European route E25
European route E25 is a north-south European route from Hoek van Holland in the Netherlands to Palermo in Italy which includes ferry crossings from Genoa to Bastia (Corsica), from Bonifacio to Porto Torres (Sardinia) and from Cagliari to Palermo (Sicily).
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North end | Hoek van Holland, Netherlands |
South end | Palermo, Italy |
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It passes through the following cities: Hoek van Holland – Rotterdam – Utrecht - Eindhoven – Maastricht – Liège – Bastogne – Arlon – Luxembourg – Metz – Saint-Avold – Strasbourg – Mulhouse – Basel – Olten – Bern – Lausanne – Geneva – Mont Blanc Tunnel – Aosta – Ivrea – Vercelli – Alessandria – Genoa … Bastia – Porto Vecchio – Bonifacio … Porto Torres – Sassari – Cagliari … Palermo.[1]
Route description
The Belgian part of the E25 is also denoted as 'Route du Soleil'. The title was rejected by France because there is already a 'Route du Soleil' connecting Paris and Marseille. The Belgian 'Route du Soleil' is a branch of the original route, connecting Amsterdam and Marseille and joining the E25 near Utrecht (NL) towards Metz (F).
The N205 carrying the E25 to the Mont Blanc Tunnel is named the "Route Blanche".
Notably some parts of the route are shut off due to the Genoa Bridge Disaster.
Morandi Bridge Collapse
On 14 August 2018 a section of the A10 motorway called the Morandi Bridge collapsed in the city of Genoa, Italy claiming the lives of 43 civilians. The reason for the collapse was a mix between what a witness reports as a lightning strike and poor design and questionable construction methods. The collapsed section of the bridge lies there today closing off the A10 motorway (A10 autostrade) section of route E25.
Route
The Netherlands N220: Hoek van Holland ( E 30) - Maasdijk A20: Maasdijk - Rotterdam ( E 19, Towards E 31) - Gouda ( E 35) A12: Gouda (Start of Concurrency with E 35) – Utrecht (End of Concurrency with E 35) A2: Utrecht ( E 35) - Vianen ( E 311) - Geldermalsen ( E 31) - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven ( E 34 E 312) - Geleen ( E 314) - Maastricht N2: Maastricht A2: Maastricht
Belgium A25: Visé - Liège ( E 40 E 42) A3: Liège ( E 40 E 42 E 313) A602: Liège ( E 40 E 42) A26: Neufchâteau ( E 411) A4: Neufchâteau ( E 411) - Arlon ( E 411)
Luxembourg A6: Kleinbettingen - Luxembourg ( E 44) A3: Luxembourg ( E 44) - Dudelange
France Switzerland A2: Basel (End of Concurrency with E 60, Start of Concurrency with E 35) - Olten (End of Concurrency with E 35) A1: Olten ( E 35) - Moosseedorf ( E 27) A1 / A6: Moosseedorf ( E 27) - Bern A1: Bern ( E 27) - Yverdon-les-Bains ( E 23) A1 / A9: Yverdon-les-Bains ( E 23) - Lausanne A1: Lausanne ( E 23, Start of Concurrency with E 62) - Genève
France A 41: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois ( E 21, End of Concurrency with E 62) A 40: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois ( E 21 E 62) - Annemasse ( E 712) - Passy N 205: Passy - Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Italy - Gap (Ligurian Sea)
France N 193: Bastia - Lucciana N 198: Lucciana - Porto-Vecchio - Bonifacio N 196: Bonifacio
- Gap (Mediterranean Sea)
: Bonifacio - Porto Torres
Italy SS131: Porto Torres - Sassari - Codrongianos ( E840) - Cagliari SS554: Cagliari Cagliari - Palermo
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to E25. |
- The first section of the E25 in the Netherlands from Google maps
- Section of E25 in Sardinia from Google maps