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.

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National Route 2
Dutch: Nationale Weg 2
French: Route nationale 2
Route information
Length95.079 km[1] (59.079 mi)
Major junctions
South endR20 in Brussels
North endP 589 to Maastricht
Location
CountryBelgium
RegionsBrussels, Flanders
Major citiesBrussels, Leuven, Diest, Hasselt, Bilzen
Highway system
  • Highways of Belgium

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.

Regions Provinces Municipalities Population Length of N2 (km)
 Brussels Capital Region / City of Brussels 188737 0.5
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 26965 1.1
Schaerbeek 130690 1.8
Evere 43608 1.4
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 58541 0.3
 Flanders  Flemish Brabant Zaventem 35916 6.7
Kortenberg 20462 5.8
Herent 22430 5.4
Leuven 102236 7.4
Lubbeek 14776 7.3
Tielt-Winge 11037 7.9
Bekkevoort 6459 6.2
Diest 24516 5.5
 Limburg Halen 9475 3.3
Herk-de-Stad 12756 7.1
Hasselt 79524 12.2
Diepenbeek 19241 6.2
Bilzen 32455 12.1
Lanaken 26172 3.2

Junction list[3][2]

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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

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References

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  1. ^ SPF Mobilité et Transports (2009). "Recensement général de la circulation 2008" (xls) (in French).
  2. ^ a b "Belgium: Regions, Provinces, Arrondissements, Cities, Municipalities, Sub-Municipalities, Agglomerations, Sectors - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-03-08.

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