STRETCHING:	From Igoumenitsa in the Prefecture of Thesprotia to Kipi in the Prefecture of Evros
PROJECT LENGTH:	670 kilometres
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 - Veroia - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Xanthi - Komotini – Alexandroupoli
LINKED WITH THE PORTS OF:	Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Alexandroupoli
AND THE AIRPORTS OF:	Ioannina - Kastoria - Kozani - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupoli
PASSING NEAR:	332 towns and villages, 30 touristic or otherwise special locations
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 projects (biotopes, etc.)
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS:	A dual carriageway with two traffic lanes per direction, a central reserve and an emergency lane.

Major construction units:

 63 road interchanges
 177 major bridges, approximately 40 km long (longer than 50m)and many smaller ones
 350 entrance / exit overbridges and underpasses of a combined length of 50km
 73 twin-bore tunnels (max. length 4.8 km) of a combined length of approximately 50km (or 100km measured as single-carriageway ones)
 43 river crossings
 11 railway crossings

The Motorway zone of influence represents:

 36% of the country’s population
 33% of the country’s GNP
 In the primary sector, 54% of the country’s agricultural land and 65% of the total irrigated land. In the secondary sector, 41% of the country’s employment in industry/small trade
 51% of the country’s extractive industry   

The overall construction cost of the Egnatia Motorway amounts to 6b€ (exclusive of VAT).