A29 Siatista – Kastoria – Krystallopigi
Vertical axis of the Egnatia Odos, from the A2 at Siatista by way of Kastoria and Ieropigi to the Albanian border crossing at Krystallopigi (a branch of Pan-European Corridor VIII). The operator gives about 72 km; the lots below follow the Greek Wikipedia section lengths (51 km, 13.5 km and 4.1 km, 68.6 km together). It has two lanes and a hard shoulder per direction. The 51 km Siatista – Koromilia part was built under earlier contracts; the Koromilia – Krystallopigi part (contract signed 10 February 2012, delayed by expropriations) opened on 14 July 2017, completing the axis. The operator gives a total cost of about EUR 380 million (design, expropriations, construction), about 60% of it EU funding.
- Total length
- 69 km
- Open today
- 69 km
- Sections
- 3
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Siatista (A2) – Koromilia Built under earlier contracts, before the 2012 Koromilia – Krystallopigi contract. No opening date is published in the sources: 2016-08 is the latest bound, the month ypodomes.com reported the 51 km as already built (the operator page, undated, also calls them open). The real opening was earlier. The start is the A2 junction at Siatista. The end is placed by the cumulative sourced lengths, not surveyed, and lies about 1.8 km past the Koromilia junction on the drawn line. | Opened | 51 km |
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| Koromilia – Ieropigi Holds the only tunnel of the axis, the Ieropigi tunnel (tubes of 514 m and 487 m). The press gives a project cost of EUR 197 million for the whole Koromilia – Krystallopigi contract, and an earlier report a budget of EUR 158.5 million for the base 16 km; neither is a per-lot cost, so none is recorded. The end is placed by the cumulative sourced lengths, not surveyed. | Opened | 14 km |
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| Ieropigi – Krystallopigi Originally designed as a two-lane road, later upgraded to a motorway (Greek Wikipedia). In July 2014 it was decided to add this section to the contract as an option for EUR 36 million (18 months); the source says "decided", not signed, and does not state VAT, so no contract value is recorded. Drawn to the Krystallopigi junction with the EO2 (the OSM end of the A29); the Albanian border crossing lies beyond it. The lot start is placed by the cumulative sourced lengths, not surveyed, and the drawn line is 4.56 km against the sourced 4.1 km. | Opened | 4 km |
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Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union18 km2 sections
- Operator and press: the Koromilia – Krystallopigi contract was included in the 2007–2013 NSRF (ESPA) under the operational programme "Accessibility Improvement". No amount is published for this lot. The operator gives about EUR 380 million for the whole Siatista – Krystallopigi axis (design, expropriations, construction), about 60% of it EU funding.
A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.
Related projects
- HighwaysA8 Olympia Odos MotorwaySame contractor: AVAX, Aktor, TERNA
- HighwaysA1 Motorway Athens – Thessaloniki – Evzonoi (PATHE)Same contractor: Aktor, TERNA
- HighwaysA2 Egnatia Odos (Igoumenitsa – Kipoi)Same contractor: AVAX, Aktor
- HighwaysA5 Ionia Odos (Antirrio – Ioannina)Same contractor: AVAX, TERNA
- HighwaysBOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos)Same contractor: Aktor, TERNA
- RailwaysAthens – Thessaloniki railway modernisation (PATHE)Same contractor: AVAX, Aktor
Corridors
The designations this project is recorded under. Both schemes are kept: the Pan-European corridors are how these projects were described when they were planned, and TEN-T is what EU money is allocated on today.
- Pan-European Corridor VIIIPan-European
Sources
- Greek Wikipedia: Αυτοκινητόδρομος 29 (Ελλάδα)read Oct 5, 2026
- Wikipedia: A29 motorway (Greece)read Oct 5, 2026
- Egnatia Odos A.E.: Ο Κάθετος Άξονας Σιάτιστα – Ιεροπηγή – Κρυσταλλοπηγήread Oct 5, 2026
- ypodomes.com: Παραδόθηκε όλος ο κάθετος άξονας Σιάτιστα-Καστοριά-Κρυσταλλοπηγή μήκους 72χλμ (14 July 2017)read Oct 5, 2026
- ypodomes.com: Αρχές του 2017 στην κυκλοφορία όλος ο κάθετος άξονας Σιάτιστα-Καστοριά-Σύνορα (11 August 2016)read Oct 5, 2026 · archived copy
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)read Oct 5, 2026
Figures last checked against their sources in Oct 5, 2026.