European route E20
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Major junctions | |
West end: | Shannon Airport (Ireland) |
East end: | St Petersburg (Russia) |
Location | |
Countries: | Ireland, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Russia |
Highway system | |
International E-road network |
The European route E 20 is part of the United Nations International E-road network.
It runs roughly west-east through Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and finally Russia. The length is 1,880 km (1,170 mi).
The road is not continuous; at three points, a sea crossing is required. Roll-on/roll-off ferries make the crossings from Dublin to Liverpool and from Stockholm to Tallinn. No vehicle-carrying vessels traverse the North Sea from Kingston-upon-Hull to Esbjerg (as of 2013).
Route
Ireland
The initial section of the E 20 from Shannon Airport to Dublin via Limerick is approximately 228 km long and is only partially signed, along the M7/N7. The section from Shannon Airport to east of Limerick is mainly dual carriageway, with a short section of motorway as part of the Limerick Southern Ring Road. The Shannon Tunnel, opened on 16 July 2010, completed the bypass of Limerick. The section from Limerick to Naas is motorway (M7), and the final section from Naas to Dublin is dual carriageway (N7). A ferry must be used from Dublin to Liverpool.
United Kingdom
E 20 follows the A5080 from Liverpool to Huyton, the M62 from Huyton to South Cave, and the A63 from South Cave to Kingston upon Hull. The route length across the UK is 205 km in total, it is not signposted in the UK.
There is no ferry between Kingston upon Hull and Esbjerg, but Immingham is 48.3 km/30 mi from Kingston upon Hull with ferries to Esbjerg with DFDS Seaways. Alternative ferries are available from Harwich but that is 350 km/220 mi from Kingston upon Hull.
Denmark
In Denmark E 20 is a motorway from Esbjerg to the Oresund Bridge. The length of the Danish part is 315 km (196 mi).
It passes along the Great Belt Bridge which consists of two parts of 6 + 6 km.
The Great Belt Bridge and Oresund Bridge are tolled, both with more than €30.[1][2] The Oresund Bridge is 8 km and there is a 4 km tunnel on the Danish side of the Sund. The road crosses the border between DK/S on the bridge.
Between Køge and Copenhagen the road has three E-road numbers (also E 47 and E 55).
15 Lufthavn Ø
16 Lufthavn
17 Lufthavn V
18 Tårnby 221
19 Ørestad
20 København C
21 Avedøre Holme
22 Gl. Køge Landevej 151
E47n E55n Helsingør
25 Brøndbyvester O3
26 Ishøj Strand 243
O4n Lyngby, Roskilde, Copenhagen
27 Greve N
28 Greve C
29 Greve S 217
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Karlsunde
30 Solrød N
31 Solrød S 6
32 Køge
E47s E55s Rødby, Gedser
| Salby
33 Vemmedrup
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Bjæverskov
34 Borup
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Kongsted/Bøgede
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Kværkeby
35 Ringsted Ø 14
36 Ringsted N 215n
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Tuelsø
37 Sorø 57
38 Slagelse Ø 150
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Antvorskov
39 Slagelse S 22
40 Vemmelev 150
41 Tjæreby 277
42 Korsør 265s
43 Halskov
44 Knudshoved
45 Nyborg Ø 153s
46 Nyborg V 165n 8s
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Rønninge
47 Langeskov
48 Tietgenbyen
9n Svendborg 9s Odense
50 Hjallese 167s
51 Odense S
52 Odense SV 168
53 Odense V 161
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Kildebjerg
54 Vissenbjerg 335
55 Aarup 329
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Ålsbo
56 Ejby
57 Nørre Åby 313
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Lillebælt
58 Middelfart
59 Fredericia S 28n
60 Fredericia V 171
E45n Horsens, Århus, Aalborg
61 Taulov
E45s Kolding, Aabenraa, Flensburg
62 Kolding Ø 176v170
63 Bramdrupdam
E45s Aabenraa, Flensburg
64 Kolding V
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Harte
65 Lunderskov Ø 32s191s
66 Lunderskov 469
67 Vejen Ø
68 Vejen 403s
69 Brørup 417
70 Holsted 425
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Bjøvlund
71 Gørding
72 Bramming
73 Korskro 1130n
74 Skads
75 Esbjerg N
76 Esbjerg Ø
Sweden
In Sweden, E 20 is a motorway from the Øresund Bridge in Malmö to Nääs 30 km east of Gothenburg, a 320 km (200 mi) long motorway. Furthermore, it is a motorway most of the route from Vretstorp (20 km (12 mi) west of Örebro) to Stockholm.
The Swedish part of E 20 is 770 km (480 mi) long. Its extent is shared with E 6 along a 280 km (170 mi) long stretch, with E 18 along 50 km (31 mi) and with E 4 along 35 km (22 mi).
The part through Stockholm has very heavy traffic, including the most heavily trafficked road in Scandinavia, Essingeleden (160 000 vehicles/day). There is often congestion on this stretch. A new tunnel for route E20, "Norra länken", was built north of the inner city, opened 30 November 2014.[3] The planned Förbifart Stockholm bypass will divert traffic from Essingeleden.
Between Stockholm and Tallinn a car ferry departs daily, taking 15 hours. The port in Stockholm is located at Lilla Värtan, about 4 km northeast of the central core of the city.
Estonia
In Estonia, E20 follows the route of national main road nr. 1 (Tallinn–Narva). In Tallinn to relieve traffic a bridge has been built on the intersection of the E263 and the E20.The E20 across Estonia is partially an unsigned expressway (speed limit 110 km/h in summer), for 80.7 km east of Tallinn to Aaspere along with a section near Haljala (km 87 - 90.5) and a section between Kohtla-Järve and Jõhvi (km 155.9–163.2). The remainder being single carriageway. The distance from Tallinn to the Russian border at the Narva River is 218 km.
Russia
In Russia, the route takes the Narva Highway also listed in the Russian road numbering system as the A180 route (formerly known as the M11 route) running from Ivangorod to Saint Petersburg as a dual-line highway. The distance from Ivangorod to Saint Petersburg is 142 km. The border control facilities at the Estonia-Russia crossing are equipped and being operated for a limited amount of traffic on both sides of the border. The border crossing requires a reservation, however the waiting lines still can extend for many hours and even days.[4]
E20 route, west to east | ||||||||||||||
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Itinerary
Ireland
Shannon - Limerick
Limerick - Borris-in-Ossory (
) - Portlaoise - Naas
Naas - Dublin
Dublin
- Gap
United Kingdom
Liverpool
Liverpool - Manchester
Manchester (
)
Manchester (Start of Concurrency with
) - Bradford (End of Concurrency with
) - Leeds - South Cave
South Cave - Hull
Hull
- Gap
Denmark
Sweden
Malmö (
, Start of Concurrency with
) - Helsingborg (
) - Gothenburg (
, End of Concurrency with
) - Örebro (Start of Concurrency with
) - Arboga (End of Concurrency with
) - Eskilstuna - Södertälje (Start of Concurrency with
) - Stockholm (End of Concurrency with
, Towards
)
- Gap
Estonia
Russia
Ivangorod - Saint Petersburg (Towards
)
References
External links
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