The A2 motorway () 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
Karawanks Tunnel – Obrežje (174,5 km) Karawanken Autobahn → from Villach, Austria0,0 kmKarawanks Tunnel 7864 m (SLO–A) border crossing Karawanks Tunnel toll plaza (1)5 kmJesenice west x kmPočivališče Jesenice Petrol / Petrol (2)12 kmJesenice east x kmPočivališče Lipce Moste Viaduct Bridge - 442 mMoste Galeria Tunnel - 184 m (3)20 kmLesce425 (4) 24 kmRadovljica452 OMV / OMV Počivališče Radovljica Zgoša Viaduct Bridge - 189 / 165 mDobruša Viaduct Bridge - 351 m (5)28 kmBrezje Peračica Viaduct Bridge - 378 / 367 mLjubno Tunnel Tunnel - 260 / 261 mLjubno Viaduct Bridge - 118 / 320 mLesnica Viaduct Bridge - 186 / 191 m (6)32 kmTržič Tržič Bistrica Viaduct Bridge - 421 / 426 m (7)33 km?Naklo (8)39 kmKranj west Rupovščica Viaduct Bridge - 421 / 426 m (8a)x kmKranj north (planned) (9)45 kmKranj east x kmPočivališče Voklo Petrol / Petrol (10)49 kmSp. Brnik Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (11)55 kmVodice x kmPočivališče Povodje (12)61 kmLjubljana-Šmartno (13)64 kmLjubljana-Brod639 Šentvid covered cut Tunnel - 414 m (14)65 kmLjubljana-Šentvid Šentvid Tunnel Tunnel - 1072 / 1047 m (14a)68 kmLjubljana-Podutik (15)Koseze interchange Ljubljana bypass (16)69 kmLjubljana-Brdo A1 (150)Kozarje interchange A1 turns toward -> Koper A1 (149)Ljubljana west Počivališče Barje Petrol / Petrol A1 (147)Ljubljana-centrum A1 (144)Ljubljana-Rudnik A1 (142)Ljubljana south A1 (142)Malence interchange Ljubljana bypassA1 turns toward -> MariborDebeli hrib Tunnel Tunnel - 341 / 378 mReber Viaduct Bridge - 608 / 582 mMali vrh Tunnel Tunnel - 414 / 399 m (17)78 kmŠmarje–Sap (18)82 kmGrosuplje west (19)85 kmGrosuplje east (20)91 kmVišnja Gora Počivališče Podsmreka PetrolIvančna Gorica Viaduct Bridge - 214 m (21)98 kmIvančna Gorica (22)105 kmBič Medvedjek I covered cut Tunnel - 92 mMedvedjek II covered cut Tunnel - 159 mDolge Dole covered cut Tunnel - 64 m (23)112 kmTrebnje west Leščevje Tunnel Tunnel - 386 / 363 mPonikve Viaduct Bridge - 303 / 312 m (24)119 kmTrebnje east Dole Viaduct Bridge - 306 / 308 m (25)123 kmMirna Peč Dolenje covered cut Tunnel - 253 m (26)128 kmNovo Mesto west (27)132 kmNovo Mesto east Mačkovec Viaduct Bridge - 165 / 163 mJelše Viaduct Bridge - 345 / 340 m x kmPočivališče Starine Petrol / PetrolDobovo Viaduct Bridge - 254 m (28)139 kmKronovo Toplice Viaduct Bridge - 164 m (29)145 kmDobruška Vas (30)152 kmSmednik x kmPočivališče Zaloke Petrol / Petrol (31)158 kmKrško x kmPočivališče Grič Petrol (32)170 kmBrežice Čatež covered cut Tunnel - 105 m (33) 179 kmObrežje OMV / Petrol Počivališče Mokrice 180 kmObrežje (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 (; , with portal) Ljubno Tunnel (; right: , left: ) Šentvid Tunnel (; right: , left: ) Šentvid Junction (; arm B: , arm C: ) Fat Hill (; right: , left: ) Little Peak (; right: , left: ) Leščevje Tunnel (; right: , left: )
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