Adriatic Highway
The Adriatic highway ( German: Adriatic coast road or Adriatic Highway ) also Jadranska turistička cesta ( German: Adriatic tourist road ) is located on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and is part of European route 65
The largest part of the coast road runs through Croatia and Montenegro, but small parts are also located in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. The winding Adriatic highway was built in the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century and is considered one of the most beautiful and picturesque coastal roads worldwide. Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the road between Škofije (border crossing towards Trieste ) and Petrovac na moru wore the name M2; the southernmost section to Ulcinj the name M2 - fourth This road numbers are available on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro still; in Slovenia and Croatia, they were replaced by a new numbering, isolated but still one finds the historical milestones.
Today also there is a motorway link between Rijeka and about Dugopolje Sestanovac (near Makarska ) to Ploce ( A1, A6 and A7). The completion of another section to Dubrovnik is planned.
Due to construction work and reclassifications, the total length of the Adriatic highway over the years changed regularly. 1964 its length was reported to be 1035 kilometers.
Sections
Adriatic highway begins near Trieste in Italy and leads to Ulcinj in Montenegro. More than half of the road is located in Croatia and a quarter in Montenegro. Small parts are located at the Slovenian border towns (Koper ) and Bosnia and Herzegovina near Neum.
Slovenia
The original, historic Adriatic highway begins at the border crossing Škofije between Trieste and Koper and thus also leads to around 32 km through Slovenia. Between Italian border and Koper she was practically entirely replaced by the toll expressway H5 and part of the A1 motorway. The remaining portion and also the greatest part is called 111 and has only one lane in each direction.
Croatia
In Istria, the highway continues below the present street name continues D21 towards Pula, the southernmost part of this section is A8 and A9 become virtually meaningless by the parallel leading highways and as Gespanschaftstraße No. 5073 today only serves the local traffic. A very scenic section lists full of Pula D66 about the places Rasa, Labin and Plomin and through the historic seaside resort Lovran and Opatija to Rijeka. The Istrian part of the Adriatic highway is thus 179 km long.
The largest part of the Croatian section bears the official name of D8. This starts at Rijeka, via Senj, Zadar, Sibenik, Split and Dubrovnik Opuzen to the border with Montenegro. The road length of D8 is 658 km.
Bosnia - Herzegovina
Over a distance of about 9.3 km, the Magistrala leads Neum through the territory of Bosnia - Herzegovina. In this section, though the road number M2 is preserved, but not the old chainage.
Montenegro
In Montenegro, the Adriatic highway leads as M2 from Herceg Novi after Kamenari, where a ferry across the strait Verige, the narrowest point of the Bay of Kotor, leads across to Lepetane. However, the 42 km long road that leads around about Risan, Perast and Kotor around the bay while also carries road number M2 has, on its own kilometer. The actual Jadranska Magistrala consists of Lepetane continues through Tivat and Budva to Petrovac. While the M2 and the European route continue here 65 inland towards Podgorica, the Adriatic highway is still as M2 -4 continued on Bar to Ulcinj.