European route E1 in Portugal

The European route E1 in Portugal is a series of roads, part of the International E-road network running on a north south axis on the west coast. It starts at the Spanish border in the north at Valença going almost perfectly south passing by several major Portuguese cities like Porto and Lisbon until the border with Spain again at Castro Marim.[1]

Route edit

The route starts at the border town of Valença at the Minho river coming from the Spanish city of Vigo in the Norte Region. It follows Portuguese highway A3 by Braga to the second largest city in Portugal Porto. From this coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean, the E1 goes southwest, using the A1 motorway to the Centro Region passing by the major cities of Coimbra and Leiria to the Portuguese capital Lisbon. The motorway passes through the city center, from where it takes the A2 motorway crossing the sparsely populated Alentejo Region all the way until the south coast in the Algarve region at the merge with the A22 motorway at Albufeira. The road goes then east passing by Faro to the Spanish border at the Guadiana river in the Portuguese village of Castro Marim. The E1 is one of the most important highways in Portugal as it connects several major cities north to south. The E1 covers a total distance of 748 km (465 mi) within Portugal.

Detailed route edit

E1 Portugal
District[2] National

road

number

Section Junction
      Autovía A-55   Spain towards Vigo and A Coruña
   Norte Region

Viana do Castelo

  A3 motorway Valença-Gaifar   15 N101 Valença, Monção, Melgaço

  14 N13 Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Caminha

  14 N13 Valença

  near São Pedro da Torre

  13 N303 Paredes de Coura, Vila Nova de Cerveira

  12 IC28, A27 Viana do Castelo, Ponte da Barca, Arcos de Valdevez

  11 N203 Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Ponte da Barca

  10 N201, N308 Vila Verde, Anais

Braga Gaifar-Vila Nova de Famalicão   Services of Barcelos

  9 A11, N103 Braga West, Barcelos, Martim, Cabreiros, Esposende

  8 A11, N14 Braga South, Guimarães, Celeirós

  7 N14 Cruz, Braga, Vila Nova de Famalicão

  6 A7 Guimarães, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim, Fafe

Porto Vila Nova de Famalicão-Porto   5 N104 Santo Tirso, Trofa, Vila das Aves, Vila do Conde

  Services of Trofa

  4 A41 CREP SUL Maia, Matosinhos, Porto Airport, Alfena

  near Maia

  3 A4 Matosinhos, Ermesinde, Valongo, Vila Real, Bragança,   Spain (Zamora)

  2 N12 Matosinhos, Rio Tinto, Gondomar

  1 A20 Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia

  A20 motorway Porto   Porto-Antas

  Porto-Areosa

  Campanhã railway station, Porto-S. Roque

  N12, N108 Porto-Freixo, Entre-os-Rios

  N12, A43 Gondomar

  A44 Vila Nova de Gaia, Oliveira do Douro

  N222 Vila Nova de Gaia

  A29 Espinho, Canelas, Porto

  A32 Oliveira de Azeméis, Olival, Pedroso, São João da Madeira

  A1 motorway Porto-Nogueira da Regedoura   A20 Porto, Gondomar, Braga, Vila Nova de Gaia, Viana do Castelo

  20 N1 Vila Nova de Gaia

  19 N1 Carvalhos

  18B N1 Carvalhos, Grijó

   Centro Region

Aveiro

Nogueira da Regedoura-Ventosa do Bairro   near Nogueira da Regedoura

  A41 Espinho, Vila Real, Porto

  18 N223 Santa Maria da Feira, São João da Madeira, Ovar

  17 N109 Estarreja, Oliveira de Azeméis

  Services of Estarreja

  16 A25 Aveiro, Viseu, Guarda,   Spain (Salamanca, Madrid)

  15 N235, N333 Aveiro, Águeda

  Services of Oiã

Coimbra Ventosa do Bairro-Murtede   14 N234 Mealhada, Cantanhede
Aveiro Murtede-Vendas de Santana no junctions
Coimbra Vendas de Santana-Redinha   13 A14, IP3, E801 Montemor-o-Velho, Figueira da Foz, Viseu, Coimbra North

