A5 road (Latvia)
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Autoceļš A5 is an entity belonging to Latvian State Roads " State Street " ( lett valsts galvenie Autoceļi ). It runs from a motorway junction with the A6 at Salaspils on a motorway junction with the Latvian A10 and ends in the city of Babīte. The A5 is a part of European Routes 22, 67 and 77 The A5 represents the southwestern bypass Riga
The total length is 40.9 kilometers. The section between Salaspils and a motorway junction with the A9 at Brīvkalni is expanded with a total of two lanes and a road the road. From the motorway junction to the end of the road in Babīte the road is equipped as a motorway with two lanes per carriageway. A road bridge over the Daugava hydropower plant is located on Riga. In this area, the road runs along the reservoir. The section between the intersection point with the A8 and the cross with the A9 is currently being modernized (January 2012 ). Building a new road bridge over the Daugava river, but plans in the planned course of the A4. The speed limit is currently set to 90 km / hr. The average traffic volume of 8196 vehicles per day in 2011.
Major towns along the route
- Salaspils
- Ķekava
- Mārupe
- Riga