A8 motorway (Greece)

A8 motorway shield
A8 motorway
Αυτοκινητόδρομος 8
Route information
Part of E94 and E65
Maintained by Olympia Odos S.A.
Length135 mi (217 km)
History1962–1973: Constructed as National Road 8A
2008: Eleusis–Corinth section reassigned as A8 motorway
Since 2008: Corinth–Rio section upgraded to dual carriageway standard and completed in 2017
Major junctions
East endEleusis East
Major intersectionsEleusis interchange:
to Athens airport
Corinth interchange:
to Kalamata
West endRio interchange:
to Ioannina and Patras
Location
CountryGreece
RegionsAttica, Peloponnese, West Greece
Major citiesEleusis, Corinth, Aigio
Highway system
  • Highways in Greece

The A8 motorway, also known as the Athens–Patras motorway (Greek: Αυτοκινητόδρομος Αθήνα-Πάτρα),[1][2] is a toll motorway in southwestern Greece, which connects Athens with Patras via Corinth, spanning a total of 215 km (134 mi).

The motorway replaces Greek National Road 8A, which has been upgraded to modern motorway standards. The completion date was scheduled for 2014.[3] Since April 2017, the entire motorway from Eleusis to Patras is fully operational.[4]

  1. ^ Lialios, Giorgos (12 January 2016). "Αλλαξε η λίστα των αυτοκινητόδρομων" [The list of motorways has changed]. Kathimerini (in Greek). Athens: Kathimerini Publishing. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ Ministerial Decision DOY/oik/5776/2015 (FEK AAP' 253/21.12.2015, pp. 2098–2099).
  3. ^ Ferron-Hugonnet, Estelle (2008-08-07). "VINCI Has Completed the Financing of the Athens-Tsakona Motorway Concession, the Largest Ever Won by the Company Outside France". Business Wire. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  4. ^ Olympia Odos, the motorway from Eleusis to Patras, in operation, on ypodomes.gr

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