Greek Highways

sts · January 11th, 2005, 03:12 PM

Hi greek friends,I'm looking for some pics of the new greek highways,'couse I've noticed that there's so many highway under construction all over Greece,so can you help me,please??Thank you!!

zafiris · January 11th, 2005, 03:34 PM

Check this for Athens
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...ghlight=athens

And this road which will connect Italy-Greece (by ferry) in video
http://www.egnatiaodos.officegate.gr...egnatia_en.wmv

In exchange I would like to see the new road tunnels in Rome.

sts · January 11th, 2005, 03:58 PM

Thanx zafiris!!
Here some pics of the new roman tunnel called Giovanni XIII:

Christos7 · January 11th, 2005, 06:00 PM

Here are some pictures of a few of the new highways in Athens sts!

Christos7 · January 11th, 2005, 06:02 PM

sts · January 12th, 2005, 02:56 PM

Those pics are amazing!!,thank you Christos7!!!!

Christos7 · January 12th, 2005, 08:40 PM

Does anybody have NEW pictures of the junctions and completed highways in Piraeus along the coast? I have pics where it is not completely finished, anybody have any?

That is another huge highway project that went on.

LtBk · January 18th, 2005, 01:31 AM

So how many highways in Greece are in construction? And does anybody have an updated map of Greek highways?

greek_eagle · June 18th, 2006, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christos7

Does anybody have NEW pictures of the junctions and completed highways in Piraeus along the coast? I have pics where it is not completely finished, anybody have any?

That is another huge highway project that went on.

I tried Google Earth...but you know they haven't updated anything even though it says they have! The interchange is still in its underconstruction stage...though the finished interchange is quite impressive!!

Giorgio · June 19th, 2006, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greek_eagle

I tried Google Earth...but you know they haven't updated anything even though it says they have! The interchange is still in its underconstruction stage...though the finished interchange is quite impressive!!

They have updated other parts of Greece like Patras and Larissa but Athens is still the old pics.

Giorgio · January 18th, 2005, 04:16 PM

why is everyone so interested in this?

Wizard04 · January 23rd, 2005, 05:09 AM

Καλά πείτε τους τώρα ότι δίνουμε 5 Ευρώ για να μπούμε και να βγούμε από την Αττική οδό να πάθουνε συγκοπή.. lol

Skaros · January 26th, 2005, 10:03 PM

Peloponnese , Patras ring road (18 km , construction 2001)

Egnatia Highway
Connecting Epirus , Macedonia and Thrace (total 680 Km , by the end of 2004 480 finished)

sts · January 27th, 2005, 01:08 AM

Great work skaros,do you have more pics??

Christos7 · January 27th, 2005, 04:48 AM

My Italian friend sts, here are some more pics for you!

Rion Antirion Bridge

During Construction

Christos7 · January 27th, 2005, 04:48 AM

Some info on the Egnatia Highway

A modern closed motorway 680 kilometres long and 24.5 metres wide over the greatest part of its length following a new alignment and running across Epirus and Northern Greece from Igoumenitsa to Evros, the Egnatia Motorway is one of the largest road construction projects in Europe.

Nine major vertical axes connect the motorway with Albania , FYROM, Bulgaria and Turkey . Furthermore, 5 ports and 6 airports service the road.

A raft of tunnels, bridges and interchanges carry it across the Greek countryside.

On the threshold of the 21st century, one of the largest road construction projects being carried out in Greece (and, indeed, anywhere in Europe ) is the Egnatia Motorway, the modern reincarnation of the great Roman highway known as the Via Egnatia.

The 680 km Egnatia Motorway is a modern motorway that will probably be the only road (and by extension the only transport) link spanning Northern Greece from its western to its eastern border. From its starting-point at Igoumenitsa, it runs across the Prefectures of Thesprotia, Ioannina, Grevena, Kozani, Imathia, Thessaloniki , Serres, Kavala, Xanthi, Rodopi and Evros, to the village of Kipoi on the Turkish border.

