Provincial road N2 (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 Amstel interchange with the Belgian border, near Maastricht (NL) and Liège (B), and the Belgian A25 road.

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

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

Until recently, the motorway A2 was interrupted between the interchanges Kruisdonk and Europaplein through Maastricht. This road section was built as a highway (N2) with several at-grade intersections with traffic lights. In December 2016 the Koning Willem-Alexandertunnel was opened traffic, a 4-lane tunnel built in two layers, which put an end to this situation.

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.