European Route E08

The European route E8 is a International E-road network, European route that runs between Tromsø, Norway and Turku, Finland. The length of the route is .

* E8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi – Oulu – Liminka – Raahe – Kalajoki – Kokkola – Vaasa – Pori – Rauma, Finland, 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, ferry connection'' – Hook of Holland – The Hague – Utrecht – Oeynhausen – Hanover – Berlin – Poznań – Krośniewice – Łowicz – Warsaw – USSR border (Brest, Belarus, Brest). It connected with E1, E2, E5, E31, E107, E108 and E113 routes.

The current E8 route was introduced in early 1990s between Tromsø and Tornio and extended from Tornio to Turku in 2001. In the older E road system it had been called E78 since 1962.

Route

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**: Tromsøya - Nordkjosbotn () - Skibotn ()
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**: Kilpisjärvi - Karesuvanto () - Tornio ()
**: Tornio () - Kemi ()
**: Kemi () - Oulu ()
**: Oulu () - Vaasa () - Pori - Turku ( )

References

External links

UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
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International E-road network, 08
Norwegian national roads, E0008
Roads in Finland, European route E0008
Roads within the Arctic Circle

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