Motorways in Serbia
Motorways in Serbia are called autoput (Serbian Cyrillic: аутопут), a name which simply means car-road. Roads that are motorways are categorized as state roads of IA category and are marked with one-digit numbers. Motorways in Serbia have three lanes in each direction (including hard shoulder), signs are white-on-green, and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph) (since June 2018). They are maintained and operated by the national road operator company JP "Putevi Srbije" ("Roads of Serbia").
As of March 2021, there are 924.6 km (574.5 mi) of motorways in service (excluding Kosovo).[1]
Network map
List of motorways
As the Serbian word for motorway is "autoput", the "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4" and "A5" road designations are used since 2013.[2]
| Designation | Route (in use) | In service | Planned |
|---|---|---|---|
 A1
|
Border with Hungary (Horgoš border crossing) - Novi Sad - Belgrade - Niš - Vranje - border with North Macedonia (Preševo border crossing) | 605.5 km (376.2 mi) | 612.5 km (380.6 mi) |
 A2
|
Belgrade - Obrenovac - Lajkovac - Ljig - Gornji Milanovac - Preljina - Čačak - Požega | 118.3 km (73.5 mi) | 157.7 km (98.0 mi) |
 A3
|
Border with Croatia (Batrovci border crossing) - Belgrade | 95.4 km (59.3 mi) | 95.4 km (59.3 mi) |
 A4
|
Niš - Pirot - Dimitrovgrad - border with Bulgaria (Gradina border crossing) | 105.4 km (65.5 mi) | 105.4 km (65.5 mi) |
 A5
|
Preljina - Kruševac - Kraljevo - Pojate | 0 km (0 mi) | 110 km (68 mi) |
| Total | 924.6 km (574.5 mi) | 1,081.0 km (671.7 mi) |
A1 motorway
A1 runs from the Horgoš border crossing with Hungary near Subotica, passing Novi Sad, Belgrade (A3 and A2 junction), Pojate near Kruševac (A5 junction), Niš (A4 junction), Leskovac and Vranje and eventually ends at the Preševo border crossing with North Macedonia. This motorway is part of European route E75.
A2 motorway
A2 is a motorway under construction that will link Belgrade with Montenegro. The route passes Obrenovac, Čačak, Požega, Arilje, Ivanjica and ends at Boljare (at the border with Montenegro).
As of 2021, the Čačak - Požega section is in construction, with Požega - Boljare section in planning.
A3 motorway
A3 is runs from Batrovci border crossing with Croatia, passing Sremska Mitrovica and Ruma and ends at Dobanovci interchange near Belgrade.
A4 motorway
A4 is a motorway that connects the A1 motorway near Niš to Gradina border crossing with Bulgaria, part of European route E80.
A5 motorway
A5 is a motorway under construction that will link A1 with A2. The route starts at Pojate interchange near Ćićevac, passes Kraljevo and Kruševac and ends at Preljina interchange near Čačak. Construction of this stretch started in December 2019.[3]
Planned motorways
| Designation | Route | Planned length |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Lajkovac (A2 interchange) - Aranđelovac - Markovac (A1 interchange) - Svilajnac - Bor | 270 km (170 mi)[4] |
| N/A | Belgrade - Zrenjanin - Novi Sad (A1 interchange) | 113 km (70 mi) |
| N/A | Kuzmin (A3 interchange) - Bosut - border with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Sremska Rača | 18 km (11 mi) |
| N/A | Ruma (A3 interchange) - Hrtkovci - Šabac | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Total | 422 km (262 mi) |
Network expansion
Over 300 kilometers of new motorways have been constructed in the last decade and an additional 188 kilometres (117 mi) are currently under construction including: A5 motorway (from Pojate to Preljina);[3] a 39 km (24 mi)-long segment of A2 (between Čačak and Požega);[5][6] an 18 km (11 mi) section between Kuzmin and Sremska Rača[7] and 21 km (13 mi) between Ruma and Šabac.[8]
See also
- Transport in Serbia
- List of controlled-access highway systems
- Evolution of motorway construction in European nations
References
- ^ "About Us". Road of Serbia. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "List of state roads" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Почела градња Моравског коридора, од Појата до Прељине 112 километара ауто-пута". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ http://rs.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a509154/Serbia-to-get-more-than-200-kilometers-of-new-highway-minister-says.html
- ^ "Potpisan komercijalni ugovor za auto-put Preljina–Požega". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ https://seenews.com/news/serbia-to-invest-800-mln-euro-in-morava-corridor-motorway-project-651609
- ^ SMP (2019-10-08). "Vučić i Erdogan u Sremu: POČETAK RADOVA NA AUTOPUTU KUZMIN – SREMSKA RAČA! | Sremskomitrovački portal" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Počela izgradnja auto-puta Ruma–Šabac i brze saobraćajnice od Šapca ka Loznici". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
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