Greek National Road 48

National Road 48 (Template:Langx, abbreviated as EO48) is a single carriageway road in central Greece. It connects the Greek National Road 5 at Antirrio with the town Livadeia, passing through Naupactus and Delphi. The section between Antirrio and Itea is part of European route E65. The GR-48 passes through the regional units Aetolia-Acarnania, Phocis and Boeotia.

Route

The EO48 is officially defined as a route along the northern side of the Gulf of Corinth in Central Greece, from Boeotia to Aetolia-Acarnania: it runs between Livadeia in the east and Antirrio in the west, via Arachova, Delphi, Amfissa, Template:Ill (for Lidoriki), and Nafpaktos.<ref name="eo-list-1963">Template:Cite Greek roads</ref> Two short sections of the EO48, between Amfissa and Chrisso and between Nafpaktos and Antirrio, are part of the European route E65: the remainder of the E65 between Amfissa and Antirrio follows the new road south of the EO48, bypassing Nafpaktos.<ref name="unece-list-2016">Template:Cite web</ref>

The EO48 connects with the EO3 at Livadeia, the EO27 at Amfissa, and the A5 motorway and EO5 at Antirrio. There are three tunnels longer than Template:Convert on the EO48: west of Tsoukalades (Karakolithos tunnel, Template:Convert); east of Arachova (Template:Convert); and west of Template:Ill (Template:Convert).

History

Ministerial Decision G25871 of 9 July 1963 created the EO48 from part of the short-lived EO18, which ran between Livadeia and Ioannina, via Antirrio.<ref name="eo-list-1963"/><ref name="eo-list-1955">Template:Cite Greek roads</ref> In 1978, the EO48 was realigned away from Lidoriki, due to the creation of a reservoir to supply drinking water in Attica.<ref name="egnatia-itia">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref>

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