Highway 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.
A8 road section near Kėdainiai
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