European route E25 explained

Country:EUR
Type:E
Route:25
Direction A:North
Terminus A:Hook of Holland, Netherlands
Direction B:South
Terminus B:Palermo, Italy
Countries: Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Switzerland
Italy

European route E25 is a north–south European route from Hook of 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).

It passes through the following cities:Hook of HollandRotterdamUtrecht - EindhovenMaastrichtLiègeBastogneArlonLuxembourg CityMetzSaint-AvoldStrasbourgMulhouseBaselOltenBernLausanneGenevaMont Blanc TunnelAostaIvreaVercelliAlessandriaGenoa ... BastiaPorto-VecchioBonifacio ... Porto TorresSassariCagliari ... 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".

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. This section of the E25 reopened on 4 August 2020.

Route

Hook of Holland - Maasdijk

Maasdijk - Rotterdam (Towards) - Gouda

Gouda (Start of Concurrency with) – Utrecht (End of Concurrency with)

Utrecht - Vianen - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven - Geleen - Maastricht - Eijsden

Visé - Liège

Liège

Liège

Neufchâteau

Neufchâteau - Arlon

Kleinbettingen - Luxembourg

Luxembourg - Dudelange

Kanfen - Metz

Metz - Freyming-Merlebach - Sarralbe - Strasbourg

Strasbourg - Sélestat

Sélestat - Colmar

Colmar - Mulhouse (Start of Concurrency with) - Saint-Louis

Basel (End of Concurrency with, Start of Concurrency with) - Olten (End of Concurrency with)

Olten - Moosseedorf

Moosseedorf - Bern

Bern - Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne

Lausanne (Start of Concurrency with) - Genève

Saint-Julien-en-Genevois (End of Concurrency with)

Saint-Julien-en-Genevois - Annemasse - Passy

Passy - Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Courmayeur

Courmayeur - Aosta - Ivrea

Ivrea - Santhià

Santhià - Vercelli

Vercelli - Alessandria - Genoa

Genoa

Genoa

Genoa - Bastia

Bonifacio - Porto Torres

Porto Torres - Sassari - Codrongianos - Cagliari

Cagliari

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-12-28 . 2013-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731131019/http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/ECE-TRANS-SC1-384e.pdf . dead .