The N-260, also known as Eje Pirenaico (Pyrenaean Axis), is the northernmost east-west national road in Spain

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In contrast to the majority of Spanish national roads, which were specially constructed during the mid-20th century, the path for this highway was established at 80's decade over several previously existing secondary (or even local) roads. This fact, along with the mountainous characteristics of the eastern Pyrenees

Pyrenees

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 regions it crosses, is the consequence of several stretches being uneven and narrow paths with features further from the modern standard national roads.

The N-260 is in process of being upgraded to the A-26

Autovía A-26

Autovía A-26 is a long-term project of the Spanish government to upgrade the N-260 national road, also known as Eje Pirenaico or Eix Pirenenc ....

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Autovía

An autovía is one of two classes of major highway in the Spanish road system similar to a motorway. It is akin to the autopista, the other major highway class, but has fewer features and is never a toll road. Some distinguishing features of an autovía are that it must be divided by a median, it...

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These are the sections of the N-260 road:

Section	|Stretch	Notes
French border France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... (near Portbou Portbou Portbou is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1,307 people.- Overview :It is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France.Portbou... ) - Ripoll Ripoll Ripoll is the capital of the comarca of Ripollès, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on confluence of the Ter River and its tributary Freser, next to the Pyrenees near the French border...	French border - Figueres Figueres Figueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which attracts many visitors...
	Figueres - Olot Olot Olot is the capital of the comarca of the Garrotxa, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.- Etymology :The etymology of Olot is not clear and there are several hypotheses...	This stretch is a part of the former C-260 road between Roses and Olot (the Roses-Figueres section is still named C-260) The Besalú Besalú Besalú is a town in the comarca of Garrotxa, in Catalonia, Spain.The town's importance was greater in the early Middle Ages, as capital of the county of Besalú, whose territory was roughly the same size as the current comarca of Garrotxa but sometime extended as far as Corbières, Aude, in France.... -Olot stretch has been recently upgraded to the A-26 Autovía A-26 Autovía A-26 is a long-term project of the Spanish government to upgrade the N-260 national road, also known as Eje Pirenaico or Eix Pirenenc ....  autovía Autovía An autovía is one of two classes of major highway in the Spanish road system similar to a motorway. It is akin to the autopista, the other major highway class, but has fewer features and is never a toll road. Some distinguishing features of an autovía are that it must be divided by a median, it... The Figueres-Besalú stretch is in process of being upgraded to the A-26 autovía
	Olot - Ripoll	This stretch is an old, narrow and uneven road which became outdated with the recent upgrading of the nearby C-26 road (Olot-Camprodon Camprodon Camprodon is a small city in the comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain, located in the Pyrenees, near the French border.-History:The settlement of Camprodon was in 1118, when Ramon Berenguer III allowed the building of a market near the monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon, which is located the... -Ripoll section), and specially with the opening of the Collabós tunnel.
Ripoll - Puigcerdà path: The ending of the first secion at Ripoll and the beginning of the second section at Puigcerdà are connected via the N-152 N-152 The N-152 is a Spanish national road in Catalonia, Spain, which originally linked Barcelona with the French border at Puigcerda/Bourg-Madame, in the eastern Pyrenees....  road, which passes over the Collada de Tosas (1,800m).
Puigcerdà - El Pont de Suert El Pont de Suert El Pont de Suert is the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain, located at 838 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,418 ....	Puigcerdà - La Seu d'Urgell La Seu d'Urgell La Seu d'Urgell is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes...	Following the upper Segre Segre Segre may be* Beniamino Segre , Italian geometer* Corrado Segre , Italian geometer distantly related to Beniamino* Emilio Segrè , Italian American physicist* Segre River, a river in Catalonia...  river valley
	La Seu d'Urgell - Sort Sort, Lleida Sort is the capital of the comarca of Pallars Sobirà, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, in the country of Spain. It is located at 692 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Pallaresa, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,113 ....	This hilly and narrow stretch passes over Port del Cantó (1,725 m) and is in process of being upgraded
	Sort - La Pobla de Segur La Pobla de Segur La Pobla de Segur is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. According to the 2009 census , the town has a population of 3,237 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in...	Part of the former C-147 road (the other parts of this road were recently renamed to C-13) which follows the Noguera Pallaresa Noguera Pallaresa The Noguera Pallaresa is a river in Catalonia, Spain. Its source is at Era Font d'era Noguereta in the municipality of Naut Aran at an elevation of about 2000 m and barely a hundred meters from those of the Garonne...  river valley
	La Pobla de Segur - El Pont de Suert	passing over Coll de Creu de Perves (1,325 m)
At El Pont de Suert: The ending of the second section and the beginning of the third are separated a few km but connected by the N-230 N-230 The N-230 connects Lleida to Vielha, the Vall d'Aran and France.It passes through Benabarre, the Vall del Noguera Ribagorçana and the Vielha tunnel . The road is to be up-graded to the Autovía A-14....  road.
El Pont de Suert - Sabiñánigo Sabiñánigo Sabiñánigo is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragón, Spain, capital of the comarca of Alto Gállego...	N-230 - Castejón de Sos Castejón de Sos Castejón de Sos or Castilló de Sos is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 731 inhabitants....	passing over Coll de Espina (1,407 m) and Coll de Fadas (1,470 m)
	Castejón de Sos - Campo Campo, Spain Campo is a town in the county of Ribagorza, in the province of Huesca, in Aragon, Spain. Situated in a valley between 2 rivers, the Esera and Rialbo, it is surrounded by snow-capped Pyrenean mountain peaks: most notably, the Turbón and Cotiella .The town's municipal district includes the hamlet...	following the Congosto de Ventamillo and the valley of the Esera river
	Campo - Aínsa Aínsa-Sobrarbe Aínsa-Sobrarbe is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. As of 2010 , the municipality has a population of 2,180 inhabitants.Aínsa is the economic development capital of the Sobrarbe comarca.-Villages:...	passing over the Collado de Foradada (1,020m)
	Aínsa - Fiscal	Recently upgraded stretch
	Fiscal - Broto Broto Broto is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 516 inhabitants.-Villages:The Valle de Broto includes the following villages:...	Old narrow uneven road which follows the Ara river valley
	Broto - Biescas Biescas Biescas is a town in Aragon, Spain. It is located in the Tena Valley, in the Aragonese Pyrenees. It has a long history and one of its oldest houses is called Casa Josito: this house was built in 1789, the same year as the French Revolution....	Passing over the Puerto de Cotefablo pass (1,425m)
	Biescas - Sabiñánigo	Following the Tena river valley
At Sabiñánigo: the road ends at the intersection with N-330 N-330 The N-330 is a highway in Aragon, Spain. It forms part of European Route E7.It connects with France at the Tunnel of Somport with Huesca. It then becomes the Autovía A-23 to Zaragoza. It heads south to Daroca, where it becomes the N-234.... road.