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
[2] is available below, main municipalities are in bold.
Junction list
[3]
[2]
Province
|
Municipality
|
Section
|
Junction
|
Eastbound destinations
|
Westbound destinations
|
Brussels capital region
|
City of Brussels
|
Brussels -
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
|
Brussels (188.737 inh.)
R20 Brussels inner ring road
|
Leuven
|
Brussels
|
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
|
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (26.965 inh.)
|
Schaerbeek
|
R21
Atomium,
Schaerbeek,
Evere,
Etterbeek
|
Evere
|
/
|
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
|
Flanders
Flemish Brabant
|
Zaventem
|
Zaventem -
Leuven
|
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
|
Kortenberg
|
Kortenberg (20.462 inh.)
Schoonaarde
|
Herent
|
Veltem-Beisem (4.754 inh.)
Winksele (4.757 inh.)
17 (Winksele)
E314
Leuven,
Brussels (
E40),
Hasselt,
Genk,
Liège (
E40),
Germany (
Aachen)
|
Leuven
|
Leuven
|
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.)
|
Diest
Hasselt
|
Lubbeek
|
Leuven -
Diest
|
Linden (5.106 inh.)
|
Leuven
Brussels
|
Tielt-Winge
|
N223
Aarschot,
Tienen
Sint-Joris-Winge (2.960 inh.)
|
Bekkevoort
|
Bekkevoort (6.459 inh.)
N29
Glabbeek,
Tienen
24 (
Bekkevoort)
E314
Leuven,
Brussels(
E40),
Hasselt,
Genk,
Germany (
Aachen)
Assent (1.630 inh.)
|
Diest
|
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.)
|
Hasselt
|
Flanders
Limburg
|
Halen
|
Halen -
Hasselt
|
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
|
Diest
Leuven
|
Herk-de-Stad
|
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.)
|
Hasselt
|
Hasselt
|
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)
|
Bilzen
Netherlands (
Maastricht)
|
Diepenbeek
|
Diepenbeek -
Lanaken
|
Diepenbeek (19.241 inh.)
N76d
Diepenbeek-center
N76
Genk,
Bree,
Borgloon
|
Hasselt
|
Bilzen
|
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
|
Netherlands (
Maastricht)
|
Bilzen
Hasselt
|
Lanaken
|
N78
Lanaken-center,
Maasmechelen,
Riemst
Veldwezelt (3.930 inh.)
Albert Canal
|
|
Continuation by Via Regio towards
Maastricht
|
See also
References
50°56′48″N 4°58′56″E / 50.94677°N 4.98225°E / 50.94677; 4.98225