European route E69, is a road between Olderfjord and North Cape in northern Norway. The road is 129 km long. It contains 5 tunnels, totalling 15.5 km. The longest, the North Cape Tunnel, is 6.9 km long and reaches 212 m below sea level. Europes road system incorporates a series of European routes, which are numbered E1 and up. ... North Cape is the name of several capes: North Cape is a cape in Prince Edward Island, Canada North Cape is a cape in northern New Zealand North Cape is a cape in northern Norway, also known as Nordkapp The North Cape was a barge which ran aground in Rhode... The North Cape tunnel in Norway is one of the longest tunnels in Europe, and even in the world. ...
The northernmost part of the road is closed for the winter.
E routes are somewhat similar to the interstate highway system of the United States.
The route numbering system, defined by UNECE since 1975, is as follows (text and layout slightly modified from the original for clarity of understanding):
This is because the E01 is the westernmost main north-south route, and Europe does not have a straight western boundary.
On the other hand, there are countries where European roads do not have a national number or only an administrative one, for instance Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Similarly, the Swedish E4 is not an east-west route.
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