European route E55

European route E55 is an E-route. It starts in southern Sweden, crosses the Øresund strait to Denmark, and passes through more water (the western Baltic Sea) to reach continental Europe on Rostock, Germany. Thence it continues further southward on land through Germany and into the Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy. Finally, it passes through the Ionian Sea to serve western Greece.

The route passes through the following cities in order: Helsingborg ... Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser ... Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Prague – Tábor – Linz – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova – Venice – Ravenna – Cesena – Rimini – Fano – Ancona – Pescara – Canosa di Puglia – Bari – Brindisi ... Igoumenitsa – Preveza – Rio – Patras – Pyrgos – Kalamata.<ref name="UNECE">Road Transport Infrastructure. (European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR); Consolidated text of the AGR.); 5 April 2002</ref>

From Helsingborg, the route was supposed to continue northward through Sweden and into Finland, but a decision was made to keep the E4 designation in Sweden, formerly used for a European route from Lisbon to Helsinki. The E55 is not and has not been signposted in Sweden. Since 2018, the E55 is not signposted between Helsingør and Køge in Denmark, but is signposted south of Køge.<ref>Google Streetview at e.g. Template:Coord and Template:Coord</ref>

Route

E55 near Pescara, Italy

Sweden

• Helsingborg

Ferry

• Template:Flagicon Helsingborg – Template:Flagicon Helsingør, the HH Ferry route

Denmark

Exits and service areas in Denmark

• 
• 3 Espergærde
• 4 Kvistgård
• 5 Humlebæk
• 6 Nivå
• 7 Kokkedal
• 9 Hørsholm C
• | Isterød
• 10 Hørsholm S
• 12 Vedbæk
• 13 Gl. Holte
• 14 Nærum
• | Lærkereden/Storkereden
• 15 Lundtofte
• 16 Lyngby C
• Kgs. Lyngby Template:Jct Copenhagen
• 17 Jægersborgvej
• 18 Nyborgvej
• 19 Buddinge
• Gladsaxe Template:Jct Hillerød Template:Jct Copenhagen
• 20 Gladsaxe
• 21 Frederikssundvej
• 23 Jyllingevej
• Rødovre Template:Jct Frederikssund, Template:Jct Ballerup
• 24 Roskildevej
• Brøndby Template:Jct Roskilde Template:Jct Copenhagen
• Avedøre Template:Jct Malmö
• 25 Vallensbæk S
• 26 Ishøj Strand
• Ishøj Template:Jct Ballerup, Template:Jct Ishøj, Copenhagen V
• 27 Greve N
• 28 Greve C
• 29 Greve S
• | Karlslunde
• 30 Solrød N
• 31 Solrød S Template:Jct Roskilde
• 32 Køge
• Køge Vest Template:Jct Odense
• 33 Lellinge
• 34 Herfølge
• 35 Haslev
• | Piberhus
• 36 Bregentved
• Næstved Template:Jct Næstved (planned 2031)
• 37 Rønnede Template:Jct
• 38 Tappernøje |
• 39 Bårse
• 40 Udby
• 41 Vordingborg
• Northern Farø bridge
• 42 Farø
• Southern Farø bridge
• 43 Nørre Alslev
• 44 Eskildstrup Template:Jct Nykøbing F, Gedser
• 
• Nykøbing F Ø

Ferry

• Template:Flagicon Gedser – Template:Flagicon Rostock

Germany

• Template:Jct: Rostock – Wittstock/Dosse (Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: Wittstock/Dosse – Oberkrämer, Kremmen (Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: Oberkrämer, Kremmen - Schönefeld (Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: Schönefeld – Dresden
• Template:Jct: Dresden (Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: Dresden – near Geising

Czech Republic

• Template:Jct: Petrovice – Ústí nad Labem – Trmice (Start of Concurrency with E 442) – Řehlovice (end of concurrency with E 442 – Prague
• Template:Jct: Prague(Template:Jct), Template:Jct), Template:Jct), Template:Jct), Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: Prague - Mirošovice
• Template:Jct: Mirošovice - Mezno
• Template:Jct: Mezno – Tábor – České Budějovice (Template:Jct), Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: České Budějovice – Dolní Dvořiště

Austria

• Template:Jct: Leopoldschlag – Freistadt
• Template:Jct: Freistadt – Unterweitersdorf
• Template:Jct: Unterweitersdorf – Linz – Ansfelden
• Template:Jct: Ansfelden (Start of Concurrency with Template:Jct, Template:Jct) – Sattledt(End of Concurrency with Template:Jct) – Salzburg (End of Concurrency with Template:Jct), (Template:Jct), (Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: Salzburg – Spittal an der Drau (Start of Concurrency withTemplate:Jct) – Villach, (End of Concurrency with Template:Jct), (Template:Jct)
• Template:Jct: Villach – Arnoldstein

Italy

• Template:Jct: Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova
• Template:Jct: Palmanova (Start of Concurrency with ) - Quarto d'Altino (End of Concurrency with )
• Template:Jct: Quarto d'Altino – Venice
• Template:Jct: Venice – Ravenna
• Template:Jct: Ravenna – Cesena()
• Template:Jct: Cesena () – Rimini – Fano – Ancona – Pescara () – Canosa di Puglia () – Bari
• Template:Jct: Bari
• Template:Jct: Bari () – Fasano
• Template:Jct: Fasano – Brindisi(File:Tabliczka E90.svg

Ferry

• Template:Flagicon Brindisi – Template:Flagicon Igoumenitsa

Greece

File:Rigani interchange Ionia odos 1 - panoramio.jpg

E55 near Agrinio, Greece

The E55 in Greece currently runs from Igoumenitsa in the west to Kalamata in the south, via Preveza, Missolonghi, Rio, Patras and Pyrgos.<ref name="unece-list-2016">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In relation to the national road network, the E55 currently follows (in order, from west to south):<ref name="road-numbers">Ministerial Decision G25871/1963 (FEK B' 319/23.7.1963, pp. 2500–2501). Ministerial Decision DOY/oik/5776/2015 (FEK AAP' 253/21.12.2015, pp. 2101–2102). {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Template:Jct: Template:Ill – Preveza
• Template:Jct: Preveza – Lake Amvrakia
• Template:Jct: Lake Amvrakia – Mintilogli
• Template:Jct: Mintilogli – Kalo Nero
• Template:Jct: Kalo Nero – Oichalia
• Template:Jct: Oichalia – Kalamata
• Template:Jct: within Kalamata

The E55 runs concurrently with the E65 on the Rio–Antirrio Bridge and the A7 segment, the E952 on the A52 segment, and the E951 and E952 on part of the A5 between Lake Amvrakia and Template:Ill. The E55 also connects with the E90 at Igoumenitsa.<ref name="unece-list-2016"/>

External links

• UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)