Montenegro has had a motorway since July 13, 2022, when the first section of the Bar-Boljare motorway was inaugurated.
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On Montenegrin motorways, the speed-limit is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). [1]
Montenegro has had a motorway since July 13, 2022, when the first section of the Bar-Boljare motorway was inaugurated.
On Montenegrin motorways, the speed-limit is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). [1]
The Belgrade–Bar motorway, also known in Serbian and Montenegrin as Аутопут Београд–Бар (Autoput Beograd–Bar) will measure 445 kilometres (277 mi) and be part of the European route E763 (E763). Construction has already begun in Serbia as the A2 motorway with a length of 103.1 kilometres (64.1 mi), as well as in Montenegro (Smokovac–Mateševo). The whole motorway in Montenegro from Bar to the border with Serbia in Boljare will be 165.2 kilometres (102.7 mi). It is a challenging project, which has been divided into five component parts (dionica). It will have a total of 42 tunnels and 92 bridges. The first part of construction is financed as public–private partnership project and the contractor was the Chinese company CRBC. The Smokovac–Mateševo section of motorway cost approximately €1 billion. [2] The motorway is subjected to a toll payment like in other countries of the former Yugoslavia. For the currently open section - 41 kilometres (25 mi) - the toll for passenger vehicles is 3.50 euros. [3] At the beginning of 2022, the Ministry of Capital Investments announced the development of a conceptual project for the second section, from Mateševo to Andrijevica, whose deadline for development is the end of the year. The preliminary estimated value of the construction of this of 23.5 km (14.6 miles) long section is €552.5 million. [4] The Minister of Capital Investments, Ervin Ibrahimović, announced in an interview on January 8, 2023 that the next section of the highway to be built will be Mateševo–Andrijevica, with the selection of the contractor and supervision in 2025. [5]
| Part no. | Route | Total length (km) | In service (km) | Under construction (km) | Performance phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Đurmani–Virpazar | 11.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
| 2 | Virpazar–Farmaci–Smokovac (Podgorica By-Pass) | 38.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
| 3A | Smokovac–Veruša–Uvač | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | Opened in 7/2022 [6] |
| 3B | Uvač–Mateševo | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| 4A | Mateševo–Andrijevica | 23.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned begin 2025 |
| 4B | Andrijevica–Berane | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
| 5 | Berane–Boljare | 41.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
The planned Adriatic–Ionian motorway at around 100 kilometres (62 mi) long should link both Montenegro with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the west and in the east its capital Podgorica with Albania. From there it may continue through Albania and further reach Greece. A part of the Podgorica's bypass, around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in length, may be shared with the Bar–Boljare motorway.
Andrijevica is a town in Montenegro in the northern region and it is the seat of Andrijevica Municipality. According to the 2023 Census of Montenegro, it had a population of 988.
The Andrijevica Municipality is located in northern Montenegro. Its center is the town of Andrijevica and its territory, which covers an area of 340 km2, is surrounded by the Komovi, Bjelasica and Accursed Mountains ranges. In 2023, the Andrijevica Municipality had a population of 3,910.
Mateševo is a village in northern Montenegro, within Kolašin Municipality. The 2003 census put the population at 97.
Belgrade–Bar motorway is a future motorway that will connect the Serbian capital of Belgrade and Bar, Montenegro's main seaport. Italy, Montenegro and Serbia are lobbying to list the route with Pan-European corridors, and it is frequently referred to as part of proposed Corridor XI, or 4B – an envisioned motorway/ferry corridor linking Bari, Bar, Belgrade and Bucharest.
Motorways in Serbia are called auto-put, 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, signs are white-on-green, and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph). They are maintained and operated by the national road operator company JP "Putevi Srbije".
The A2 motorway, called the Miloš the Great Motorway is a motorway in Serbia under construction. When complete, it will span approximately 258 kilometers (160 mi). It begins in Belgrade and runs southward to Čačak and Požega, then going further south towards Montenegro ending at the future Boljare border crossing, and west towards Bosnia and Herzegovina ending at the future Kotroman border crossing.
Adriatic–Ionian motorway or the Blue Corridor, is a future motorway that will stretch along the entire eastern shore of the Adriatic and Ionian seas, spanning the western coast of the Balkan Peninsula from Italy in the north through Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania to Greece in the south.
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The A-1 motorway, called Princess Xenia motorway, named after the Princess Xenia of Montenegro, first female driver in Balkans, is a motorway in Montenegro. This motorway is also known as the Bar-Boljare motorway. In 2022, the first part of the motorway was open for public traffic, from Smokovac near Podgorica to Mateševo near Kolašin.
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Roads in Bosnia and Herzegovina are the most important traffic branch in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an important part of the European road network. Roads are built, maintained and supervised by companies run by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska. The total length of roads in the country as of 2022 is 8,850 km (5,500 mi), and they are categorized as motorways, main and regional.
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