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KK143
The KK143 is a highway in Lithuania ( Krašto kelias). The length of the road is 45.82 km. The road starts in Jonava at junction of A6 highway and European route E262. Route goes through three municipalities: Jonava District Municipality, Elektrėnai Municipality, Kaišiadorys District Municipality. Main settlements linked to the road are Jonava, Rukla, Zūbiškės, Stabintiškės, Žasliai Žasliai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 644. The town was first mentioned in written sources in 1457 and was granted the Magdeburg rights and its own coat of arms in 1792. History Žaslia .... Ends in Kloniniai Mijaugonys, where road connects to A1 highway. References Roads in Lithuania Jonava District Municipality Elektrėnai Municipality Kaišiadorys District Municipality {{Lithuania-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonava
Jonava ( ; pl, Janów; german: Janau) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of . It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas International Airport. ''Achema'', the largest fertilizer factory in the Baltic states, is located nearby. The city is sometimes called "the capital of midsummer holiday" ( lt. – ''Joninės''). History Jonava was officially established as a city in the 18th century during the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1750, the first wooden church was built in Jonava. In 1778, a beer brewery was operating in the town. Around 1812, Napoleon and his army invaded the town and its surrounding villages. In 1923, Jonava was officially recognised as a city-status settlement and in 1950 it became the centre of the municipality. The city had a large Jewish population before World War II - in 1893 92% of the population was Jewish and in 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or a translation for ''autobahn'', '' autoroute'', etc. According to Merriam Webster, the use of the term predates the 12th century. According to Etymonline, "high" is in the sense of "main". In North American and Australian English, major roads such as controlled-access highways or arterial roads are often state highways (Canada: provincial highways). Other roads may be designated " county highways" in the US and Ontario. These classifications refer to the level of government (state, provincial, county) that maintains the roadway. In British English, "highway" is primarily a legal term. Everyday use normally implies roads, while the legal use covers any route or path with a public right of access, including footpaths et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July 1253. In the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Lithuania
Transport in Lithuania relies mainly on road and rail networks. Lithuanian road system (2018): ''total:'' ''paved:'' ''unpaved:'' 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 * A1 Kaunas – Klaipėda. Total length of the stretch: 195 km. The motorway ends for a short section near Sujainiai (Raseiniai district municipality) as the junction here is one-level and it is used by non-motorway vehicles. * A2 Vilnius – Panevėžys. Total length of the stretch: 114 km. * A5 Kaunas – Marijampolė. Total length of the stretch: 57 km. * A1 Kaunas – Vilnius. There length of the stretch: 55 km (Kaunas – Vievis) and 16 km (Vievis – Grigiškės). Expressway sections * * A9 Radviliškis – Šiaulia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A6 Highway (Lithuania)
The A6 highway is a highway in Lithuania ( Magistralinis kelias). It runs from Kaunas to the Latvian border near Zarasai. From there, the road continues to Daugavpils as A13. The length of the road is 185.40 km. The speed limit for most of the length of A6 is default 70–90 km/h (outside city limits) with few urban sections with default 30–50 km/h speed limit. The section from Kaunas to Jonava has been upgraded to a dual carriageway with at-grade junctions, at-grade pedestrian crossing points, U-turns and traffic-lights. The remaining sections are roads with one lane in each direction, leading through towns like Ukmergė, Utena and Zarasai. This route is a part of International E-road network (part of European route E262 European route E 262 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Kaunas, Lithuania and ends in Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, Russia. The section in Lithuania from Kaunas to the Latvia border, near Zarasai is named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E262
European route E 262 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Kaunas, Lithuania and ends in Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, Russia. The section in Lithuania from Kaunas to the Latvia border, near Zarasai is named after A6 highway. The road follows: Kaunas - Ukmergė - Daugavpils - Rēzekne - Ostrov. Gallery File:A14 near Svente.jpg, A14 near Svente, Latvia File:A6_(E262_)kelio_97_km_ties_Kurkliais,_Anyk%C5%A1%C4%8Di%C5%B3_raj.jpg, A6 highway near Kurkliai Kurkliai ( pl, Kurkle) is a town in Anykščiai district municipality, in Utena County, in northeast Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 374 people. Center of eldership. In town there is Anykščiai Regional Park ..., Lithuania References External links UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007) {{Europe-road-stub 262 Roads in Lithuania Roads in Latvia E262 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elektrėnai Municipality
Elektrėnai () is a city of about 11,000 inhabitants in Lithuania; since 2000 it has been the capital of the Elektrėnai Municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas. History Elektrėnai is one of the newest towns of Lithuania, having been established during the Soviet times as the living space for workers of the nearby power plant. The name of the new town was derived from word "elektrinė" (English: ''electric plant''). Most of the buildings in Elektrėnai are large monolith housing projects built during the Soviet times and there are no historical buildings. The town, however, is close to Elektrėnai Reservoir Elektrėnai Reservoir ( lt, Elektrėnų marios), located south of the city of Elektrėnai, Lithuania, is the third-biggest artificial lake in Lithuania. It was created in 1961 by damming the Strėva River. It supplies cooling water to the 1,80 ..., an artificial lake that was created in order to cool down the Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaišiadorys District Municipality
Kaišiadorys District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. Elderships Kaišiadorys District Municipality is divided into 11 elderships: References External links Žasliai Web PageŽasliai is in Kaišiadorys District Municipalities of Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rukla
Rukla is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 2,098. Administrative centre of Rukla Eldership. The national Refugees Reception Center hosts all refugees coming to the country. Military base Five different Lithuanian Armed Forces military units are based in Rukla. Military facilities include the Gaižiūnai military training ground (12,500 ha) and Jonava Air Base. Since 2017, Rukla hosts the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence. Demographics Gallery File:Saber_Strike_Closing_Ceremonies_in_Rukla,_Lithuania.jpg, US M1 Abrams tank in the Gaižiūnai military training ground File:Ruklos pabėgelių centras.JPG, Refugees Reception Center File:Kelias_143._Prie_Ruklos.JPG, Road to Rukla See also * Gaižiūnai * Pabradė Pabradė (; pl, Podbrodzie; yi, פּאָדבראָדז ''Podbrodz'') is a town in Lithuania, in Švenčionys district municipality, on Žeimena river, 38 km south-west of Švenčionys. Pabradė is a busy plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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