A2 motorway (Netherlands)

A2 motorway
Rijksweg 2
Motorways in the Netherlands with A2 and N2 bolt
Route information
Part of E 25 / E 34 / E 35
Maintained by Rijkswaterstaat
Length:	217.098 km (134.898 mi)
Major junctions
North end:	E 19 / E 35 / A10 / S110 in Amsterdam
	A9 in Amsterdam-Zuidoost E 25 / E 30 / E 35 / A12 in Utrecht E 311 / A27 in Vianen E 31 / A15 near Deil A59 in 's-Hertogenbosch A50 in Eindhoven E 312 / A58 in Eindhoven E 34 / A67 in Eindhoven A73 near Echt E 314 / A76 near Geleen
South end:	E 25 / A25 at Belgium border
Location
Provinces:	North Holland, Utrecht, Gelderland, North Brabant, Limburg
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes ← A1 N3 →

The A2 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It is one of the busiest highways in the Netherlands. The road connects the city of Amsterdam, near the interchange Amstel, with the Belgian border, near Maastricht (NL) and Liège (B), and the Belgian road A25.

The route of the A2 motorway is shared with two major European routes. Between its start, at the Interchange Amstel near Amsterdam, and the Interchange Oudenrijn near Utrecht, the E35 follows the A2 motorway. From the Interchange Oudenrijn towards the Belgian border just south of Maastricht, the European route E25 follows the route of the A2. The local and express lane on A2 has different speed limit. The speed limit on express lane is 120 km/h (75 mph) and local is 100 km/h (63 mph).

Currently, the motorway A2 is interrupted at one location, near Maastricht. This section is being referred to as N2, to make a distinction between the motorway (A2) and the non-motorway (N2).

Between the interchanges Kruisdonk and Europaplein through Maastricht, the motorway A2 is interrupted. This road section was built as a highway with several at-grade intersections with traffic lights.

The beltway around the city of Eindhoven, the so-called Randweg between the interchanges Ekkersweijer and Leenderheide, uses a system of local-express lanes. The inner two lanes do not have any exits, so it is exclusively for express traffic passing the city of Eindhoven; it is considered a motorway (A2) with a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph). The outer two lanes are used by vehicles to and from Eindhoven and the neighbouring towns. It does not meet the Dutch standards of a motorway (steeper grades near intersections and smaller bend radiuses), and has a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). These outer lanes have road number N2, to distinguish the local lanes from the express lanes.