Greek National Road 20 - Misplaced Pages

Trunk road in Greece

National Road 20
Εθνική Οδός 20
National Road 20 between Eptachóri and Pirsogianni
Route information

Part of E853

Major junctions
West end	Ioannina
East end	Kozani

Location
Country	Greece
Regions	Epirus, Western Macedonia
Major cities	Ioannina, Konitsa, Siatista, Kozani

Highway system
Highways in Greece Motorways National Roads

National Road 20 (Greek: Εθνική Οδός 20, abbreviated as EO20) is a single carriageway road in northwestern Greece. It links the cities of Ioannina and Kozani via Konitsa and Siatista. It passes through the Ioannina, Kastoria and the Kozani regional units. Since the opening of the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos), it is no longer the fastest connection between Kozani and Ioannina. The section between Ioannina and Kalpaki is part of the European route E853.

Route

The EO20 is officially defined as a route through the Pindus mountain range and around the northwestern boundaries of Pindus National Park: it runs between Kozani to the east and Ioannina to the west, via Bara (Siatista), Neapoli, Tsotyli, Pentalofos, Eptachori [el], Konitsa and Kalpaki. The EO20 forms part of the European route E853 from Kalpaki to Ioannina. The EO20 is nowadays a scenic route, because the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos), which carries the E90, provides a faster route between Kozani and Ioannina.

History

Ministerial Decision G25871 of 9 July 1963 created the EO20 from the short-lived EO32 from Kozani to Bara (Siatista), the old EO33 from Bara to Neapoli, and the old EO28 from Neapoli to Ioannina. Until 1975, the EO20 formed part of the old European route E19 from Kalpaki to Ioannina.

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