European route E70

European route E70 is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from A Coruña in Spain in the west to the Georgian city of Poti in the east.

Itinerary

The E-70 routes through ten European countries, and includes one sea-crossing, from Varna in Bulgaria to Samsun in Turkey.

pain

The E-70 takes a roundabout route through northern Spain, due to some sections of the A-8 being incomplete. Its length is approximately 686km or 426mi

*Autovía A-6: A Coruña - Baamonde (73 km/45mi)
*N-634: Baamonde - Canero (146 km/91mi)
*N-632: Canero - Avilés (61 km/38mi)
*Autovía A-8: Avilés - Serin, Spain (10 km/6mi)
*Autovía A-66: Serin - Oviedo (13 km/8mi)
*Autovía A-64: Oviedo - Junction with Autovía A-8 (28 km/17mi)
*Autovía A-8: Junction with A-64 - Torrelavega (132 km/82mi)
*N-634: Torrelavega - (near Santander) - Valdecilla (22 km/14mi)
*Autovía A-8/Autopista AP-8: Valdecilla - Bilbao - Donostia-San Sebastián - Irún - France (201 km/125mi)

France

The E-70 crosses approximately 989 km or 610mi across southern France

*A-63/N-10: Spain - Biarritz - Bayonne - Bordeaux (216 km/134mi)
*N-89/A-89: Bordeaux - Brive-la-Gaillarde - Clermont-Ferrand (373 km/231mi)
*A-72: Clermont-Ferrand - Saint-Etienne (139 km/86mi)
*A-47: Saint-Etienne - Lyon (58 km/36mi)
*A-43: Lyon - Chambéry - Fréjus Road Tunnel with Italy (197 km/122mi)

Italy

The E-70 crosses approximately 650 km or 403mi

*A32: France - Turin (100 km/62mi)
*A21: Turin - Alessandria - Brescia (252 km/156mi)
*A4: Brescia - Verona - Padova - near Venice - Trieste - Slovenia (528 km/328mi)

lovenia

The E-70 passes through approximately 186 km or 115mi of central Slovenia

*A3: Italy - Divača: (12 km/7mi)
*A1: Divača - Ljubljana: (67 km/41mi)
*A2: Ljubljana - Croatia: (107 km/66mi)

Croatia

The E-70 passes through approximately convert|306|km|abbr=on in Croatia. Starting eastbound at the Bregana border crossing, it follows the A3 highway to Zagreb. A mainline toll plaza is found between the border crossing and the first exit, Bobovica. Travellers can avoid the toll plaza by using the old border crossing and entering the highway at Bobovica. The rest of the highway to Zagreb is free of charge. Upon reaching Zagreb at the Jankomir interchange, E70 continues while traffic lanes defaults southbound at the Zagreb bypass. Being only four lanes wide, the highway is populated with over 80,000 commuters daily and much more during summer weekends. Unfortunately, the only viable alternative is using Ljubljanska, Zagrebačka and Slavonska Avenue through the city. Although being a shorter and straight route, these avenues are much more congested at rush hour and use traffic lights. An alternative proposed by Croatian highway authorities is a second bypass, circumventing Zagreb at a larger distance suitable for travellers just passing by. This alternative isn't yet approved. Upon going along the Zagreb bypass, E70 again follows A3 through the Ivanja Reka interchange, going eastbound. Another mainline toll plaza is found and the highway utilizes closed toll collection system until the Serbian border at Lipovac. As with other tolled highways in Croatia, there are little to no feasible alternatives. The old State Route D4 was mostly demolished to make way for the highway and is now concurrent with it. Although roads following the highway do exist, they are much longer than the stretches of highway they bypass. One good alternative is the so-called Podravska magistrala. It entitles exiting the Zagreb bypass at the Sveta Helena interchange and following the B28 expressway to its current end at the Gradec interchange. Then follow the State Route D41 to Koprivnica and turn right on State Route D2 to the Serbian border in Ilok.

erbia

The E-70 passes through approximately 205 km or 126mi of Serbia

* Routes 1 and 4: Bajakovo - Belgrade (114 km/70mi)
* Route 1.9: Belgrade - Romania (91 km/56mi)

Romania

The E-70 passes through approximately 695 km or 431 miles

* Route 59: Serbia - Timişoara (62 km/38mi)
* Timişoara - Lugoj - Caransebeş - Orşova - Drobeta-Turnu Severin (219 km/136mi)
* Route 6: Drobeta-Turnu Severin - Filiaşi - Craiova (111 km/69mi)
* Route 65: Craiova - Caracal - Roşiori de Vede - Alexandria (136 km/85mi)
* Alexandria - Bucharest (89 km/55mi)
* Route 5: Bucarest - Giurgiu - Bulgaria (52 km/32mi)

Bulgaria

The E-70 passes through approximately 186 km or 115mi of northern Bulgaria

* Route 5 and A2: Romania - Rousse - Razgrad - Shumen - Varna: (186 km/115mi)

Then it crosses the Black Sea by ferry to Samsun, Turkey

Turkey

From Samsun, the E-70 follows the Black Sea coast through Ordu and Trabzon before entering Georgia

Georgia

The E-70 passes through Batumi and finally Poti on the Black Sea coast.