  12 N341, A31 Coimbra South, Taveiro, Alfarelos

  11 A13-1, A13 Lousã, Soure, Condeixa-a-Nova, Tomar

Leiria Redinha-Fátima   Services of Pombal

  10 IC8 Pombal, Figueira da Foz

  9 A8, N242 Leiria, Marinha Grande

  Services of Leiria

Santarém Fátima-Torres Novas   8 N356 Fátima, Batalha, Ourém

  near Vale Alto

  7 A23 Abrantes, Castelo Branco, Torres Novas, Tomar, Guarda

   Alentejo Region

Santarém

Torres Novas-Aveiras de Cima   Services of Santarém

  6A A15 Rio Maior, Caldas da Rainha

  6 N114, A13 Santarém, Faro

  5A N114-2 Cartaxo

   Lisbon Region

Lisbon

Aveiras de Cima-Lisbon   5 N366 Aveiras de Cima, Alcoentre, Rio Maior

  Services of Aveiras de Cima

  4 N1 N3 Alenquer, Carregado

  4 A10, A9, Arruda dos Vinhos, Benavente, Faro, Algarve Region

  Plataforma Logística de Lisboa Norte

  3 N114, N4, N1 Évora, Elvas, Vila Franca de Xira

  2A N10 Vila Franca de Xira, Alhandra

  2 A9, A5, A10 Loures

  N116, N10 Alverca do Ribatejo, Bucelas

  near Alverca do Ribatejo

  1A N115-5, A30 Santa Iria de Azóia, Vialonga

  1 A36, A12, IC17 Vasco da Gama Bridge, Setúbal, 25 de Abril Bridge

2nd ring road Lisbon   1 Olivais North, Parque das Nações, Sacavém, Portela, Moscavide

  Services of Olivais

  2 Olivais South, Lisbon Airport (arrivals), Parque das Nações, Est. çao Oriente

  3 Olivais South, Lisbon Airport (departures), Marvila, Areeiro

  Services of São João de Brito

  4 Camarate, Charneca, Alvalade

  5 Lisbon Center, Loures, Odivelas, Campo Grande, Marquês de Pombal

  6 IP7, IC17 Eixos, Telheiras

  6 IP7, A2 Eixos, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon Zoo, Lisbon South, Setúbal

  IP7   Santa Maria Hospital, Estrada da Luz

  Entrecampos, Areeiro

  Lisbon Zoo, Campolide

  IC19, CRIL Algés, Sintra, Benfica

  Praça de Espanha

  A5, IC19 Cascais, Monsanto, Sintra

Setúbal   A2 motorway Lisbon-Marateca   25 de Abril Bridge

  1 A38, IC20 Caparica

  1 A38, IC20 Almada

  Services of Amora

  2 N378, N10 Sesimbra, Azeitão

  2 N378, N10 Seixal, Fogueteiro

  3 A33, IC21 Montijo, Barreiro

  near Coina

  Services of Palmela

  4 N252 Palmela, Montijo, Setúbal, Pinhal Novo

  5 A12 Setúbal

  5 A12 Lisbon North, Montijo, Pinhal Novo

  6 N10 Marateca, Pegões

   Alentejo Region

Évora

Marateca-Landeira   7 A6, A13 Santarém, Porto, Vendas Novas, Évora,   Spain (Badajoz, Mérida)
Setúbal Landeira-Azinheira   Services of Alcácer do Sal

  8 N5 Alcácer do Sal, Comporta, Montemor-o-Novo, Torrão

  9 IC1, IC33 Sines, Grândola

  Services of Grândola

  10 IP8 Beja, Ferreira do Alentejo

Beja Azinheira-São Barnabé   Services of Aljustrel

  11 N261 Aljustrel, Santiago do Cacém

  12 IP2, N123 Beja, Castro Verde, Ourique

  Services of Almodôvar

  13 N393, N267 Almodôvar, Mértola

   Algarve Region

Faro District

São Barnabé-Albufeira   14 N124 Silves, São Bartolomeu de Messines, São Marcos da Serra, Alte

  near Paderne

  15 A22 Portimão, Albufeira, Faro,   Spain (Huelva, Seville)

  A22 motorway Albufeira-Castro Marim   11 N270 Boliqueime

  Services of Loulé

  12 N396 Quarteira,

  12 N396 Loulé Center

  13 N125 Faro Airport

  13 N125-4 Loulé South

  Parking near Faro West

  14 N2 Faro Center, São Brás de Alportel

  Parking near Faro East

  15 N398 Olhão, Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo

  Services of Olhão

  16 N270 Tavira

  17 N125 Monte Gordo

  18 N122, IC27 Beja, Vila Real de Santo António, Castro Marim

      Autovía A-49   Spain towards Huelva and Seville

General references edit

https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/

Google Maps

References edit

  1. ^ "E01". www.elbruz.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2020-05-30.