Rio–Antirrio bridge

After robots were used to check the state of the pylons submerged 65 meters below sea level and alpinists completed their annual overhaul last week, a team of divers will be deployed on the massive maintenance project of the Rio-Antirrio bridge, which turns 20 next month.

Use Your Vote – June 9th is the central message of the European Parliament’s campaign. The Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge was one of the iconic landmarks illuminated on the night of May 8-9

The Rio-Antirrio ferry service was suspended on Thursday due to strong winds in the area.

For the same reason, empty trucks, motorcycles and bicycles were barred from crossing on the Harilaos Trikoupis bridge linking Rio with Antirrio.

Higher toll fees at toll stations, in both major and auxiliary roads, increased on Greek roads as of Monday, following earlier announcements by concessionaires. 

On Olympia Odos, the new fees implemented for vehicles affect the following highways: Patra-Athens, Antirrio-Ioannina, Corinth-Tripoli-Kalamata and the Lefktro-Sparta section, as well as the Rio-Antirrio bridge. 

Higher toll fees at toll stations, in both major and auxiliary roads, increased on Greek roads as of January 1, 2024, following earlier announcements by concessionaires.

In Olympia Odos, the new fees implemented for vehicles affect the following highways: Patras-Athens, Antirrio-Ioannina, Corinth-Tripolis-Kalamata and the Lefktro-Sparta section, as well as the Rio-Antirrio bridge.

A team of seven highly skilled climbers came from France, as they do every summer, exclusively to inspect and conduct maintenance work on the the Rio-Antirrio Bridge's cables and pylons.

State privatizations fund TAIPED has proclaimed an international tender for the utilization of a property of 165,460.40 square meters at the former working site supporting the construction of the Rio-Antirrio bridge.

A 23-year-old man died on Wednesday after falling off the busy Rio-Antirrio bridge in western Greece.
No details were immediately available as to how the incident happened. Some unconfirmed reports in Greek media suggested the man was cycling when he fell off  the cable-stayed bridge.

Traffic on the busy Rio-Antirrio bridge in western Greece was disrupted on Thursday after a container detached from a truck and smashed into a traffic sign above the highway.
No injuries were reported.
A local news website said the container was blown off the vehicle due to the gale-force winds blowing over the Patraikos gulf.

Cars and buses will pay higher tolls for the Rio-Antirrio bridge in western Greece as of midnight January 8 to January 9, with electronic card payments rising as of February 1, the managing company said.

Gefyra SA said that passenger car price would rise to 13.50 euros (from 13.20 euros) but that prices for motorcycles and regular travellers using the bridge would remain the same.