The FCC Construcción project, “Remodelación del Nudo Norte” one of the most innovative infrastructure projects in Madrid. The project has solved the problem of the intertwined road axis created between the M-30 and the M-607 (Colmenar Viejo highway), the Paseo de la Castellana, the M-11 and the A-1 (Manoteras junction). The civil works have made it possible to build four structures (a viaduct and three underpasses) so that, currently, the upper footbridge directly connects the M-607 and Paseo de la Castellana; an underpass gives direct connection to the Castellana with the A-1 and the M-11; a second internal link connects the Paseo de la Castellana with the Avenida de la Ilustración/M-30, and a third passage, the last one open, which directly connects the A-1 and the M-11 with the M-30 and the M -607.

The remodeling of the North Junction – a decisive project for mobility in the city. More than 27,000 vehicles benefit daily from the elimination of the twisted roads that created one of the points with the highest traffic intensity in all of Spain (the section between this junction and the Manoteras junction). All of this generates a reduction in traffic congestion in the area, saving 31% of time behind the wheel at rush hour, and reducing CO2 emissions by 0.5%.

The project is available at:

• Geoportal Madrid
• Visor 3D Madrid 360

The project executed by FCC Construcción:

• Commitment for the first time to the implementation and use of BIM and, as an improved experience, its integration with GIS, which opens up a world of possibilities for the municipal cartographic update process
• Transversality has been basic in the reception, management and dissemination of information, providing additional value to data transfer
• The conservation of information is guaranteed, a great step for transparency and for the conservation of infrastructures itself, ending the classic loss of information
• Developed on an area of more than 150,000 m², it has been executed in record time (22 months), ending in the last quarter of 2022
• Challenges as important as maintaining road traffic during the works in the hub with the highest traffic density in Spain have been overcome, guaranteeing access to critical areas such as the Ramón y Cajal and La Paz hospitals, the Cuatro Torres or the Chamartín Station , and it has been carried out in an urban section with additional complexities, which has involved the setback of four 2-meter-diameter pipes from the Canal de Isabel II with pressurized water that supply half of Madrid