Europastraße 18

Europastraße 18
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Basic data
Overall length:	1890 km
States :	United Kingdom Norway Sweden Finland Russia
E 18 heading south in Vestfold (Norway)
Course of the road United Kingdom as Craigavon Belfast Belfast - Stranraer ferry Stranraer as Dumfries as Carlisle as Newcastle upon Tyne Interruption Norway as Kristiansand Drammen Oslo Sweden as E18 Karlstad Örebro Västerås Stockholm Kapellskar - Turku ferry Finland Turku as 1 Kaarina Salo Espoo as ring III Helsinki than 7 Porvoo Kotka Hamina Russia as Vyborg St. Petersburg

E 18 near Creetown (Scotland)

E 18 in Vantaa, Finland

Bridges of the E 18 / Rv 91 in Kristiansand over the Topdalsfjord: on the right Varodd Bridge from 1994, on the left the suspension bridge of the same name from 1956

The European route 18 (E 18 for short) is a European route that extends over a current total length of 1880 km in a west-east direction through Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland the E 18 runs 80 km from Craigavon to the east via Belfast to Larne (only the most important stations on or near the E 18 are listed).

${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$Ferry connection: Larne - Stranraer

Great Britain

In Great Britain , the E 18 runs over a length of 260 km from Stranraer , Gretna (until then as A75 road ) and on via Carlisle as A69 road to Newcastle .

${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$Ferry connection: Newcastle - Kristiansand

Norway

In Norway , the E 18 runs over a length of 330 km from Kristiansand via Grimstad , Arendal , Porsgrunn , Larvik , Sandefjord , Horten , Drammen , Oslo and Askim to the Swedish border in Ørje .

The section from Kristiansand to Grimstad was expanded into a four-lane motorway section as a public-private partnership (PPP) project . The 38 km long section with more than 60 bridges, 30 concrete structures and eight tunnels was opened to traffic in 2009.

Sweden

In Sweden , the E 18 runs over a length of 435 km from the Norwegian border at Töcksfors on to Karlstad , Örebro , Västerås and Stockholm to the Kapellskär ferry port .

${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$Ferry connection: Kapellskär - Naantali ( Finnlines shipping company )

Finland

In Finland , the E 18 runs for 510 km via Turku , Helsinki and Kotka to the Russian border in Virolahti .

Russia

In Russia , the E 18 continues for a length of 265 km via Vyborg to Saint Petersburg .

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