:European route E85

{{Short description|Road in trans-European E-road network}}

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{{Infobox road

| country = EUR

| type = E

| route = 85

| map =

| length_km = 2314

| direction_a = North

| terminus_a = Klaipėda, Lithuania

| junction =

| direction_b = South

| terminus_b = Alexandroupolis, Greece

| countries = {{flag|Lithuania}}
{{flag|Belarus}}
{{flag|Ukraine}}
{{flag|Romania}}
{{flag|Bulgaria}}
{{flag|Greece}}

}}

File:Eiguliu tiltas.jpg in Lithuania. Bridge over the Neris River.]]

European route E85 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.

The E 85 starts from Klaipėda (Lithuania) runs south through Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria to Greece, ending at Alexandroupoli.{{cite web | title= European Agrement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR) | url=https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/ECE-TRANS-SC1-384e.pdf |publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |date=14 March 2008 | access-date=23 November 2024}}

The E 85 is {{convert|2314|km|abbr=on}} long.

Route

=Lithuania=

  • {{jct|country=LTU|A|1}}: Klaipėda ({{Jct|country=LTU|E|272}}) - Kryžkalnis ({{Jct|country=LTU|E|77}}) - Kaunas ({{Jct|country=LTU|E|67}} {{Jct|country=LTU|E|262}}) - Vilnius ({{Jct|country=LTU|E|28}} {{Jct|country=LTU|E|272}})
  • {{jct|country=LTU|A|3}}: Vilnius ({{Jct|country=LTU|E|28}} {{Jct|country=LTU|E|272}})
  • {{jct|country=LTU|A|15}}: Vilnius ({{Jct|country=LTU|E|28}}) - Šalčininkai

=Belarus=

  • {{jct|country=BLR|M|11}}: Beiniakoni - Lida - Slonim - Ivatsevichy ({{Jct|country=BLR|E|30}})
  • {{jct|country=BLR|M|1}}: Ivatsevichy (Start of Concurrency with {{Jct|country=BLR|E|30}}) - Kobryn (End of Concurrency with {{Jct|country=BLR|E|30}})

=Ukraine=

=Romania=

  • {{jct|country=ROU|DN|2}}: Siret - Suceava ({{Jct|country=ROU|E|58}}) - Săbăoani ({{Jct|country=ROU|E|583}}) - Roman - Bacău ({{Jct|country=ROU|E|574}}) - Tișița ({{Jct|country=ROU|E|581}}) - Focșani - Buzău ({{Jct|country=ROU|E|577}}) - Urziceni (Start of concurrency with {{Jct|country=ROU|E|60}}) - București (End of concurrency with {{Jct|country=ROU|E|60}})
  • {{jct|country=ROU|DN|5}}: București (Start of concurrency with {{Jct|country=ROU|E|70}}) - Giurgiu

=Bulgaria=

  • {{jct|country=BGR|I|2}}: Ruse (End of Concurrency with {{Jct|country=EUR|E|70}})
  • {{jct|country=BGR|I|5}}: Ruse ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|70}}) - Byala ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|83}}) - Veliko Tarnovo ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|772}}) - Stara Zagora ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|773}}) - Dimitrovgrad ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|80}}) - Haskovo
  • {{jct|country=BGR|I|8}}: Haskovo - Harmanli - Novo Selo

=Greece=

The E85 in Greece currently runs from Ormenio in the north to Alexandroupolis to the south, via Kastanies and Didymoteicho.{{cite web|title=European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries|url=https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2016/sc1/ECE-TRANS-SC1-2016-03-Rev1e.pdf|website=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe|publisher=United Nations|access-date=9 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406024702/https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2016/sc1/ECE-TRANS-SC1-2016-03-Rev1e.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2023|location=Geneva|pages=9–19|language=en-us|date=1 November 2016|url-status=live|id=ECE/TRANS/SC.1/2016/3/Rev.1}}

In relation to the national road network, the E85 currently follows the EO51 road from Kastanies to {{ill|Ardani, Evros|lt=Ardani|el|Αρδάνιο Έβρου}}, and then the EO2 to Alexandroupolis: the section from Ormenio to Kastanies has no number.[https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/1963/19630200319.pdf Ministerial Decision G25871/1963] (FEK B' 319/23.7.1963, pp. 2500–2501). The E85 connects with the E90 at the interchange of the EO51 and the A2 motorway, north of Ardani.

See also

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