Egnatia odos international highway at Greece
Egnatia Odos (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός, often translated as Via Egnatia, code: A2) is the Greek part of the European route E90. It is a motorway in Greece that extends from the western port of Igoumenitsa to the eastern Greek–Turkish border at Kipoi. It runs a total of 670 km (420 mi). The project began in the 1990s and was completed in 2009. The route traverses the mountainous Greek regions of Epirus and Macedonia, crossing the Pindos and Vermio mountains, which have posed formidable engineering challenges. Its full length includes 76 tunnels (with a combined length of 99 km / miles) and 1,650 bridges. It is a closed highway with sophisticated electronic surveillance measures, SCADA controls for the lighting/tunnel ventilation and advanced vehicle collision absorption measures. Stretching: From the port of Igoumenitsa, Thesprotia to the border crossing of Kipoi, on the River Evros Total length: 670 kilometres Serving the regional units: Thesprotia - Ioannina - Grevena - Kozani - Imathia - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Xanthi - Rhodope - Evros. Linked with nine major vertical axes connecting to the neighbouring countries in the north (Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey). Passing through the towns of: Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Metsovo - Grevena - Kozani - Veroia - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Xanthi - Komotini – Alexandroupolis Linked to the Ports of: Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupolis Linked to the Airports of: Ioannina - Kastoria - Kozani - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupolis Technical characteristics: Two traffic lanes per direction, a central reserve and an emergency lane on the right. The area served accounts for: 36% of the country's total population 33% of its total gross national product In the primary sector, 54% of total farmland and 65% of total irrigated land In the secondary sector, 41% of total industrial employment, and 51% of total mining activity.
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Location: Egnatia odos, Greece
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