Border crossing point Benyakoni → Šalčininkai
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Benyakoni → 
Šalčininkai
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Benyakoni — Šalčininkai Border Crossing
Current status: An international road border crossing between Lithuania and Belarus on route 104 (LT) / Р99 (BY), open around the clock. It is one of the quieter passages between the two countries, with daily traffic of roughly 400–800 vehicles. Because the Lithuanian side is an external frontier of the EU and the Schengen Area, checks here are thorough.
Permitted traffic: The crossing handles passenger cars only; trucks and buses use larger crossings nearby. You can follow the live car queue for Šalčininkai (LT → BY) and the live car queue for Benyakoni (BY → LT).
Basic information
- Route: 104 (LT) / Р99 (BY), Šalčininkai–Benyakoni.
- About 50 km (~55 min) from Vilnius; about 190 km (~2 h 40 min) from Minsk.
- Opening hours: 24/7.
- Vehicle types: passenger cars.
- Pedestrian crossing: no.
- Daily traffic: 400–800 vehicles.
- EU external border: yes (exit from the Schengen Area).
Queues and wait times
Waits at Benyakoni — Šalčininkai are usually short: around 30–60 minutes on weekday daytimes, up to about two hours at peak periods, and shorter overnight. Travellers searching for the benyakoni border or the Beniakoni–Šalčininkai queue can check live car check-ins and review historical patterns through the Belarus–Lithuania queue statistics.
Lithuanian border information is published by pasienis.vsat.lt, and the status of Belarusian checkpoints by gpk.gov.by.
Location and services
- Lithuanian side: Šalčininkai, Vilnius County (GPS 54.3167, 25.3833).
- Belarusian side: Benyakoni, Grodno Region (GPS 54.3083, 25.4000).
- Basic facilities: parking, restrooms and a waiting area.
- Emergency number: 112.