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'''Antirrio''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Modern, Αντίρριο, {{pronounced|anˈdirio}}, Ancient/[[Katharevousa]]: -n), other spellings '''Antirrio''', '''Antirrion''', '''Antirhion''', '''Antirion''', ancient spelling: '''Antirrhion''', Latin: '''Antirrhium''' is a community lying in a cape which has its closest distance to the [[Peloponnese]] in which the [[Rio-Antirio bridge]] can now access to the [[Peloponnese]] since August 2004 in the prefecture of [[Aitolia-Acarnania|Aitoloacarnania]] and is also a municipality. It is not the southernmost point in the prefecture. The name is a combination of Anti- and [[Rio, Greece|Rio]]. It is now bypassed to the northeast with [[Greece Interstate 5|GR-5]]/[[European route E55|E55]] with a junction 2 km north with [[Greece Interstate 48|GR-48]]/[[E65]] ([[Amfissa]] - Antirio). Distance from the [[Peloponnese]] is 2.4 km from mainland Greece and Rio is WNW, other distances from the Peloponnese are [[Patras]] about 10 km ENE, about 209 km W of [[Athens]] and NW of [[Aigio]], WSW of [[Amfissa]], SW of [[Nafpaktos]], E of [[Messolonghi]] and SE of [[Agrinio]]. The cape forms the Strait of Rio-Antirio, [[Strait of Rhium]] in ancient times, which separates the [[Gulf of Patras]] in the west and the [[Gulf of Corinth]] in the east.