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'''Attiki Odos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Αττική Οδός) is a private-owned motorway in [[Greece]]. The entire stretch is tolled. The [[Proastiakos]] high-speed suburban rail is almost entirely in the median through the main section. Its numbers are 6 for the main section, 64 for Imittos Ring and 65 for Aigaleo Ring. They are the outer ring roads of [[Athens|Greater Athens]] metropolitan area.

==History==

Construction of the project began in [[1996]]. The motorway was opened along with the [[Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport]] that it connects to. The motorway ran from the [[Gerakas]] Street interchange but it didn't had access to [[Keratea]] directly until [[2003]] nor a northbound interchange until [[2002]] to Athens from [[Agia Marina (Athens), |Athens]].

In May [[2001]], an interchange 20B (now K2) opened for Koropi North and reads mainly a local road. Construction from Kifissou Avenue to Gerakas continued while the western part becan construction. The Hymettus ring was under construction.

More interchanges were opened later including the Paiania-Spata Road.

In September [[2002]], the high-speed railway began construction and the central part of the main section began paving.

In early-[[2003]], Attiki Odos was now operated from Kifissou Avenue to Eleftherios Venizelos Airport. The Hymettus Ring was almost paved that time but the tunnels were constructed.

In late-2003, the Hymettus Ring became fully accessible with a toll booth at the northbound lanes near Katechaki Avenue. This part of the motorway has many tunnels. It runs in the northern part of the [[Hymettus]] and became the road that bypasses Mesogeion Avenue and links to Kifissou Avenue and its suburbs and the Airport along with the eastern suburbs of Athens.

In [[2004]], the western section along with a tunnel opened from the junction with [[Greece Highway 8|GR-8]] to Kifissou Avenue. It has 7 interchanges in total. and runs between the mountain ranges of [[Aigaleo]] and [[Parnitha]]. The Egaleo Ring is still under construction.

The high-speed railway was complete and opened in 2004.

==Places==
*Main section:
**north of [[Eleusis]]
**between [[Mandra]] and [[Magoula (Athens)|Magoula]]
**north of [[Aspropyrgos]]
**between [[Kamatero]] and [[Acharnes|Acharnae]]
**north of [[Nea Irakleio]]
**[[Kifissias Avenue]]
**near [[Vrilissia]]
**[[Gerakas]]
**east of [[Glyka Nera]], [[Paeania]] and [[Markopoulo Mesogeias]]
**west of [[Koropi]]
**north of [[Keratea]]
*Hymettus Ring:
**Katechaki Avenue
**east of [[Papagou]] and [[Agia Paraskevi (Athens)|Agia Paraskevi]]
**Glyka Nera

==Interchanges==

The main part (official numbering):

*(Not numbered) - [[GR-8A]]
*1 - [[Mandra]]
*2 - [[Magoula]]
*3 - (space reserved for future intersection)
*4 - [[Aspropyrgos]]
*5 - [[Aigaleo]] Ring
*5a - Aigaleo Ring South
*6 - Filis Ave.
*7 - Dimokratias Ave. S of [[Acharnae]] (also known as Menidi)
*8 - Kifissou Avenue/[[Greek National Road 1|GR-1]]/[[E75]]
*9 - Herakliou Ave.
*10A/B - Kimis Ave.
*11 - Kifissias Ave.
*12 - Pendelis Ave.
*13 - Doukissis Plakentias Ave. ( = Duchess of Plakentia Ave.) and Hymmetus(Ymittos) Ring
*14 - [[Anthousa]]
*15 - Marathonos Ave. (which is the continuation of Messoghion Ave.)
*16/Y7 - Leontario (intersects with Hymettus(Ymittos) Ring)
*17 - [[Kantza]]
*18 - Paeania
*19 - (space reserved for future intersection)
*20 - [[Markopoulo Mesogaias]]/Eleftherios Venizelos Airport

Markopoulo to Eleftherios Venizelos:

*K1 (20A) - Attiki Odos
*K2 (20B) - local road (Koropi North)

Hymmetus(Ymittos) Ring:

*Y1 - Katehaki Ave.
*Y2 - [[Papagou]]
*Y3 - Dimokritos
*Y4 - [[Agia Paraskevi]] ( = St. Paraskevi)
*Y5 - (space reserved for future intersection)
*Y6 - [[Glyka Nera]]
*Y7/16 - Leontario (see above)
*Y8 - [[Pallini]]

Future expansion to the port of [[Rafina]] is under construction, passing through the area of [[Pikermi]].

==Sections==

The brackets are non-state highway numbers.

*Attiki Odos (6) - 47 km
**SE of Markopoulo to Eleftherios Venizelos - 4 km
**[[Hymettus]]/Ymittos Ring - 12 km
**[[Aigaleo]] Ring (65) - 8 km, partly under construction as of 2006.

==Extensions==

On October 21, 2005 a new extension plan was proposed. 76 km of motorway will be constructed, bringing the total length to 141 km. Extensions will be constructed towards [[Rafina]], [[Lavrio]] and [[Vouliagmeni]]. The Hymettus Ring will also be extended southwards to [[Vouliagmeni]]. It is yet unknown when construction will start, but it is estimated to begin in 2007.

==External links:==

*[http://www.aodos.gr The official website of Attiki Odos S.A., the operator company of the road]
*[http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/attiki_odos Previous projects on Attiki Odos]

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[[Category:Transportation in Greece]]
[[Category:Orbital roads]]
[[Category:Attica prefecture]]

Attiki Odos - Revision history

Irlandos at 12:12, March 7, 2006