expensive work on the entire highway. The viaduct crosses the Bisueña river bed 145 meters above the ground. File:A-8_highway_in_Solares,_Cantabria,_Spain.jpg, Heading south, just before crossing the E-70 in

. File:Autovia de la Meseta.jpg, Tunnel of Las Caldas,

. File:Viaducto_de_Montabliz_2007-05-08.jpg, Construction of Viaduct of Montabliz, the highest bridge in Spain.

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