A2 motorway (Slovenia)

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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.

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A2 Motorway
Avtocesta A2
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The Medvedjek Slope on the eastern part of the A2 (Lower Carniola)
Route information
Part of E61 E70
Length174.5 km (108.4 mi)
Major junctions
From A11 in Austria
Major intersections A1 near Ljubljana
H3 near Ljubljana
To A3 in Croatia
Location
CountrySlovenia
Major citiesJesenice, Kranj, Ljubljana, Novo Mesto, Brežice
Highway system

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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Karawanks Tunnel – Obrežje (174,5 km)
  Karawanken Autobahn   → from Villach,   Austria
  0,0 km Karawanks Tunnel 7864 m (SLO–A) border crossing
  Karawanks Tunnel toll plaza
  (1) 5 km Jesenice west  
    x km Počivališče Jesenice     Petrol / Petrol
  (2) 12 km Jesenice east  
  x km Počivališče Lipce    
  Moste Viaduct Bridge - 442 m
  Moste Galeria Tunnel - 184 m
  (3) 20 km Vrba, Lesce 209
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  (4) 24 km Radovljica 452 OMV / OMV
    Počivališče Radovljica    
  Zgoša Viaduct Bridge - 189 / 165 m
  Dobruša Viaduct Bridge - 351 m
  (5) 28 km Brezje  
  Peračica Viaduct Bridge - 378 / 367 m
  Ljubno Tunnel Tunnel - 260 / 261 m
  Ljubno Viaduct Bridge - 118 / 320 m
  Lesnica Viaduct Bridge - 186 / 191 m
  (6) 32 km Podtabor    
  Tržič Bistrica Viaduct Bridge - 421 / 426 m
  (7) 33 km? Naklo  
  (8) 39 km Kranj west
  Rupovščica Viaduct Bridge - 421 / 426 m
  (9) 45 km Kranj east  
    x km Počivališče Voklo     Petrol / Petrol
  (10) 49 km Sp. Brnik Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport
  Torovo toll plaza
  (11) 55 km Vodice  
  x km Počivališče Povodje    
  (12) 61 km Ljubljana-Šmartno  
  (13) 64 km Ljubljana-Brod 639
  Šentvid covered cut Tunnel - 414 m
  (14) 65 km Ljubljana-Šentvid  
  Šentvid Tunnel Tunnel - 1072 / 1047 m
  (15) 68 km Ljubljana-Podutik  
  (15B) Koseze   Ljubljana bypass
  (16) 69 km Ljubljana-Brdo
  (36) A1 (150) Kozarje interchange   A1     turns toward -> Koper
  (35) A1 (149) Ljubljana west  
    Počivališče Barje     Petrol / Petrol
  (34) A1 (147) Ljubljana-centrum
  (33) A1 (144) Ljubljana-Rudnik
  (32) A1 (142) Ljubljana south  
  (31) A1 (142) Malence interchange   Ljubljana bypass
A1   turns toward -> Maribor
  Debeli hrib Tunnel Tunnel - 341 / 378 m
  Reber Viaduct Bridge - 608 / 582 m
  Mali vrh Tunnel Tunnel - 414 / 399 m
  (17) 78 km Šmarje–Sap    
  (18) 82 km Cikava
  (19) 85 km Grosuplje
  (20) 91 km Višnja Gora
    Počivališče Podsmreka   Petrol
  Ivančna Gorica Viaduct Bridge - 214 m
  (21) 98 km Ivančna Gorica  
  Dob toll plaza
  (22) 105 km Bič  
  Medvedjek I covered cut Tunnel - 92 m
  Medvedjek II covered cut Tunnel - 159 m
  Dolge Dole covered cut Tunnel - 64 m
  (23) 112 km Trebnje west  
  Leščevje Tunnel Tunnel - 386 / 363 m
  Ponikve Viaduct Bridge - 303 / 312 m
  (24) 119 km Trebnje east
  Dole Viaduct Bridge - 306 / 308 m
  (25) 123 km Mirna Peč
  Dolenje covered cut Tunnel - 253 m
  (26) 128 km Novo Mesto west  
 
  (27) 132 km Novo Mesto east  
  Mačkovec Viaduct Bridge - 165 / 163 m
  Jelše Viaduct Bridge - 345 / 340 m
    x km Počivališče Starine     Petrol / Petrol
  Dobovo Viaduct Bridge - 254 m
  (28) 139 km Kronovo
  Toplice Viaduct Bridge - 164 m
  (29) 145 km Dobruška Vas  
  (30) 152 km Smednik  
    x km Počivališče Zaloke     Petrol / Petrol
  Drnovo toll plaza
  (31) 158 km Smednik  
    x km Počivališče Grič     Petrol
  (32) 170 km Brežice  
  Čatež covered cut Tunnel - 105 m
  (33) 179 km Obrežje OMV / Petrol
    Počivališče Mokrice    
  180 km Obrežje (SLO) – Bregana (HR) border crossing
  Autocesta A3   → to Zagreb,   Croatia

Tunnels and covered cuts

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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
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