European route E25
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North end | Hook of Holland, Netherlands |
South end | Palermo, Italy |
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European route E25 is a north–south European route from Hook of Holland in the Netherlands, to Palermo in Italy which includes ferry crossings from Genoa to Bastia (Corsica), from Bonifacio to Porto Torres (Sardinia) and from Cagliari to Palermo (Sicily).
It passes through the following cities: Hook of Holland – Rotterdam – Utrecht - Eindhoven – Maastricht – Liège – Bastogne – Arlon – Luxembourg City – Metz – Saint-Avold – Strasbourg – Mulhouse – Basel – Olten – Bern – Lausanne – Geneva – Mont Blanc Tunnel – Aosta – Ivrea – Vercelli – Alessandria – Genoa ... Bastia – Porto-Vecchio – Bonifacio ... Porto Torres – Sassari – Cagliari ... Palermo.[1]
Route description[]
The Belgian part of the E25 is also denoted as 'Route du Soleil'. The title was rejected by France because there is already a 'Route du Soleil' connecting Paris and Marseille. The Belgian 'Route du Soleil' is a branch of the original route, connecting Amsterdam and Marseille and joining the E25 near Utrecht (NL) towards Metz (F).
The N205 carrying the E25 to the Mont Blanc Tunnel is named the "Route Blanche".
Morandi Bridge Collapse[]
On 14 August 2018 a section of the A10 motorway called the Morandi Bridge collapsed in the city of Genoa, Italy, claiming the lives of 43 civilians. The reason for the collapse was a mix between what a witness reports as a lightning strike and poor design and questionable construction methods. This section of the route E25 reopened on 4 August 2020.
Route[]
The Netherlands
: Hook of Holland (
E30) - Maasdijk
A20: Maasdijk - Rotterdam (
E19, Towards
E31) - Gouda (
E35)
A12: Gouda (Start of Concurrency with
E35) – Utrecht (End of Concurrency with
E35)
A2: Utrecht (
E35) - Vianen (
E311) - Geldermalsen (
E31) - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven (
E34
E312) - Geleen (
E314) - Maastricht - Eijsden
Belgium
A25: Visé - Liège (
E40
E42)
A3: Liège (
E40
E42
)
: Liège (
E40
E42)
: Neufchâteau (
)
A4: Neufchâteau (
) - Arlon (
)
Luxembourg
A6: Kleinbettingen - Luxembourg (
E44)
A3: Luxembourg (
E44) - Dudelange
France
Switzerland
A2: Basel (End of Concurrency with
, Start of Concurrency with
E35) - Olten (End of Concurrency with
E35)
A1: Olten (
E35) - Moosseedorf (
)
A1 / A6: Moosseedorf (
) - Bern
A1: Bern (
) - Yverdon-les-Bains (
)
A1 / A9: Yverdon-les-Bains (
) - Lausanne
A1: Lausanne (
, Start of Concurrency with
) - Genève
France
Italy
- Gap (Ligurian Sea)
:
Genoa -
Bastia
France
: Bastia - Lucciana
: Lucciana - Porto-Vecchio - Bonifacio
: Bonifacio
- Gap (Mediterranean Sea)
:
Bonifacio -
Porto Torres
Italy
SS 131: Porto Torres - Sassari - Codrongianos (
E840) - Cagliari
SS 554: Cagliari
Cagliari - Palermo
References[]
External links[]
- UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
- The first section of the E25 in the Netherlands from Google maps
- Section of E25 in Sardinia from Google maps
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- European route E25
- International E-road network
- European routes in the Netherlands
- Roads in Belgium
- Roads in Luxembourg
- Roads in France
- Roads in Switzerland
- Roads in Italy