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KILKIS (Town) MAKEDONIA CENTRAL
Tel: +30 23410 24060
HALKIDIKI (Prefecture) MAKEDONIA CENTRAL
LEMNOS (LIMNOS) (Island) NORTH AEGEAN
AGIOS NIKOLAOS (Town) LASSITHI
Tel: +30 28410 82384-5
Fax: +30 28410 82386
ALIMOS (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 9880000-5
Fax: +30 210 9880001, 9853151
GLYFADA (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 8912281
Fax: +30 210 8947284
GOUVIA (Village) CORFU
Tel: +30 26610 99500
Fax: +30 26610 91829
KALAMARIA (Suburb of Thessaloniki) THESSALONIKI
Tel: +30 2310 444598, 444595
Fax: +30 2310 444585
KALAMATA (Town) MESSINIA
Tel: +30 27210 21037, 21054
Fax: +30 27210 26079
KOS (Town) DODEKANISSOS
Tel: +30 22420 57500
Fax: +30 22420 20877
LEFKADA (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
Tel: +30 26450 26645-6
Fax: +30 26450 26642
LEROS (Port) DODEKANISSOS
Tel: +30 22470 26010
Fax: +30 22470 28200
METHANA (Small town) GREECE
Tel: +30 22980 92324, 92822
Fax: +30 22980 92822
PALEROS (Small town) AKTIO - VONITSA
Tel: +30 26430 41944, 41190
Fax: +30 26430 41191
PATRA (Town) ACHAIA
Tel: +30 2610 453540
Fax: +30 2610 453540
RHODES (Town) DODEKANISSOS
Tel: +30 22410 37927, 27242
Fax: +30 22410 37927
VOULIAGMENI (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 8960012-4
Fax: +30 210 8960415
XYLOKASTRO (Small town) CORINTHIA
Tel: +30 27430 25620, 23404
Fax: +30 27430 25620
ZEA (Marina) PIRAEUS
Tel: +30 210 4559000
Fax: +30 210 4559030
ALONISSOS (Island) NORTH SPORADES
AMAROUSSION (Municipality) ATTIKI
ARNEA (Municipality) HALKIDIKI
IKARIA (Island) NORTH AEGEAN
KALAMATA (Town) MESSINIA
Tel: +30 27210 93744
KALAVRYTA (Municipality) ACHAIA
KESSARIANI (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
KYPARISSIA (Small town) MESSINIA
MEGALOPOLI (Municipality) ARCADIA
MOUDANIA (Municipality) HALKIDIKI
PALINI (Municipality) HALKIDIKI
POROS (Small town) KEFALLONIA
PORTARIA (Municipal unit) VOLOS
PRESPES (Municipality) FLORINA
RIO (Port) PATRA
Since Harilaos Trikoupis' vision when he was Prime Minister of Greece
one hundred years ago, Greece has had the great dream of a bridge crossing the
3 km Corinth Gulf strait. In 2004, a long-standing dream became reality.
The bridge plays a significant role in strengthening the links between
Patras, the third biggest city of Greece and the more rural North Western Greece.
The Rion-Antirion
bridge is the longest cable-supported bridge in the world with a continuous deck
of 2,250 meters.
Geography
The Rion-Antirion bridge is located at the intersection of two major
roads: the Patras-Athens-Thessaloniki
motorway which links the three most important cities of Greece and forms part
of the European motorway network, the Kalamata-Patras-Igoumenitsa
Western axis.
History-The geological background
It is believed that tectonic movements, which generate the current
important seismic activity in the area, result in the South Rion coast drifting
away from the North Antirion coast by several millimeters a year.
It is amusing noting that around 500,000 years B.C., the Corinth
Gulf presumably was an inland sea and the Peloponnese
linked to mainland by two isthmus: to the east with the Corinth
isthmus cut today by its famous Canal and to the west with the Rion isthmus,
which the Rion-Antirion bridge has replaced.
The project background
In 1880, Harilaos Trikoupis became Prime Minister of Greece. Born
in Messolongi, one of the
main cities on the North coast of the Corinth Gulf strait, he had the vision of
a bridge joining the people from Achaia
(Peloponnese) and Etoloakarnania
(North Western Greece). The bridge project was discussed at the Greek Parliament
at the end of the 19th century. However, such a project was not technically feasible
until the late 20th century and it was one hundred years later that the Greek
State decided to invite tenders for building a fixed link on the Corinth Gulf
strait.
