![]() On a European level, Egnatia will link the major industrial centers of the West with the East. It provides an improved link with the Greek metropolitan area of Thessaloniki. Greek officials believe the route will regain its regional significance in trade, investment and commerce. The original highway was one of the major links to Rome. The route also includes 43 river crossings and 11 railway crossings.Įgnatia approximately traces a major trade route of the ancient world, the Via Egnatia, built in 130 B.C. Approximately half the project's cost was spent on bridges and tunnels. The Egnatia Motorway features 1,650 major bridges and 76 tunnels along its route as it passes through 330 towns and villages. The European Union, the Greek Government and the European Investment Bank have financed the project. (416 miles) from the port city of Igoumenitsa on Greece's western border to the city of Kipi on Greece's eastern border with Turkey. The �6.7-billion (US$9.5-billion) project stretches 670 km. ![]() Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis opened the final section of the highway in May 2009. By any standard, the Egnatia Motorway, is one of the world's great infrastructure accomplishments. One of the world's major infrastructure achievements is nearing completion in Greece. That trend continues as major new investments stretching from Great Britain to Greece are at various stages of development. Thus do transportation infrastructure and the destination points it links continue their perpetual dance of development.Įurope has been rich with supersized infrastructure projects over the past decade, with spectacular bridges, highways and tunnels taking shape to help speed cargo and citizens alike. ![]() He’s the Colossus of Roads.L ogistics and distribution locations are only as good as the lines on the map that connect them. He’s one of the seven wonders of Los Angeles. If Rick can successfully move the 330,000 slow-moving cars standing in the way of his family’s future, maybe everyone will see that he’s not Carsick Rick. He’ll have to fight back against snarled streets, graffiti vandals, and other people’s very wrong ideas about traffic. He’ll need help from his unicorn-loving Girl Scout neighbor, the Department of Transportation, a renowned street artist, plus the best driver in LA. When his parents’ catering business teeters on the verge of ruin, Rick wants to prove his talent for noticing small details can make a big difference. Too bad his talent for sketching maps that show how to fix everything doesn’t seem to interest or impress anyone else. Rick sees how shifting these bold, beautiful signs announcing STOP, LEFT TURN ONLY, SPEED LIMIT 35, and ROAD WORK AHEAD could improve all the traffic problems in Los Angeles. In fact, his stomach is the only one he can talk to about his favorite subject: the mighty power of road signs. Rick has a lot to say back to his stomach. ![]() It never meant to earn its owner the nickname Carsick Rick or make him change schools for fifth grade. It’s got opinions on tasty foods, not-so-tasty foods, and how driving in traffic-jammed Los Angeles makes it roil, boil, gurgle, and howl. Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles– his parent’s failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it.
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