European route E5

The European route E5 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is the westernmost north–south "reference road", running from Greenock, Scotland south through England and France to Algeciras, Spain.[1] The route is 1,900 miles (3,100 km) long.

E5
Major junctions
North end	Greenock, United Kingdom
South end	Algeciras, Spain
Location
Countries	United Kingdom  France  Spain
Highway system
International E-road network

The E5 follows the route Greenock – Glasgow – Gretna – Carlisle – Penrith – Preston – Warrington – Birmingham – Oxford – Newbury – Southampton ... Le Havre – Paris – Orléans – Tours – Poitiers – Bordeaux – San Sebastián – Burgos – Madrid – Córdoba – Seville – Cádiz – Algeciras.[2]

United Kingdom

The start of E5 at Greenock Town Hall

Main article: European route E5 in the United Kingdom

Although the United Kingdom Government participates fully in activities concerning the E-routes,[3] E-routes are not signposted within the United Kingdom. Hence the first 724 km of the route is not signed.

The E5 has a gap at the English Channel between Southampton and Le Havre, France. There is no direct ferry link, but a ferry from nearby Portsmouth, along the M27, connects to Le Havre.

E 5 near Villebon-sur-Yvette in France

Route

•  United Kingdom
  • A8: Greenock –
  • M8: – Glasgow (Interchange with ( E16)
  • M74 / A74(M): Glasgow – Anglo-Scottish border (Start of multiplex with E18 at )
  • M6: Anglo-Scottish border – Cannock (End of multiplex with E18 at Carlisle, interchange with E20 and multiplex with E22 at Warrington)
  • M6: Cannock – OR : Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Whole length) (Interchange with E24)
  • M42: Birmingham
  • M40: Birmingham – Oxford
  • A34: Oxford – Winchester (Interchange with E30 at Newbury)
  • M3: Winchester – Southampton
• Gap (English Channel)
  • Southampton – Le Havre
•  France
  • N 282: Le Havre
  • A 131: Le Havre ( E 44) – Tancarville
  • N 182: Tancarville
  • A 131: Tancarville – Bourneville ( E 46)
  • A 13: Bourneville (Start of Concurrency with E 46) – Rouen (End of Concurrency with E 46) – Paris
  • Boulevard Périphérique: Paris ( E 15 E 19 E 50, Towards E 54)
  • A 6a: Paris ( E 15) – Massy ( E 15 E 50)
  • A 10: Massy ( E 15 E 50) – Ablis ( E 50) – Orléans ( E 9, Start of Concurrency with E 5) – Tours ( E 502 E 604, End of Concurrency with E 5) – Poitiers ( E 62) – Niort ( E 601) – Saintes ( E 602 E 603) – Bordeaux
  • N 230: Bordeaux (Start of Concurrency with E 70)
  • A 630: Bordeaux ( E 72)
  • A 63: Bordeaux – Bayonne (Start of Concurrency with E 80) – Hendaye
•  Spain
  • AP-1 / AP-8: Irún – Donostia/S. Sebastián – Eibar (End of Concurrency with E-70) –
  • AP-1: Eibar ( E-70) – Miranda de Ebro ( E-804) – Burgos
  • A-1: Burgos (End of Concurrency with E-80) – Madrid
  • M-30: Madrid ( E-90 E-901)
  • A-4: Madrid ( E-90) – Manzanares ( E-903) – Bailén ( E-902) – Córdoba – Sevilla ( E-1, Towards E-803)

References

1. European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries, 25 October 2016
2. European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries, 25 October 2016
3. For example Economic and Social Council Document ECE/TRANS/WP.6/AC.2/18 - 17 December 2008; Agenda item 6 Participation in the 2005 E-route census

External links

• http://www.elbruz.org/eroads/E05.htm