European route E961

European route E961 is a Class B European route in the Greek regional units of Arcadia and Laconia, running from Tripoli to Gytheio.^[1] Introduced as part of the original alignment of the E65 in 1983, it is part of the International E-road network, a network of main roads in Europe.

E961
Route information
Length	101 km (63 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Tripoli
South end	Gytheio
Location
Countries	Greece
Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class

History

The E961 was originally part of the E65, a reference Class A European route that at the time ran from Ystad in the north to Gytheio in the south (instead of Malmö and Chania respectively), via Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia: the E65 was introduced with the current E-road network, which was finalised on 15 November 1975 and implemented on 15 March 1983.^[2]

On 12 September 1986, the Tripoli–Gytheio section of the E65 was spun off to form the current E961.^[3] The southern end of the E65 was then revised to terminate at the E75 at Chania, via Kalamata and Kissamos.^[4]

Route

According to the 2016 revision of the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR), the E961 is a branch of the E65 that currently runs from Tripoli in the north to Gytheio in the south, via Sparta.^[1][5] In relation to the national road network, the E961 currently follows the EO39 road (and not the A71 motorway, which terminates at Megalopolis instead of Tripoli) for its entire length.^[6]

See also

• International E-road network in Greece