European route E45

The European route E45 goes between Finland and Italy, through Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Austria. The length of the route is about 4920 kilometres.

*E45: Kaaresuvanto (Finland) – Karesuando (Sweden) – Porjus – Arvidsjaur – Östersund – Mora – Säffle – Åmål – Gothenburg … Frederikshavn – Aalborg – Århus – Vejle – Kolding – Frøslev – Flensburg – Hamburg – Hanover – Göttingen – Kassel – Fulda – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich – Rosenheim – Wörgl – Innsbruck – Brenner – Fortezza – Bolzano – Trento – Verona – Modena – Bologna – Cesena – Perugia – Fiano Romano – Naples – Salerno – Sicignano – Cosenza – Villa San Giovanni … Messina – Catania – Siracusa – Gelacite web|url=http://www.unece.org/trans/doc/2005/sc1/TRANS-SC1-2005-03e.pdf|title=Road Transport Infrastructure. European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR). Consideration of new proposals for amendments to Annex I to the AGR (TRANS/SC.1/2005/3)|author=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Inland Trasport Committee|publisher=United Nations Economic and Social Council|date=2005-07-19|accessdate=2007-05-28|format=PDF]

Finland

The Finnish road authority has decided to signpost E45 from E8cite web|url=http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diskussion:E45&oldid=4244870#E45_fram_till_E8_i_Finland_.3F|title=Diskussion:E45|author=Wikipedia contributors|publisher=Wikipedia|date=2007-05-07|accessdate=2007-05-28|language=Swedish] , even though the official document uses the Swedish version ("Karesuando") of the name of the village at the border, hinting that it would start on the Swedish side. The Finnish name of the village is Kaaresuvanto, and it is one village only according to the Finnish view, not two. The road is only 800 metres (0.5 mile) long in Finland.

weden

In November 2006, the E45 was extended with the current Swedish national road 45, which makes it start from Karesuando at the E8 at the Swedish–Finnish border, over Östersund–Mora–Grums, to Gothenburg and on. This extended the length of the route by about 1690 kilometres. The signs of road 45 was changed to E45 during the summer of 2007. The E45 has now no other national number.

The ferry Gothenburg–Frederikshavn has about 8 daily departures and takes 2–3 hours.

Denmark

In Denmark the E45 is a motorway (speed limit 110 km/h - 130 km/h) from the south of Frederikshavn to the Danish–German border. The E45 has no other national number. It connects to the E39 and E20 motorways. For a list of exits from the E45, see the Danish article.

In 1992 it was renamed from E3 (which actually ended in Hamburg, Germany) and until 2006, with the extension in Sweden, the northern endpoint was Frederikshavn.

The total length in Denmark is 357 km.

Germany

The road E45 follows:
* Bundesautobahn 7, Danish border–Würzburg
* Bundesautobahn 3, Würzburg–Nuremberg
* Bundesautobahn 9, Nuremberg–Munich
* Bundesautobahn 99, MunichBeltway
* Bundesautobahn 8, Munich–Rosenheim
* Bundesautobahn 93, Rosenheim–Austrian border

Austria

The road E45 follows:
*Austrian autobahn 12, German border–Innsbruck
*Austrian autobahn 13, Innsbruck–Italian border (at Brenner Pass)

Italy

The road E45 follows:
*Italian Autostrada A22 ("Autobrennero")
*Italian road 3bis ("Tiberina")
*Italian Autostrada A1 ("Autostrada del Sole")
*Italian Autostrada A3
*Italian Autostrada A18
*Italian road SS114
*Italian road SS115

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