Montenegro has had a motorway since July 13, 2022, when the first section of the Bar-Boljare motorway was inaugurated.
On Montenegrin motorways, the speed-limit is 100km/h.[1]
The Belgrade–Bar motorway, also known in Serbian and Montenegrin as Аутопут Београд–Бар (Autoput Beograd–Bar) will measure 445km (277miles) and be part of the European route E763 (E763). Construction has already begun in Serbia as the A2 motorway with a length of 103.1km (64.1miles), as well as in Montenegro (Smokovac–Mateševo). The whole motorway in Montenegro from Bar to the border with Serbia in Boljare will be 165.2km (102.7miles). It is a challenging project, which has been divided into five component parts (dionica). It will have a total of 42 tunnels and 92 bridges. The first part of construction is financed as public–private partnership project and the contractor was the Chinese company CRBC. The Smokovac–Mateševo section of motorway cost approximately €1 billion.[2] The motorway is subjected to a toll payment like in other countries of the former Yugoslavia. For the currently open section - 41km (25miles) - the toll for passenger vehicles is 3.50 euros.[3] At the beginning of 2022, the Ministry of Capital Investments announced the development of a conceptual project for the second section, from Mateševo to Andrijevica, whose deadline for development is the end of the year. The preliminary estimated value of the construction of this of 23.5km (14.6miles) long section is €552.5 million.[4] The Minister of Capital Investments, Ervin Ibrahimović, announced in an interview on January 8, 2023 that the next section of the highway to be built will be Mateševo–Andrijevica, with the selection of the contractor and supervision in 2025.[5]
| Part no. | Route | Total length (km) | In service (km) | Under construction (km) | Performance phase | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Đurmani–Virpazar | 11.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned | |
| 2 | Virpazar–Farmaci–Smokovac (Podgorica By-Pass) | 38.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned | |
| 3A | Smokovac–Veruša–Uvač | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | Opened in 7/2022[6] | |
| 3B | Uvač–Mateševo | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 4A | Mateševo–Andrijevica | 23.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Conceptual project in the making | |
| 4B | Andrijevica–Berane | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned | |
| 5 | Berane–Boljare | 41.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
The planned Adriatic–Ionian motorway at around 100km (100miles) long should link both Montenegro with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the west and in the east its capital Podgorica with Albania. From there it may continue through Albania and further reach Greece. A part of the Podgorica's bypass, around 10km (10miles) in length, may be shared with the Bar–Boljare motorway.