Roads in Serbia
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.
State roads
Major roads in the country are designated as "state roads", all of which are paved. They are categorized into class I and class II, each with two sub-classes, A and B.[3]
State roads, class IA
Roads that are motorways are categorized as state roads, class IA, and are marked with one-digit numbers (the "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4" or "A5" road designations represent "autoput", the Serbian word for motorway).[4] As of November 2019, there are 891 km of motorways (Serbian: аутопут, аutoput) in total.[5] 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 | Planned | In service |
|---|---|---|---|
 A1 |
Border with Hungary near Horgoš - Subotica - Novi Sad - Belgrade (Belgrade bypass) - Niš - Leskovac - Vranje - Border with North Macedonia near Preševo | 588 km | 588 km |
 A2 |
Belgrade (intersection with A1) - Preljina (intersection with A5) near Čačak - Požega - Border with Montenegro near Boljare | 258 km | 120 km |
 A3 |
Belgrade (intersection with A1) - Sremska Mitrovica - Border with Croatia near Batrovci | 93 km | 93 km |
 A4 |
Niš (intersection with A1) - Pirot - Border with Bulgaria near Gradinje | 107 km | 107 km |
 A5 |
Preljina (intersection with A2) near Čačak - Kraljevo - Kruševac - Pojate (intersection with A1) | 112 km | 0 km |
| N/A | Lajkovac (intersection with A2) - Aranđelovac - Mladenovac (intersection with A1) - Topola - Rača (intersection with A1) - Svilajnac - Despotovac - Bor[6] | 270 km | 0 km |
| N/A | Kuzmin (intersection with A3) - Bosut - Border with Bosnia and Herzegovina near Sremska Rača | 18 km | 0 km |
| N/A | Ruma (intersection with A3) - Hrtkovci - Šabac | 21 km | 0 km |
| Total | 1,501 km | 924 km |
State roads, class IB
Roads categorized as state roads, class IB are 4,481 km in total length and are marked with two-digit numbers.[7] They have one lane at the 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, 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.
State roads, class IIA
State roads, class IIA, are marked with three-digit numbers, the first digit being 1 or 2. The total length of these roads is 7,781 km.[8]
State roads, class IIB
State roads, class IIB, are marked with three-digit numbers, first digit being 3 or 4. Total length of these roads is 3,160 km.[9]
Municipal roads
Minor, local roads in the country are designated as "municipal roads".[10] 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.
European routes
The following European routes pass through Serbia:
E65: Rožaje, Montenegro – Tutin – Mitrovica – Pristina – Elez Han, Kosovo – Skopje, North Macedonia.
E70: Slavonski Brod, Croatia – Šid – Belgrade – Vršac – Timișoara, Romania.
E75: Szeged, Hungary – Subotica – Novi Sad – Beška Bridge – Belgrade – Niš – Leskovac – Vranje – Preševo – Kumanovo, North Macedonia.
- section from border with Hungary to border with Northern Macedonia is built to motorway standards.
E80: Rožaje, Montenegro – Peć – Pristina, Kosovo – Prokuplje – Niš – Niška Banja – Pirot – Dimitrovgrad – Sofia, Bulgaria.
E662: Subotica – Sombor – Bezdan – Osijek, Croatia.
E761: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Užice – Čačak – Kraljevo – Kruševac – Pojate – Paraćin – Zaječar.
E763: Belgrade – Čačak – Nova Varoš – Bijelo Polje, Montenegro.
E771: Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania – Zaječar – Niš.
Notes
- Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.
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