Motorways in Serbia

Motorways in Serbia are called auto-put (Serbian Cyrillic: 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-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").

  In service
  Under construction
  Planned

As of May 2023, there are 961.8 km (597.6 mi) 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]

Sign Route (in use) In service Planned
From Via To
 Border with Hungary (Horgoš border crossing) Novi Sad - Belgrade - Niš - Vranje border with North Macedonia (Preševo border crossing) 612.5 km (380.6 mi) 612.5 km (380.6 mi)
 Belgrade Surcin - Obrenovac - Lajkovac - Ljig - Gornji Milanovac - Preljina - Čačak Boljare 138.5 km (86.1 mi) 258 km (160 mi)
 Border with Croatia (Batrovci border crossing) Belgrade 95.4 km (59.3 mi) 95.4 km (59.3 mi)
 Niš Pirot - Dimitrovgrad border with Bulgaria (Gradina border crossing) 105.4 km (65.5 mi) 105.4 km (65.5 mi)
 Pojate Kruševac - Trstenik - Vrnjačka Banja - Kraljevo Preljina 16.9 km (10.5 mi) 112.4 km (69.8 mi)
 Novi Sad Zrenjanin Belgrade 0 km (0 mi) 89.5 km (55.6 mi)
 Kuzmin
( )		 Bosut Border with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Sremska Rača 0 km (0 mi) 18 km (11 mi)
 Ruma

( )

 Hrtkovci Šabac 22.1 km (13.7 mi) 22.1 km (13.7 mi)
 Bubanj Potok Pančevo Border with Romania near Vatin 0 km (0 mi) unknown
N/A Lajkovac
( )		 Aranđelovac - Mladenovac (intersection with A1) - Topola - Rača (intersection with A1) - Svilajnac - Despotovac Bor[4] 0 km (0 mi) 270 km (170 mi)
Total 996 km (619 mi) 1,606.5 km (998.2 mi)
The road sign informing the motorists they are travelling on an autoput

A1 motorway
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.

A1 motorway at Inđija interchange

A2 motorway
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
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
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
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.[5]

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
Designation Route Planned length
N/A Lajkovac (A2 interchange) - Aranđelovac - Markovac (A1 interchange) - Svilajnac - Bor 270 km (170 mi)[4]
 Belgrade - Zrenjanin - Novi Sad (A1 interchange) 113 km (70 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);[5] a 39 km (24 mi)-long segment of A2 (between Čačak and Požega);[6][7] an 18 km (11 mi) section between Kuzmin and Sremska Rača.[8]

See also

References
  1. "About Us". Road of Serbia. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. "List of state roads" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. Nastevski, Aleksandar (2023-10-12). "Vlada usvojila uredbu o kategorizaciji državnih puteva i odluku o avio-linijama u javnom interesu". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  4. "Serbia to get more than 200 kilometers of new highway, minister says". 20 August 2019.
  5. 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)
  6. "Potpisan komercijalni ugovor za auto-put Preljina–Požega". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  7. "Serbia to invest 800 MLN euro in Morava Corridor motorway project". SeeNews.
  8. SMP (2019-10-08). "Vučić i Erdogan u Sremu: POČETAK RADOVA NA AUTOPUTU KUZMIN – SREMSKA RAČA! | Sremskomitrovački portal" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
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