Nine major vertical axes provide links to Albania , FYROM, Bulgaria and Turkey , and the whole system is served by 720 km of service roads.

The Egnatia Motorway was designed to the specifications of the Trans-European road network. It is a closed dual carriageway motorway with a central reserve, two traffic lanes plus an emergency lane per direction, for a total paved width of 24.5 metres over its greatest part, except for the road's mountainous sections.

What makes it one of the most interesting technical projects in Greece today is the number of structures needed to carry it across the countryside.

The realisation of this motorway requires the construction of:

1650 bridges, with a combined length of 40 km (or 80 km measured as single-carriageway bridges)

74 tunnels, with a combined length of 49,5 km (or 99 km measured as single-carriageway tunnels). Three of these tunnels are more than 3 km long: the Driskos Twin-Bore Tunnel, 4.7 km long per carriageway, the Dodoni Twin-Bore Tunnel, 3.4 km long per carriageway, and the Metsovo Single-Bore Tunnel, 3.5 km long, which is already constructed. The tunnels on the inland alignment Strymonas - Peramos are also included.

50 interchanges with the existing road network.

43 river crossings

11 railway crossings.

STRETCHING: From Igoumenitsa in the Prefecture of Thesprotia to Kipoi in the Prefecture of Evros

FOR A TOTAL LENGTH OF: 680 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 – Alexandroupolis

LINKED TO THE PORTS OF: Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupolis

AND THE AIRPORTS OF: Ioannina - Kastoria - Kozani - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupolis

PASSING NEAR: 332 communities

AND: 30 tourist areas and regions of particular interest

SERVING THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES OF: Ioannina - Florina - Edessa - Thessaloniki - Kilkis - Serres - Drama - Xanthi - Komotini - Alexandroupolis, either directly or by its vertical axes

PROPOSING AND FINANCING: Archaeological excavations, protection of monuments, environmental protection works (biotopes, etc.)

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Dual carriageway with 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.

Prometheus · January 27th, 2005, 09:52 AM

PATHE (PATRA - ATHENS - THESSALONIKI - EVZONI) motorway

Skaros · January 27th, 2005, 03:32 PM

Thank you sts.
Some more photos
Patras ring road , North Peloponnese

Patras -Olympia national road
no barrier in the middle , around 10-12m width , old and bad design with many intersections on the same level of the road (main reason for the many accidents happening there every year)
But perhaps there is hope since it is announced that the next two years will begin the reconstruction of the national road Korinthos-Patras-Olympia after which this old road will change to a modern Motorway.
I will come back with more photos and details from the forgotten from the state the last 20 years (at least) Peloponnese and the road network which is totally inadequate for today.

Skaros · January 27th, 2005, 04:10 PM

Some more from Peloponnisos road network:

Korinthos -Tripolis highway (Complited 10-15 years ago)

Near Tripolis

Artemissio Tunnel (1.8km)

***Singidunum*** · January 27th, 2005, 04:13 PM

even though it will be very expencive you need to construct highway over those continental mountains to connect aegean and ionian sea.

January 11th, 2005, 03:12 PM	#1
sts VeneziaGiuliaIsNotFriuli Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Trieste Posts: 2,498	Greek highways Hi greek friends,I'm looking for some pics of the new greek highways,'couse I've noticed that there's so many highway under construction all over Greece,so can you help me,please??Thank you!!

January 11th, 2005, 03:34 PM	#2
zafiris Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: athens Posts: 253	Check this for Athens http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...ghlight=athens And this road which will connect Italy-Greece (by ferry) in video http://www.egnatiaodos.officegate.gr...egnatia_en.wmv In exchange I would like to see the new road tunnels in Rome. Last edited by zafiris; January 11th, 2005 at 03:44 PM.

