European route E77
{{Short description|Road in trans-European E-road network}}
{{Infobox road
| country = EUR
| type = E
| route = 77
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=275|type=line|stroke-width=3}}
| map_custom = yes
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = Pskov, Russia
| junction =
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = Budapest, Hungary
| countries = {{flag|Russia}}
{{flag|Estonia}}
{{flag|Latvia}}
{{flag|Lithuania}}
{{flag|Poland}}
{{flag|Slovakia}}
{{flag|Hungary}}
}}
European route E 77 is a part of the inter-European road system. This Class A intermediate north–south route is {{convert|1690|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and it connects the Baltic Sea with the central part of the continent.
History
In the version of the E-road network established in 1975, E77 was a much shorter road in Hungary from Püspökladány, E60 to Nyíregyháza, which is now part of E573. The section of current E77 between Gdańsk and Budapest was part of E75. When the E77 was first defined in this area, its north end was in Gdańsk.{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201302/volume-1302-I-21618-English.pdf |title=volume-1302-l-21618-English.pdf |access-date=2017-06-08 |format=pdf}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elbruz.org/eroads/E77.htm |title=E77 |access-date=2017-06-08}}
Route
File:Kelias_A12,_ties_Mikytais.JPG in Lithuania.]]
File:European road E77 in Slovakia.jpg and Dolný Kubín, Slovakia.]]
The E 77 routes through several European countries. The north end of the road system is in Pskov Oblast in Russia, it passes through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, to the south end in Budapest, Hungary:
{{flag|Russia}} (Pskov Oblast)
- {{jct|country=RUS|A|212}}: Pskov - Neyolovo - Izborsk - Shumilkino - {{flagicon|Russia}}/{{flagicon|Estonia}} border checkpoint
{{flag|Estonia}}
- {{jct|country=EST|N|7}}: {{flagicon|Estonia}}/{{flagicon|Russia}} border - Määsi - Misso - Käbli - {{flagicon|Estonia}}/{{flagicon|Latvia}} border
{{flag|Latvia}}
- {{jct|country=LVA|A|2}}: {{flagicon|Latvia}}/{{flagicon|Estonia}} border - Grundzāle - Sigulda - Riga
- {{jct|country=LVA|A|6}}: Riga
- {{jct|country=LVA|A|8}}: Riga - Jelgava - Eleja - {{flagicon|Latvia}}/{{flagicon|Lithuania}} border
{{flag|Lithuania}}
- {{jct|country=LTU|A|12}}: {{flagicon|Lithuania}}/{{flagicon|Latvia}} border - Plikiškiai - Joniškis
- Route 210: Joniškis
- {{jct|country=LTU|A|12}}: Joniškis - Šiauliai
- {{jct|country=LTU|A|18}}: Šiauliai
- {{jct|country=LTU|A|12}}: Šiauliai - Kelmė - Tauragė - Panemune - {{flagicon|Lithuania}}/{{flagicon|Russia}} border checkpoint
{{flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)
- {{jct|country=RUS|A|216}}: {{flagicon|Russia}}/{{flagicon|Lithuania}} border checkpoint - Sovetsk - Talpaki
- {{jct|country=RUS|A|229}}: Talpaki - Gvardeysk - Kaliningrad
- 27A-007: within Kaliningrad
- 27A-002: Kaliningrad - Baltiysk
File:Ferry Sign.svg: Kaliningrad - Gdańsk (as no ferry available from Baltiysk)
{{flag|Poland}}
- {{jct|country=POL|S|7}}: Gdańsk - Koszwały - Nowy Dwór Gdański - Elbląg - Ostróda - Olsztynek - Nidzica - Mława - Strzegowo - Płońsk
- {{jct|country=POL|DK|7}}: Płońsk - Zakroczym
- {{jct|country=POL|S|7}}: Zakroczym - Czosnów
- {{jct|country=POL|DK|7}}: Czosnów - Warsaw
- {{jct|country=POL|S|7|S|8}}: Warsaw
- {{jct|country=POL|S|7}}: Warsaw - Grójec - Białobrzegi - Radom - Skarżysko-Kamienna - Kielce - Chęciny - Jędrzejów - Miechów - Widoma
- {{jct|country=POL|DK|7}}: Widoma - Kraków
- {{jct|country=POL|A|4}}: Kraków
- {{jct|country=POL|DK|7}}: Kraków - Myślenice
- {{jct|country=POL|S|7}}: Myślenice - Lubień - Rabka-Zdrój
- {{jct|country=POL|DK|7}}: Rabka-Zdrój - Jabłonka - {{flagicon|Poland}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia}} border
{{flag|Slovakia}}
- {{jct|country=SVK|I|59}}: {{flagicon|Poland}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia}} border - Trstená
- {{jct|country=SVK|R|3}}: Trstená
- {{jct|country=SVK|I|59}}: Trstená - Dolný Kubín - Ružomberok - Banská Bystrica
- {{jct|country=SVK|R|1|I|66}}: Banská Bystrica - Zvolen
- {{jct|country=SVK|I|66}}: Zvolen
- {{jct|country=SVK|I|16}}: Zvolen
- {{jct|country=SVK|I|66}}: Zvolen - Devičie - Šahy - {{flagicon|Slovakia}}/{{flagicon|Hungary}} border
{{flag|Hungary}}
Improvements
A bypass to the east of Panemunė and Sovetsk, incorporating new border control points and a new bridge over the Neman River, is under construction. After completion it will become part of the E77. [http://www.lra.lt/en.php/panemune_by_pass/14539]
References
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