European route E70
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| West end: | La Coruña (Spain) |
| East end: | Poti, (Georgia) |
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| Countries: | Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia |
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European route E 70 is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from A Coruña in Spain in the west to the Georgian city of Poti in the east.
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Itinerary [edit]
The E 70 routes through ten European countries, and includes one sea-crossing, from Varna in Bulgaria to Samsun in Turkey.
Spain [edit]
The E 70 takes a roundabout route through northern Spain, due to some sections of the A-8 being incomplete. Its length is approximately 686 km or 426 mi
- Autovía A-6: A Coruña - Baamonde (73 km/45 mi)
- N-634: Baamonde - Canero (146 km/91 mi)
- N-632: Canero - Avilés (61 km/38 mi)
- Autovía A-8: Avilés - Serín (10 km/6 mi)
- Autovía A-8 / Autovía A-66: Serin - Gijón (13 km/8 mi)
- Autovía A-8: Gijón - Torrelavega (152 km/95 mi)
- N-634: Torrelavega - (near Santander) - Valdecilla (22 km/14 mi)
- Autovía A-8/Autopista AP-8: Valdecilla - Bilbao - Donostia-San Sebastián - Irún - France (201 km/125 mi)
France [edit]
The E 70 crosses approximately 989 km or 610 mi across southern France
- A-63/N-10: Spain - Biarritz - Bayonne - Bordeaux (216 km/134 mi)
- N-89/A-89: Bordeaux - Brive-la-Gaillarde - Clermont-Ferrand (373 km/231 mi)
- A-72: Clermont-Ferrand - Saint-Etienne (139 km/86 mi)
- A-47: Saint-Etienne - Lyon (58 km/36 mi)
- A-43: Lyon - Chambéry - Fréjus Road Tunnel with Italy (197 km/122 mi)
Italy [edit]
The E 70 crosses approximately 650 km or 403 mi
- A32: France - Turin (100 km/62 mi)
- A21: Turin - Alessandria - Brescia (252 km/156 mi)
- A4: Brescia - Verona - Padova - near Venice - Trieste - Fernetti (Slovenian border) (528 km/328 mi)
Slovenia [edit]
The E 70 passes through approximately 186 km or 115 mi of central Slovenia
- A3: Fernetiči (Italian border) - Divača: (12 km/7 mi)
- A1: Divača - Ljubljana: (67 km/41 mi)
- A2: Ljubljana - Obrežje (Croatian border): (107 km/66 mi)
Croatia [edit]
The E 70 passes through approximately 306 km (190 mi) in Croatia. Starting eastbound at the Bregana border crossing, it follows the western part of the A3 highway to Zagreb, where it reaches the Zagreb bypass at the Jankomir interchange. At the Ivanja Reka interchange E70 again follows A3 going eastbound. It passes control cities Slavonski Brod and Županja before it reaches the Serbian border at Lipovac.
Serbia [edit]
The E 70 passes through approximately 205 km or 126 mi of Serbia
Romania [edit]
The E 70 passes through approximately 695 km or 431 miles
: Serbia - Stamora Moraviţa - Timişoara (62 km/38 mi)
DN6: Timişoara - Lugoj - Caransebeş - Orşova - Drobeta-Turnu Severin (219 km/136 mi)- : Drobeta-Turnu Severin - Filiaşi - Craiova (111 km/69 mi)
- : Craiova - Caracal - Roşiori de Vede - Alexandria (136 km/85 mi)
- : Alexandria - Bucharest (89 km/55 mi)
DN5: Bucharest - Giurgiu - Bulgaria (52 km/32 mi)
Between Giurgiu and Rousse E 70 crosses Danube river on Danube Bridge.
Bulgaria [edit]
The E 70 passes through approximately 186 km or 115 mi of northern Bulgaria
Then it is supposed to cross the Black Sea by ferry to Samsun, Turkey, but there is still no shipping line which runs such a connection.
Turkey [edit]
From Samsun, the E 70 follows the Black Sea coast through Ordu and Trabzon before entering Georgia
