European route E55 is an E-route. It starts in southern Sweden, crosses the Øresund strait to Denmark, and passes through more water (the western Baltic Sea) to reach continental Europe on Rostock, Germany. Thence it continues further southward on land through Germany and into the Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy. Finally, it passes through the Ionian Sea to serve western Greece.
The route passes through the following cities in order: Helsingborg ... Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser ... Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Prague – Tábor – Linz – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova – Venice – Ravenna – Cesena – Rimini – Fano – Ancona – Pescara – Canosa di Puglia – Bari – Brindisi ... Igoumenitsa – Preveza – Rio – Patras – Pyrgos – Kalamata.Road Transport Infrastructure. (European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR); Consolidated text of the AGR.); 5 April 2002
From Helsingborg, the route was supposed to continue northward through Sweden and into Finland, but a decision was made to keep the E4 designation in Sweden, formerly used for a European route from Lisbon to Helsinki. The E55 is not and has not been signposted in Sweden. Since 2018, the E55 is not signposted between Helsingør and Køge in Denmark, but is signposted south of Køge.Google Streetview at e.g. and
Route
Sweden Helsingborg
Ferry Helsingborg – Helsingør, the HH Ferry route
Denmark E55 has no other national road number, so exits and service areas are listed in this article Exits and service areas in Denmark
3 Espergærde 4 Kvistgård 5 Humlebæk 6 Nivå 7 Kokkedal 9 Hørsholm C | Isterød 10 Hørsholm S 12 Vedbæk 13 Gl. Holte 14 Nærum | Lærkereden/Storkereden 15 Lundtofte 16 Lyngby C Kgs. Lyngby Copenhagen 17 Jægersborgvej 18 Nyborgvej 19 Buddinge Gladsaxe Hillerød Copenhagen 20 Gladsaxe 21 Frederikssundvej 23 Jyllingevej Rødovre Frederikssund, Ballerup 24 Roskildevej Brøndby Roskilde Copenhagen Avedøre Malmö 25 Vallensbæk S 26 Ishøj Strand Ishøj Ballerup, Ishøj, Copenhagen V 27 Greve N 28 Greve C 29 Greve S | Karlslunde 30 Solrød N 31 Solrød S Roskilde 32 Køge Køge Vest Odense 33 Lellinge 34 Herfølge 35 Haslev | Piberhus 36 Bregentved Næstved Næstved (planned 2033) 37 Rønnede 38 Tappernøje | 39 Bårse 40 Udby 41 Vordingborg Northern Farø bridge 42 Farø Southern Farø bridge 43 Nørre Alslev 44 Eskilstrup Nykøbing F, Gedser
Nykøbing F Ø
Ferry Gedser – Rostock
Germany : Rostock – Wittstock/Dosse () : Wittstock/Dosse – Oberkrämer, Kremmen () : Oberkrämer, Kremmen - Schönefeld () : Schönefeld – Dresden : Dresden () : Dresden – near Geising
Czech Republic : Petrovice – Ústí nad Labem – Trmice (Start of Concurrency with E 442) – Řehlovice (end of concurrency with E 442 – Prague : Prague(), ), ), ), ) : Prague - Mirošovice : Mirošovice - Mezno : Mezno – Tábor – České Budějovice (), ) – Dolní Dvořiště
Austria : Leopoldschlag – Freistadt : Freistadt – Unterweitersdorf : Unterweitersdorf – Linz – Ansfelden : Ansfelden (Start of Concurrency with , ) – Sattledt(End of Concurrency with ) – Salzburg (End of Concurrency with ), (), () : Salzburg – Spittal an der Drau (Start of Concurrency with) – Villach, (End of Concurrency with ), () : Villach – Arnoldstein
Italy : Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova : Palmanova (Start of Concurrency with ) - Quarto d'Altino (End of Concurrency with ) : Quarto d'Altino – Venice : Venice – Ravenna : Ravenna – Cesena() : Cesena () – Rimini – Fano – Ancona – Pescara () – Canosa di Puglia () – Bari : Bari : Bari () – Fasano : Fasano – Brindisi(
Ferry Brindisi – Igoumenitsa
Greece
The E55 in Greece currently runs from Igoumenitsa in the west to Kalamata in the south, via Preveza, Missolonghi, Rio, Patras and Pyrgos. In relation to the national road network, the E55 currently follows (in order, from west to south):Ministerial Decision G25871/1963 (FEK B' 319/23.7.1963, pp. 2500–2501). Ministerial Decision DOY/oik/5776/2015 (FEK AAP' 253/21.12.2015, pp. 2101–2102).
(formerly the EO18): – Preveza : Preveza – Lake Amvrakia : Lake Amvrakia – Pyrgos : Pyrgos – Kalo Nero : Kalo Nero – Tsakona : Tsakona – Kalamata : within Kalamata
The E55 runs concurrently with the E65 on the Rio–Antirrio Bridge and the A7 segment, the E952 on the A52 segment, and the E951 and E952 on part of the A5 between Lake Amvrakia and . The E55 also connects with the E90 at Igoumenitsa.
References
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)