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Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. The road stretched across Illyria, Macedonia, and Thrace, running across modern Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. It was constructed in order to link up different Roman colonies from the Adriatic Sea to Byzantium. A Roman road in Pompeii Road Construction on Trajans Column The Roman roads were essential for the growth of their empire, by enabling them to move armies. ... Area under Roman control Roman Republic Roman Empire Western Empire Eastern Empire Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a city-state founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC - 140s BC - 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC Years: 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC - 146 BC - 145 BC 144 BC... Gnaeus Egnatius was a proconsul during the Roman Republic. ... For the Miocene ape, see Proconsul (genus) Under the Roman Empire a proconsul was a promagistrate filling the office of a consul. ... This article is about an ancient civilization in southeastern Europe; see also Illyria (software), Illyria (character in the TV series Angel). ... Thraciae veteris typvs. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... Byzantium, present day Istanbul, was an ancient Greek city-state, which according to legend was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Î’ÏÎ¶Î±Ï‚ or Î’ÏÎ¶Î±Î½Ï„Î±Ï‚ in Greek). ...

The Via Egnatia was repaired and expanded several times. It remained an important commercial and strategic route for centuries, and was one of the most important roads in the Byzantine Empire, connecting Dyrrhachium (present-day Durrës) on the Adriatic with Lychnidos (Ohrid), Thessalonica (Thessaloniki), Perinthus (later Heraclea), and finally Constantinople (Istanbul) on the Bosporus. Almost all Byzantine overland trade with western Europe travelled along the Via Egnatia. During the Crusades, armies travelling to the east by land followed the road to Constantinople before crossing into Asia Minor. In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, control of the road was vital for the survival of the Latin Empire as well as the Byzantine successor states the Empire of Nicaea and the Despotate of Epirus. Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... The Greek city of Epidamnos (Strabo Geography vi. ... View of DurrÃ«s DurrÃ«s (historical names: Î”Ï…ÏÏÎ¬Ï‡Î¹Î¿Î½,Durazzo, Epidamnos, Ð”Ñ€Ð°Ñ‡, Dyrrhachium) is the most ancient and one of the most economically important cities of Albania. ... Ohrid is a city in western Macedonia, on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Ohrid municipality Elevation 695 m Population 55 749 Time zone - Standard - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 046 Postal code 6000 Car plates OH Official Website www. ... The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... Coordinates 40Â°38â€² N 22Â°57â€² E Country Greece Periphery Central Macedonia Prefecture Thessaloniki [1] Population 607,987 source (2006) Metropolitan area population 2,395,220 Area 17. ... Perinthus (Turkish Eski Eregli, old Heraclea) was an ancient town of Thrace, on the Propontis, 22 miles west of Selymbria, strongly situated on a small peninsula on the bay of that name. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul, Greek: , historically known in English as Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... Bosporus - photo taken from International Space Station. ... This article is about the medieval crusades. ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to... The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople (EugÃ¨ne Delacroix, 1840). ... The Latin Empire, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. ... The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the states founded by refugees from the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople was conquered during the Fourth Crusade. ... The Despotate of Epirus was one of the medieval Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, founded in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. ...

Egnatia Odos (Modern highway)

In the 1990s, construction began on a modern Egnatia in Greece, also known as National Road 2 or Egnatia Odos (Εγνατία Οδός). The new highway, with a total length of 670 km, (currently 66% complete) begins at the Greek-Turkish border on the Evros river and, after 76 tunnels of 99 km combined length and 1650 bridges, ends at the western Greek port of Igoumenitsa, which is connected to the ports of Brindisi, Bari, Ancona and Venice, Italy by ferry boats. It is a closed highway with sophisticated electronic surveillance measures, SCADA controls for the lighting/tunner ventilation and advanced vehicle collision absorption measures. This article is very long Some browsers may have difficulty rendering this article. ... The Maritsa or Evros (Bulgarian: ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ñ†Ð°, Greek: Î•Î²ÏÎ¿Ï‚, Romanized as Hebrus, Turkish: MeriÃ§) river is ca . ... Igoumenitsa (Greek: Î—Î³Î¿Ï…Î¼ÎµÎ½Î¯Ï„ÏƒÎ±) (Albanian: GumenicÃ«) is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. ... Brindisi is an ancient city in the Italian region of Puglia, the capital of the province of Brindisi. ... Location within Italy Bari is the capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia (or Puglia) region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. ... Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 (2005). ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ...

