A2 motorway (Slovenia)

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.

A2 Motorway
Avtocesta A2
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
  A1 near Ljubljana
H3 near Ljubljana
To A3 in Croatia
Location
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
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
452
(4) 24 km Radovljica 452 OMV / OMW
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

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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