Waterway E70
The International Waterway E70 is an international waterway connecting Antwerp via Berlin with Klaipėda, serving as one of the east-west European transport routes. It passes through the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Lithuania.
In Poland, the E70 route runs from the Hohensaaten Ost lock junction of the Odra River with the German Oder-Havel Canal through the Odra River section shared with E30 to Kostrzyn, where it connects with the Odra-Vistula Waterway. The route follows the Warta River, Noteć River, Bydgoszcz Canal, and Brda River until it meets the Vistula River at the Bydgoszcz Water Junction. From there, the route continues along the Vistula shared with the international Vistula Waterway E40, Nogat River, and Vistula Lagoon to the border with Russia.
Expansion Plans
The project is an initiative of the participating countries and the European Union. The following sections are planned for expansion:- Twente Canal
- Mittelland Canal
- Elbe-Havel Canal and Havel up to the mouth of the Spree River
- Berlin Waterways
- Oder-Havel Canal
In its White Paper on inland navigation, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe points out that the missing connection of the E70 from the Twente Canal to the Mittelland Canal was abandoned after a feasibility study in 2012.