European route E8

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Route information
Length	1,410 km (880 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Tromsø, Norway
South end	Turku, Finland
Location
Countries	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway; File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Highway system
	International E-road network; A Class; B Class;

File:Finnish border sign Kilpisjarvi.JPG

Finnish border sign on the E 8 road at Kilpisjärvi (in Finnish, Swedish and Northern Sami)

File:Valtatie 4 Finland Oulu viitta.jpg

Road sign above the E75/E8/road 4 near Oulu

The European route E8 is a European route that runs between Tromsø, Norway and Turku, Finland. The length of the route is 1,410 kilometres (880 mi).

E8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi – Oulu – Liminka – Raahe – Kalajoki – Kokkola – Vaasa – Pori – Rauma – Turku

History

In the older E-road system that was used from 1950 to 1985 (in the Nordic countries until 1992), the E8 went London – Colchester – Harwich – ferry connection – Hook of Holland – The Hague – Utrecht – Oeynhausen – Hanover – Berlin – Poznań – Krośniewice – Łowicz – Warsaw – USSR border^[1] (Brest). It connected with E1, E2, E5, E31, E107, E108 and E113 routes.^[2] The current E8 route was introduced in early 1990s between Tromsø and Tornio^[3] and extended from Tornio to Turku in 2001.^[3] In the older E road system it had been called E78 since 1962.

Route

References

↑ United Nations (1951). "DECLARATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ARTERIES SIGNED AT GENEVA ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1950 / DECLARATION SUR LA CONSTRUCTION DE GRANDES ROUTES DE TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL SIGNEE A GENEVE LE 16 SEPTEMBRE 1950" (PDF) (in English and French). United Nations Treaty Series. Retrieved 2023-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "E8 (Old System)". Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki. SABRE. Retrieved 2023-02-10.^{[self-published source]}
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "E8 (Europa)" [E8 (Europe)]. Wegenwiki (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)^{[self-published source]}

External links

UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to E8 at Wikimedia Commons
File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg E8 through Finland and Norway travel guide from Wikivoyage

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[1] United Nations (1951). "DECLARATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ARTERIES SIGNED AT GENEVA ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1950 / DECLARATION SUR LA CONSTRUCTION DE GRANDES ROUTES DE TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL SIGNEE A GENEVE LE 16 SEPTEMBRE 1950" (PDF) (in English and French). United Nations Treaty Series. Retrieved 2023-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] "E8 (Old System)". Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki. SABRE. Retrieved 2023-02-10.^{[self-published source]}

[wegenwiki-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "E8 (Europa)" [E8 (Europe)]. Wegenwiki (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)^{[self-published source]}

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