Greek National Road 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. Until the 1960s when the toll road named GR-8A opened, it was the major and the only route for Athens and the Peloponnese as well as Corinth and Patras. An even newer freeway replaced both of these in the 1990s in the section between Athens and Corinth. The highway passes at the northern part of the Saronic Gulf, through the Isthmus of Corinth and further, in the southern part of the Gulf of Corinth and ends in downtown Patras. It runs through three prefectures: Achaea, Corinth and Attica. Patras, view from the port Patras (Greek: Modern: Πάτρα, Ancient: Πάτραι, Pátrai; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the third largest city of Greece, and also the capital of the Achaea region of Greece. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... A non-freeway part of the road Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue, in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth. ... The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnesos peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. ... The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ... Template:Μετάφραση Achaea (Greek: , Achaïa; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a province on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Gulf of Corinth... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ...

After passing through the Isthmus of Corinth it reaches Patras after going through numerous little towns and villages as opposed to the newer GR-8A which bypasses them. It is mainly a coastal road and nowdays it is used mostly by the residents and tourists of these towns, since using this route from Athens to Patras takes approximately 4 hours, while using the newer highway it takes only 2 hours and 15 minutes. The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnesos peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. ... Patras, view from the port Patras (Greek: Modern: Πάτρα, Ancient: Πάτραι, Pátrai; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the third largest city of Greece, and also the capital of the Achaea region of Greece. ... Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll freeway running from Kifissou some from Skaramangas, outside athend to northeast of Patras, that once had two-lanes running for 70% of the freeway 45 km, now its 45%, 105 km, Patras-Rhion, Longos-Selimantika interchange, Aegion, Platanos to Akrata... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Patras, view from the port Patras (Greek: Modern: Πάτρα, Ancient: Πάτραι, Pátrai; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the third largest city of Greece, and also the capital of the Achaea region of Greece. ...

History

Several movies, one in Kakia Skala and one treacherous curve west of Derveni near the railway crossing were filmed in the 1950s. // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...

In 1991 and 1993, the freeway was closed and was detoured to this highway for detour and was used again several times during construction over the superhighway. 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The high-speed railway from Corinth to Athens runs close to the highway. Proastiakos train in Athens Central Railway Station The Proastiakos (Greek: Προαστιακός meaning literally the Suburban) is the suburban railway system of Athens, Greece. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ...

Places

Here are places where the highway runs through and bypasses:

I - Old Athens-Corinth Highway:

• Athens
• "Sacred Way" or Iera Odos
• Eleusis
• junction with GR-3
• Eleusis Refinery
• Nea Peramos
• Megara, bypasses next to the freeway to the south
• Kineta
• Agioi Theodoroi
• Corinth Refinery along with the branch of what it used to be a toll highway
• Kalamaki
• Isthmia, town near the Isthmus of Corinth
• Corinth Canal (two branches)
• Corinth
• junction of GR-7, old highway

II - Old Athens-Patras Highway Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Eleusis (Game) The cardgame invented by Robert Abbott in 1962, and later popularized in 1977 by Martin Gardner in his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American magazine. ... Greece Interstate 3 is a highway that is the old national road from Eleusis to Larissa, and near Tyrnavos to Elassonas and the new national road up to the FYROM border near Niki. ... Nea Peramos (Greek: Νέα Πέραμος), is a suburb in the west northwestern part of Athens, Greece. ... Megara (Greek: Μέγαρα; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an ancient city in Attica, Greece. ... Kineta is also a place in Côté dIvoire, see Kineta, Côté dIvoire Kineta (Greek: Κινέτα) is a suburban town located 52 km W of downtown Athens. ... There are communities that have the name Agioi Theodoroi, other forms, Agii Theodori (Greek: Άγιοι Θεοδώροι for Saint Theodore) in Greece): Agioi Theodoroi (Άγιοι Θεοδώροι) sometimes Aghioi Theodoroi, Ayioi Theodoroi or Agii Theodorii or Ayii Theodorii is an Athens suburb located around 12 km east of Corinth. ... The sanctuary of Poseidon was an important athletic center that held the Isthmia every two years to honor Poseidon. ... The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnesos peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. ... The Corinth Canal The memorial plate of Béla Gerster, the architect of the Corinth Canal, in his birth-place in KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia Bungy jumping at the Corinth canal The Corinth Canal is a canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Greece Interstate 7 is a north-to-south highway that runs from Kalamata in the south and ends in Corinth in the north. ...

• junction of GR-7 (western branch)
• Lechaio
• Perigialo
• Assos
• Vrachati
• north of Velo
• Kiato
• Kato Domini
• Melissi
• Sykia
• Xylokastro
• Kamari
• Kato Loutro
• Lykkoporeia
• Stomi
• Lygia
• Derveni
• Aigeira
• Eliki
• river
• Aigio, junction with GR-31
• Rododafni
• Longos
• Kamares
• south of Psathopyrgos
• Arachovitika
• Agios Vasileios
• junction with GR-5 and GR-8A (eastbound lanes)
• Agios Georgios
• south of the University of Patras
• Junction with the Patras Bypass
• Panepistemiou Avenue
• downtown Patras (western terminus)