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European route E82

Road in trans-European E-road network

E82

Major junctions
West end	Porto, Portugal
East end	Tordesillas, Spain

Location
Countries	Portugal Spain

Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class

European route E 82 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Matosinhos, Portugal and ends in Tordesillas, Spain.

The road follows: Matosinhos - Vila Real - Bragança - Zamora - Tordesillas.

History

In the older E-roads system, used before 1985, the E82 was entirely in Poland (then Polish People's Republic) and ran from Warsaw to Piotrków Trybunalski.^[1] During that time, E-roads in Poland did not have a national numbering, therefore it was signed as E82.

References

^ United Nations (1951). "DECLARATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ARTERIES SIGNED AT GENEVA ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1950 / DECLARATION SUR LA CONSTRUCTION DE GRANDES ROUTES DE TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL SIGNEE A GENEVE LE 16 SEPTEMBRE 1950" (PDF) (in English and French). United Nations Treaty Series. Retrieved 2023-02-10.