Greece opens the E65 motorway along its full length

With the final roughly 46 km of the northern section opened to traffic on 24 July 2026, the E65 motorway (Central Greece motorway) is now in service along its full 182.1 km; the official inauguration of continuous operation took place a day earlier, on 23 July 2026, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The builder and concessionaire is Kentriki Odos of the GEK TERNA group. Built entirely on a new alignment, the route directly connects the north–south PATHE axis with the Egnatia Odos, linking Central Greece and Thessaly to West Macedonia, Epirus and the western Balkans. The total budget is around €1.4bn, making it one of Greece's largest road construction projects; it comprises 14 grade-separated interchanges plus two half-interchanges, five twin tunnels and 31 bridges.