European route E90
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| West end: | Lisbon (Portugal) |
| East end: | Silopi (Turkey) |
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| Countries: | Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey |
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European route E 90 is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from Lisbon in Portugal in the west to the Turkish-Iraqi border in the east.
Itinerary
The E 90 routes through five European countries, and includes four sea-crossings: Barcelona, Spain - Mazara del Vallo, Italy; Messina, Italy to Reggio di Calabria, Italy; Brindisi, Italy to Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Eceabat, Turkey to Canakkale, Turkey.
Portugal
The E 90 travels through 216 km (134 mi) of central Portugal
- A-2: Lisbon - Junction with A13 and A6 (58 km (36 mi))
- A-6: Junction - border with Spain near Badajoz (158 km (98 mi))
Spain
The E90 crosses approximately 998 km (620 mi) across central Spain
- A-5: Badajoz - Madrid (387 km (240 mi))
- A-2: Madrid - Zaragoza (304 km (189 mi))
- AP-2: Zaragoza - Barcelona (307 km (191 mi))
From Barcelona, the E90 travels across the Mediterranean Sea towards Sicily. There is no direct ferry crossing from Barcelona to Mazara del Vallo. To get to Mazara from Barcelona three ferry crossings have to be made: Barcelona to Genoa, then Genoa to Palermo in Sicily.
Italy
The E 90 crosses approximately 900 km (560 mi) across the top of Sicily, the bottom of the toe of Italy, and over the top of the heel, to then cross the Adriatic Sea over to Greece.
It is important to note that E90 is not always signed in the region of Sicily. Often, only the Autostrada number is posted at Autostrada freeway entrances and from local, regional and national roads. In that regard, European routes get far less treatment and it is fairly uncommon. The native Sicilian population and mass media reports always refer to E90 as the Autostrada and/or it's numbered route (A29, A19, A20).
- A29: Mazara del Vallo - Palermo (120 km (75 mi))
- A19: Palermo - Buonfornello (45 km (28 mi))
- A20: Buonfornello - Messina (175 km (109 mi))
- Ferry from Messina to Reggio di Calabria (13 km (8.1 mi))
- RA-4: Reggio di Calabria (5.5 km (3.4 mi))
- SS-106: Reggio di Calabria - Taranto (478 km (297 mi))
- SS-7: Taranto - Brindisi (69 km (43 mi))
Greece
The E 90 passes through 670 km (420 mi) of northern Greece. It is identical with Motorway A2, better known under the name Egnatia Odos.
- Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Konitsa - Veroia - Thessaloniki - Kavala - Alexandroupolis - Turkish border at Kipoi
Turkey
- D.110 Greek border at İpsala - Keşan: (45 km/28 mi) (as
) - D.550 Keşan - Gelibolu - Eceabat (108 km/67 mi) (as
) - Ferry: Eceabat - Çanakkale
- D.200 Çanakkale - Lapseki - Biga - Bandırma – Bursa West
- O-33 (Bursa Beltway): Bursa West - Bursa East
- D.200 Bursa East - Eskişehir - Ankara West
- O-20 (Ankara Beltway): Ankara West - Ankara South
- D.750 Ankara South - Aksaray - Pozantı
- O-21 (Tarsus-Ankara Motorway): Pozantı - O-51 Interchange
- O-51 (Adana-Erdemli Motorway): O-21 Interchange - Adana West
- O-50 (Adana Beltway): Adana West - Adana East
- O-52 (Adana-Şanlıurfa Motorway): Adana East - Osmaniye - Gaziantep - Nizip
- D.400 Nizip - Şanlıurfa - Nusaybin – Cizre
- D.430 Cizre - Silopi - Iraqi border
Coordinates: 37°58′51″N 13°40′09″E / 37.98083°N 13.66917°E