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).