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回廊VIIIは汎ヨーロッパ回廊の1つです。道路と鉄道の両方のルートで構成されています。どちらもイタリアのアドリア海沿岸のバーリまたはブリンディジから始まり、フェリーでアルバニアのドゥラスに渡ります。そこからルートはバルカン半島南部を横断してブルガリアに入り、ブルガリアの黒海沿岸のヴァルナに至ります。道路回廊は、ティラナ/ドゥラス/ヴロラ-エルバサン-スコピエ-ペルニク-ソフィア-プロヴディフ-ブルガス-ヴァルナのルートをたどります。[ 1 ]まだ完成していませんが、鉄道ルートはドゥラス/ヴロラ-リン-ラドジュダ-キチェヴォ-スコピエ-クマノヴォ-ベリャコフツェ-クリヴァ・パランカ-ギュエシェヴォ-ソフィア-ブルガス-ヴァルナとほぼ並行しています。
この道路はアルバニアのドゥラス（SH4）またはヴロラ（A2）のいずれかから始まります。どちらもアドリア海沿岸に位置しています。ロロゴジネ（SH7、SH3）で交差し、エルバサンに向かって走ります。その後、オフリド湖で北マケドニアとの国境を越え、主に2車線の片側通行路として北に向かってテトヴォまで走ります。オフリドとキチェヴォ間の区間は高速道路にアップグレードされます。[ 2 ] A2高速道路はテトヴォとスコピエの間を、A1高速道路はスコピエとクマノヴォの間を走っています。
Between Kumanovo and Radomir, Bulgaria, it runs again as a 2-lanes single-carriageway. From Radomir to Pernik it is upgraded to a 4-lane dual-carriageway. Close to Pernik, the route joins Lyulin motorway (A6) for about 20 km to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. After passing through the Sofia Ring Road, the route joins Trakia motorway (A1) for 360 km (220 mi) to Burgas,[3] bypassing Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora and Yambol on the way. At Burgas, the route turns to north, running along Black Sea coast mainly as a single-carriage road (I-9). The route joins Cherno More motorway (A5) for 10 km before reaching its final destination – Varna.
The railway is only partly complete, at present there is a single-track line in Albania and a single-track line in parts of North Macedonia. The route is virtually complete in Bulgaria comprising both single and double track lines. The line already in existence in Albania from Durrës-Lin will be used, although upgrading and modifications will be needed. From Lin to Kičevo new construction will be required, almost all in North Macedonia. At the moment progress on this link is small, being mainly aspirational.
On North Macedonia's eastern side, the mothballed, 31 km long, Kumanovo-Beljakovce line has been restored and upgraded[4] – work on this started in 2014.[5] Construction of a new line, approximately 34 km long, from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka began in 1996 but was abandoned due to lack of financial resources in 2004.[6] Considerable earthworks and structures are, therefore, already in existence but currently do not reach Kriva Palanka.[7] Entirely new construction will be needed in the area of Kriva Palanka to the Bulgarian border (24 km) plus a short length (~1 km) in Bulgaria. A total of approximately 88 km of the track must be restored or built in a region whose morphological features make access difficult. Once in Bulgaria, the existing line from Gyueshevo, extant since 1910, will be used.