European route E67
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Length | 1,722 km (1,070 mi) |
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South end | Prague, Czech Republic |
North end | Helsinki, Finland |
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European route E 67 is an E-road running from Prague in the Czech Republic to Helsinki in Finland by way of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. It goes via Prague, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kaunas, Panevėžys, Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki.
It is known as the Via Baltica between Warsaw and Tallinn, a distance of 970 kilometres (600 mi). It is a significant road connection between the Baltic states. The final stretch between Tallinn and Helsinki is by ferry (with about 10 car ferry departures each direction per day[1]).
The route is mostly ordinary road, but there are plans to convert it into a motorway or expressway, in Poland called S8 (326 of 379 km completed as of 2015) and S61 (19 of 235 km completed as of 2015). The Via Baltica attracted great controversy in 2007, as its planned new express road was to take it through several areas in Poland of great natural value. Most controversial was the Augustów bypass, which would take the route through the wetlands of the Rospuda Valley, the last area of its kind remaining in Europe, and an area protected by EU law as part of the European Natura 2000 Network. In July 2007 Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński halted work on the bypass after the European Commission applied for an immediate injunction.[2] After an intense campaign of protests in Poland and abroad and also counter-protests of the local community, the plans have been changed, and now the highway has been rerouted to completely avoid the wilderness area.[3][4]
Route
Tallinn Tallinn - Laagri - Varbola - Pärnu-Jaagupi - Pärnu - Häädemeeste - Ikla - / border crossing
/ border crossing - Ainaži - Salacgrīva - Ādaži - Riga Riga Riga - Iecava - Bauska - Grenctāle - / border crossing
/ border crossing - Pasvalys - Panevėžys Panevėžys Panevėžys - Kėdainiai - Juodoniai Juodoniai (Start of Concurrency with ) - Kaunas (End of Concurrency with ) Kaunas - Marijampolė - / border crossing
/ border crossing - Suwalki - Poddubówek Poddubówek - Dowspuda Dowspuda - Augustow - Bialystok Bialystok Bialystok - Zambrow Zambrow - Ostrow Mazowiecka Ostrow Mazowiecka Ostrow Mazowiecka - Wyszkow Wyszkow - Radzymin Radzymin - Marki - Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw (Start of Concurrency with ) Warsaw - Wolica (End of Concurrency with ) - Paszków Paszków - Nadarzyn - Radziejowice Radziejowice - Mszczonow - Rawa Mazowiecka - Tomaszow Mazowiecki - Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrków Trybunalski (Start of Concurrency with ) - Rokszyce - Łódź Łódź (End of Concurrency with ) - Łask - Zdunska Wola - Sieradz - Kepno - Olesnica - Wroclaw - Domasław Domasław - Kobierzyce - Jordanów Śląski - Łagiewniki - Ząbkowice Śląskie - Klodzko - Kudowa-Zdrój - / border crossing
/ border crossing - Nachod - Česká Skalice - Jaromer - Holohlavy - Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove - Chlumec nad Cidlinou - Poděbrady - Prague
See also
References
- ↑ Viking Line Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine. Tallink Eckerö Line Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Easton, Adam (2007-07-31). "Poland halts wetlands road plan". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ↑ Rospuda ocalona
- ↑ BBC - Poland reverses to spare wetland
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to E 67. |
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Via Baltica. |
Geographic data related to European route E67 at OpenStreetMap