Autovía A-8

The Autovía A-8 is a highway (autovía) that connects all the regions on the Northern Coast of Spain. It is known as the Autovía del Cantábrico (also known as "Transcantábrica") and connects Baamonde (Begonte, Galicia) and Bilbao, where it continues as the Autopista AP-8 to the French border. The road passes Ribadeo, Gijón, Santander and Bilbao.

Autovía A-8
Autovía del Cantábrico
Route information
Length486 km (302 mi)
Major junctions
FromBilbao
ToBaamonde
Highway system
Autopistas and autovías in Spain

Works

Most of this infrastructure is already open to traffic (about 95% of its length). Completion is expected in 2015 or 2016. Pending stretches under construction are: Pendueles-Unquera (between Asturias and Cantabria) (12 km) and a new by-pass of Torrelavega by Renedo de Piélagos (28 km). Geological and geographical difficulties have caused the construction budget to sky rocket.

Bilbao area

Currently the A-8 is also the main beltway of the Greater Bilbao 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. [1]

  • Autovía A-8 as seen from Zarautz
  • A-8 in Solares
  • A-8 entering Galicia and crossing the Ría de Ribadeo.
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References
  1. Supersur article in El País (Spanish)
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