The A8 is a national road in Latvia connecting Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

 to Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n border (Meitene), through Jelgava

Jelgava

-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...

, also known as Jelgava highway in Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. The road is part of European route E77

European route E77

European route E 77 is a part of the inter-European road system. This Class A intermediate north-south route is long and it connects the Baltic Sea with the central part of the continent.-Itinerary:...

 and Latvian TEN-T road network. After the border, the road turns into Lithuanian A12

Transport in Lithuania

This article provides an overview of the transport infrastructure of Lithuania. For transport in the Soviet Union, see Transport in the Soviet Union.- Railways :There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:...

. The length of A8 in Latvian territory is 76 kilometers. Currently A8 has 2x2 lanes till Jelgava

Jelgava

-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...

 bypass, other parts have 1x1 or 2x1 lanes. The current speed limit is 90 km/h. This year A8 will be reconstructed in four different stretches, first of them being from 10th till 19th kilometer, second being from 19th till 30th kilometer, third being from 32nd till 43rd kilometer and fourth being from 49th till 60th kilometer. It's planned that in time from 2016 till 2020 A8 will be fully reconstructed from Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

 to Jelgava

Jelgava

-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...

. The road would meet expressway

Limited-access road

A limited-access road known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway and expressway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway , including limited or no access to adjacent...

 or motorway status. The average AADT on A8 in 2010 was 10293 cars per day.