The A5 is a national road in Latvia which is part beltway around

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, connecting

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to Babīte. The road is also known as Riga bypass. The road is part of

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and Latvian

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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

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s. A5 crosses river

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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

bypass on other side of Daugava), in further future. Current speed limit is 90 km/h. The average

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of A5 in 2016 was 12 482 cars per day.

Crossings

Major cities crossed

Ķekava Ķekava (german: Keckau) is a village in central Latvia. It is the centre of Ķekava Municipality Ķekava Municipality ( lv, Ķekavas novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Baloži town, Daugmale ...

Mārupe Mārupe (german: Marienbach) is a town in and the centre of Mārupe Municipality, Latvia. Mārupe is in practice a suburb of the Latvian capital, Riga, and is the headquarters of the Latvian Bandy Federation. A small river Mārupīte flows t ...

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Gallery

Image:A5-Salaspils-LV2.jpg, A5 near

in 2010. Image:A5-Salaspils-LV.jpg, A5 near

in 2010. Image:A5-Kekava.jpg, A5 near

in 2010. Image:A5-Latvia.jpg, A5 near Pinķi in 2010. Image:A5-Babite-2.jpg, A5 near Babīte in 2011. Image:A5Latvia.jpg, A5 near Babīte in 2010. Image:A5-Dabas-parks.jpg, Bus stop on road A5 near

Piņķi Piņķi is a village in Mārupe Municipality, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō ...

village.

References

External links

Autoceļš A5 in Google Maps
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