THE MOTORWAY

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