European route E67
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E67 | |
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Route information | |
Length | 1,722 km (1,070 mi) |
Major junctions | |
South end | Prague, Czech Republic |
North end | Helsinki, Finland |
Location | |
Countries | Czech Republic Poland Lithuania Latvia Estonia Finland |
Highway system | |
International E-road network
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European route E 67 is an E-road running from Prague in the Czech Republic to Helsinki in Finland by way of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. It goes via Prague, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kaunas, Panevėžys, Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki.
It is known as the Via Baltica between Warsaw and Tallinn, a distance of 970 kilometres (600 mi). It is a significant road connection between the Baltic states. The final stretch between Tallinn and Helsinki is by ferry (with about 10 car ferry departures each direction per day[1]).
The route is mostly ordinary road, but there are plans to convert it into a motorway or expressway, in Poland called S8 (326 of 379 km completed as of 2015) and S61 (19 of 235 km completed as of 2015). Along the Via Baltica highway, the stretch of European route E67 between Warsaw and Tallinn, a 5G mobile network will be built in order to facilitate self-driving vehicles and expand opportunities for freight carriers.[2]
Environmental concerns[]
The Via Baltica attracted great controversy in 2007, as its planned new express road was to take it through several areas in Poland of great natural value. Most controversial was the Augustów bypass, which would take the route through the wetlands of the Rospuda Valley, the last area of its kind remaining in Europe,[citation needed] and an area protected by EU law as part of the European Natura 2000 Network. In July 2007 Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński halted work on the bypass after the European Commission applied for an immediate injunction.[3] After an intense campaign of protests in Poland and abroad and also counter-protests of the local community, the plans have been changed, and now the highway has been rerouted to completely avoid the wilderness area.[4][5]
Route[]
Finland
- Helsinki
: Helsinki - Tallinn
Estonia
- T4: Tallinn - Laagri - Märjamaa - Pärnu-Jaagupi - Pärnu - Häädemeeste - Ikla - / border crossing
Latvia
- A 1: / border crossing - Ainaži - Salacgrīva - Saulkrasti - Ādaži - Riga
- A 4: Riga
- A 6: Riga
- A 5: Riga
- A 7: Riga - Iecava - Bauska - - / border crossing
Lithuania
- A 10: / border crossing - Pasvalys - Panevėžys
- A 17: Panevėžys
- A 8: Panevėžys - Kėdainiai -
- A 1: (Start of Concurrency with E 85) - Kaunas (End of Concurrency with E 85)
- A 5: Kaunas - Marijampolė - / border crossing
Poland
- DK 8: / border crossing - Suwalki
- S 61: Suwalki - Dowspuda
- DK 8: Dowspuda - Augustow - Bialystok
- S 8: Bialystok - Zambrow - Ostrow Mazowiecka - Wyszkow - Warsaw (Short concurrency with E 30 and E 77) - Paszków - Nadarzyn - Radziejowice - Mszczonow - Rawa Mazowiecka - Tomaszow Mazowiecki - Piotrków Trybunalski
- A 1: Piotrków Trybunalski (Start of Concurrency with E 75) - Rokszyce - Łódź
- S 8: Łódź (End of Concurrency with E 75) - Łask - Zdunska Wola - Sieradz - Kepno - Olesnica - Wroclaw - Domasław
- DK 8: Domasław - Kobierzyce - Jordanów Śląski - Łagiewniki - Ząbkowice Śląskie - Klodzko - Kudowa-Zdrój - / border crossing
Czech Republic
- : / border crossing - Náchod - Česká Skalice - Jaroměř - Smiřice - Hradec Králové
- : Hradec Králové
- D 11: Hradec Králové - Chlumec nad Cidlinou - Poděbrady - Prague
See also[]
- Rail Baltica
- Estonian national road 4
- A1 road (Latvia)
- A4 road (Latvia)
- A6 road (Latvia)
- A5 road (Latvia)
- A7 road (Latvia)
- A5 highway (Lithuania)
- Expressway S61 (Poland)
- Expressway S8 (Poland)
- D11 motorway (Czech Republic)
References[]
- ^ Viking Line Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Tallink Eckerö Line Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Baltic ministers sign Via Baltica 5G agreement Eesti Rahvusringhääling 29.09.2018
- ^ Easton, Adam (2007-07-31). "Poland halts wetlands road plan". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ Rospuda ocalona
- ^ BBC - Poland reverses to spare wetland
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to E 67. |
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Via Baltica. |
- Geographic data related to European route E67 at OpenStreetMap
- International E-road network
- Roads in Estonia
- Roads in Latvia
- Roads in Lithuania
- Roads in Poland
- Roads in the Czech Republic
- Projects of the Three Seas Initiative