D8 state road | |
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Route information | |
Part of | |
Length: | 643.1 km (399.6 mi) |
Major junctions | |
From: | Slovenian G7 road at Pasjak border crossing |
A7 in Rupa and Jurdani interchanges A8 in Opatija junction D40 near Bakar D23 in Senj A1 in Maslenica and Posedarje interchanges D1 in Split D413 and D513 in Ploče D9 in Opuzen D223 near Dubrovnik |
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To: | M-1 Montenegrin M-1 road at Karasovići border crossing |
Location | |
Counties: | Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Lika-Senj, Zadar, Šibenik-Knin, Split-Dalmatia, Dubrovnik-Neretva |
Major cities: | Rijeka, Senj, Zadar, Šibenik, Trogir, Split, Makarska, Ploče, Dubrovnik |
Highway system | |
State roads in Croatia |
The D8 state road is the Croatian section of the Adriatic Highway, running from the Slovenian border at Pasjak via Rijeka, Senj, Zadar, Šibenik, Split, Opuzen and Dubrovnik to the border with Montenegro at Karasovići. Most of the D8 state road is still a two-lane road, except for occasional four-lane stretches. The total length of the road through Croatia is 643.1 kilometres (399.6 mi).
Until recently, the road was the primary route connecting the Adriatic coastal parts of Croatia. Since the 2000s, multilane motorways have taken over most of its traffic, and yet more motorways are still being built along the coast. The motorways parallel to the road are the A7 (Rupa border crossing – Rijeka – Sveti Kuzam), A6 (Rijeka – Bosiljevo) and A1 (Zagreb – Bosiljevo – Zadar – Split – Ploče), sections of the proposed Adriatic–Ionian motorway. Since the D8 closely follows the well-indented Croatian coastline, travel is considerably longer and less safe compared to the motorways because of numerous blind curves and at-grade intersections. The D8 is still popular as an alternative to the tolled motorways, so the road carries fairly constant traffic during most of the year. The traffic intensifies in the summer, because of substantial traffic to tourist destinations.