- Autostrada A8 (Poland)
The A8 highway in
Poland is a short (35,4 km) plannedmotorway which, when completed, will form a motorway bypass of the city ofWrocław [ [http://siskom.waw.pl/autostrady/a8/a8.jpg] Map of route at siskom.waw.p] . Construction should start in2008 , and the motorway is to be completed by2010 .The highway will include a large bridge over the river
Oder . The contract for its construction was signed on May 20, 2008 [http://www.gddkia.gov.pl/article/informacje/aktualnosci/article.php/id_item_tree/5675968fea131404ac18694a3d3ef79b/id_art/7de19430b88a88da5b8f1d8ab5f40acc] Official notice on www.gddkia.gov.pl page (in Polish) ] . Construction is to start shortly and according to terms specified in the contract will take 30 months. The bridge will be built by aconsortium of Mostostal Warszawa S.A. and Acciona Infraestructura S.A.Earlier plans envisaged the A8 motorway to run the entire route between
Wrocław andŁódź - and in a longer term connect it southwards with a connection to Prague. But a few years ago, the motorway was truncated to its current length. On the rest of the route, a lower standard "express road" S8 will be built, but no firm plans for its construction exist at present.References
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