Greek National Road 95

Greek National Road 95 is one of the main arteries on the island of Rhodes, Greece. It connects the city of Rhodes with the village of Lindos.

History

Current routing is fairly new as it was completed in 1974 replacing the old national road which was narrow and curvy. Until 1999 it was a single carriageway that, especially during summer time, made driving to the south east part of the island a bad experience. In 1999 the first part of the road from the city to Faliraki was expanded to a dual carriageway with 4 lanes and jersey barrier island. Nowadays (Jun18) further widening of the road from Faliraki to Kolymbia is completed and in use.

Route

GR-95 is a 46 km north-south avenue connecting Rhodes City to Lindos. Its northern end is supposedly at the port of Rhodes City but in reality becomes an avenue at Exit 1/Rodini Junction. From there up until Exit 21/Kolymbia is dual carriageway with speed limits varying due to passing within residential and tourist areas. Due to lack of funds, almost all main junctions till Kolymbia are traffic lighted - some 20 exits with traffic lights are in use currently. From Kolymbia to Lindos the road becomes single carriageway making junctions hard to record, as every 50 or 100 metres one exists. Please note that since 2014 roundabouts were constructed in major crossroads in this part of GR-95.

The main junctions of the road are (Rhodes City to Lindos direction):

Greek National Road 95
Exit[1]Junction name[1]↓km↓↑km↑Access to other places
1 Rhodes City0,045,7Rodini district, Rhodes-Kallithea Avenue
2 Ilia Venezi1,744,0Analipsi, Ilioupoli, Ag. Apostoloi districts, Hospital
3 Apollon2,643,1Apollon district, Jumbo
4 Asgourou3,941,8
5 Agios Hristoforos4,940,8Tris, Ixia, Ialysos, Rhodes-Kamiros Avenue
6 Koskinou5,540,2Koskinou village, Euromedica Private Hospital
7 Tsairi7,338,4Kremasti, Pastida, Maritsa villages, Rhodes Airport
8 Kalythies north9,036,7Kalythies village
9 Faliraki resort10,135,6Kastri, Water Park, Ammoudes, Kallithea Springs
10 Faliraki centre11,134,6
11 Kalythies centre11,634,1Kalythies village
12 Ladiko12,633,1Ladiko Beach, Anthony Quinn Bay
13 Kalythies south14,231,5Kalythies village, Traounou Beach
14 Afantou golf15,630,1Afantou golf beach north, Golf Course
15 Afantou centre16,029,7Afantou town
16 Afantou local #116,629,1Local roads
17 Afantou local #217,028,7Local roads
18A Afantou Interchange17,9----Afantou town
18B Afantou Interchange----28,0Afantou town, Afantou golf beach south
19 Afantou south19,126,6Afantou town
20 Local Roads20,125,6Dual junction with 2 set of traffic lights in 100m distance for left turns
21Kolymbia21,823,9Kolymbia resort, Epta Piges (7 Springs), Archipoli - single carriageway
Tsambika Beach24,121,6single carriageway
Tsambika moanastery25,220,5single carriageway
Archangelos27,018,7single carriageway
Archangelos south28,816,9single carriageway - roundabout junction
Charaki33,512,2Malonas, Charaki, Agathi beach - single carriageway - roundabout junction
Masari34,810,7single carriageway - roundabout junction
Kalathos40,84,9single carriageway
South Rhodes42,03,7Lindos, Pefkos, Lardos, Kiotari, Gennadi, Kattavia, Prasonisi - single carriageway - roundabout junction
Lindos45,70,0single carriageway

Future plans

In June 2018 South Aegean regional governor announced that further widening of the avenue from Kolymbia to Lindos is back on track as a works prestudy and an environmental study were finally submitted for approval and estimating that by 2019 June the complete study will be ready in order for funds to be allocated and proceed with a tender. According to same announcement, the prestudy includes same characteristics as the Rhodes to Kolymbia section meaning two lanes per direction divided by a jersey island while for the first time constructions of 3 interchanges is included. Moreover, avenue will follow a new route in the rocky area surrounding Tsambika monastery bypassing it on the northwest end instead of the current southeast route.[2]

Its also worth noting that if and when city ring road phase 2 goes ahead, an interchange is planned connecting Rhodes-Lindos Avenue to the ring road. Finally, a useful addition would be interchanges at exits 1, 4 and 7 which are usually congested and accidents are not rare.

Notes

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