Autopista AP-8

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Autopista AP-8
  • Autopista del Cantábrico (Spanish)
  • Kantauriko autobidea (Basque)
Map
Route information
Part of E5 / E70 / E80
Length110.99 km[a] (68.97 mi)
Major junctions
FromIrun
ToBilbao
Location
CountrySpain
Autonomous
community		Basque Country
ProvincesBiscay, Gipuzkoa
Highway system
AP-8 viaduct in Eibar.
AP-8 in Zarauz.

The Autopista AP-8 is a toll autopista in the north of Spain, crossing the Basque Country from east to west. It is known as the Autopista del Cantábrico (Spanish for 'Motorway of the Cantabrian', Basque: Kantauriko autobidea) and connects the French border with Bilbao via San Sebastián, Zarautz, Eibar and Durango. At Bilbao the AP-8 continues as the toll-free Autovía A-8, which runs along the Spanish northern coast to Gijón and eventually the region of Galicia.

The first section of the AP-8 opened in 1971 between Amorebieta and Basauri.[3] It was finished in 1976, with the opening of the international connection to the A63 autoroute in France.[4] Additionally, the new southern ring road of Bilbao, designated as AP-8[5] and commonly known as the Supersur [es], opened in 2011.[6]

  1. ^ "NORMA FORAL 5/2021, de 20 de octubre, de carreteras de Bizkaia" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de Bizkaia (in Spanish) (205): 48. 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Catálogo de Carreteras de la Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa". Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Amorebieta-Basauri: 10 minutos". El Correo Español-El Pueblo Vasco (in Spanish). 26 June 1971. p. 7. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ^ "La autopista Bilbao-Behobia, terminada". El Correo Español-El Pueblo Vasco (in Spanish). 30 June 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  5. ^ "La Supersur de Bilbao estará operativa a mediados del 2023". El Canal Marítimo y Logístico (in Spanish). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  6. ^ de las Heras, Ainhoa; Igea, Octavio (11 September 2011). "Los vizcaínos llenan la nueva autopista con «curiosidad» y animados por la gratuidad de los primeros días". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.


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