Via Carpathia (also Via Carpatia) is a transnational highway network under construction, connecting KlaipÃÂda in Lithuania with Thessaloniki in Greece. The route largely runs through the Carpathian Mountains, hence its name. The Polish part of Via Carpatia was named in 2021 after the late President Lech Kaczyà Âski.
The route was initially agreed upon in 2006 by Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. In 2010, this group was joined by Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, who signed the so-called à Âaà Âcut Declaration. On 22 June 2017, Poland and Ukraine signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of the road. Signatories indicated the road could be part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). Construction is ongoing in individual sections. While initially planned to open fully around 2025, delays in complex mountain sections (particularly in southern Poland and Romania) have pushed the expected completion of the entire corridor to approximately 2030.
The status of key sections as of late 2025:
The road will run in a general northâÂÂsouth direction through central Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea. Its northern terminus is the Lithuanian port city of KlaipÃÂda. In Kaunas it will connect with the Via Baltica route and continue through eastern Poland, eastern Slovakia, eastern Hungary, western Romania, western Bulgaria, and further to Greece. Its southern terminus is the Greek port city of Thessaloniki. A fork in the south may continue eastwards through Romania to the Black Sea port town of ConstanÃÂa, and the next branching to the Bulgarian-Turkish border Svilengrad-Edirne.