European route E18
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European route E18 begins at Northern Ireland, then through Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden, and Finland to end at Russia. It is about 1,890 km (1,174 mi) in length.
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[edit] United Kingdom
It goes through Craigavon – Belfast – Larne … Stranraer – Gretna – Carlisle to Newcastle. Like all European routes it is not signposted in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Norway and Sweden
It is connected by ferry to Kristiansand in Norway. The DFDS ferry connection, however, closed down near the end of 2006. However, connection is still operating from Newcastle to Stavanger, wherefrom E39 leads to Kristiansand. In Norway and Sweden the road continues Kristiansand – Arendal – Porsgrunn – Larvik – Sandefjord – Tønsberg – Horten – Drammen – Oslo – Askim – Karlstad – Örebro – Västerås – Stockholm/Kapellskär. Much of the route through northern Vestfold was disrupted due to the collapse of the Hanekleiv tunnel and the need for additional repairs in the other tunnels in that area.
[edit] Finland and Russia
The connection over the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Turku/Naantali Finland is by cruiseferries operated by Silja Line and Viking Line. It is also possible to take a direct route to Helsinki. In theory it is also possible to cross the sea via Åland and the Åboland islands by island hopping over bridges, by cable ferries and ferries along the Archipelago Ring Road, but this route is not marked as E18.
In Finland it goes from Åland through southern Finland via the major cities of Turku/Naantali – Salo – Lohja – Helsinki – Porvoo – Loviisa – Kotka – Hamina – Vaalimaa, and then to Russia along the Russian route M10 to cities Vyborg – Saint Petersburg. The main problem with this stretch is the Russian Border Control, which is poorly equipped for the volume of traffic using it.
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