Greek National Road 3
Trunk road in Greece
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| Εθνική Οδός 3 | |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Eleusis |
| North end | North Macedonian border at Niki |
| Location | |
| Country | Greece |
| Regions | Attica, Central Greece, Thessaly, West Macedonia |
| Major cities | Eleusis, Thebes, Lamia, Larissa, Kozani, Florina |
| Highway system | |
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Greek National Road 3 (Greek: Εθνική Οδός 3, abbreviated as EO3) is a single carriageway road in Greece. It connects Elefsina near Athens with the border of North Macedonia at Niki. It passes through Larissa and Florina. At Niki, it connects with the M5K motorway to Bitola. The section Kozani - Niki is also designated as the A27 motorway, part of which is operational as a 2-lane motorway.
Greek National Road 3 is one of the longest national roads in Greece and until the 1960s it served as the main route from Larissa to Thessaloniki. The A1 motorway now offers a faster connection to Thessaloniki. Most of the EO3, except the southernmost section between Eleusis and Bralos, is part of the E65.
Future developments
Throughout the late 1980s, motorway bypasses were constructed at the towns of Tyrnavos and Elassonas, but in 2002 plans surfaced to convert all of the road into a new motorway, from Larissa to Kozani and further on to Bitola, in North Macedonia. Throughout the 2000s motorway sections were delivered to the public and are running north of Larissa and north of Kozani, up to Ptolemaida. Remaining parts have either fallen through, as no construction works are currently being undertaken and no further announcements have been delivered by the government.
Route
The highway passes through and along the following places:
- Elefsina
- Mandra
- Thebes
- Livadeia
- Lamia (bypass)
- Farsala
- Larissa
- Tyrnavos (bypass)
- Elassona (bypass)
- Kozani (bypass)
- Ptolemaida (bypass)
- Florina
- Niki
History
Ministerial Decision G25871 of 9 July 1963 created the current EO3 from all or part of the following short-lived national roads (listed from south to north), which existed by royal decree from 1955 to 1963:[1][2]
- The old EO1 from Elefsina to Larissa
- The old EO30 from Larissa to Kozani
- The old EO31 from Kozani to Vevi
- The old EO36 from Vevi to Neochoraki, near Florina (shared with the current EO2)
- The old EO37 from Neochoraki to the Greece–North Macedonia border at Niki
References
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- A1
- A11
- A2
- A24
- A25
- A27
- A29
- A3
- A5
- A52
- A6
- A62
- A621
- A64
- A65
- A7
- A71
- A8
- A90
39°20′21″N 22°23′39″E / 39.3391°N 22.3943°E / 39.3391; 22.3943
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