The
N2 road in Belgium is a road connecting
Brussels and
Maastricht passing
Leuven,
Diest and
Hasselt. It starts in Brussels at the Madou crossroad on the
small ring, heading northeast as the Chaussée de Louvain/Leuvensesteenweg, which crosses the municipalities of
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode,
City of Brussels,
Schaerbeek,
Evere and
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels, and then enter
Flanders via the municipality of
Zaventem,
Flemish Brabant.
When the road enters the municipality of Herent it is named Brusselsesteenweg up to Leuven. When it leaves Leuven, the road is named Diestsesteenweg as it leads to Diest. It is then named successively Staatsbaan, Leuvensesteenweg, Diestsesteenweg, Staatsbaan, Leuvensesteenweg and Eduard Robeynslaan. When leaving Diest and entering Halen, the road enters the province of Limburg. At this point, the road (named Halensebaan) crosses the European route E314. The subsequent names of the road are: Staatsbaan, Grote Baan, Diestsesteenweg, Steenweg, Diestersteenweg, Kuringersteenweg. Just before entering Hasselt, the road crosses the European route E313. When leaving Hasselt, it is named Diepenbekerweg, then Steenweg, Kapelstraat, Wijkstraat, Grendelbaan, Tipstraat, Beverststraat, Holt, Hasseltstestraat, Brugstraat, Maastrichterstraat, Bilzerbaan and Tweede Carabinierslaan. It then enters the Netherlands.
The road crosses in total 19 municipalities. 5 in the Brussels-capital Region, 8 in the province of Flemish Brabant and 6 in the province of Limburg. Full municipality list is available below, main municipalities are in bold.
Junction list
Province
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Municipality
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Section
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Junction
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Eastbound destinations
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Westbound destinations
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Brussels capital region
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City of Brussels
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Brussels - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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Brussels (188.737 inh.)
R20 Brussels inner ring road
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Leuven
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Brussels
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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (26.965 inh.)
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Schaerbeek
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R21 Atomium, Schaerbeek, Evere, Etterbeek
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Evere
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/
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Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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Flanders
Flemish Brabant
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Zaventem
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Zaventem - Leuven
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Sint-Stevens-Woluwe (9.432 inh.)
R22 Zaventem, Brussels Airport, Auderghem, Brussels Ring road
N262 Zaventem, Brussels Airport
Nossegem (3.282 inh.)
N227 Wezembeek-Oppem, Steenokkerzeel, Mechelen
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Kortenberg
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Kortenberg (20.462 inh.)
Schoonaarde
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Herent
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Veltem-Beisem (4.754 inh.)
Winksele (4.757 inh.)
17 (Winksele) E314 Leuven, Brussels (E40), Hasselt, Genk, Liège (E40), Germany (Aachen)
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Leuven
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Leuven
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R23, Leuven ring road Leuven, Brussels, Tervuren, Wavre, Namur, Tienen, Diest, Aarschot, Mechelen
Start of concurrency with R23
N26 Herent, Mechelen
Leuven-Mechelen Canal
N19 Rotselaar, Aarschot
Leuven (102.236 inh.)
End of concurrency with R23
R23, Leuven ring road Leuven, Brussels, Tervuren, Wavre, Namur, Tienen, Diest, Aarschot, Mechelen
N292 Tienen
Kessel-Lo (30.402 inh.)
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Diest
Hasselt
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Lubbeek
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Leuven - Diest
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Linden (5.106 inh.)
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Leuven
Brussels
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Tielt-Winge
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N223 Aarschot, Tienen
Sint-Joris-Winge (2.960 inh.)
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Bekkevoort
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Bekkevoort (6.459 inh.)
N29 Glabbeek, Tienen
24 (Bekkevoort) E314 Leuven, Brussels(E40), Hasselt, Genk, Germany (Aachen)
Assent (1.630 inh.)
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Diest
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R26, Diest ring road Diest, Aarschot, Laakdal, Tessenderlo, Beringen, Hasselt, Leuven
Start of concurrency with R26
N10 Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Aarschot
Diest (24.516 inh.)
End of concurrency with R26
R26, Diest ring road Diest, Aarschot, Laakdal, Tessenderlo, Beringen, Hasselt, Leuven
Webbekom (2.480 inh.)
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Hasselt
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Flanders
Limburg
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Halen
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Halen - Hasselt
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25 (Halen) E314 Leuven, Brussels(E40), Hasselt, Genk, Antwerp (E313), Liège (E313), Germany (Aachen)
Zelk (895 inh.)
N2c Halen-center
Halen (9.475 inh.)
N2c Halen-center
Gete
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Diest
Leuven
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Herk-de-Stad
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N2d, N716 Herk-de-Stad-center, Nieuwerkerken, Sint-Truiden
Herk-de-Stad (12.756 inh.)
N2d, N754 Herk-de-Stad-center, Alken
N717 Schulen, Lummen, Beringen
Berbroek (1.678 inh.)
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Hasselt
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Hasselt
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Spalbeek (2.155 inh.)
Kermt (4.573 inh.)
N725 Lummen
N729 Heusden-Zolder
27 (Hasselt-West) E313 Hasselt, Liège, Antwerp, Genk (E314), Leuven (E314), Brussels (E314), Germany (Aachen) (E314)
Kuringen (11.478 inh.)
R71, Hasselt ring road Hasselt, Diest, Sint-Truiden, Tongeren, Liège, Bilzen, Genk, Lommel, Beringen, Netherlands (Maastricht)
Hasselt (79.524 inh.)
R70 Hasselt innen ring
Start of concurrency with R70
N80 Alken, Sint-Truiden
N20 Kortessem, Tongeren, Liège
R70 Hasselt innen ring
End of concurrency with R70
R71, Hasselt ring road Hasselt, Diest, Sint-Truiden, Tongeren, Liège, Bilzen, Genk, Lommel, Beringen, Netherlands (Maastricht)
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Bilzen
Netherlands (Maastricht)
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Diepenbeek
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Diepenbeek - Lanaken
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Diepenbeek (19.241 inh.)
N76d Diepenbeek-center
N76 Genk, Bree, Borgloon
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Hasselt
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Bilzen
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Beverst (5.468 inh.)
Bilzen (32.455 inh.)
N730 Zutendaal, Genk, Hoeselt, Tongeren
N745 Groot-Spouwen, Riemst
N700 Groot-Spouwen, Hoeselt, Bilzen-South
Waltwilder (1.259 inh.)
Mopertingen (1.243 inh.)
N758 Groot-Spouwen, Tongeren
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Netherlands (Maastricht)
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Bilzen
Hasselt
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Lanaken
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N78 Lanaken-center, Maasmechelen, Riemst
Veldwezelt (3.930 inh.)
Albert Canal
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Continuation by Via Regio towards Maastricht
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See also
References
50°56′48″N 4°58′56″E / 50.94677°N 4.98225°E / 50.94677; 4.98225