Roads in Serbia are the backbone of its transportation system and an important part of the European road network. The total length of roads in the country is 45,419 km, and they are categorized as "state roads" (total length of 16,179 km) or "municipal roads" (total length of 23,780 km).[1] [2] All state roads in Serbia are maintained by the public, nation-wide, road construction company JP Putevi Srbije.
Major roads in the country are designated as "state roads", most of which are paved. They are categorized into class I and class II, each with two sub-classes, A and B.[3]
See main article: Motorways in Serbia. Roads that are motorways are categorized as state roads, class IA, and are marked with one-digit numbers (the "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4", "A5", "A6", "A7", "A8" and "A9" road designations represent "autoput", the Serbian word for motorway).[4] [5] As of June 2022, there are 937.3 km of motorways (Serbian: аутопут, Serbian: аutoput) in total. Motorways in Serbia have three lanes in each direction (including the hard shoulder), signs are white-on-green, and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h.
| Designation | Route | In service | Planned | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border with Hungary (Horgoš border crossing) - Novi Sad - Belgrade - Niš - Vranje - border with North Macedonia (Preševo border crossing) | 612.5 km | 612.5 km | ||||||
| Belgrade - Obrenovac - Lajkovac - Ljig - Gornji Milanovac - Preljina - Čačak - Požega - Arilje - Ivanjica - Boljare | 118.3 km | 258 km | ||||||
| Border with Croatia (Batrovci border crossing) - Belgrade | 95.4 km | 95.4 km | ||||||
| Niš - Pirot - Dimitrovgrad - border with Bulgaria (Gradina border crossing) | 105.4 km | 105.4 km | ||||||
| Pojate - Kruševac - Kraljevo - Preljina | 26.8 km | 110 km | ||||||
| Novi Sad - Zrenjanin - Belgrade | 0 km | 89.5 km[6] | ||||||
| Kuzmin (intersection with A3) - Bosut - Border with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Sremska Rača | 0 km | 18 km | ||||||
| Ruma (intersection with A3) - Hrtkovci - Šabac | 22.1 km | 22.1 km[7] | - | Bubanj Potok - Pančevo - Border with Romania | 0 km | km--> | ||
| N/A | Lajkovac (intersection with A2) - Aranđelovac - Mladenovac (intersection with A1) - Topola - Rača (intersection with A1) - Svilajnac - Despotovac - Bor[8] | 0 km | 270 km | |||||
| Total | 996 km | 1,706.8 km |
Roads categorized as state roads, class IB are 4,486 km in total length as of June 2022 and are marked with two-digit numbers. They have one lane in each direction, signs are black-on-yellow and the normal speed limit is 80 km/h.
Some of these roads are or will be partially expressways (Serbian: Брзи пут, Serbian: Brzi put), such as the 24 km-long stretch of State Road 24 between Kragujevac and Batočina (intersection with A1 motorway) and the planned upgrade of the 27 km-long section of State Road 21 between Novi Sad and Ruma (intersection with A1 motorway). Expressways, unlike motorways, do not have emergency lanes, signs are white-on-blue and the normal speed limit is 100 km/h.
Roads that partly or entirely lay in Kosovo (see Roads in Kosovo).
| Designation | Route | |
|---|---|---|
| Raška - border with Kosovo (Jarinje border crossing) - Leposavić - Mitrovica - Vučitrn - Pristina - Ferizaj - border with North Macedonia (Elez Han border crossing) | ||
| Ribariće - border with Kosovo (Vitkoviće border crossing) - Zubin Potok - Mitrovica | ||
| Border with Romania (Đerdap border crossing) - Kladovo - Negotin - Zaječar - Knjaževac - Svrljig - Niš - Merošina - Prokuplje - Kuršumlija - border with Kosovo (Merdare border crossing) - Podujevo - Pristina - Lipljan - Štimlje - Suva Reka - Prizren - border with Albania (Vërmica border crossing) | ||
| Pirot - Babušnica - Vlasotince - Leskovac - Lebane - Medveđa - border with Kosovo (Mutivode border crossing) - Pristina - Peja - border with Montenegro (Čakor border crossing) | ||
| Bujanovac (A1 motorway) - border with Kosovo (Končulj border crossing) - Gjilan - Ferizaj - Štimlje | ||
| Entirely in Kosovo (Dolac - Gjakova - border with Albania (Morinë border crossing)) |
State roads, class IIA, are marked with three-digit numbers, the first digit being 1 or 2. The total length of these roads is 7,799 km as of June 2022.
State roads, class IIB, are marked with three-digit numbers, first digit being 3 or 4. Total length of these roads is 3,156 km as of June 2022.
Minor, local roads in the country are designated as "municipal roads".[3] Total length of these roads is 23,780 km and some two-thirds are paved roads, while the rest are consisted of macadam and earthen roads.
The following European routes pass through Serbia: