The Egnatia Road was a road built by the Romans in the second century BC. It passed through the Roman provinces of Illyria, Macedonia, and Thrace, crossing territories that are now part of Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey.

Starting from Durrës, the road followed a route near the Shkumbin River, through the Jablanica Mountains, then near Lake Ohrid. It then turned south through several high mountains to reach the northern shores of the Aegean Sea in Thessaloniki. From there, it continued through Thrace to the city of Byzantium, later Constantinople and now Istanbul. The total distance covered was 1,120 km (696 miles or 7,746 Roman miles). Like other Roman roads, it was about 6 meters wide and covered with large polygonal stone slabs.

The Egnatia Road was named after its builder, the Roman proconsul in Thessaloniki, Cnaeus Egnatius. It was constructed by the Romans for military and commercial purposes during their invasions of Illyria, Macedonia, and Greece.

The Egnatia Road starts in Durrës with two branches: one leads to Apollonia and the other continues from the Dajlani Bridge, passing through Shkëmbi i Kavajës and Kavajë, crossing the Darit River over a bridge, passing through Rani i Gores, Bishti i Zhurit, and Peqin. There are no signs of possible stations from Durrës to Peqin.

From Peqin to Elbasan, there is only one station called Add Quintum, located in the village of Bradashesh. After this, the road stretches through Elbasan, Mengël, Labinot, Fushë, Mirakë, crosses to the other side of the Shkumbin River, and avoids the riverbank by climbing through the mountains to Babje, Spatharë, Dardhë, Gurrat e Zeza, Qukës, crosses the Shkumbin River again, passing through Domosdovë, Qafë, Thanë, and then reaches Struga, Ohrid, Bitola, Thessaloniki, and continues to Istanbul.