page_title: National Roads and Motorways in Greece
section_title: Motorways
hierarchical_section_title: National Roads and Motorways in Greece / Motorways
caption_attribution_description: English: Updated map
context_page_description: The National Roads and Motorways in Greece constitute the main road network of the country. These two types of roads are distinct in terms of their construction specifications. Their main difference is that motorways adhere to higher quality construction standards than National Roads.
  For example, a typical motorway in Greece consists of six or four lanes plus an emergency lane, separated by a central barrier. Entrances and exits to the motorways are only provided at grade-separated junctions and there are no traffic lights. Greek motorways are generally organized so that the odd-numbered motorways are of north-south alignment and the even-numbered motorways are of east-west alignment. However, there are many exceptions.
  A typical National Road in Greece is usually a single carriageway or limited-access road with at-grade intersections and with one or two traffic lanes for each direction, usually with an emergency lane on each side as well. The designation of some important roads of Greece as "national" was first decided by a 1955 decree, while a minister's decision in 1963 determined the numbering of these roads.
context_section_description: Greece's motorway network has been extensively modernized throughout the 2000s and part of it is still under construction. Most of it was completed by early 2017. There are a total of 10 main routes throughout the Greek mainland and Crete, from which some feature numerous branches/auxiliary routes, as described in the listing below.
caption: Map of Greece's motorway network as of 2019. Black=Completed routes, Blue=Under Construction, Grey=Planned routes
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