Motorway 1 (Greece)

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A1 motorway
Αυτοκινητόδρομος 1
Route information
Part of E75
Length	550 km (340 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Evzonoi
South end	Athens
Location
Country	Greece
Regions	Central Macedonia, Thessaly, Central Greece, Attica
Major cities	Thessaloniki, Katerini, Larisa, Lamia, Athens
Highway system
Highways in Greece Motorways National Roads

Motorway 1 (code: A1, also known as Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzonoi (A.TH.E.) Motorway,^[1] and previously as Patras-Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzonoi (P.A.TH.E.) Motorway^[2] the 2nd longest motorway in Greece with a length of 550 km. It is the principal north–south road connection in Greece,^[3] connecting the country's capital Athens with the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia, as well as the country's second largest city, Thessaloniki. It starts from Neo Faliro in Attica and continues north to reach the Evzonoi border station, on the Greek border with North Macedonia.

Today, the construction, operation and maintenance of Motorway 1 have been largely outsourced to private companies: Aftokinitodromos Aigaiou SA. (Kleidi, Imathia - Raches, Fthiotida), Kentriki Odos SA (Raches, Fthiotida - Skrafia, Fthiotida) and Nea Odos SA (Skarfia, Fthiotida - Metamorfosi, Attica). The section of Kleidi, Imathia-Evzoni since 2014 operates and is maintained by Egnatia Odos SA.^[4]