A1 highway (Lithuania)
A1 | |
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Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipėda Highway | |
Route information | |
Part of E28 E67 E85 | |
Length | 311.40 km (193.49 mi) |
Existed | 1987–present |
Major junctions | |
East end | Vilnius |
A 4 A 16 A4 and A16 in Vilnius A 6 A6 in Kaunas | |
West end | Klaipėda |
Location | |
Country | Lithuania |
Major cities | Grigiškės, Vievis, Elektrėnai, Kaišiadorys, Kaunas, Raseiniai, Klaipėda |
Highway system | |
The A1 highway is a
Highway is indicated as motorway between municipal borders of Vilnius and Klaipėda. This excludes sections that crosses
Before 2021, only section Kaunas-Klaipėda was considered to be a motorway while section Kaunas-Vilnius was considered to be an expressway from 2006. Kaunas-Vilnius had too many substandard features for receiving motorway status. Reconstruction took place in 2020 on which many minor elements of the highway were renovated to fulfil the standards for safe 130 km/h traffic. This includes reconstruction of lanes near junctions, reducing amount of some slipways, removing possibility of pedestrian crossing at grade, building pedestrian underpasses and overpasses.[2] New motorway will remain not completely grade separated since there are some points where the highway can be accessed via right ins and outs whom doesn't form parts of grade-separated junctions. This is not usual for motorway in Europe, since most motorways here are accessed via grade separated junction.
The highway follows
The Vilnius–Kaunas highway was completed on 3 November 1970 and Kaunas–Klaipėda was completed on 1 September 1987.[3] It replaced the first 40 kilometers of the 1930s-built Samogitian Highway stretching from Kaunas.
See also
References
- ^ "Tartasi dėl automagistralės rekonstrukcijos ties Kaunu".
- ^ "Aiškėja, kada kelyje Vilnius-Kaunas galėsime važiuoti 130 km/Val".
- ^ "Magistralės jubiliejus". Transporto pasaulis. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
External links
Media related to Greitkelis A1 at Wikimedia Commons