D8 motorway (Czech Republic)
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| Dálnice D8 | |
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| Route information | |
Part of  | |
| Length: |
82 km (51 mi) Planned: 94 km (58 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From: |
 R1 near Prague-Březiněves |
 I/9 near Zdiby I/15  I/30 near Lovosice I/8 near Velemín-Bílinka R63  E442 near Řehlovice I/30 near Ústí nad Labem I/13 near Jílové | |
| To: |
 A17 border with Germany |
| Location | |
| Regions: | Praha, Central Bohemian, Ústí nad Labem |
| Major cities: | Praha, Ústí nad Labem |
| Highway system | |
D8 motorway (Czech: Dálnice D8) is a highway in the Central and North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. When completed, it will connect Prague through Ústí nad Labem with the German border at Petrovice and the Bundesautobahn 17 at Bad Gottleuba, leading to Dresden. It forms part of the major European route E55 and the Pan-European Corridor IV.
Segments
The first sections of the highway running 45 km (28 mi) from the Prague Ring to the Lovosice junction were opened between 1990 and 2000; the northwestern segment leading 23 km (14 mi) from Ústí nad Labem to the German border was completed on 21 December 2006,[1] including the longest tunnel in the Czech Republic, the 2,058 m (6,752 ft) long Panenská tunnel. Another 5 km (3.1 mi) long section from Ústí nad Labem to Řehlovice had already opened in 1988 in the course of the construction of the R63 expressway.
The remaining 16 km (9.9 mi) long segment between Řehlovice and Lovosice is currently under construction. Works were delayed in 2012 due to numerous protests and appeals by the Děti Země environmental movement against the route taken through the České Středohoří mountain range, a protected landscape area and nature reserve. From the beginning, the project has been also criticized by some geologists,[2] and lately by the National Financial Audit Office for large cost overrun. Construction work has since been resumed, with opening of the last section planned for December 2016.
In 2015, however, a major landslide buried part of the under-construction highway, and the construction was halted.[3]
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