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'''Transport in Lithuania''' relies mainly on road and rail networks.

==Lithuanian road system==
[[File:Lithuania-roads-(E).png|thumb|[[International E-road network|E-roads]] in Lithuania]]
[[File:A1 by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|300px|[[A1 highway (Lithuania)|A1 motorway]] near [[Kaunas]] (98-101 km)]]
''total:''
{{convert|21,238|km||abbr=}}<br>''paved:''
{{convert|14,879|km|abbr=on|}}<br>''unpaved:''
{{convert|6,359|km|abbr=on|}}

=== Highways ===

=== Controlled-access highways sections ===

There are two categories of [[controlled-access highway]]s in [[Lithuania]]: expressways ([[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: ''greitkeliai'') with maximum speed 120&nbsp;km/h and motorways ([[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: ''automagistralės'') with maximum speed 130&nbsp;km/h.

==== Motorway sections ====
* [[A1 highway (Lithuania)|A1]] [[Kaunas]] – [[Klaipėda]]. Total length of the stretch: 195&nbsp;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 highway (Lithuania)|A2]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Panevėžys]]. Total length of the stretch: 114&nbsp;km.
*[[A5 highway (Lithuania)|A5]] [[Kaunas]] – [[Marijampolė]]. Total length of the stretch: 57&nbsp;km.
*[[A1 highway (Lithuania)|A1]] [[Kaunas]] – [[Vilnius]]. There length of the stretch: 55&nbsp;km ([[Kaunas]] – [[Vievis]]) and 16&nbsp;km ([[Vievis]] – [[Grigiškės]]). 

==== Expressway sections ====
*[[A9 highway (Lithuania)|A9]] [[Radviliškis]] – [[Šiauliai]]. Total length of the stretch: 10&nbsp;km.

===A road system===
The [[A roads]] ([[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: ''magistraliniai keliai'') total {{convert|1748.84|km|abbr=on}}. <!-- Lietuvos magistraliniai keliai yra šie (Kelio ilgiai žymimi iki valstybės sienos): -->

* [[A1 highway (Lithuania)|A1]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Kaunas]] – [[Klaipėda]], {{convert|311.40|km|abbr=on}}. Most important east to west corridor in [[Lithuania]]. Connects three largest Lithuanian cities: [[Vilnius]], [[Kaunas]] and [[Klaipėda]]. Most of the road has motorway status.
* [[A2 highway (Lithuania)|A2]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Panevėžys]], {{convert|135.92|km|abbr=on}}. The stretch between [[Vilnius]] and Šilagalis has motorway status.
* [[A3 highway (Lithuania)|A3]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Medininkai|Medininkai Border Checkpoint]], {{convert|33.99|km|abbr=on}}. Continues to Belarus and connects Vilnius with the Belarusian capital of [[Minsk]].
* [[A4 highway (Lithuania)|A4]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Raigardas|Raigardas Border Checkpoint]], {{convert|134.46|km|abbr=on}}. Continues to [[Grodno]], [[Belarus]].
* [[A5 highway (Lithuania)|A5]] [[Kaunas]] – [[Lithuania–Poland border|border with Poland]], {{convert|97.06|km|abbr=on}}. The stretch from Kaunas to Marijampolė has motorway status. Continues towards [[Suwałki]] in [[Poland]].
* [[A6 highway (Lithuania)|A6]] [[Kaunas]] – [[Daugavpils]], {{convert|185.40|km|abbr=on}}. Continues towards [[Daugavpils]] in [[Latvia]].
* [[A7 highway (Lithuania)|A7]] [[Marijampolė]] – [[Kybartai|Kybartai Border Checkpoint]], {{convert|42.21|km|abbr=on}}. An important transit route to [[Kaliningrad Oblast]].
* [[A8 highway (Lithuania)|A8]] [[Sitkūnai]] – [[Panevėžys]], {{convert|87.86|km|abbr=on}}. 
* [[A9 highway (Lithuania)|A9]] [[Panevėžys]] – [[Šiauliai]], {{convert|78.94|km|abbr=on}}. Short 10&nbsp;km expressway section.
* [[A10 highway (Lithuania)|A10]] [[Panevėžys]] – [[Bauska]] {{convert|66.10|km|abbr=on}}. Continues to [[Bauska]] in [[Latvia]]. Important transit route to [[Riga]].
* [[A11 highway (Lithuania)|A11]] [[Šiauliai]] – [[Palanga]], {{convert|146.85|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A12 highway (Lithuania)|A12]] [[Latvia–Lithuania border|border with Latvia]] – [[Panemunė|Panemunė Border Checkpoint]], {{convert|186.09|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A13 highway (Lithuania)|A13]] [[Klaipėda]] – [[Liepāja|Liepaja]], {{convert|45.15|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A14 highway (Lithuania)|A14]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Utena]], {{convert|95.60|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A15 highway (Lithuania)|A15]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Lida]], {{convert|49.28|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A16 highway (Lithuania)|A16]] [[Vilnius]] – [[Marijampolė]], {{convert|137.51|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A17 highway (Lithuania)|A17]] [[Panevėžys]] Bypass, {{convert|22.28|km|abbr=on}}.
* [[A18 highway (Lithuania)|A18]] [[Šiauliai]] Bypass, {{convert|17.08|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A19 highway (Lithuania)|A19]] [[Vilnius]] Southern Bypass, {{convert|7.9|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A20 highway (Lithuania)|A20]] [[Ukmergė]] Northern Bypass, {{convert|7.7|km|abbr=on}}
* [[A21 highway (Lithuania)|A21]] [[Panemunė]] Eastern Bypass, 4 km (2.5 mi)

