A2 motorway (Slovenia)

A1 near Ljubljana

The A2 motorway (Slovene: avtocesta A2) is a motorway in Slovenia, around 175 km long, connecting Karavanke Tunnel (at the Austrian border) via the capital city Ljubljana to Obrežje (at the Croatian border, near Zagreb). It connects several larger Slovenian cities, including Kranj, Ljubljana and Novo Mesto, and is part of the Pan-European corridor X.

The motorway was completed in 2011. The first two sections, Naklo - Kranj - Šentvid, had originally been completed in 1985.

The route of the motorway largely follows the path of the Brotherhood and Unity Highway, which was a two-lane undivided 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, contains 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.

External links

• A2 Karavanke - Obrežje at DARS, the national motorway operator of Slovenia
• Exit list of A2