A2 highway (Lithuania) A2 highway (Lithuania) The A2 motorway is a highway in Lithuania (Magistralinis kelias). It connects the capital city of Vilnius with the Panevėžys, via Ukmergė. Its length is over . It is a motorway in almost a whole length. The Vilnius - Ukmergė highway was the first section opened. Later, the highway was extended to Panevėžys. There are six junctions with U-turns in this motorway. Some of the U-turns have electronic detecting systems that lowers the speed limit on variable road signs if an U-turn is being used. If the U-turn lanes are clear, speed limit is default 130 km/h.
Name of Lithuania original word should have no suffix. A likely candidate is "Lietā". Because many Baltic ethnonyms originated from hydronyms, linguists have searched for its origin among local hydronyms. Usually such names evolved through the following process: hydronym → toponym → ethnonym. A small river not far from Kernavė, the core area of the early Lithuanian state and a possible first capital of the would-be Grand Duchy of Lithuania, is usually credited as the source of the name. This river's original name is Lietava. As time passed, the suffix -"ava" could have changed into -"uva", as the two are from the same