Attiki Odos

Attiki Odos (Greek: Αττική Οδός) is a private-owned superhighway 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 and 65 for Aigaleo and Ano Liosion Rings. It is the outer ring road of Greater Athens metropolitan area and a by-pass of the city. It comprises of two parts, the main road and the Ymittos peripheral road. Its total length is shown here: Attiki Odos - History. ...

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Construction began in 1996. The superhighway was opened along with Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport where it is connected. The freeway ran from the Gerakas Street interchange but it didn't had access to Keratea directly until 2003 or a northbound interchange until 2002 to Athens from Athens. And the western part ran from Greece Interstate 1 and Kifissou Avenue to what is now exit 9. 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. Th ...

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Alpha TV is a Greek terrestrial channel (prior to 2000: Skaï, the Greek spelling of Sky). The station features mainly foreign shows. Greek shows, including Zougla, (Greek for jungle) which features investigative reporting, are also broadcast. The studios are located near Athens. The Director of the News Department is the famous journalist Nikos Hadjinikolaou who is channel's prominent news Anchor. Alpha TV's logo, when the channel was called Skaï was written in Greek letters. It was Latinized in 1995 and changed to a b ...

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Anoixi or Anoixi (Greek: Άνοιξη meaning cool, dew) is a rather exclusive suburb in Attica, Greece -- just about 23 km north of Athens. Anoixi is almost purely residential, but there are a few shops. Drosia has strict building regulations to ensure the conservation of its character as a pleasant, green suburb. Anoixi sits in the northern part of the Athenian plain and are between the Parnitha mountain and the mountain range to the east. Anoixi is accessed with an interchange with GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) at ...

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Argyroupoli or Argiroupoli (Greek: Αργυρούπολη/ις meaning "silver city" from αργύρος argyros silver and πολη polis city), older forms: Argyroupolis and Argiroupolis, Latin: Argyropolis, is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The Hymettus mountain is to the east and are mainly grasslands while forests are north of Argyroupoli. The nearest Attiko Metro subway station is at Alexandros Panagoulis station. It serves access with the Attiki Odos (number 63), the Hymettus Ring to the north and Vouliagmenis Avenue to the west. It is lo ...

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Agios Stefanos (Greek: meaning Saint Stephen) is a rather exclusive suburb in Attica, Greece -- just about 23 km north of Athens. Agios Stefanos is almost purely residential, but there are a few shops within its main street. Agios Stefanos sits in the northern part of the Athenian plain and are between the Parnitha mountain and the mountain range to the east. Agios Stefanos is accessed with two interchanges with GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) at the 21st and the 24th km with the GR-83 and 1.3 km south of the tolls. It is lin ...

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Ano Liosia or Ano Liossia (Greek: Άνω Λιόσια ) is a suburb in the northern part of Athens, Greece. Ano Liossia has grown rapidly over the last twenty years. A large number of Roma (Gypsies) live in this subburb of the Greek capital. The mountain range of Aigaleo is to its southwest. The view of the southeastern portion of the Parnitha ranges lies to the north. Other panorama of two other mountains are Penteli and the Hymettus. A mountain slope is to the west. Since February 2004, Attiki Odos runs between the town and G ...

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Agios Dimitrios, Aghios Dimitrios or Ayios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Demetrius) is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The city is passed by a several main roads and is linked to Katechaki which will be the future Hymettus Ring interchange, Vouliagmenis Avenue to the east, Poseidonos Avenue (GR-89 to the west and the avenue to the south. It is located SW of Attiki Odos (number 65) which is also known as the Hymettus Ring which opened in 2004 with the Katechaki interchange. ...

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Afidnes (Greek, Modern: Αφίδνες, Ancient/Katharevoussa: Αφίδναι), older forms: Afidnai, Afidne, Latin: Aphidnae, sometimes incorrectly as Aphidna or Afidna is a suburb in Attica, Greece just about 28 km north of Athens. From the Medieval Times to the late 20th century, the village was known as Kiourka. The name dates back to ancient times as Aphidnae Afidnes is located west of the superhighway and lies next to the northern part of the Parnitha mountains which are mainly of grassl ...

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Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Άγια Παρασκευή) is a suburb in Athens, Greece. It is bounded northeast by Athens, where ERT studios are located. Its distance from Athens is about 5 to 6 km. Its total size is about 600 m by 600 m. Its location is in the southeast. It includes some satellites. Its rest are residential. Its main street is Mesogeion. Agriculture used to dominate before the 1930s or 1940s by the booming of Athens. The highest elevation is ...

