European route E5

E05
E05
Major junctions
From	Greenock (United Kingdom)
To	Algeciras (Spain)
Location
Countries	United Kingdom, France, Spain
Highway system
	International E-road network; A Class; B Class;

The European route E 05 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is the westernmost north-south "reference road", running from Greenock, Scotland south through France to Algeciras, Spain.^[1]

The E 05 follows the route Greenock - Paisley - Renfrew - Govan - Glasgow - Gretna - Carlisle - Penrith - Preston - Warrington - Winsford - Stoke-On-Trent - Birmingham - Newbury - Southampton - Le Havre - Paris - Orléans - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux - Donostia - Burgos - Madrid - Córdoba - Sevilla - Cádiz - Algeciras

United Kingdom

Although the United Kingdom Government participates fully in activities concerning the E-routes,^[2] E-routes are not signposted within the United Kingdom.

The E05 follows the following roads:

A8 and M8, Greenock into Glasgow
M8 through Glasgow
M74 and A74(M), Glasgow via Gretna to Carlisle
M6 Carlisle via Penrith, Preston, Liverpool and Warrington to Birmingham
- The M6 Toll provides an alternative route in the Birmingham area.
M42, M40, A34 and M3, Birmingham via Newbury to Southampton

The E 05 has a gap at the English Channel between Southampton and Le Havre, France. There is no direct ferry link, but a ferry from nearby Portsmouth, along the M27, connects to Le Havre.

France

In France, the E 05 is signed. It uses the following roads: A131 Le Havre-A13

A13 A131-Rouen-Versailles-Paris (Autoroute de Normandie)

A10 Paris-Orléans-Blois-Tours-Poitiers-Niort-Saintes-Bordeaux (L'Aquitaine)

A63 Bordeaux-N10

N10 A63-Bayonne

A63 Bayonne-Biarritz-Espagne

Spain

In Spain, the E 05 is signed. It uses the following roads:

AP-8, France to San Sebastián
N-I, AP-1 and A-1, San Sebastián via Burgos to Madrid; ill signposting (A-8, E 5, E 80, E 70) at the fork of N-I and A-8 past Donostia/San Sebastian (E 5 and E 80 head actually south alongside N-I)
M-40 around the east side of Madrid
N-IV, A-4 and AP-4, Madrid via Córdoba and Sevilla to Cádiz
A-48 and N-340, Cádiz to Algeciras

References

^ European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries, 5 April 2002
^ For example Economic and Social Council Document ECE/TRANS/WP.6/AC.2/18 - 17 December 2008; Agenda item 6 Participation in the 2005 E-route census

External links

http://www.elbruz.org/eroads/E05.htm

[1] European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries, 5 April 2002

[2] For example Economic and Social Council Document ECE/TRANS/WP.6/AC.2/18 - 17 December 2008; Agenda item 6 Participation in the 2005 E-route census

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