European route E8

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
Route information
Length	1,410 km[citation needed] (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

Finnish border sign on the E 8 road at Kilpisjärvi (in Finnish, Swedish and Northern Sami)

Road sign above the E75/E8/road 4 near Oulu

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)