: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
References
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External links
{{Commons category|E85}}
- [https://unece.org/DAM/trans/conventn/MapAGR2007.pdf UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)]
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Category:European routes in Ukraine
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