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Agioi Anargyroi, Agii Anargyri, Agioi Anargiroi, Ayioi Anaryiroi, Ayii Anaryiri, Agii Anargiri, Agioi Anargiri (Greek: Άγιοι Ανάργυροι) is a suburb in the northern part of Athens, Greece. It is located SW of Kifissia, W of Marathonos Avenue, NE of Athens, E of Peristeri . The main streets are Kifissou Avenue which is now a superhighway which is also GR-1/E75 for northbound and GR-89 for the southbound lanes and is also a municipal boundary to its west. Treis Gefyres, the three br ...

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Artemis, Artemida (Greek, Modern: Αρτεμίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -str) or Loutsa (Greek: Λούτσα) is a suburban town in east Attica, approximately 25 km east of Athens, S of Rafina, NE of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, E of the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 65) and N of Lavrio. The population were rural until the 1980s and the 1990s, the population became urban as suburban housing popped up around the Artemis' coastline. Housing developments continues to this day ...

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Agios Konstantinos (Greek: Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος meaning Saint Constantine), other forms: Agios Konstandinos, Agios Konstadinos, Ayios Konstantinos, Ayios Konstandinos and Ayios Konstadinos is a community of the Greek prefecture of Attica. Agios Konstantinos is about 2 km east of the Glyka Nera-Sounio highway (GR-91 linking Glyka Nera and Sounio. Keratea is located approximately 48 km SE of Athens, ESE of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62) and N of Cape Sounio. In the ancient times, the area was known as ...

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Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is also the only prefecture (nomos) in the periphery of Attica. Attica is located in what is today southern Greece, and covers about 3,800 square kilometers. In addition to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Peiraeus, Eleusis, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands ...

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Vyrona or Virona or rarely Vyronas or Vironas (Greek, Modern: Βύρωνας, Ancient/Katharevousa: Βύρων), older forms: Viron and Vyron is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The city is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron who was a national hero of Greece. It is located S of Attiki Odos (number 65) which is also known as the Hymettus Ring which opened in 2004 with the Katechaki interchange. It is also located SE of Athens and E and NE of Vouliagmenis Avenue. Vyrona started ...

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Holargos or Cholargos, rarely Kholargos (Greek: Χολαργός) Latin/Older form: Cholargus is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center. The name dates back to the ancient times but the settlement was near modern Kamatero. It is accessed by Messogion Avenue in the west and is now accessed to Attiki Odos at number 6 north of the town hall. Cholargos - Historical population. It was first given "community" status in 1933 and given "city" status in 1963.

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Voula (Greek: Βούλα) is a municipality and a suburban town in southern Attica and is the second southernmost municipality in the Megalo Daktylo (Large Fingernail), approximately 17 km S of Athens, SW of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), NW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring. Voula is linked with Athinas Avenue (GR-89) and has the southernmost terminus of Vouliagmenis Avenue and the road from the airport and a bypass to the northeast. Voula is linked with the Athens ...

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For the Polynesian mythological figure, see Varima-te-Takere which is alsn known as Vari and for a town on the island of Syros, see Vari (Syros), Greece. Vari (or Várê, Greek: Βάρη) is a suburban community in the southwestern part of the Mesogeia plain and the southeast shoulder of the Hymettus mountain, another mountain dominates to the southeast. Distance from Voula and Varkiza is 2 km each along with the blue beaches, and 4 km west of Agia Marina, and other communities of the so ...

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Zefyri or Zefiri, (Greek, Modern: Ζεφύρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms Zefyrion, Zefirio or Zefirion, is a suburb in the northern part of Athens, Greece. The origin of the name comes from a nearby spring which had in the older times. Zefyri is slightly north of the Attiki Odos (number 6) at the Dimokratias Avenue interchange and GR-1/E75 lies to its east. Zefyri Tunnel which is cut and cover is 440 m in length and is in the southern part. It is located SE of Thiva, SSE of Chalkida, NE of Athinon Avenue, about 11 km N of Athens, NW of Poseidonos Avenue and NE of Piraeus. The railw ...

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Zografou (Greek: Ζωγράφου), rarely Zografos, is a suburb in the eastern part of Athens, Greece. Zografou is located about 5 km from downtown Athens, about 2 km SW of Katechaki Avenue 4 km from the Hymettus Ring (number 65) which is part of the Attiki Odos private superhighway network and 3 km E of Kifissias Avenue. The city is passed by Olof Palme Avenue. Zografou - Subdivisions. Ano Ilisia The area was made up of farmlands and some forests dominated the area. The area was ...

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