European route E20

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From west to east: Shannon Airport - Limerick - Dublin ... Liverpool - Manchester - Leeds - Kingston upon Hull ... Esbjerg - Odense - Copenhagen - Malmö - Halmstad - Gothenburg - Skara - Örebro - Eskilstuna - Stockholm ... Tallinn - Narva - St Petersburg

The European route E20 is part of the United Nations International E-road network.

It runs roughly west-east through the Republic of Ireland, England, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and finally Russia. The length is 1880 km.
The road is not continuous and at several points a ferry must be used to continue along its length. If there is no ferry between Kingston upon Hull and Esbjerg for instance, one must find an alternative ferry or road, and in this case Harwich-Esbjerg is available.

1 Republic of Ireland
2 English Part
3 Danish Part
4 Swedish Part
5 Estonian and Russian part

[edit] Republic of Ireland

Shannon Airport–N19–N18–Limerick–N7 (& M7)–Dublin

[edit] English Part

E20 follows the M62 motorway most of the distance.

[edit] Danish Part

In Denmark E20 is a motorway from Esbjerg to the Oresund Bridge. The length of the Danish part is 320 km.

There are a lot of exits:

76 Esbjerg E
75 Esbjerg N
74 Skads
73 Korskro
72 Bramming
71 Gørding
70 Holsted
69 Brørup
68 Vejen
67 Vejen E
66 Lunderskov
65 Lunderskov E
Motorway cross Kolding W (E45)
64 Kolding W
63 Bramdrupdam
62 Kolding E
Motorway cross Kolding (E45)
61 Taulov
Motorway cross Fredericia (E45)
60 Fredericia W
59 Fredericia S
58 Middelfart
57 Nørre Aaby
56 Ejby
55 Aarup
54 Vissenbjerg
53 Odense W
52 Odense SW
51 Odense S
50 Odense C
49 Odense SE
48 Tietgenbyen
47 Langeskov
46 Nyborg W
45 Nyborg E
44 Knudshoved
43 Halsskov
42 Korsør
41 Tjæreby
40 Vemmelev
39 Slagelse S
38 Slagelse E
37 Sorø
36 Ringsted N
35 Ringsted E
34 Borup
33 Vemmedrup
Motorway cross Køge W (E47/E55)
32 Køge
31 Solrød S
30 Solrød N
29 Greve S
28 Greve C
27 Greve N
Motorway cross Ishøj (O4)
26 Ishøj Strand
25 Vallensbæk S
Motorway cross Avedøre (E47/E55)
22 Gl. Køge Landevej (Hvidovre)
21 Avedøre Holme
20 Copenhagen C
19 Ørestad
18 Tårnby
17 Airport W
15/16 Airport E

[edit] Swedish Part

In Sweden, E20 is a motorway from the Oresund Bridge to Nääs 30 km east of Gothenburg. Furthermore, it is a motorway most of the route from Vretstorp (20 km west of Örebro) to Stockholm.

The Swedish part is 770 km long. It is common with E6 for a 280 km long route, with E18 for 50 km and with E4 for 35 km.

[edit] Estonian and Russian part

The distance from Tallinn to Saint Petersburg is 360 km. The road is ordinary road, however improved the first 70 km from Tallinn. A big obstacle is the Russian border control which does not have enough capacity and for trucks a long waiting time is needed, sometimes days.