It begins in Miskolc, Hungary and ends in Thessaloniki, Greece, also running through Romania and Bulgaria.

The E 79 routes through four European countries: Hungary Romania Bulgaria Greece The Hungarian section of E79 shares parts of its path with other E-roads, such as E60, E573 and E71.

Especially in the mountainous parts, the road can be considered as more suitable for tourism than for high speed traveling, but as it has been in a very poor state up until a couple of years ago, touristic infrastructure is still poorly developed (road side hotels, restaurants).

Plan ahead if you consider staying overnight in hotels on this route (best options are outside of the cities, with few exceptions - Oradea, Deva - but there are not so many decent locations for accommodation).

Status of work progress is December 2017, by section, North to South: - Oradea-Beiuș (cca.

First contractor: SC Antreprenor Construct Mod SRL (progress status: 70% in December 2016).

Auction won by SC SYLC CON TRANS SRL / HIDROSTROY AD --- 55.945.649,16 RON without VAT.

source Starting with Ionești, the road is good until as far south as Calafat (400 km), with only very small portions still under construction.

RON without VAT, contract 5R10a, progress status in December 2017 - 100% - section accepted as completed by the national road company).

Initial financing sources for all contracts was: 50% from the state budget, 50% loaned from the European Investment Bank.

Currently the Vidin-Montana motorway and Montana-Botevgrad expressway are under construction with planned speed up to 120 km/h (75 mph).

From Sofia all the way to the border check point with Greece, E79 joins Struma motorway (A3) with the exception of the Kresna Gorge pass, which still use the old 2-lane standard road.