Autoceļš A6

Autoceļš A6 in Latvia
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Basic data
Operator:	Latvijas Valsts ceļi
Start of the street:	Riga ( 56 ° 57 ′  N , 24 ° 6 ′  E )
End of street:	Paternieki ( 55 ° 49 '  N , 27 ° 38'  O )
Overall length:	307 km
Course of the road Riga ferry port Riga Center Riga Center Riga   Riga Salaspils   Salaspils   Išķile Ogre Ķegums Ķegums Lielvārde Kildziņa Aizkraukle Cocaine Cocaine Klintaine Kriškalni Ozol Sala Jēkabpils Jēkabpils   Līvāni Jersika Nīcgale Daugavpils   Daugavpils   Daugavpils Naujene Krāslava Krāslava Krāslava Kalnieši Piedruja Latvia - Belarus Further on   Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

Autoceļš A6 is one of Latvia's state highways "State Main Road" ( lett . Valsts galvenie A utoceļi ). It connects the capital Riga with the Belarusian border at Pāternieki and merges there with the P20 . The A6 is part of the European roads  22 and  262 . The road also serves as a northern bypass for Daugavpils and runs through Krāslava . The total length is 307 kilometers.

Between Riga and Ogre as well as Nīcgale and Daugavpils, the road has two lanes and two lanes per lane. The other sections have a total of only one lane with two lanes. The maximum speed is set at 90 km / h in winter, but at 100 km / h in summer on the four-lane sections. The average traffic volume was 8036 vehicles per day in 2013.

Construction and planning

Since 2008, the A6 has been partially rebuilt free of intersections. The new line is intended to replace the Salaspils − Koknese section. Construction of the first section had already begun in the 1980s, but construction and planning were later discontinued. The first phase of construction begins in Tīnuži and ends in Koknese. Due to problems, it was not completed as originally planned in 2012, but only in 2013 and initially numbered as P80. The second construction phase envisages the four-lane, motorway-like extension of the section between Tīnuži and Koknese and should take place from 2017 to 2021. Plans call for the expressway to be extended to Riga between 2020 and 2027 . It should also have a highway-like cross-section of the road . There are also plans to run the new line in an easterly direction parallel to the previous A6 to Pļaviņas .

Important places along the route

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

gallery

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  Daugavpils bypass in 2009

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  The A6 in Riga in 2010

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  A6 from a bird's eye view over Ciemupe , 2010

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  A6 near Jersika , 2010

Web links

• Website of the company "Latvian State Roads " (Lat./Engl.)
• The course of the Autoceļš A6 on maps.google.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of all main streets on lvceli.lv (English)