D3 motorway (Czech Republic)

The D3 motorway (Czech: Dálnice D3) is a highway in the Czech Republic. Currently only the middle segment of the route is in operation; when complete, it will run from Prague via Tábor and České Budějovice to the Czech-Austrian border at Dolní Dvořiště. It is part of the European route E55.

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D3 Motorway
Dálnice D3
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Route information
Part of European route E55
Length70 km (43 mi)
Planned: 172 km (107 mi)
Major junctions
From D0 in Prague
To S10 border with Austria near Dolní Dvořiště
Location
CountryCzech Republic
RegionsCentral Bohemian, South Bohemian
Major citiesTábor, České Budějovice
Highway system

The D3 motorway in the South Bohemian Region towards the Austrian border should be completed by 2025.[1] Completion of D3 in the Central Bohemian Region is planned by 2028, however its designed course through the Lower Sázava landscape is still objected and opposed by environmental and citizens associations.

Course

Once completed, the 172-kilometre-long (107 mi) highway will connect the Czech capital Prague with the Austrian Mühlviertel Expressway (S10) to Linz. As of December 2019 only 69.6 km (43.2 mi) of the highway are in operation, a section from Mezno to Úsilné (near to České Budějovice), while a further 28.2 km (17.5 mi) from Úsilné to Kaplice are currently under construction. The most controversial and disputed section is the planned segment in the Central Bohemian Region.

A 24.0-kilometre-long (14.9 mi) section from Dolní Třebonín to the border with Austria on the other side of the future S10 expressway was initially planned to be built as an expressway (Czech: rychlostní silnice) as well, however on 1 January 2016, the category of expressways (R) was abolished in Czechia, so it is counted as part of the D3 motorway.

Unfinished sections
Section Length Start of construction Completion
Praha – Jílové u Prahy 9,51 km planned 2024[2] planned 2028[2]
Jílové u Prahy – Hostěradice 4,49 km
Hostěradice – Václavice 11,29 km
Václavice – Voračice 16,70 km
Voračice – Nová Hospoda 16,45 km
Úsilné – Hodějovice 7,2 km 04/2019[3] 2024[3]
Hodějovice – Dolní Třebonín 12,5 km 03/2019[4] 2023[4]
Dolní Třebonín – Kaplice-nádraží 8,5 km 02/2022[5] planned 2024[5]
Kaplice-nádraží – Nažidla 12,0 km planned 2023 planned 2025
Nažidla – border with Austria 3,5 km planned 2023 planned 2025

Images

References
  1. "ŘSD může dostavět padesát metrů dálnice D3, vyvlastnění pozemku platí". iDNES.cz. 4 February 2019.
  2. ŘSD: Ředitelství silnic a dálnic pokračuje s přípravou středočeské části dálnice D3
  3. https://mapapp.rsd.cz/Upload/Stavby/39/infoletak_d3-usilne-hodejovice.pdf
  4. "Directorate of roads and highways" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-13.
  5. https://mapapp.rsd.cz/Upload/Stavby/48/infoletak_d3-trebonin-kaplice.pdf

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