Roads in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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 2020 is 9,110 km (5,660 mi), and they are categorized as motorways (total length of 218 km (135 mi)), main (total length of 4,237 km (2,633 mi)) and regional (total length of 4,655 km (2,892 mi)).[1]
Motorways
The primary high-speed motorways are called autoceste or autoputevi/аутопутеви, public road specially built and intended exclusively for motor vehicle traffic, which is marked as a motorway with a prescribed traffic sign, has two physically separated lanes for traffic from opposite directions with at least two lanes and a lane for forced stopping of vehicles, without intersection with transverse roads and railways or tramways at the same level and in whose traffic it can be included or excluded only by a certain and specially built connecting public road to the appropriate lane of the motorway. They are marked with a special road sign, similar to the road sign depicting a motorway/autoroute/autobahn in other parts of Europe. Motorways in Bosnia and Herzegovina are defined by the Ministry of Traffic and Communications of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ministry of Transport and Communications of Republika Srpska.[2][3]
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian motorway network is 233.4 km (145.0 mi) long as of 2022.
Motorways and sections
| Motorway | Route | Length (in 2022) |
Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Croatian border - Odžak - Doboj - Zenica - Sarajevo - Mostar - Croatian border | 127.5 km (79.2 mi) | The A1 starts on border of Croatia near Svilaj and runs south to Odžak where it ends right next to the entity border. The only part of the highway that passes through Republika Srpska starts at the Johovac junction, with a crossing towards the Banja Luka - Doboj Highway, and ends at the Rudanka junction. The motorway continues north of Zenica, which also serves as a bypass, and passes west of Sarajevo, with which the bypass is directly connected. The end of the middle part is in Bradina. South part starts at Međugorje and ends on border with Croatia near Bijača. The motorway follows the Vc corridor along the entire route.[4][5] | Several sections are under constructions or planned to connect four separate parts. |
| Autoput Gradiška - Banja Luka | Gradiška - Laktaši - Banja Luka | 33.7 km (20.9 mi) | The Motorway Gradiška - Banja Luka starts on border of Croatia near Gradiška and follows a route of E661. The highway passes through the Laktaši interchange with the highway towards Doboj, after which it ends north of Banja Luka.[6] | |
| Autoput Banja Luka - Doboj | Laktaši - Prnjavor - Doboj | 72.2 km (44.9 mi) | The route of Motorway Banja Luka - Doboj starts at Laktaši interchange after which goes beside Prnjavor and ends in Johovac junction connecting A1. Also known as: Motorway of January 9th.[7] |
Motorway sections under construction
| Motorway | Entity | Length[8][9] | Section | Description | Scheduled completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | FBiH | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) | Poprikuše - Nemila | The 3,659-kilometer Golubinja tunnel, two bridges, two viaducts, the Poprikuša interchange and the Traffic Control Center will be built.[10] | Mid-2024[10] |
| 5.7 km (3.5 mi) | Nemila - Vranduk | Viaduct, underpasses under the highway, relocation of the main road M-17 in the length of 3.6 km and regulation of the riverbed of the river Bosna in the length of 3 km. | February 2024[11] | ||
| 5.3 km (3.3 mi) | Vranduk - Ponirak | One tunnel, two bridges, three viaducts.[12] | April 2023[12][13] | ||
| 3.2 km (2.0 mi) | Ponirak - Vraca | The 2,475-kilometer Zenica tunnel.[14] | June 2023[14][13] | ||
| 7.2 km (4.5 mi) | Buna - Počitelj | The section is completed but it will be open with adjacent sections. | Mid-2021[2] | ||
| 11.1 km (6.9 mi) | Počitelj - Zvirovići | One bridge.[15] | Summer 2023[16] | ||
| RS | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) | Rudanka - Putnikovo brdo 2 | Two tunnels and one bridge.[17] | End of 2024[17][18] | |
| Autoput Banja Luka - Novi Grad | 40.6 km (25.2 mi) | Banja Luka - Prijedor | 23 overpasses, ten underpasses, nine bridges.[19] | End of 2024[19] | |
| Autoput Vukosavlje - Rača |
20.0 km (12.4 mi) | Bijeljina - Rača | September 2025[20] | ||
| RS Brčko |
33.0 km (20.5 mi) | Vukosavlje - Brčko | August 2025[21] |
Planned motorway sections
| Motorway | Entity | Length | Section | Notes[8][9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autocesta Tuzla - Orašje | FBiH | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) | Maoča - Tuzla | Preparatory activities for construction in progress |
| A1 | 8.5 km (5.3 mi) | Putnikovo brdo - Medakovo | Tender procedure in progress | |
| 21.7 km (13.5 mi) | Medakovo - Ozimica | Tender procedure in progress | ||
| 12.8 km (8.0 mi) | Ozimica - Poprikuše | Preparatory activities for construction in progress | ||
| 10.5 km (6.5 mi) | Ivan - Ovčari | Preparatory activities for construction in progress | ||
| 11.0 km (6.8 mi) | Ovčari - Prenj | Preparatory activities for construction in progress | ||
| 12.0 km (7.5 mi) | Prenj tunnel | Preparatory activities for construction in progress | ||
| 13.0 km (8.1 mi) | Prenj - Mostar north | Preparatory activities for construction in progress | ||
| 14.2 km (8.8 mi) | Mostar north - Mostar south | Preparatory activities for construction in progress | ||
| 9.2 km (5.7 mi) | Mostar south - Kvanj tunnel | Tender procedure in progress | ||
| 5.2 km (3.2 mi) | Kvanj tunnel - Buna | Tender procedure in progress | ||
| RS | 35.2 km (21.9 mi) | Johovac - Orašje | There are no detailed plans, just an announcement | |
| Autoput Banja Luka - Novi Grad | 40.6 km (25.2 mi) | Prijedor - Novi Grad | There are no detailed plans, just an announcement | |
| Autoput Banja Luka - Mliništa | 95.0 km (59.0 mi) | Banja Luka - Mliništa | There are no detailed plans, just an announcement | |
| Autoput Vukosavlje - Rača | Brčko RS |
17.0 km (10.6 mi) | Brčko - Bijeljina | Preparatory activities for construction in progress |
Expressways
Currently there is no expressways in use, but several are planned.
