Thessaloniki Inner Ring Road

The Thessaloniki Inner Ring Road (Greek: Εσωτερική Περιφερειακή οδός Θεσσαλονίκης) is a dual carriageway ring road encircling most of the Thessaloniki Urban Area in Central Macedonia, Greece. Planned in 1975 and put into service in the 1990s, it consists of the Western Ring section (Δυτική Περιφερειακή), and of the main Inner Ring section (Greek: Εσωτερική Περιφερειακή). With three lanes per direction it carries over 120.000 cars per day, making it one of the country's most busy highway sections.

Inner Ring Road near Toumba (K9)

Course

The Western Ring section starts at a coastal spur highway, the Thessaloniki New Western Entrance (signposted as part of the A2 motorway). Passing by the municipalities Ampelokipoi-Menemeni, Kordelio-Evosmos and Pavlos Melas it joins the A24 motorway (Promachonas–Nea Moudania) near Efkarpia. The Western Ring section has been recently upgraded to full Motorway standard in its biggest part with five new intersections have been built.[1][2]

The A24 motorway forms the 21 km main section of the Inner Ring. Following the outline of the city's eastern periphery, it separates the city from the forests of Kedrinos Lofos (Cedar Hill) known as "Seich Sou" (Sheikh's water). When the road was planned in the 1970s, this fact drew massive protests by what would become the country's pioneer environmentalist movement, the Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki.

In southern Thessaloniki, A123 motorway forms a short extension of the Thessaloniki Inner Ring connecting it with National Road 16 and the Thessaloniki Airport.

Exit list
Regional unit Part of Exit Name Destinations Notes
Thessaloniki K16 Kalochori interchange New Western Entrance (future A122)
[3] K17 Monastiriou St.
23 July 1974 St., Ano Kordelio
Ano Kordelio
Meandros St., Evosmos
Makriyannis St., Stavroupoli
K18 Langadas St., Stavroupoli
25 March St., Efkarpia
K5 Efkarpia cont.
[4] K6 Polichni
K7 Kastra
K7A Agios Pavlos
K8 Triandria
K9 Ano Toumpa
K10 Pylaia/Malakopi
K11 Pylaia/Panorama
K12 Kalamaria interchange cont.
[5] Poseidonos
Ethnikis Antistaseos

References
  1. Περιφερειακή Θεσσαλονίκης: Γκαζώνει η κατασκευή από Λαχαναγορά μέχρι Ευκαρπία. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. "Ολοκληρώνονται τα έργα στη Δυτική Περιφερειακή Θεσσαλονίκης, έρχεται το ΣΔΙΤ". Ypodomes.com (in Greek). 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. Motorways - Exit Lists: A121, accessed 20 February 2015
  4. Motorways - Exit Lists: A25, accessed 20 February 2015
  5. Motorways - Exit Lists: A123, accessed 20 February 2015
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