Greek National Road 5 is a highway in Western Greece. It runs from 2 km south of Rio at GR-8/GR-9 (westbound), or at the beginning of the Patras By-Pass in the south up to the city centre of Ioannina. It is now connected with a new bridge, the Rio-Antirio bridge and for 5 km is a joint with GR-48 and E65. For the entire length, it is part of E55. Now the highway is divided from south of Rio to west of Antirio, and near Fragouleika. This is a town that uses the same modern name, for other uses see Rio Rio or Rion, Latin: Rhion or Rhium (Greek: Modern: Ρίο Rio, Ancient: Ρίον Rion) is a suburban town north of Patras, Greece. ... Greece Interstate 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. ... Greece Interstate 9 is the second-longest national highway that runs into the Peloponnese. ... Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα, often Γιάννενα /janena/ or Γιάννινα /janina/); is a city in Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000. ... The piers of the Rio-Antirio bridge can slide on their gravel beds to accommodate tectonic movement. ... Greece Interstate 48 is a highway in Western and Central Greece. ... E65 is a name of a BMW car platform: BMW E65/E66 a European road: European route E65 This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The European route E55 passes through the following cities: Helsingborg - Elsinore - Rostock - Berlin - Dresden - Teplice - Prague - Vienna - Ancona - Ioannina - Arta (bypasses) - Amphilochia - Agrinion - Messolonghi - Rhion * Antirrhion - Patras - Kourtesi - Marathia - Pyrgos - Epitalion - Zacharo - Kalo Nero - near Dorio - near Oichalia - Allagi - Thouria - Kalamáta From Helsingborg, the route continues northward through Sweden and...

It runs on the east side of the Ambracian Gulf from Amfilochia to the Arta-Aitoloacarnania boudnary. Before the opening of the Arta by-pass, the highway passed about 100 m from the historic Old Arta bridge and north of Arta. The highway has a tunnel between Arta and Ioannina. The Ambracian Gulf, as seen from the Space Shuttle in November 1994. ... Aitolia-Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία) also Aetoloacarnania, rarely Aetolia and Acarnania or Aitoloakarnania is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ...

History

• In the late-1990s, a slope near the tunnel located between Arta and Ioannina was devastated with a mudslide cutting off traffic and hydro to the area. A few days later, the highway/route was reopened

The highway passes within towns and cities ordered from north to south includes: The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

• west of Rio
• Rio-Antirio bridge (toll)
• Antirio, since the openeing of the bridge, bypasses
• Junction of GR-48
• Messolonghi (bypasses in the north and east)
• east of Aitoliko
• Fragkouleika, now bypasses since 2003 or 2004
• west of Agrinio, junctions with GR-38 in the south
• the bridge thath spans 2 km over the Achelous River NW of Agrinio
• Amfilochia, junctions with GR-42
• Menidi
• Arta, since the mid-1990s, bypasses to the north
• junction with GR-21, now further away since the mid-1990s
• junction with the University of Ioannina
• ends at downtown Ioannina

This is a town that uses the same modern name, for other uses see Rio Rio or Rion, Latin: Rhion or Rhium (Greek: Modern: Ρίο Rio, Ancient: Ρίον Rion) is a suburban town north of Patras, Greece. ... The piers of the Rio-Antirio bridge can slide on their gravel beds to accommodate tectonic movement. ... Antirio (Greek: Modern, Αντίρριο, also pronouced as: a-DEE-ree-oh, Ancient/Katharevousa: _n), older spellings Antirrio, Antirrion, Antirhion, Antirion, ancient spelling: Antirrhion, Latin: Antirrhium is a community lying in a cape which has its closest distance to the Peloponnese in which the Rio_Antirio bridge can now access to the... Messolonghi is a town of about 12,000 people (as of 1991 census) in central Greece. ... Aitoliko (Greek, Modern: Αιτωλικό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n fr. ... Agrinio (Greek, Modern: Αγρίνιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, older form: Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city and a municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture of Greece, with about 100. ... Greece Interstate 38 is a highway linking the cities of Agrinio, Karpenisi and Lamia. ... The Achelous river (Greek: Αχελώος), also Acheloos, Aheloos, Akheloos, rarely Akhelous and Ahelous, formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity. ... Aerial view The municipality of Menidi (Greek: Μενιδίου) is located in Northwestern Greece (southeast Europe). ... Arta may refer to: Djibouti Arta District Arta, Djibouti Greece Arta Prefecture Arta, Greece Italy Piano dArta Ancient People Arta Kamuia or Arta Kamuio This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... University of Ioannina is a university lying in the plains 5 km southwest of the city centre of Ioannina, Greece. ... Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα, often Γιάννενα /janena/ or Γιάννινα /janina/); is a city in Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000. ...

See also:

• List of Greek roads