Lithuania-Belarus connection

The feasibility of a new border link from Lithuania to Belarus is being examined at present. The road would be an extension of the existing Klaipeda-Visaginas link.
March 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The feasibility of a new border link from Lithuania to Belarus is being examined at present. The road would be an extension of the existing Klaipeda-Visaginas link. Should the plans go ahead, the road from Visaginas would be extended to the Papelekis border checkpoint in Svencionys, some 90km from Vilnius.

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