The 1991 invitation to tender and the December 1993 tender led on
3rd January 1996 to the signing between the Hellenic Republic and the company
Gefyra S.A. of the Concession Contract for the Design, Construction, Financing,
Maintenance and Operation of the Rion-Antirion bridge.
As for most concession schemes, this agreement was not put into force
until the full financing for the project be achieved. It took two years to close
the first ever private infrastructure concession financing in modern Greece with
the main loan agreement signed on 25 July 1997. The financial close was achieved
by 17 December 1997.
The Effective Date, the starting date for the project, occurred on
24 December 1997. On 19 July 1998, Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece, in
the presence of Constantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece, cast the first
stone for the Rion-Antirion bridge.
The construction period
The 7-year construction period comprises: a 2 year preparatory period
(1998-1999) where the main works consist in completing the final design for the
bridge and installing the construction site with the main task of building the
dry dock, a 5-year building period (2000-2004) where the bridge is actually built.
The operation period
The concession company Gefyra S.A. shall operate and maintain the
fixed link from its completion forecast by December 2004, onwards.
In 1995, the traffic crossing the strait, using the current ferry
services, totalled an average of 7,000 vehicles per day. It is expected that,
at opening, the bridge shall attract an average of 10,000 vehicles per day. Studies
show that in addition to the likely overall increase of the traffic since 1995,
the opening of the bridge should generate a significant amount of local traffic.
The Concession Contract provides for maximum tolls to be levied by
the Concessionaire. Below these levels, the Concessionaire is fully responsible
to market its tolling policy and intends to boost local traffic demand with season
and frequent-user tickets.
The Operation Period shall end no later than 42 years from the Effective
Date (24 December 2039). The bridge shall then be handed over to the Greek State
which is going to be responsible for its operation.
This text is cited December 2004 from the West Greece Region General Secretariat URL below, which contains image.
SAMOTHRAKI (Island) MAKEDONIA EAST & THRACE
SKALA (Village) KEFALLONIA
TITHOREA (Municipality) FTHIOTIDA
XANTHI (Town) MAKEDONIA EAST & THRACE
YPATI (Municipality) FTHIOTIDA
ZAKYNTHOS (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
Tel: +30 26950 48400
CHANIA (Town) CRETE
Tel: +30 28210 24000
Fax: +30 28210 36200
PIRAEUS (Port) ATTIKI
Fax: +30 210 4121912
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ACHARNES (Suburb of Athens) ATTICA, EAST
Tel: +30 210 2466665
ACHLADOCHORI (Village) SERRES
Tel: +30 23230 61203
AEGINA (Port) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 22970 22100
Fax: +30 22970 23333
AFANDOU (Small town) RHODES
Tel: +30 22410 51111
Fax: +30 22410 51111
AGATHONISSI (Port) DODEKANISSOS
Tel: +30 22470 29029
AGIA EFIMIA (Village) KEFALLONIA
Tel: +30 26740 61204
AGIA PARASKEVI (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 6396568, 6080344, 6000916
Fax: +30 210 6006006
Tel: +30 210 6391250
Fax: +30 210 6380154
AGIA PARASKEVI (Village) KONITSA
Tel: +30 26550 41211
AGIA PARASKEVI (Port) HALKIDIKI
Tel: +30 23740 61111
AGIA PARASKEVI (Small town) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 31222
AGIA TRIADA (Settlement) MIDEA
Tel: +30 27520 44207
AGIA VARVARA (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 5612103
AGIA VARVARA (Village) MONOFATSIO
Tel: +30 28940 22209
AGII ANARGYRI (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 2693914-5
AGII ANARGYRI (Village) LARISSA
Tel: +30 2410 751255
AGII PANTES (Village) FILIATES
Tel: +30 26640 31202
AGII THEODORI (Small town) CORINTHIA
Tel: +30 27410 61222, 67222
AGIO PNEVMA (Village) SERRES
Tel: +30 23210 91111
AGIOS ANDREAS (Port) ASTYPALEA
Tel: +30 22430 61207
AGIOS DIMITRIOS (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 9856080
Fax: +30 210 9852525
Tel: +30 210 8258900
AGIOS EFSTRATIOS (Village) NORTH AEGEAN
Tel: +30 22540 93201
AGIOS GEORGIOS (Small town) VIOTIA
Tel: +30 22610 43333
AGIOS GEORGIOS (Village) FTHIOTIDA
Tel: +30 22360 31222
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