A2 motorway (Slovenia)
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| A2 Motorway | |
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| Avtocesta A2 | |
| File:Slovenia - A2.svg | |
 The Medvedjek Slope on the eastern part of the A2 (Lower Carniola) | |
| Route information | |
| Part of File:Tabliczka E61.svg E61File:Tabliczka E70.svg E70 | |
| Length | 174.5 km (108.4 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | File:A11-AT.svg A11 in Austria |
| File:Avtocesta A1.svg A1 near Ljubljana File:Hitra cesta 3.svg H3 near Ljubljana | |
| To | File:Motorway-A3-Hex-Green.svg A3 in Croatia |
| Location | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Major cities | Jesenice, Kranj, Ljubljana, Novo Mesto, Brežice |
| Highway system | |
The A2 motorway (Slovene: avtocesta A2, Ilirika) is a motorway in Slovenia, around 180 km long, connecting the Karawanks Tunnel (at the Austrian border) via the capital city Ljubljana to Obrežje (at the Croatian border, near Zagreb). It connects several major Slovene cities, including Kranj, Ljubljana, and Novo Mesto, and is part of Pan-European Corridor X. The route of the motorway largely follows the path of the Brotherhood and Unity Highway, which was a two-lane non-divided road constructed as the main traffic artery within Yugoslavia. With the construction of the divided motorway, most of the previous road was demolished. A notable exception can be seen on the southern A2 segment between Grosuplje and Višnja Gora, where the previous road was grandfathered into the motorway system; it lacks a hard shoulder and has sharp turns and an exit ramp with a 10% grade. The northern segment between Višnja Gora and Grosuplje follows a completely different path, with three traffic lanes and a relatively lower grade.
Junctions, exits and rest area
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Tunnels and covered cuts
From the northwest to the southeast, the A2 motorway features the following tunnels and covered cuts:
- Tunnels
- Karawanks Tunnel (Karavanški predor; 7,864 m or 25,801 ft, 8,019 m or 26,309 ft with portal)
- Ljubno Tunnel (Predor Ljubno; right: 260 m or 850 ft, left: 261 m or 856 ft)
- Šentvid Tunnel (Predor Šentvid; right: 1,072 m or 3,517 ft, left: 1,047 m or 3,435 ft)
- Šentvid Junction (Priključek Šentvid; arm B: 291 m or 955 ft, arm C: 402 m or 1,319 ft)
- Fat Hill (Debeli hrib; right: 341 m or 1,119 ft, left: 378 m or 1,240 ft)
- Little Peak (Mali vrh; right: 414 m or 1,358 ft, left: 399 m or 1,309 ft)
- Leščevje Tunnel (Predor Leščevje; right: 369 m or 1,211 ft, left: 363 m or 1,191 ft)
- Covered cuts
- Moste
- Ljubljana–Šentvid
- Šentvid Junction (arm A and arm D)
- Medvedjek (I and II)
- Dolge Dole
- Doline (Karteljevo)
- Dobrove (Otočec)
- Čatež (right and left)
External links
- A2 Karavanke - Obrežje at DARS, the national motorway operator of Slovenia
- Exit list of A2