List of planned expressways:[8][22]
| Entity | Route | Length |
|---|---|---|
| FBiH | Prača - Goražde | 19.5 km (12.1 mi) |
| Lašva - Nević Polje | 24.5 km (15.2 mi) | |
| Bihać - Cazin - Kladuša - border crossing (Croatia) | 72.2 km (44.9 mi) | |
| Mostar north - Široki Brijeg - border crossing (Croatia) | 11.6 km (7.2 mi) | |
| Lašva - Travnik - Jajce | 10.8 km (6.7 mi) | |
| RS | Prijedor - Kozarska Dubica | — |
| Kotor Varoš - Čelinac - Banja Luka | ||
| Sarajevo - Sokolac - Višegrad | ||
| Stolac - Ljubinje - Trebinje - border crossing (Montenegro) | ||
| Bijeljina - Zvornik - Foča - Trebinje |
References
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- ^ a b "Zakon o cestama Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine" [Law on Roads of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina] (PDF). Advokat Prnjavorac (in Bosnian and Croatian). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Zakon o javnim putevima" [Law on Public Roads] (PDF). Advokat Prnjavorac (in Serbian). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Autocesta A1" [Motorway A1]. JP Autoceste FBiH (in Bosnian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Кoridor Vc u Republici Srpskoj" [Corridor Vc in Republic of Srpska]. Autoputevi RS (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Gradiška - Banja Luka" [Gradiška - Banja Luka]. Autoputevi RS (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Autoput "9. januar", Banja Luka - Doboj" [Motorway "January 9th", Banja Luka - Doboj]. Autoputevi RS (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Plan gradnje" [Construction plan]. JP Autoceste FBiH (in Bosnian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Projekti" [Projects]. Autoputevi RS (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Pogledajte kako će izgledati: Počinje izgradnja dionice Poprikuše - Nemila" [See what it will look like: Construction of the Poprikuša - Nemila section is starting]. Faktor (in Bosnian). 14 November 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Probijeni rokovi na trasi od Zenice ka Žepču" [Deadlines have been breached on the route from Zenica to Žepče]. akta (in Bosnian). 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Mostovi, tunel i tri vijadukta: Počela priprema za gradnju dionice Vranduk - Ponirak" [Bridges, tunnel and three viaducts: Preparations for the construction of the Vranduk - Ponirak section have begun]. Faktor (in Bosnian). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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- ^ a b "Kreće izgradnja još jedne dionice Koridora 5C" [The construction of another section of Corridor 5C is underway]. Biznisinfo (in Bosnian). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Završetak radova na poddionici Počitelj - Zvirovići se očekuje sljedeće godine" [Completion of works on the subsection Počitelj - Zvirovići is expected next year]. ljubuski.info (in Croatian). 5 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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- ^ a b "Puštanje u saobraćaj trase Rudanka-Tovira sredinom 2022. - Uskoro tender za izgradnju treće dionice Koridora 5C kroz RS" [Commissioning of the Rudanka-Tovira route in mid-2022 - Tender for the construction of the third section of Corridor 5C through RS soon]. eKapija (in Bosnian). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Predsjednik Vlade stigao na gradilište: Obilazak Koridora "Vc"" [Prime Minister arrives at the construction site: Tour of Corridor "Vc"]. BL Portal (in Serbian). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Uvezivanje ekonomije i privlačenje investitora: Šta nam donosi budući autoput Banja Luka-Prijedor?" [Connecting the economy and attracting investors: What does the future Banja Luka-Prijedor highway bring us?]. ATV (in Serbian). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Počela gradnja dionice auto-puta Rača-Bijeljina" [Construction of the Rača-Bijeljina highway section has begun]. RTRS (in Serbian). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Spajanje Banjaluke i Beograda - počela izgradnja auto-puta Vukosavlje - Brčko" [Connecting Banja Luka and Belgrade - the construction of the Vukosavlje - Brčko highway has begun]. RTRS (in Serbian). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Karta autoputeva, magistralnih i regionalnih puteva Republike Srpske" [Map of motorways, highways and regional roads of the Republic of Srpska]. Autoputevi RS (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