January 11th, 2005, 06:00 PM	#4
Christos7 European Champions Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,090	Here are some pictures of a few of the new highways in Athens sts! __________________ "Men of Athens... Had I not greatly at heart the common welfare of Hellas I should not have come to tell you; but I am myself Hellene by descent, and I would not willingly see Hellas exchange freedom for slavery..." - Alexander I of Macedonia (Herodotos, 9.45)

January 11th, 2005, 06:02 PM	#5
Christos7 European Champions Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,090	__________________ "Men of Athens... Had I not greatly at heart the common welfare of Hellas I should not have come to tell you; but I am myself Hellene by descent, and I would not willingly see Hellas exchange freedom for slavery..." - Alexander I of Macedonia (Herodotos, 9.45)

January 12th, 2005, 08:40 PM	#7
Christos7 European Champions Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,090	Does anybody have NEW pictures of the junctions and completed highways in Piraeus along the coast? I have pics where it is not completely finished, anybody have any? That is another huge highway project that went on. __________________ "Men of Athens... Had I not greatly at heart the common welfare of Hellas I should not have come to tell you; but I am myself Hellene by descent, and I would not willingly see Hellas exchange freedom for slavery..." - Alexander I of Macedonia (Herodotos, 9.45)

January 11th, 2005, 03:58 PM	#3
sts VeneziaGiuliaIsNotFriuli Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Trieste Posts: 2,498	Thanx zafiris!! Here some pics of the new roman tunnel called Giovanni XIII:

January 12th, 2005, 02:56 PM	#6
sts VeneziaGiuliaIsNotFriuli Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Trieste Posts: 2,498	Those pics are amazing!!,thank you Christos7!!!!

January 18th, 2005, 01:31 AM	#8
LtBk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lutherville-Timonium Posts: 1,209	So how many highways in Greece are in construction? And does anybody have an updated map of Greek highways?

January 18th, 2005, 04:16 PM	#11
Giorgio v2.0 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Adelaide Posts: 10,214	why is everyone so interested in this? __________________ Makedonia / Macedonia [MADE IN GREECE] The first, the only, the sensational. Impeccable Greece - you'll be amazed \| Adelaide, Australia Athens / Athinai / Atenes

January 23rd, 2005, 05:09 AM	#12
Wizard04 Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Guildford/Athens/Barcelona Posts: 18	Καλά πείτε τους τώρα ότι δίνουμε 5 Ευρώ για να μπούμε και να βγούμε από την Αττική οδό να πάθουνε συγκοπή.. lol

January 26th, 2005, 10:03 PM	#13
Skaros Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 966	Peloponnese , Patras ring road (18 km , construction 2001) Egnatia Highway Connecting Epirus , Macedonia and Thrace (total 680 Km , by the end of 2004 480 finished)

January 27th, 2005, 01:08 AM	#14
sts VeneziaGiuliaIsNotFriuli Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Trieste Posts: 2,498	Great work skaros,do you have more pics??

January 27th, 2005, 04:48 AM	#15
Christos7 European Champions Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,090	My Italian friend sts, here are some more pics for you! Rion Antirion Bridge During Construction __________________ "Men of Athens... Had I not greatly at heart the common welfare of Hellas I should not have come to tell you; but I am myself Hellene by descent, and I would not willingly see Hellas exchange freedom for slavery..." - Alexander I of Macedonia (Herodotos, 9.45)

