A5 road (Latvia)

A5
A5
Rīgas apvedceļš
Route information
	Part of E67 E77
Length	41 km (25 mi)
Major junctions
From	Salaspils
To	Babīte
Location
Country	Latvia
Highway system
	National Roads in Latvia;

The A5 is a national road in Latvia which is part beltway around Riga, connecting Salaspils to Babīte.^[1] The road is also known as Riga bypass. The road is part of European route E67, European route E77 and Latvian TEN-T road network. The length of A5 is 41 kilometer. Currently A5 has 1x1 lanes until interchange with A9 then it turns to 2x2 all the way until Babīte. Most of the traffic on A5 is made up by trucks.^[2] A5 crosses river Daugava on Riga HES, and the A5 part on the HES has been reconstructed in 2010/2011. Another part of A5 between A8 and A9 was reconstructed in 2011. There are plans to build a new bridge over Daugava opposite to the end of A4 (part of Riga bypass on other side of Daugava), in further future.^[3] Current speed limit is 90 km/h. The average AADT of A5 in 2016 was 12 482 cars per day.

Crossings

#	Road name	Location
1	P85	Ķekava
2	P90	Ķekava
3	A7	Ķekava
4	A8	Stūnīši
5	P132	Jaunmārupe
6	A9	Brīvklani
7	A10	Pinķi

Major cities crossed

Gallery

A5 near Salaspils in 2010.
A5 near Salaspils in 2010.
A5 near Ķekava in 2010.
A5 near Pinķi in 2010.
A5 near Babīte in 2011.
A5 near Babīte in 2010.
Bus stop on road A5 near Piņķi village.

References

^ "Latvijas Valsts ceļi -> Valsts galvenie autoceļi (A)". www.lvceli.lv. Archived from the original on 25 January 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "Latvijas Valsts celi". www.lvceli.lv. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "Archived copy". www.lvceli.lv. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)