European route E77
road in Europe
European route E 77 is a part of the inter-European road system. This Class A intermediate north–south route is 1,690 km (1,050 mi) long and it connects the Baltic Sea with the central part of the continent.
History
In the version of the E-road network established in 1975, E77 was a much shorter road in Hungary from Püspökladány, E60 to Nyíregyháza, which is now part of E573. The section of current E77 between Gdańsk and Budapest was part of E75. When the E77 was first defined in this area, its north end was in Gdańsk.
Route
The E 77 routes through several European countries. The north end of the road system is in Pskov Oblast in Russia, it passes through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, to the south end in Budapest, Hungary:
Russia (Pskov Oblast)
A 212: Pskov - Neyolovo - Izborsk - Shumilkino - / border checkpoint
Estonia
T7: / border - Määsi - Misso - Käbli - / border
Latvia
A 2: / border - Grundzāle - Sigulda - Riga
A 6: Riga
A 8: Riga - Jelgava - Eleja - / border
Lithuania
A 12: / border - Plikiškiai - Joniškis
Route 210: Joniškis
A 12: Joniškis - Šiauliai
A 18: Šiauliai
A 12: Šiauliai - Kelmė - Tauragė - Panemune - / border checkpoint
Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
A 216: / border checkpoint - Sovetsk - Talpaki
A 229: Talpaki - Gvardeysk - Kaliningrad
27A-007: within Kaliningrad
27A-002: Kaliningrad - Baltiysk
: Kaliningrad - Gdańsk (as no ferry available from Baltiysk)
Poland
S 7: Gdańsk - Koszwały - Nowy Dwór Gdański - Elbląg - Ostróda - Olsztynek - Nidzica - Mława - Strzegowo - Płońsk
DK 7: Płońsk - Zakroczym
S 7: Zakroczym - Czosnów
DK 7: Czosnów - Warsaw
S 7 / S 8: Warsaw
S 7: Warsaw - Grójec - Białobrzegi - Radom - Skarżysko-Kamienna - Kielce - Chęciny - Jędrzejów - Miechów - Widoma
DK 7: Widoma - Kraków
A 4: Kraków
DK 7: Kraków - Myślenice
S 7: Myślenice - Lubień - Rabka-Zdrój
DK 7: Rabka-Zdrój - Jabłonka - / border
Slovakia
I/59: / border - Trstená
R3: Trstená- Nižná
I/59: Nižna - Dolný Kubín - Ružomberok - Banská Bystrica
R1 / I/66: Banská Bystrica - Zvolen
I/66: Zvolen
I/16: Zvolen
I/66: Zvolen - Devičie - Šahy - / border
Hungary
2: / border - Hont - Rétság - Vác
M2: Vác - Budapest
M0: Budapest
Improvements
A bypass to the east of Panemunė and Sovetsk, incorporating new border control points and a new bridge over the Neman River, is under construction. After completion it will become part of the E77.
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