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{{Short description|Trunk road in Greece}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2012}}
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'''Greek National Road 9''' ({{langx|el|Εθνική Οδός 9}}, abbreviated as '''EO9''') is a [[single carriageway]] with [[at-grade intersections]] in the [[West Greece]] and [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]] regions. It runs along the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, from [[Patras]] to [[Methoni, Messenia|Methoni]] via [[Pyrgos, Elis|Pyrgos]]. Its length is around {{convert|220|km|mi|abbr=on}}, making it the second-longest national highway of Greece.

The government of Greece plans to replace the road by a new motorway. This will be a southern extension of the [[A5 motorway (Greece)|A5]] (Ionia Odos), which will connect the [[Albania]]n border near [[Ioannina]] with the [[A7 motorway (Greece)|A7]] (Moreas) north of [[Kalamata]]. It is expected to be completed in 2015.<ref name=exitlists>[https://www.motorways-exits.com/europe/gr/a8.html Motorways-Exits], accessed 31 July 2012</ref>

==Route==

The EO9 is officially defined as a coastal route through the [[Achaea]], [[Elis]] and [[Messenia]] regional units of the [[Peloponnese]], running between [[Patras]] to the north and [[Methoni, Messenia|Methoni]] to the south, via [[Kato Achaia]], [[Pyrgos, Elis|Pyrgos]], [[Kyparissia]] and [[Pylos]].<ref name="eo-list-1963">{{Cite Greek roads|eo-1963}}</ref> The EO9 forms part of the [[European route E55]] from [[Mintilogli]] – where the [[A5 motorway (Greece)|A5 motorway]] currently ends – to [[Kalo Nero]].<ref name="unece-list-2016">{{cite web|title=European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries|url=https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2016/sc1/ECE-TRANS-SC1-2016-03-Rev1e.pdf|website=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe|publisher=United Nations|access-date=15 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406024702/https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2016/sc1/ECE-TRANS-SC1-2016-03-Rev1e.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2023|location=Geneva|page=12|language=en-us|date=1 November 2016|url-status=live|id=ECE/TRANS/SC.1/2016/3/Rev.1}}</ref>

==History==

Ministerial Decision G25871 of 9 July 1963 created the EO9 from the old EO51, which existed by royal decree from 1955 to 1963, and also followed the same route as the current EO9.<ref name="eo-list-1963"/><ref name="eo-list-1955">{{Cite Greek roads|eo-1955}}</ref> In 1998, the [[Hellenic Statistical Authority]] created the [[Greek National Road 9a|EO9a]] as a branch of the EO9, from [[Kalo Nero]] to {{ill|Kalyvia, Messenia|lt=Tsakona|el|Καλύβια Μεσσηνίας}}, taking over some of the [[Messenia|Messenia regional unit]]'s Provincial Roads.<ref name="eo-list-1998">{{Cite Greek roads|eo-1998}}</ref>

==References==

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==Further information==

{{OSM relation|405880}}

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[[Category:National roads in Greece|9]]
[[Category:Roads in Western Greece]]
[[Category:Roads in Peloponnese (region)]]