The Route nationale 22 (RN22) is a highway in southern France, connecting
l'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre to
Pas de la Casa in the Principality of
Andorra
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. On the French side of the border at Pas de la Casa, the RN22 also connects to the
Envalira Tunnel
The Envalira Tunnel ( ca, Túnel d'Envalira) is a tunnel in Andorra that runs between Pas de la Casa near the Andorra-France border and Grau Roig
Grau Roig () is a sector of the Grandvalira ski resort in Andorra, located in the parish of Enc ...
(Catalan: Túnel d'Envalira), which is an alternative route into Andorra avoiding the
Envalira Pass
Port d'Envalira (el. 2408 m.) is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees in Andorra, that connects El Pas de la Casa with the rest of the country. It is the highest paved road in the Pyrenees. The climb has been featured several times at the Tour de Franc ...
(Catalan: Port d'Envalira).
The road is a branch of the
N20, and runs parallel to the RN320 which crosses ''Col de Puymorens''. The roads follow the same route for a few kilometers.
This road has only been called the RN22 since 1975 when there was a general downgrading of the road network, before which it was called the NR20b. Formerly, RN22 was a section of the current trunk road
N11 between Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon with the La Rochelle and a section in La Rochelle to the Port de la Pallice and the landing stage of the ferry to the
L'île de Ré.
In winter, avalanches sometimes close the continuation of the road below ''Col de Puymorens'' — the
N20.
[L'Hospitalet. La RN 20 coupée à cause d'une avalanche, ''La Depeche'', 17 Dec 2008]
References
External links
Routes nationales in France, 022
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