The route of the road is
Helsinki –
Vantaa –
Porvoo –
Loviisa –
Kotka –
Hamina –
Vaalimaa (
Russian border). With the section of motorway between Loviisa and Kotka opened to traffic in September 2014, the route from
Helsinki to
Hamina is now a continuous motorway. After completion of the motorway section bypassing the town of
Hamina, due in late 2014, of the highway's total length of will be
motorway. There is a plan to extend the motorway from its current endpoint in Lelu, Hamina to Vaalimaa by 2018, finalizing the motorway link between Helsinki and the Russian border; construction is due to begin in late 2015. == Images ==