European route E15

E15
Major junctions
North end:	Inverness (United Kingdom)
South end:	Algeciras (Spain)
Location
Countries:	United Kingdom France Spain
Highway system
International E-road network

The European route E 15 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is a north-south "reference road", running from Inverness, Scotland south through England and France to Algeciras, Spain. Along most of its route between Paris and London, the road parallels the LGV Nord (as the French A1 autoroute) and High Speed 1 (as the English M20 motorway).

Distances in this article are computed from www.viamichelin.co.uk.

United Kingdom (987 km)

Like all other E-roads, the E15 is not signed in the United Kingdom. It follows the following roads:

• A9, Inverness to Perth
• M90 and A90, Perth to Edinburgh
• A902, A8 and A720 around Edinburgh
• A68, Edinburgh to Otterburn
• A696, Otterburn to Newcastle upon Tyne
• A1 and A1(M), Newcastle upon Tyne to London
• M25 north of River Thames, A282 (Dartford Tunnel), M25 south of Thames, passing London to the east. This section merges with the E30 between the A1 and Brentwood, Essex.
• M20 and A20, London to Dover

The E15 has a gap at the English Channel between Dover and Calais, France. There is a ferry link between Dover and Calais. The Eurotunnel Shuttle (using the Channel Tunnel) provides an alternative link via Folkestone.

France (1173 km)

In France, the E15 follows the following roads:

A26 autoroute -Calais-Saint-Omer-Béthune-Arras (Autoroute des Anglais)

A1 autoroute -Arras-Compiègne-Senlis-Aéroporte CDG (Autoroute du Nord)

A3 autoroute -Aéroport CDG-Bobigny-Paris Porte de Bagnolet

Boulevard Périphérique -Paris Porte de Bagnolet- Porte d'Italie

A6 autoroute -Paris Porte d'italie-Évry-Auxerre-Avallon-Beaune-Chalons sur Saône-Mâcon-Lyon (Autoroute du Soleil)

A7 autoroute -Lyon-Vienne-Valence-Montelimar-Orange (Autoroute du Soleil)

A9 autoroute -Orange-Nîmes-Montpellier-Béziers-Narbonne-Perpignan-Le Perthus (La Languedocienne)

Spain (1273 km)

The Autopista AP-7 part of the E15 in Spain

In Spain, the route follows the following roads:

Motorways: AP-7

Non-motorway roads: N-II, N-332, and N-340

The route passes through or closely around the following major settlements:

The road at Benalmádena

Girona – Barcelona – Tarragona – Castellón de la Plana – Valencia - Alicante – Elche – Murcia – Almería - Motril – Málaga – Algeciras

External links

• http://www.elbruz.org/eroads/E15.htm