A6 road (Latvia)

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Autoceļš A6 is an entity belonging to Latvian State Roads " State Street " ( lett valsts galvenie Autoceļi ). It connects the capital Riga with the Belarusian border in Pāternieki and goes over there in the P20. The A6 is a part of European Routes 22 and 262 In addition, the street serves as a northern bypass of Daugavpils and runs through Krāslava. The total length is 307 kilometers.

Between Riga and Daugavpils and Nīcgale Ogre and the road is expanded with two lanes and two lanes per carriageway. The other sections have a total of only a roadway with two lanes. The speed limit is set in winter to 90 km / h, but in the summer on the four-lane sections to 100 km / hr. The average traffic volume of 8036 vehicles per day in 2013.

Building and planning

Since 2008, a short section is mainly for transit traffic rebuilt and replace the section Salaspils - Koknese. The construction of the section first started in the 1980s, but the construction and planning but were subsequently dropped. The first phase of construction began in Tīnuži and ended in Koknese. It was because of problems not as originally planned in 2012, but completed in 2013. The second stage envisages the four-lane, freeway -like construction of the section between Tīnuži and Koknese And from 2017 to 2021Vorlage: Future / In 5 years take place. Between 2020 and 2027Vorlage: Future / In 5 years, the plans provide for the extension of this new road to Riga. You should also have a motorway-type road cross-section. There are also plans to lead this road parallel to the A6 until after Pļaviņas.

Major towns along the route

• Riga
• Salaspils
• Ikšķile
• Ogre
• Ciemupe
• Ķegums
• Lielvārde
• Dzelmes
• Koknese
• Pļaviņas
• Jēkabpils
• Līvāni
• Jersika
• Daugavpils
• Krāslava

Gallery

The A6 in Riga in 2010

A6 bird's-eye view over Ciemupe, 2010

A6, Jersika, 2010