Autovía A-8
The Autovía A-8 is a highway (autovía) in the north west of Spain. It is known as the Autovía del Cantábrico and connects Gijón and Bilbao, where it continues as the Autopista AP-8 to the French border. The road passes Santander, Bilbao and San Sebastián.
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 kilometers of the highway that passes by Bilbao and its metropolitan area, from Galdakao to Muskiz.
Supersur
A new toll bypass of the city, known as Supersur is being built. The bypass 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]
External links
References
- ^ Supersur article in El País (Spanish)