The Autovía A-8 is a highway (
autovía) 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) 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 ...
,
Gijón
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,
Santander and
Bilbao
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.
Bilbao area
Currently the A-8 is also the main
beltway
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of the
Greater Bilbao
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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 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 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 . is the most read newspaper in ...
(Spanish)
Gallery
File:Aritzbatalde5.jpg, Autovía A-8 as seen from Zarautz
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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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