Motorways in Serbia explained

Motorways in Serbia are called auto-put (Serbian: ауто-пут), a name which simply means car-road. Roads that are motorways are categorized as state roads of IA category and are marked with one or two 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 130km/h (since June 2018). They are maintained and operated by the national road operator company JP "Putevi Srbije" ("Roads of Serbia").

As of May 2024, there are 1072km (666miles) of motorways in service (excluding Kosovo).[1]

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] After a revision in October 2023, 4 new motorway signs have been added: "A6", "A7", "A8" and "A9".[3]

As of March 2024, the government of Serbia had passed newly revisioned regulation, adding planned A10, A11, A12, motorway routes. A separate I class 'Expressway' designation, with prefix 'M' (Мотопут/Motoput) had been defined.[4]

SignRoute (in use)In servicePlanned
FromViaTo
Border with Hungary (Horgoš border crossing)Novi Sad - Belgrade - Niš - Vranjeborder with North Macedonia (Preševo border crossing)583km (362miles)583km (362miles)
BelgradeSurcin - Obrenovac - Lajkovac - Ljig - Gornji Milanovac - Preljina - ČačakBoljare131.3km (81.6miles)258km (160miles)
Border with Croatia (Batrovci border crossing) Sremska Mitrovica - RumaBelgrade95.4km (59.3miles)95.4km (59.3miles)
NišPirot - Dimitrovgradborder with Bulgaria (Gradina border crossing)105.4km (65.5miles)105.4km (65.5miles)
PojateKruševac - Trstenik - Vrnjačka Banja - KraljevoPreljina27.6km (17.1miles)112.4km (69.8miles)
Novi SadZrenjaninBelgrade0km (00miles)89.5km (55.6miles)
Kuzmin
BosutBorder with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Sremska Rača0km (00miles)18km (11miles)
RumaHrtkovciŠabac22.1km (13.7miles)22.1km (13.7miles)
Bubanj PotokPančevoBorder with Romania near Vatin0km (00miles)65km (40miles)
PožegaUžiceBorder with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Kotroman0km (00miles)61km (38miles)
PančevoBorčaBatajnica0km (00miles)unknown
NišMerošina - Prokuplje - KuršumlijaMerdare5.5km (03.4miles)77km (48miles)
Total970.3km (602.9miles)1486.8km (923.9miles)

A1 motorway

See main article: A1 motorway (Serbia).

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

See main article: A2 motorway (Serbia). A2 is a motorway under construction that will link Belgrade with Republika Srpska and Montenegro. The route passes Obrenovac, Čačak, Požega, Užice and ends at Kotroman (at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina i.e. Republica Srpska), i.e. Arilje, Ivanjica and ends at Boljare (at the border with Montenegro).

As of 2023, the Pakovraće - Požega section is in construction, with Požega - Boljare section in planning.

A3 motorway

See main article: A3 motorway (Serbia).

A3 is runs from Batrovci border crossing with Croatia, passing Sremska Mitrovica and Ruma and ends at Dobanovci interchange near Belgrade.

A4 motorway

See main article: A4 motorway (Serbia).

A4 is a motorway that connects the A1 motorway near Niš to Gradina border crossing with Bulgaria, part of European route E80.

A5 motorway

See main article: A5 motorway (Serbia).

A5 is a motorway under construction that will link A1 with A2. The route starts at Pojate interchange near Ćićevac, passes Kruševac and Kraljevo and ends at Preljina interchange near Čačak. Construction of this stretch started in December 2019.

A8 motorway

A8 is a motorway that links the A3 motorway with the future Šabac-Loznica expressway. The route starts at the interchange near Ruma, passes Hrtkovci and ends near Šabac.

Planned motorways

DesignationRoutePlanned length
N/ALajkovac (A2 interchange) - Aranđelovac - Markovac (A1 interchange) - Svilajnac - Bor270km (170miles)[5]
Belgrade - Zrenjanin - Novi Sad (A1 interchange)113km (70miles)
Total422km (262miles)

Network expansion

Over 300 kilometers of new motorways have been constructed in the last decade and an additional 188km (117miles) are currently under construction including: A5 motorway (from Pojate to Preljina);[6] a 39km (24miles)-long segment of A2 (between Čačak and Požega);[7] [8] an 18km (11miles) section between Kuzmin and Sremska Rača.[9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us. 30 May 2024. Road of Serbia. English.
  2. Web site: List of state roads. 17 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Nastevski . Aleksandar . 2023-10-12 . Vlada usvojila uredbu o kategorizaciji državnih puteva i odluku o avio-linijama u javnom interesu . 2023-10-13 . NOVA portal . sr-RS.
  4. https://www.b92.net/biz/srbija/vesti/7203/uvedene-nove-kategorije-puteva-u-srbiji/vest Uredba DP IA i IM reda 2024
  5. Web site: 20 August 2019 . Serbia to get more than 200 kilometers of new highway, minister says .
  6. Web site: Почела градња Моравског коридора, од Појата до Прељине 112 километара ауто-пута. Serbia. RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. www.rts.rs. 2019-12-21.
  7. News: Potpisan komercijalni ugovor za auto-put Preljina–Požega. 26 June 2018. Radio Television of Serbia. 27 November 2017. Serbian.
  8. Web site: Serbia to invest 800 MLN euro in Morava Corridor motorway project. SeeNews.
  9. Web site: Vučić i Erdogan u Sremu: POČETAK RADOVA NA AUTOPUTU KUZMIN – SREMSKA RAČA! Sremskomitrovački portal. SMP. 2019-10-08. sr-RS. 2019-12-21.