Ethniki Odos 51
Ethniki Odos EO51 in Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall length: | 120 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National road 51 in the Evros regional district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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The Ethniki Odos 51 / Εθνική Οδός 51 ( Greek for 'national road 51') is an important road connection in northeast Greece in the region of Western Thrace or in the Evros regional district . It connects Alexandroupoli on the Aegean coast in the south with Ormenio in the north on the Bulgarian border. It leads over long stretches along the course of the river Evros (Mariza) on its western side near the Turkish border (middle of the river). The entire stretch of national road 51 is congruent with European route 85 . In the course of the construction of the Autobahn 2 (A2, Egnatia Odos) , the national road 51 was developed as a so-called transverse axis of the freeway running in east-west direction. After expansion, it will each include a lane with a hard shoulder without separate lanes.
In the publication of the numbering and route definition of the Greek motorways by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment, Regional Planning and Public Buildings in January 2008, national road 51 is to be replaced by the planned motorway 21 (A21) .
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- Codification and numbering of the Greek motorway network (Κωδικοποίηση και Αρίθμηση Ελληνικού Διευρωπαϊκού Οδικού Δικτύου) from January 8th, 2009. Available from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of the Environment, Regional Planning and Public Buildings (on Greek Public Works Map). Last accessed: September 28, 2010 12:31 PM CEST.
- Website of the owner and operator of Autobahn 2; see vertical axes