A7 Moreas Motorway (Corinth – Tripoli – Kalamata) and A71 Lefktro – Sparti
Motorway in the Peloponnese from the A8 (Olympia Odos) near Corinth by way of Tripoli to Kalamata, with the A71 branch from Lefktro to Sparti. The existing 82 km Corinth – Tripoli road was upgraded, and the new sections south of Tripoli built, under a 30-year concession signed with Moreas S.A. on 31 January 2007 and running from 3 March 2008 to 3 March 2038. Paradeisia – Tsakona and the Tsakona arch bridge were built by the Greek state outside the concession. The last section opened on 23 December 2016. The concessionaire gives 159 km for Corinth – Kalamata and 46 km for the branch. Lots follow the opening stages; on concession-built lots, construction start 2008 is the project's start, not a date per section.
- Total length
- 205 km
- Open today
- 205 km
- Sections
- 10
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth (Moreas interchange, A8) – Tripoli South Opened in 1991 as the New National Road Corinth – Tripoli, 82.5 km, through the Artemisio tunnel, in several stages and later upgrades during the 1990s (Greek Wikipedia). English Wikipedia gives construction 1984–1990 and formal inclusion in the road network in 1992. Other sources give 82.6 km (capital.gr, 2009) and 82 km (European Commission, 2014) for Corinth – Tripoli. TERGA built the Nestani – Tripoli section (km 0+000 to 18+672, under construction in October 1976, 420 million drachmas design budget) and ATTIKAT the Valanidia – Artemisio section near Nemea (Greek Wikipedia). Moreas J/V carried out the concession upgrade: the second Artemisio bore (about 1,400 m) opened on 12 August 2009, the Neochori tunnels in May – June 2010 and the Sterna tunnels in August 2010. | Opened | 83 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Tripoli South – Athinaio Includes the Kalogeriko tunnel. Date and length from Greek Wikipedia, which cites energia.gr (5 November 2010); the article itself could not be retrieved. | Opened | 13 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Athinaio – Lefktro Bypasses the bends at Megalopoli. Includes the twin Rapsommatis tunnels (1,360 m each, as reported at the opening) and a 244 m bridge over the Alfeios. Length 15 km as reported at the opening (kpylos, 31 March 2010); Greek Wikipedia gives 14 km. | Opened | 15 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Lefktro – Paradeisia Date and length from Greek Wikipedia, which cites arcadiaportal.gr (8 December 2010); the article itself could not be retrieved. | Opened | 5 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Paradeisia – Tsakona Construction by the Peloponnese Region began at the start of 1990 and the road first opened in spring 2000. The Tsakona landslide of February 2003 (about 6 million m³) closed it, and traffic used the old Megalopoli – Kalamata road until the rebuilt section opened on 22 December 2012 with a short diversion at the site of the Tsakona arch bridge, which is a separate lot. The rebuild includes a 500 m viaduct, two 160 m bridges and two cut-and-cover structures. Length 11.5 km as reported at the opening (2012) and by the ministry (2016); Greek Wikipedia gives 11 km, excluding the Tsakona bridge. The deputy minister thanked the TERNA – ALPINE joint venture at the opening. | Opened | 12 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Tsakona arch bridge (T4) Composite arch bridge over the Tsakona landslide on the Messinia – Arcadia boundary, inside the Paradeisia – Tsakona section. 390 m at the opening; the ministry's description gives 400 m. Reported budget EUR 22.85 million; whether this is the contract value or includes VAT is not stated. | Opened | 0.4 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Tsakona – Thouria About 22 km with two lanes plus an emergency lane per direction, a 250 m cut-and-cover between Skala and Tsoukaleika, a 200 m viaduct at Skala and three interchanges. The short stretch from Tsakona to the Kyparissia interchange opened with Paradeisia – Tsakona on 22 December 2012. | Opened | 22 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Thouria/Messini – Kalamata First part of the Kalamata perimeter road, from the Thouria/Messini interchange to the Kalamata interchange. The whole perimeter road is given as 11 km (2016) or 11.5 km (2012). | Opened | 8 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| Kalamata interchange – Sparti roundabout Last 3 km of the Kalamata perimeter road, opened by the Prime Minister on 23 December 2016, completing the motorway. The source does not name the endpoints; they are taken as the Kalamata interchange, where the section opened on 19 November 2016 ends, and the Sparti roundabout at the end of the motorway, with the 360 m Nedon bridge between them. | Opened | 3 km |
| – |
|
| – |
| A71 Lefktro – Sparti Branch from the Lefktro interchange on the A7 near Megalopoli to an interchange at Sparti, with two lanes per direction and no hard shoulder, interchanges at Longanikos and Pellana, and two 315 m bridges over the Evrotas and a 275 m bridge over the Voutikiotis. Opened two months before the contractual completion deadline. Length 46 km per the concessionaire and ypodomes.gr; the ministry and the European Commission (2014) give 47 km. English Wikipedia also gives 46 km, and its junction list ends at km 45.41. | Opened | 46 km |
| – |
|
| – |
Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union222 km14 sections
- Cohesion Fund 2007–2013, Operational Programme Accessibility Improvement, as shown in the concessionaire's funding notice for the whole project.
