Editing Athens (section)

=== Motorways ===
{{Further|National Roads and Motorways in Greece}}
[[File:Athens-Kiffisia-aerial.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of an [[A6 motorway (Greece)|A6]] interchange north of Athens]]

Two main motorways of Greece begin in Athens, namely the [[A1 motorway (Greece)|A1]]/[[European route E75|E75]], heading north towards Greece's second largest city, [[Thessaloniki]]; and the border crossing of Evzones and the [[A8 motorway (Greece)|A8]]/[[European route E94|E94]] heading west, towards Greece's third largest city, [[Patras]], which incorporated the [[Greek National Road 8A|GR-8A]]. Before their completion much of the road traffic used the [[Greek National Road 1|GR-1]] and the [[Greek National Road 8|GR-8]].

Athens' Metropolitan Area is served by the [[Attiki Odos]] toll motorway network: its main section, the [[A6 motorway (Greece)|A6]], extends from the western industrial suburb of [[Eleusina|Elefsina]] to [[Athens International Airport]]; while two beltways, namely the Aigaleo Beltway ([[A65 motorway (Greece)|A65]]) and the Hymettus Beltway ([[A62 motorway (Greece)|A62]]) serve parts of western and eastern Athens respectively. The span of the Attiki Odos in all its length is {{convert|65|km|mi|0|abbr=on}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aodos.gr/article.asp?catid=12069&tag=7275|title=Aodos.gr}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> making it the largest metropolitan motorway network in all of Greece.