- Autovía A-8
Highway in Spain
Name= Autovía del Cantábrico
Signal=
European Route=
Beginning=Bilbao
End=Baamonde
Length= 486The Autovía A-8 is a highway (
autovía ) in the north west ofSpain . It is known as the Autovía del Cantábrico and connectsGijón andBilbao , where it continues as theAutopista AP-8 to the French border. The road passes Santander,Bilbao andSan Sebastián .Bilbao area
Currently the A-8 is also the main
beltway of theGreater Bilbao conurbation, which has about a million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. This causes great traffic congestion along the stretch of 30 kilometers of the highway that passes by Bilbao and its metropolitan area, fromGaldakao toMuskiz .upersur
A new toll bypass of the city, known as "Supersur" is being built. The bypass will be 36 km long and most of its length will be tunnels under the
Pagasarri range, as there is no physical space to build it elsewhere. [ [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/pais/vasco/Supersur/arranca/mayo/elpepuesppvs/20070314elpvas_9/Tes Supersur article inEl País (Spanish)] ]External links
* [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&saddr=Irun&daddr=Gij%C3%B3n+to:Baamonde&hl=es&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=43.368045,-5.082865&sspn=5.622588,9.887695&ie=UTF8&ll=43.365126,-4.75708&spn=5.622588,9.887695&z=7 Autovía A-8 in Google Maps]
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