A2 motorway (Belgium)

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A2
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Route information
Maintained by the Roads and Traffic Agency of the Flemish government
Length 88 km (55 mi)
Major junctions
West endAB-Kreuz.svg Leuven junction BE-E40.svgBE-A3.svg E 40 / A3
 
East endNL-E314.svgNL-A76.svg E 314 / A76 at Dutch border
Highway system
Motorways in Belgium

The A2 is a Belgian motorway that coincides completely with the Belgian part of the European route E314. It starts in Leuven, at the junction with the A3/E40 in the province of Flemish Brabant. Then it goes through the province of Limburg, where it crosses the A13/E313 in Lummen. It ends at the Dutch border, where it became the Dutch A76.

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