Transport in Lithuania


Transport in Lithuania relies mainly on road and rail networks.

Lithuanian road system

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Highways

Controlled-access highways sections

There are two categories of controlled-access highways in Lithuania: expressways with maximum speed 120 km/h and motorways with maximum speed 130 km/h.

Motorway sections

The A roads total.
There were some isolated routes built before World War I, e.g. present-day A12, connecting Riga with Kaliningrad. First long-distance highways built exclusively by Lithuanian Government were opened in late 1930s:
There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:
There are that are perennially navigable.

Pipelines

In 1992, there were of crude oil pipelines, and of natural gas pipelines.

Ports and harbours

Sea ports

The merchant marine consists of 47 ships of 1,000 GT or over, together totaling 279,743 GT/.
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

Airports

In Lithuania, there are four international airports: