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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 or two digit numbers. Motorways in Serbia are controlled-access, toll roads, which 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").
As of July 2026, there are 1,066 km (662 mi) of motorways in service (excluding Kosovo).[1]
List of motorways
[edit]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 | |||
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Border with Hungary (Horgoš border crossing) | Novi Sad - Belgrade - Niš - Vranje | border with North Macedonia (Preševo border crossing) | 582.9 km (362.2 mi) | 582.9 km (362.2 mi) |
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Belgrade | Surčin - Obrenovac - Lajkovac - Ljig - Gornji Milanovac - Preljina - Čačak - Požega | Boljare | 150.2 km (93.3 mi) | 270 km (170 mi) |
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Border with Croatia (Batrovci border crossing) | Sremska Mitrovica - Ruma | Belgrade
( |
95.4 km (59.3 mi) | 95.4 km (59.3 mi) |
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Niš
( |
Pirot - Dimitrovgrad | border with Bulgaria (Gradina border crossing) | 105.4 km (65.5 mi) | 105.4 km (65.5 mi) |
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Pojate
( |
Kruševac - Trstenik - Vrnjačka Banja - Kraljevo | Preljina
( |
102.3 km (63.6 mi) | 115.2 km (71.6 mi) |
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Novi Sad | Zrenjanin | Belgrade | 0 km (0 mi) | 105 km (65 mi) |
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Kuzmin (   ) |
Bosut | Border with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Sremska Rača | 0 km (0 mi) | 18 km (11 mi) |
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Ruma
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Hrtkovci | Šabac | 24.5 km (15.2 mi) | 24.5 km (15.2 mi) |
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Bubanj Potok
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Pančevo | Border with Romania near Vatin | 0 km (0 mi) | 65 km (40 mi) |
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Požega
( |
Užice | Border with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Kotroman | 0 km (0 mi) | 61 km (38 mi) |
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Pančevo
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Borča | Batajnica
( |
0 km (0 mi) | 31km (19.2 mi) |
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Niš
( |
Merošina - Prokuplje - Kuršumlija | Merdare | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) | 77 km (48 mi) |
| Total | 1,066.2 km (662.5 mi) | 1,550.4 km (963.4 mi) | |||
A1 motorway
[edit]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
[edit]A2 is a motorway under construction that will link Belgrade with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The route passes Obrenovac, Čačak, Požega, Užice and ends at Kotroman (at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina), and ends at Boljare (at the border with Montenegro).
As of 2025, the Pakovraće - Požega section has been completed, with Požega - Boljare section in planning.
A3 motorway
[edit]A3 runs from Batrovci border crossing with Croatia, passing Sremska Mitrovica and Ruma and ends at Dobanovci interchange near Belgrade.
A4 motorway
[edit]A4 is a motorway that connects the A1 motorway near Niš to Gradina border crossing with Bulgaria, part of European route E80.
A5 motorway
[edit]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.[4]
A8 motorway
[edit]A8 is a motorway that links the A3 motorway with Šabac-Loznica expressway. The route starts at the interchange near Ruma, passes Hrtkovci and ends near Šabac.
Motorway under construction
[edit]| Designation | Section | Length | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
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Vrba - Adrani | 12.9 km (8.0 mi) | September/October 2026 |
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Ovča - Zrenjanin | 105 km (65 mi) | N/A |
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Kuzmin (A3 interchange) - Sremska Rača border crossing | 18 km (11 mi) | 2026 |
| Total | 135.9 km (84.4 mi) |
Planned motorways
[edit]| Designation | Route | Planned length |
|---|---|---|
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Požega - Boljare (border with Montenegro) | 107 km (66 mi) |
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Belgrade - Zrenjanin - Novi Sad (A1 interchange) | 113 km (70 mi) |
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Belgrade (A1 interchange) - Vršac - Vatin (border with Romania) | |
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Kotroman (border with Bosnia and Herzegovina - Užice - Požega (A2 interchange) | |
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Batajnica (A1 interchange) - Pančevo (A9 interchange) | |
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Merdare (border with Kosovo) - Prokuplje - Niš (A1 interchange) | |
| Total | 490 km (300 mi) |
Network expansion
[edit]Over 300 kilometers of new motorways have been constructed in the last decade and an additional 135.9 kilometres (84.4 mi) are currently under construction including: a 12.9 km (8.0 mi) long segment of A5 (from Pojate to Preljina);[4] an 18 km (11 mi) section between Kuzmin and Sremska Rača.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "O nama". Road of Serbia (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ↑ "List of state roads" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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) - ↑ 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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