A1 motorway (Serbia)
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Okrug ( District ):
- Severni Banat
- Severna Bačka
- Južna Bačka
- Srem
- City of Belgrade
- Podunavlje
- Šumadija
- Pomoravlje
- Rasina
- Nis
- Jablanica
- Pčinja
- In construction
- In planning
The Autoput A1 is a Serbian highway from the Hungarian border at Horgoš about Novi Sad, the Serbian capital Belgrade, the Macedonian border in Presevo. Referring to the European route number is the distance from Serbian authorities is also known as E 75. The highway is a section of the former Yugoslav Autoput Bratstvo i jedinstvo and thus part of the Pan-European Corridor X.
Up to renumbering of the Serbian road network in 2013, the Autoput consisted of two sections. The first section north of Belgrade was called Autoput M22, the second was part of Autoput M1.
Importance
The current highway from Horgos on the border with Hungary to Belgrade is one of the busiest roads in Serbia. Especially for the transit of Western Europe in the Middle East is the distance of great importance, not least because the transiting Slovenia, another way to Western Europe to reach, is more costly.
The section between Belgrade and Presevo on the border with Macedonia plays as part of the connecting Serbia with neighboring countries Croatia and Macedonia an important role and is also an important part of European travel and transit traffic. The track is, for example, used by many Greek tourists and diaspora Macedonians.
History
The history of Autoput A1 consists of the sections of Horgos to Belgrade and from Belgrade to Presevo. Up to renumbering of the Serbian road network in 2012, the sections wore different names. The first section was called Autoput M22, the second was part of Autoput M1.
Horgoš - Belgrade
Already in the reign of Djindjic, there were plans to expand the existing road to the highway. After the overthrow of the Milošević government started to develop the former highway from Belgrade to Horgoš. In 2001 the construction of the 78 kilometer stretch of Novi Sad to Belgrade. Early 2003, the highway was opened. With the assassination of Zoran Djindjic on 12 March 2003 this planning of the section was put on hold.
As of 2005, the plans were followed to complete the not yet finished, 106 km long stretch of Horgoš to Novi Sad. In a tender of the Serbian government in 2006, the Austrian construction companies Alpine Bau and Porr won the contract to build the highway worth more than one billion euros. The plan was initially the expansion of the existing road to a highway with two lanes of Horgoš to Novi Sad. Then the maintenance of the existing 78 km long highway between Novi Sad and Belgrade, as well as the planning and construction of a new motorway from Belgrade to Požega should follow in the length of 148 kilometers. Construction was planned for the spring of 2008, however, was not realized. The Serbian authorities accused the consortium to have the financial guarantees only to the end, but not for the entire five-year construction period ensured. Subsequently, the consortium submitted to the authorities a new offer and that the construction of a highway from Ostružnica to Čačak in the length of 115 km. In addition, the construction companies demanded guarantees of the Serbian state in terms of frequenting the project route, worth more than 200 million euros, an extension of the highway - building deadlines for four years, and the extension of the concession contract by five to 30 years. The National Council for Infrastructure under the chairmanship of President Boris Tadić said that the claims of the two construction companies " not in the interest of the citizens " and that there was therefore no reason for the entry into force of the agreement entered.
On 10 May 2009, the start of construction of Novi Sad to Horgos was. The tender won two national companies ( Putevi Beograd and Putevi Užice ), who applied after the departure of Alpine and Porr. On November 29, 2009, after one and a half years of construction, the first 20 kilometers (km 28-38 and km 98 to 108) were opened to traffic. The section from Subotica to the border was opened on 15 July 2011. The traffic handover of the part of Zmajevo to Subotica on 28 October 2011.
Belgrade beltway
The Autoput A1 is to be laid on the ring road after the completion of the 37.3 -long section of the Belgrade ring road between the motorway junctions and Dobanovci Bubanj Potok from the present, designed as a city highway highway section. The new stretch of motorway will allow after its completion the bypass around the city of Belgrade for the transit of the A1.
Belgrade - Presevo
Except for a 74- km-long gap between Grdelica and Levosoje ( Grdelička klisura ) the highway is now completely expanded to four lanes.
This gap exists because in 1970, when they started to build the Autoput, the route through the Grdelička klisura stipulated, but due to high costs, which were connected with the construction of a motorway, ruled from Leskovac a highway instead of a highway to build. The connection of the former industrial town of Leskovac and the transit through the Republic of Macedonia to Greece vacationers were decisive for the course of this route.
Since it is one of the busiest streets in South Eastern Europe with an annual traffic volume of over one million vehicles and six million travelers, it was necessary also to expand this section to a highway. So the end of 2006 was accompanied by the Greek Government an agreement to complete the construction of the highway to the Macedonian border. The cost of the remaining distance should be about 380 million euros, the Greek government ready made which 100 million euros. By investing Greece hopes to deepen the economic and bilaterialen relations with Serbia and to strengthen the relationship between Serbia and the EU. At the same time, a similar agreement was reached to allow the four-lane expansion of the Macedonian M1 Avtopat with Macedonia.
On 7 July 2009 the first of the new section from Levosoje was opened to Presevo. With the 22- km stretch was started in the summer of 2008 and a cost of 13.1 million euros. The 22 km -long section of Bujanovac on Levosoje to the Macedonian border was completed on 22 November 2013. Financial support was granted by the Hellenic section plan of the Greek government. On November 14, 2013, the 7.95 km long section between Donji Neradovac Srpska Kuca and was completed. It was from the Greek construction company actuator SA for 2.5 billion RSD (about 22 million euros ) was built.
Toll
The highway is a toll road up to the drive through Belgrade.