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	EGNATIA



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IONIAN

ATTIKI ODOS

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	STRIMONA



	KASTORIAS



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		804 km from Igoumenitsa to Ormeni


	MAP of A2 Egnatia-Motorway

STRETCHING:	From Igoumenitsa in the Prefecture of Thesprotia to Kipi in the Prefecture of Evros
PROJECT SIZE:	670 kilometres (800km until Ormeni)
SERVING THE REGIONS OF:	Thesprotia - Ioannina - Grevena - Kozani - Imathia - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Xanthi - Rodopi – Evros
LINKED WITH THE BORDERS OF:	Albania - FYROM - Bulgaria - Turkey, through nine major vertical axes
PASSING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF:	Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Metsovo - Grevena - Kozani - Veria - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Xanthi - Komotini – Alexandroupoli
LINKED TO THE PORTS OF:	Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Alexandroupoli
AND THE AIRPORTS OF:	Ioannina - Kastoria - Kozani - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupoli 332 towns and villages
PASSING NEAR:	30 regions of particular interest
SERVING THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES OF:	Ioannina - Florina - Edessa - Thessaloniki - Kilkis - Serres - Drama - Xanthi - Komotini – Alexandroupolis, either directly or through its vertical axes
PROPOSING AND FINANCING:	Archaeological excavations, protection of monuments, environmental protection works (biotopes, etc.)
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS:	Dual carriageway of international standards with two traffic lanes per direction, a central reserve and an emergency lane.

Major construction units

50 road interchanges

350 entrance / exit overbridges and underpasses

1650 major bridges, with a total length of nearly 40 km, and many small ones

76 tunnels up to 4,8km long, with a total length of nearly 49,5km (or 99km measured as single-carriageway ones)

43 river crossings

11 railway crossings

	WEST REGION	CENTRAL REGION	EAST REGION	TOTAL
Total number of bridges	86	222	262	570
Combined length of bridges	10.421 m	18.757 m	12.505 m	41.683 m

The Longest A2 Egnatia Motorway Tunnels

The diverse terrain crossed by the Egnatia Motorway together with the special environmental conditions encountered imposed the construction (provision for) 74 twin-bore road tunnelsof an overall combined length of 100km (measured as single carriageway) measured at 50km of single carriageway. This means that 7% of the road axis length is carried through tunnels, the construction cost of which corresponds to X% of the total motorway construction cost.