=== Major highway projects in Interwar Lithuania ===
Before [[World War I]], there were few isolated routes suitable for transit traffic e.g. present day [[A12 highway (Lithuania)|A12 highway]], connecting [[Riga]] with [[Kaliningrad]], or present day [[A6 highway (Lithuania)|A6 highway]] which was part of highway [[Warsaw]]–[[Saint Petersburg]] that ran through [[Kaunas]]. After Lithuania became an independent country in 1918, there was increased demand for new highways for inner needs. First long-distance highways built exclusively by the Lithuanian government were opened in the late 1930s. These are following:
* [[Samogitian highway]] – old highway built in the 1930s, connecting Kaunas and Klaipėda. Road section between Kaunas and [[Ariogala]] is now completely refurbished to [[motorway]], and the road section from Ariogala to Klaipėda is serving as alternative road for a parallelly-built [[A1 highway (Lithuania)|A1 motorway]] and connects local towns such as Ariogala, [[Raseiniai]] and [[Rietavas]].
* [[Aukštaitian highway]] – old highway built in the 1930s. It connects Kaunas, [[Kėdainiai]], [[Panevėžys]] and [[Biržai]] to Riga. After building an original route, new routes were built through the course of Soviet Union and after its dissolution. The road was gradually rerouted to avoid larger urban areas, and now runs from [[Sitkūnai]], bypasses Kėdainiai, Panevėžys, [[Pasvalys]], Biržai, and reaches Latvian border to Riga. Rerouted highway is now part of [[Via Baltica]].

=== Museum ===

* [[Lithuanian Road Museum]]

== Railways ==
[[File:LTG-Link-Vilnius-Kaunas-EJ575-outside-Sep-2021.jpg|thumb|[[LTG Link]] train in Vilnius]]
[[File:RAILWAY_STATION_AT_VILLINUS_AIRPORT_ORO_UOSTAS_LITHUANIA_SEP_2013_(9904349315).jpg|thumb|Train station in [[Vilnius Airport]]]]
{{main|Rail transport in Lithuania}}
There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:
*1,807&nbsp;km are ''broad gauge'' of {{RailGauge|1520mm}} &ndash; 122&nbsp;km of which are electrified
*169&nbsp;km are ''narrow gauge'' of {{RailGauge|750mm}} &ndash; as of 2001
*22&nbsp;km are ''standard gauge'' of {{RailGauge|1435mm}}

=== Rail links with adjacent countries ===
* [[Transportation in Latvia|Latvia]] – yes
* [[Transportation in Belarus|Belarus]] – yes
* [[Transportation in Russia|Russia]] ([[Transportation in Kaliningrad Oblast|Kaliningrad]]) – yes
* [[Transportation in Poland|Poland]] – yes – [[break-of-gauge]] {{RailGauge|1520mm}} / {{RailGauge|1435mm}}

== Waterways ==
There are {{convert|600|km}} that are perennially navigable.

== Pipelines ==
In 1992, there were {{convert|105|km|abbr=on}} of [[crude oil]] pipelines, and {{convert|760|km|abbr=on}} of [[natural gas]] pipelines.

== Ports and harbours ==
[[File:Klaipėda 1.jpg|thumb|Klaipėda port]]

===Sea ports===
* [[Port of Klaipėda]]
* [[Būtingė oil terminal]]

===River ports===
* [[Kaunas]]
* [[Rumšiškės]]
* [[Nida, Lithuania|Nida]]
* [[Juodkrantė]]

== Merchant marine ==
The merchant marine consists of 47 ships of 1,000 GT or over, together totaling 279,743 GT/{{DWT|304,156|metric|disp=long}}.

'''Ships by type:''' 
Cargo 25, Combination bulk 8, Petroleum tanker 2, Railcar carrier 1, Refrigerated cargo 6, Roll on/roll off 2, Short-sea passenger 3.

''Note:'' These totals include some foreign-owned ships registered here as a [[flag of convenience]]: Denmark 13 (2002 est.)

== Airports ==
{{main|List of airports in Lithuania}}
In Lithuania, there are four international airports:
* [[Vilnius International Airport]]
* [[Kaunas Airport]]
* [[Palanga International Airport]]
* [[Šiauliai International Airport]]
* '''Paved Runways''': 9 in total
**''over 3,047 m'': 2
**''1,524 to 2,437 m'': 4
**''under 914 m'': 3
* '''Unpaved runways''': 63 in total
**''2,438 to 3,047 m'': 3
**''914 to 1,523 m'': 5
**''under 914 m'': 55

==See also==
* '''''<small>{{portal-inline|Lithuania}}</small>'''''
* '''''<small>{{portal-inline|Transport}}</small>'''''

== External links ==
* [http://www.nahverkehr.info/ The public transport guide]

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