- European Regional Development Fund 2000–2006, as shown in the concessionaire's funding notice for the whole project.
- Public-private partnership194 km8 sections
- Upgrade to motorway standard under the Moreas concession: second bore of the Artemisio tunnel, new twin tunnels at Sterna and Neochori, and upgrading of the existing Artemisio bore. Funding of the original road is not recorded here.
- Concession financing plan for the whole project (European Commission, 2014): State grant EUR 342 million plus the toll revenue of the Corinth – Tripoli section, concessionaire EUR 105 million, bank loans EUR 524 million. The concessionaire states that about 30% of the construction budget comes from public and community funds.
- Loan111 km7 sections
- EIB loan of EUR 150 million within the bank loans of the original financing plan for the whole project. Lenders cut their construction loans by EUR 40 million in the 2014 reset.
- National budget12 km2 sections
- Built by the Peloponnese Region; the landslide repair and reconstruction were designed and funded by the Ministry of Infrastructure, outside the concession.
- Designed and funded by the Ministry of Infrastructure, outside the concession.
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
- HighwaysBOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos)Same contractor: GEK TERNA, TERNA
- HighwaysA1 Motorway Athens – Thessaloniki – Evzonoi (PATHE)Same contractor: TERNA
- HighwaysA5 Ionia Odos (Antirrio – Ioannina)Same contractor: TERNA
- HighwaysA8 Olympia Odos MotorwaySame contractor: TERNA
- HighwaysA3 Central Greece Motorway (E65), Lamia – Egnatia OdosSame contractor: TERNA
- RailwaysAthens – Thessaloniki railway modernisation (PATHE)Same contractor: GEK TERNA
Sources
- Wikipedia: A7 motorway (Greece)read Sep 28, 2026
- Wikipedia: A71 motorway (Greece)read Sep 28, 2026
- Greek Wikipedia: Αυτοκινητόδρομος Κεντρικής Πελοποννήσουread Sep 28, 2026
- Moreas S.A.: The project and its constructionread Sep 28, 2026
- Moreas S.A.: The Company (entities diagram: Moreas J/V design-construction; EU Cohesion Fund 2007–2013 and ERDF 2000–2006 funding notice)read Sep 28, 2026
- European Commission: State aid SA.39224 (2014/N), Greece: Reset of Greek Motorway concession projects, Moreas Motorway (27 October 2014)read Sep 28, 2026 · archived copy
- Capital.gr: Στην κυκλοφορία η σήραγγα Αρτεμισίου (12 August 2009)read Sep 28, 2026
- Pylos blog: Παρελθόν αποτελούν οι στροφές της Μεγαλόπολης (31 March 2010)read Sep 28, 2026
- Newsbeast: Παραδόθηκε τμήμα του αυτοκινητόδρομου Τρίπολη-Καλαμάτα (23 July 2012)read Sep 28, 2026
- Ta Nea: Δόθηκε στην κυκλοφορία το τμήμα της ΕΟ Τρίπολης-Καλαμάτας στην Τσακώνα (22 December 2012)read Sep 28, 2026
- Capital.gr: Παραδόθηκε στην κυκλοφορία η τοξωτή γέφυρα Τσακώνας (27 January 2016)read Sep 28, 2026
- Ypodomes.com: Παραδόθηκε στην κυκλοφορία o αυτοκινητόδρομος Λεύκτρο-Σπάρτη (18 April 2016)read Sep 28, 2026 · archived copy
- Taxydromos: Σε δύο ώρες η διαδρομή Αθήνα – Σπάρτη: Παραδόθηκε ο αυτοκινητόδρομος (18 April 2016)read Sep 28, 2026
- Sport-FM: Σε κυκλοφορία το νέο τμήμα Θουρία – Καλαμάτα (22 November 2016)read Sep 28, 2026
- Metaforespress: Παραδίδεται κατά 100% ο πρώτος αυτοκινητόδρομος, ο «Μορέας» (23 December 2016)read Sep 28, 2026 · archived copy
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)read Sep 28, 2026
Figures last checked against their sources in Sep 28, 2026.