A8 highway (Lithuania)

A8
A8
Panevėžys-Aristava-Sitkūnai
Route information
	Part of E67
Length	87.86 km (54.59 mi)
Major junctions
From	Panevėžys
To	Sitkūnai
Location
Country	Lithuania
Major cities	Kėdainiai
Highway system
	Transport in Lithuania;

The A8 highway is a highway in Lithuania (Magistraliniai keliai). It runs from Panevėžys, through Kėdainiai bypass to the interchange with A1 highway near Sitkūnai. From there, the road continues to Kaunas, Vilnius, Klaipėda or Warsaw. The length of the road is 87.86 km.^[1]

The speed limit along most of the road length is 90 km/h. It is one of the most important transit roads in the Baltic States (part of Via Baltica corridor).

This route is part of International E-road network (part of European route E67).^[2]

There are distant plans to reconstruct most of the road as a motorway. Currently, 2+1 road is planned.

References[edit]

^ Balčiauskas, Linas (December 17, 2008). "Distribution of species-specific wildlife-vehicle accidents of Lithuanian roads, 2002-2007" (PDF). p. 160. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-26.
^ "A8 Motorway Panevezys - Aristava - Sitkunai". COWI. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

[1] Balčiauskas, Linas (December 17, 2008). "Distribution of species-specific wildlife-vehicle accidents of Lithuanian roads, 2002-2007" (PDF). p. 160. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-26.

[2] "A8 Motorway Panevezys - Aristava - Sitkunai". COWI. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

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