From Evros to Thessaloniki, the new highway closely parallels the ancient route, sometimes even coinciding with it. This is largely finished now (except for the Nestos Bridge). The other part of the highway, from Thessaloniki to Ioannina is largely unfinished, but work is due to completion. This is the most challenging part, and perhaps the greatest construction ever undertaken in modern Greece, as it is designed to traverse the mountainous regions of Macedonia and Epirus. In mid-2005, the critical Polymylos-Kastania segment was delivered. This segment literally goes trough the Vermion mountains and features numerous tunnels and deep bridges, connecting Thessaloniki to Kozani. Similar works on the Pindos range (i.e. from Grevena to Ioannina) were delayed due to environmental concerns about the destruction of the habitat of the endangered brown bear. However, a new routing was proposed in 2003, and now this part is expected to be complete in 2008.

In addition to the main highway, three perpendicular auxiliary highways are under construction connecting the highway to important cities, ports and airports of Macedonia.

The whole project is estimated to cost about 5.9 billion euros while it will be completed in 2009 and probably is the most ambitious and expensive public works ever taken place in modern Greece. Its international designation is E90.

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Categories: Roman roads in Greece and Macedonia | Byzantine Empire | Roads in Greece The following is a list of Greek Highways. ... Greek National Road 1 is the longest highway in Greece. ... Ancient Via Egnatia route Via Egnatia (Greek: Î•Î³Î½Î±Ï„Î¯Î± ÎŸÎ´ÏŒÏ‚) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ... Greece National Road 3 is a highway that is the old national road from Eleusis to Larissa, and near Tyrnavos to Elassonas and the new national road up to the border with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Niki and links with the M3. ... Greek National Road 5 is a highway in Western Greece. ... Greek National Road 6 is a highway in north-central Greece. ... Greek National Road 7 is a north-to-south highway that runs from Kalamata in the south and ends in Corinth in the north. ... Greek National Road 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. ... A non-motorway part of the road Greek National Road 8A, sometimes Greek National Road 8 is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue, in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. ... Greek National Road 9 is the second-longest national highway that runs into the Peloponnese. ... Greece National Road 13 links Katerini with national road 3 Mikro Eleftherohori (8km northern of Elassona). ... Greek National Road 27 is a highway linking Itea, Amfissa and Lamia. ... Greek National Road 33 is a highway that runs from Patras, originally at Dimitris Gounaris Street, now begins at the beltway, and had a branch ending at Olympia, and ends near Vytina, and LevÃdi, and some think it still ends at Ellinikon near Andritsaina and Megalopolis. ... Greek National Road 38 is a highway linking the cities of Agrinio, Karpenisi and Lamia. ... Greek National Road 44 is a highway linking the cities of Thiva, Chalkida and Karystos. ... Greek National Road 48 is a highway in Western and Central Greece. ... The Greek National Road 67 (short or common GR-67 and Thessaloniki - Nea Moudania Road) or the Diagoniki Odos? is a highway or route that links the city of Thessaloniki with Nea Moudania and to southern Chalkidiki. ... Greek National Road 70 is a highway linking Argos, Nafplio, Epidavros, and Corinth. ... Greek National Road 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. ... Greek National Road 76 (Pyrgos - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) is an west to east highway linking 2 km W of Krestena with GR-9/E55, Andritsaina and SE of Megalopoli (until 2003, in Megalopoli). ... Greek National Road 82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparti) is a west to east highway linking Pylos with the GR-9/E55, Kalamata and downtown Sparta with GR-37/E???. The highway begins in downtown Pylos and runs through the southwestern part of Messenia and through curvy roads and through Lykodimos and... Main Route Greek National Road 89 is a highway that goes from Koropi to Lavrio as a continuation of the Attiki Odos route. ... Overview Greek National Road 91 (GR-91) is a highway running from the southernmost limit of the Athens metropolitan Area, in Vouliagmeni up to Sounio. ... E-95 is the one of the main arteries on the island of Rhodes and is the only one recorded as a National Highway. ...

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