Towards 1870 the freeway from Artesa de Segre to Tremp was opened.
Before the construction of this freeway, communication between La Noguera and Pallars Jussà was very difficult, according to the description of several travellers.
For instance the writer from Mallorca Marià Aguiló i Fuster describes a horse trip around the middle of the nineteenth century to collect folk traditions.
During this trip he went downhill from Comiols to Artesa de Segre, passing through Folquer and Montargull.

The new freeway replaced a very old road going from Ponts to Isona, going along an old Roman road, as the main connection between La Noguera and Pallars Jussà.
Transportation was done by means of stagecoaches, and sometimes they stopped at Montargull.
The main transportation company was La Catalana, which later was acquired by the Alsina Graells company.
At the beginning of the twentieth century to go from Barcelona to Montargull, first four hours were needed to arrive by train to Tarrega and from there 11 more hours in stagecoach to arrive to Montargull.
Before it was reformed, the freeway had a lot of curves and it had to be travelled very slowly.
As a reference, the stagecoach took 45 minutes for the six kilometres from Folquer until Montargull.
The freeway would still be very difficult to travel and produced a lot of accidents, like for instance the one reported in September 1924 when a neighbour of Montargull dies when his coach tumbles at the 24th kilometer of the freeway between Artesa de Segre and Tremp.
Towards 1870 the freeway from Artesa de Segre to Tremp was opened. Before the construction of this freeway, communication between La Noguera and Pallars Jussà was very difficult, according to the description of several travellers. For instance the writer from Mallorca Marià Aguiló i Fuster describes a horse trip around the middle of the nineteenth century to collect folk traditions. During this trip he went downhill from Comiols to Artesa de Segre, passing through Folquer and Montargull.
The new freeway replaced a very old road going from Ponts to Isona, going along an old Roman road, as the main connection between La Noguera and Pallars Jussà. Transportation was done by means of stagecoaches, and sometimes they stopped at Montargull. The main transportation company was La Catalana, which later was acquired by the Alsina Graells company. At the beginning of the twentieth century to go from Barcelona to Montargull, first four hours were needed to arrive by train to Tarrega and from there 11 more hours in stagecoach to arrive to Montargull. Before it was reformed, the freeway had a lot of curves and it had to be travelled very slowly. As a reference, the stagecoach took 45 minutes for the six kilometres from Folquer until Montargull. The freeway would still be very difficult to travel and produced a lot of accidents, like for instance the one reported in September 1924 when a neighbour of Montargull dies when his coach tumbles at the 24th kilometer of the freeway between Artesa de Segre and Tremp.
Montargull (Artesa de Segre)