January 27th, 2005, 04:48 AM	#16
Christos7 European Champions Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,090	Some info on the Egnatia Highway A modern closed motorway 680 kilometres long and 24.5 metres wide over the greatest part of its length following a new alignment and running across Epirus and Northern Greece from Igoumenitsa to Evros, the Egnatia Motorway is one of the largest road construction projects in Europe. Nine major vertical axes connect the motorway with Albania , FYROM, Bulgaria and Turkey . Furthermore, 5 ports and 6 airports service the road. A raft of tunnels, bridges and interchanges carry it across the Greek countryside. On the threshold of the 21st century, one of the largest road construction projects being carried out in Greece (and, indeed, anywhere in Europe ) is the Egnatia Motorway, the modern reincarnation of the great Roman highway known as the Via Egnatia. The 680 km Egnatia Motorway is a modern motorway that will probably be the only road (and by extension the only transport) link spanning Northern Greece from its western to its eastern border. From its starting-point at Igoumenitsa, it runs across the Prefectures of Thesprotia, Ioannina, Grevena, Kozani, Imathia, Thessaloniki , Serres, Kavala, Xanthi, Rodopi and Evros, to the village of Kipoi on the Turkish border. Nine major vertical axes provide links to Albania , FYROM, Bulgaria and Turkey , and the whole system is served by 720 km of service roads. The Egnatia Motorway was designed to the specifications of the Trans-European road network. It is a closed dual carriageway motorway with a central reserve, two traffic lanes plus an emergency lane per direction, for a total paved width of 24.5 metres over its greatest part, except for the road's mountainous sections. What makes it one of the most interesting technical projects in Greece today is the number of structures needed to carry it across the countryside. The realisation of this motorway requires the construction of: 1650 bridges, with a combined length of 40 km (or 80 km measured as single-carriageway bridges) 74 tunnels, with a combined length of 49,5 km (or 99 km measured as single-carriageway tunnels). Three of these tunnels are more than 3 km long: the Driskos Twin-Bore Tunnel, 4.7 km long per carriageway, the Dodoni Twin-Bore Tunnel, 3.4 km long per carriageway, and the Metsovo Single-Bore Tunnel, 3.5 km long, which is already constructed. The tunnels on the inland alignment Strymonas - Peramos are also included. 50 interchanges with the existing road network. 43 river crossings 11 railway crossings. STRETCHING: From Igoumenitsa in the Prefecture of Thesprotia to Kipoi in the Prefecture of Evros FOR A TOTAL LENGTH OF: 680 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 – Alexandroupolis LINKED TO THE PORTS OF: Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupolis AND THE AIRPORTS OF: Ioannina - Kastoria - Kozani - Thessaloniki - Kavala – Alexandroupolis PASSING NEAR: 332 communities AND: 30 tourist areas and regions of particular interest SERVING THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES OF: Ioannina - Florina - Edessa - Thessaloniki - Kilkis - Serres - Drama - Xanthi - Komotini - Alexandroupolis, either directly or by its vertical axes PROPOSING AND FINANCING: Archaeological excavations, protection of monuments, environmental protection works (biotopes, etc.) TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Dual carriageway with 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. __________________ "Men of Athens... Had I not greatly at heart the common welfare of Hellas I should not have come to tell you; but I am myself Hellene by descent, and I would not willingly see Hellas exchange freedom for slavery..." - Alexander I of Macedonia (Herodotos, 9.45)

January 27th, 2005, 09:52 AM	#17
Prometheus A pimp named Slickback Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right behind you Posts: 1,439	PATHE (PATRA - ATHENS - THESSALONIKI - EVZONI) motorway __________________ Fly Cyprus Airways Virtual Greece MACEDONIA:HELLENIC AND PROUD

January 27th, 2005, 03:32 PM	#18
Skaros Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 966	Thank you sts. Some more photos Patras ring road , North Peloponnese Patras -Olympia national road no barrier in the middle , around 10-12m width , old and bad design with many intersections on the same level of the road (main reason for the many accidents happening there every year) But perhaps there is hope since it is announced that the next two years will begin the reconstruction of the national road Korinthos-Patras-Olympia after which this old road will change to a modern Motorway. I will come back with more photos and details from the forgotten from the state the last 20 years (at least) Peloponnese and the road network which is totally inadequate for today.

January 27th, 2005, 04:10 PM	#19
Skaros Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 966	Some more from Peloponnisos road network: Korinthos -Tripolis highway (Complited 10-15 years ago) Near Tripolis Artemissio Tunnel (1.8km)

January 27th, 2005, 04:13 PM	#20
*Singidunum* Grad Oblakodera Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Beograd Posts: 12,729	even though it will be very expencive you need to construct highway over those continental mountains to connect aegean and ionian sea. __________________ We must select a smaller number of standard designs .. and conduct our mass building programs using only these designs over the course of, say, five years .. and if no better designs turn up, then continue in the same way for the next five years. What's wrong with this approach, comrades? Nikita Khrushchev, 1954

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