The longest, the North Cape Tunnel, is 6.9 km (4.3 mi) long and reaches 212 m (696 ft) below sea level.

During the winter months the northernmost part of the road (Skarsvåg-North Cape) is available only to convoys, driving at fixed times, if weather permits.

In the first version of the current E-road network established in 1975, E69 was a longer and completely different road from Warsaw to Wiener Neustadt through Piotrków, Katowice, Český Těšín, Žilina, Trenčín, Piešťany and Bratislava.

Instead of Wiener Neustadt, it went further to the south, touching Oberpullendorf and Oberwart following the Austrian route 50, ending in E66.

[4] A ferry line was set up between Russenes near Olderfjord and Honningsvåg, a distance of around 70 kilometres (43 mi; 38 nmi).