It is connected to the M5 of the Arab Mashreq International Road Network.

Portugal Spain Gap Italy Ferry Greece The Greek portion of E90 consists of the A2 Egnatia Odos, after the road built on top of a pre-Roman trail that spanned from the Adriatic to the Aegean, Via Egnatia.

It was later extended to Byzantium (Constantinople) to the east and Rome to the west.

The name Egnatia comes from the Roman proconsul, Gnaius Egnatius, who built the original road.

[1] In its design phase, Egnatia Odos was planned to have 1650 bridges, 43 river crossings, 11 railway crosses, and 50 interchanges with existing roads.