D8 road (Croatia)
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| Length: | 643.1 km (399.6 mi) |
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 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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 Montenegrin M2 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 | |
D8 state road comprises Croatian section of Adriatic Highway, and it runs from Pasjak border crossing to Slovenia 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, excepting rare four-lane stretches. Total length of the road through Croatia is 643.1 kilometres (399.6 mi).
Until recent times the road has been the primary route connecting 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 A7 (Rupa border crossing - Rijeka - Sveti Kuzam), A6 (Rijeka - Bosiljevo) and A1 (Zagreb - Bosiljevo - Zadar - Split - Ploče), representing sections of proposed Adriatic Ionian motorway. Since D8 state road 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. D8 state road 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 touristic destinations.
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