Greek National Road 8
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| Length: | 230 km (140 mi) |
| History: | Constructed: late 1890s–1900s |
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| East end: | Sacred Way (Athens) |
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| West end: | Patras |
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| Major cities: | Athens, Corinth, Patras |
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Greek National Road 8 (GR-8 or EO8) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Attica and Peloponnese regions. It is part of the oldest road linking the cities of Patras and Corinth with Athens. Until the 1960s when the National Road 8A, a toll road, replaced it as a major route, it was the only road linking Athens with the Peloponnese.
The highway passes along the northern part coast of the Saronic Gulf, through the Isthmus of Corinth and further, in the southern coast of the Gulf of Corinth; ending in downtown Patras. It runs through three prefectures: Achaea, Corinth and Attica. After passing through the Isthmus of Corinth, it reaches Patras after going through numerous little towns and villages as opposed to the newer GR-8A which bypasses them. It is mainly a coastal road and today is used mostly by the residents and tourists of these towns; since using this route from Athens to Patras takes approximately 4 hours, while using the newer highway takes only 2 and a half hours.
[edit] Places
Here are places where the highway runs through and bypasses:
I - Old Athens-Corinth Highway:
- Athens
- "Sacred Way" or Iera Odos
- Eleusis
- junction with GR-3
- Eleusis Refinery
- Nea Peramos
- Megara (bypasses)
- Kineta
- Agioi Theodoroi
- Corinth Refinery
- Kalamaki
- Isthmia, town near the Isthmus of Corinth
- Corinth Canal (two branches)
- Corinth
- junction of GR-7
II - Old Corinth-Patras Highway
- junction of GR-7 (western branch)
- Lechaio
- Perigialo
- Assos
- Vrachati
- Velo
- Kiato
- Kato Domini
- Melissi
- Sykia
- Xylokastro
- Kamari
- Kato Loutro
- Lykkoporeia
- Stomi
- Lygia
- Derveni
- Aigeira
- Eliki
- river
- Aigio (junction with GR-31)
- Rododafni
- Longos
- Kamares
- south of Psathopyrgos
- Arachovitika
- Agios Vasileios
- junction with GR-5 and GR-8A (eastbound lanes)
- Agios Georgios
- south of the University of Patras
- Junction with the Patras Bypass (Olympia Odos|A8 - Olympia Odos)
- Panepistemiou Avenue
- downtown Patras (western terminus)
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