The Autovía A-8 is a highway (
autovía
An ''autovía'' is one of two classes of major highway in the Spanish road system similar to a British motorway or an American freeway. It is akin to the autopista, the other major highway class, but has fewer features and is never a toll roa ...
) that connects all the regions on the Northern Coast of
Spain
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. It is known as the Autovía del
Cantábrico (also known as "Transcantábrica") and connects Baamonde (
Begonte,
Galicia
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Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
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) and
Bilbao
)
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, where it continues as the
Autopista AP-8 to the French border. The road passes
Ribadeo,
Avilés
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The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, s ...
,
Gijón,
Santander and
Bilbao
)
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Bilbao area
Currently the A-8 is also the main
beltway
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
of the
Greater Bilbao
Greater Bilbao ( Basque: ''Bilboaldea'', Spanish: ''Gran Bilbao'') is an administrative division of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas of Biscay and the most populated one. The capital city of ...
conurbation, which has about a million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. This causes great traffic congestion along the stretch of 30 kilometres of the highway that passes by Bilbao and its metropolitan area, from
Galdakao
Galdakao is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.
It is located in the Greater Bilbao, in the valley of the Ibaizabal river, near the Ganguren mountain range. ...
to
Muskiz.
Supersur
A new toll by-pass of the city, known as ''Supersur'' is being built. The by-pass will be 36 km long and most of its length will be tunnels under the
Pagasarri
Pagasarri ( Basque language name meaning 'thick forest of beech') is one of the two small mountain ranges that encloses the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain and is part of the Basque Mountains. Its main peak separates the municipality of Bil ...
range, as there is no physical space to build it elsewhere.
Supersur article
in El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
(Spanish)
Gallery
File:Aritzbatalde5.jpg, Autovía A-8 as seen from Zarautz
Zarautz (, es, Zarauz) is a coastal town located in central Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, in Spain. It is bordered by Aia to the east and the south and Getaria to the west, located about west of San Sebastián. It has four enclaves limiting the a ...
File:A-8_highway_in_Solares,_Cantabria,_Spain.jpg, A-8 in Solares
File:A-8 entering Galicia.jpg, A-8 entering Galicia and crossing the Ría de Ribadeo.
References
External links
Autovía A-8 in Google Maps
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