Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Vilnius is the starting point of the Vilnius-Kaunas -- KlaipÄ -- da motorway that runs across Lithuania and connects the three major cities as well as it is the part of European route E85 .
Simplified: Vilnius is the starting point of the Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaip Ä -- da motorway that runs across Lithuania and connects the three major cities .