European route E8

Road in trans-European E-road network

E8

Route information
Length	1,410 km (880 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Tromsø, Norway
South end	Turku, Finland

Location
Countries	Norway Finland

Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class

The European route E8 is a European route that runs between Tromsø, Norway and Turku, Finland. The length of the route is 1,410 kilometres (880 mi).

E8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi – Oulu – Liminka – Raahe – Kalajoki – Kokkola – Vaasa – Pori – 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 connection – Hook of Holland – The Hague – Utrecht – Oeynhausen – Hanover – Berlin – Poznań – Krośniewice – Łowicz – Warsaw – USSR border^[1] (Brest). It connected with E1, E2, E5, E31, E107, E108 and E113 routes.^[2]

The current E8 route was introduced in early 1990s between Tromsø and Tornio^[3] and extended from Tornio to Turku in 2001.^[3] In the older E road system it had been called E78 since 1962.

Route

Norway
- E8: Tromsøya - Nordkjosbotn ( E6) - Skibotn ( E6)
Finland
- Vt 21: Kilpisjärvi - Karesuvanto ( E45) - Tornio ( E4)
- Vt 29: Tornio ( E4) - Kemi ( E75)
- Vt 4: Kemi ( E75) - Oulu ( E75)
- Vt 8: Oulu ( E75) - Vaasa ( E12) - Pori - Turku ( E18 E63)

References

^ United Nations (1951). "DECLARATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ARTERIES SIGNED AT GENEVA ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1950 / DECLARATION SUR LA CONSTRUCTION DE GRANDES ROUTES DE TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL SIGNEE A GENEVE LE 16 SEPTEMBRE 1950" (PDF) (in English and French). United Nations Treaty Series. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
^ "E8 (Old System)". Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki. SABRE. Retrieved 2023-02-10.^{[self-published source]}
^ ^a ^b "E8 (Europa)" [E8 (Europe)]. Wegenwiki (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-02-10.^{[self-published source]}