Transport in Lithuania

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Transport in Lithuania relies mainly on road and rail networks.

Lithuanian road system

total: 21,238 km paved: 14,879 km unpaved: 6,359 km

Highways

Controlled-access highways sections

There are two categories of controlled-access highways in Lithuania: expressways (Lithuanian: greitkeliai) with maximum speed 120 km/h and motorways (Lithuanian: automagistralės) with maximum speed 130 km/h.

Motorway sections

Expressway sections

A road system

The A roads (Lithuanian: magistraliniai keliai) total 1748.84 km.

Major highway projects in Interwar Lithuania

Before World War I, there were few isolated routes suitable for transit traffic e.g. present day A12 highway, connecting Riga with Kaliningrad, or present day A6 highway which was part of highway WarsawSaint Petersburg that ran through Kaunas. After Lithuania became an independent country in 1918, there was increased demand for new highways for inner needs. First long-distance highways built exclusively by the Lithuanian government were opened in the late 1930s. These are following:

Museum

Railways

There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:

Rail links with adjacent countries

Waterways

There are 600 km that are perennially navigable.

Pipelines

In 1992, there were 105 km of crude oil pipelines, and 760 km of natural gas pipelines.

Ports and harbours

Sea ports

River ports

Merchant marine

The merchant marine consists of 47 ships of 1,000 GT or over, together totaling 279,743 GT/. Ships by type: Cargo 25, Combination bulk 8, Petroleum tanker 2, Railcar carrier 1, Refrigerated cargo 6, Roll on/roll off 2, Short-sea passenger 3. Note: These totals include some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 13 (2002 est.)

Airports

In Lithuania, there are four international airports:

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