N-634 Road (Spain)

The N-634 is a highway in northern

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. It connects

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 St ...

with

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

It starts at Santiago de Compostela at a junction with the N-550.and crosses 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 ...

heading north east. There is a junction with the N-547. The road meets junction 140 with the

Autovía A-6 The Autovía A-6 or Autopista AP-6 (also called ''Autovía del Noroeste'') ( gl, Autovía do Noroeste) is a Spanish autovía and autopista route that starts in Madrid and ends in Arteixo (A Coruña). The tolled Autopista AP-6, from Villalba to ...

. After 17 km the road splits and heads north passing

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. The road then climbs to cross the ''Porto da Xesta'' (545m) before dropping into

Mondoñedo Mondoñedo () is a small town and municipality in the Galician province of Lugo, Spain. , the town has a population of 4,508. Mondoñedo occupies a sheltered valley among the northern outliers of the Cantabrian Mountains. Despite being the core ...

. The road follows the Rio Misma to the coast and a junction with the N-642. The road turns east along the coast through

Ribadeo Ribadeo is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo in Galicia. It has a population of 10,023 (INE, 2011) and an area of . It is the capital of the A Mariña Oriental comarca. Geography The municipality of Ribadeo has approximately the ...

where it meets the N-640. After

Luarca Luarca (Ḷḷuarca in Asturian and officially) is a parish and the principal town in the municipality of Valdés in Asturias, Spain. Luarca (town) is a fishing and pleasure port. Luarca (parish) had a population of 4,670 (2021), and an area of ...

the road turns south and inland while the N-632 continues along the coast. The road rises steeply to La Espina and then turns east past

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. The road has been upgraded to the Autovía A-63 after

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into

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

. The road commences again east of Oviedo at junction 14 of the

Autovía A-64 The Autovía A-64 is a highway in Spain. It connects the Autovía A-64 junction 367 km with Oviedo. It heads south east through the Tunnel Fabares, then meets the N-634 before heading west to Oviedo and ending at the Autovía A-66 The ...

passing along the Piloña valley. The road passes

Arriondas Arriondas (officially, in Asturian, ''Les Arriondes'') is a village in the Spanish municipality of Parres, Asturias. It is located where the River Piloña joins the river Sella, in a narrow valley. The convergence of rivers makes it an important ...

before joining 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 ...

(junction 326). The A-8 is an upgrade of the original road running along the coast and re-emerges between

Llanes Llanes (the ''Concejo de Llanes'', ''Conceyu de Llanes'' in Asturian language) is a municipality of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain. Stretching for about 30 km along the coast at the extreme east of the province, Llanes is bound ...

and

San Vicente de la Barquera San Vicente de la Barquera is a municipality of Cantabria in northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English ...

. Thereafter the N-634 runs parallel to the motorway 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 ...

and links with the

Autovía A-67 The Autovía A-67 is a highway in north west Spain. It connects the Cantabrian Atlantic Coast at Santander to Palencia. It follows the route of the N-611. It forms part of the Autovía A-8 until Torrelavega where it heads south through the C ...

and the

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. The road then loops south east before again running parallel to the A-8. The road has been downgraded but enters

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. It then has a junction with the N-240. It runs parallel to the A8 rejoining the coast at

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. It runs along the coast through

Zarautz Zarautz (, es, Zarauz) is a coastal town located in central Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, in Spain. It is bordered by Aia to the east and the south and Getaria to the west, located about west of San Sebastián. It has four enclaves limiting the afo ...

before reaching

and a junction with

N-I The N-I was the former main road from Madrid to France in Spain. Most of the route has now been replaced by the Autovía A-1 and Autopista AP-1. The A-1 starts at Madrid then goes to Burgos. N-I then runs parallel to AP-1 (toll highway) to Mira ...

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