A90 motorway (Greece)

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The A90 motorway, also known as the Northern Road Axis of Crete (Greek: Βόρειος Οδικός Άξονας Κρήτης, ΒΟΑΚ),[1][2] is a mixture of motorway and limited-access roads that form the northern backbone of the national highway network in Crete, southern Greece. It is about 310 km, starting in Kissamos and ending in Sitia.

The A90 currently has three sections of motorway, where it bypasses the cities of Chania, Rethymno and Heraklion. The A90 also forms part of the European E65 road from Kissamos to Chania, and the E75 road for the remainder.

Highway 90 follows the route of the new Highway 90, (except for the Gournes-Hersonissos section in Heraklion where a viaduct was built in the Aposelemi Gorge bypassing the former road route). Highway 90 replaced the old Highway from the late 60's. Construction began in the 1990s, but to date, sections were turned into a 22 m long four-lane highway and for the most part is a trunk road. The completion date of the entire motorway is 2028.

  1. ^ Lialios, Giorgos (12 January 2016). "Αλλαξε η λίστα των αυτοκινητόδρομων" [The list of motorways has changed]. Kathimerini (in Greek). Athens: Kathimerini Publishing. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ Ministerial Decision DOY/oik/5776/2015 (FEK AAP' 253/21.12.2015, pp. 2098–2099).