Adriatic–Ionian motorway

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• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Montenegro
• Albania
• Greece

The Adriatic- Ionian motorway (Croatian Jadransko - jonska Autocesta; Montenegrin: Jadransko - Jonski autoput ) is a future highway that will run along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, opening up the western part of the Balkan peninsula.

Course

It is planned to realize the route as a through highway. It begins in Trieste (Italy) and leads first through Slovenia to Rijeka in Croatia. The majority in Croatia is formed by the A1 motorway. In the vicinity of Dubrovnik, the Adriatic- Ionian highway through Bosnia - Herzegovina Trebinje is led to Montenegro. There she is Podgorica north of Lake Skadar in Albania and then continued on about Durres towards Greece. In Greece, the route will then run through Ioannina and Patras to Kalamata endpoint.

The route is considered by the countries of Croatia, Montenegro and Albania as an important infrastructure project, but it has not been considered so far by the EU in the Pan-European transport corridors. These countries have therefore started an initiative to obtain additional funding to implement.

Italy

From the starting point Trieste the existing feeder road RA13 RA14 and Slovenian borders are part of the route of the Adriatic- Ionian motorway. The RA14 is continued from the Slovenian motorway A3.

Slovenia

The Slovenian part starts with the already existing motorway A3 from the Italian border at Sežana to A1. The other route is not planned yet, but will lead to the Croatian border at Jelšane, since there the connection to the Croatian motorway A7 is made. Until the completion of this section of road is led by a national road.

Croatia

So far, Croatia has made ​​the most progress in its segment with the completion of major parts of the A7 and A1. The end of 2013 (opening of the missing 11 km to the motorway interchange Ploce (Mali Prolog )) are a total of 393 km from the Slovenian border at Rupa be in operation or even 514 km ( interruption ) when the distance from the motorway junction Orehovica in Rijeka on A6/Bosiljevo / A1 to Žuta Lokva takes to complete.

The A7 is from the Slovenian border at Rupa to Matulji including the bypass of Rijeka ( Matulji - Križišće, 26 km) completed ( 42 km). It is planned to extend the A7 in the medium term to the A1 at Žuta Lokva (56 km). Until the completion of this section of the road either the indirect route to the A1 via the A6 needs ( from intersection Orehovica near Rijeka to Žuta Lokva total of 135 km), or the direct route (from Orehovica via Senj to Žuta Lokva, approximately 83 km) on the bypass of Rijeka ( 14 km) and national highway D8 (known as " Adriatic coast road " or Jadranska Magistrala 69 km) take.

The A1 ends at the time at Vrgorac near the town of Ploce. The section (11 km) to the motorway junction Ploce (Mali Prolog ) is completed in 2013. The still follows the four-lane road (about 15 km in operation in late 2013, including 10 km already completed ) to the Adriatic coastal road or Jadranska Magistrala at Ploce ( cross street Čeveljuša ), which currently acts as A1. The further course to Slivno is probably Metković in the planning stage. South of Slivno follows the already mentioned interruption of the Croatian territory on the mainland by Bosnian - Herzegovinian territory ( Neum ).

To date, there are no concrete plans for the continuation of the highway through Bosnia - Herzegovina (about 5-6 km). Started in 2007 with the construction of the Peljesac Bridge, which would make a crossing of Bosnia - Herzegovina superfluous. It is unclear whether it is part of the A1.

The rest of the A1 Doli to Dubrovnik is planned finished (about 35 km). The A1 will end according to the current planning near Osojnik on the border with Bosnia - Herzegovina. Construction of this section is unknown.

Bosnia - Herzegovina

It has long been unclear whether the Adriatic- Ionian motorway, Bosnia - Herzegovina is performed or whether it is in Croatia in Dubrovnik over the airport Dubrovnik continued directly to the Montenegrin border at Debeli Brijeg.

After recording has been assumed in the Transport Development Plan for Montenegro in 2020 by planning a route over Bosnia - Herzegovina, the exact location of the future border crossing between Bosnia - Herzegovina and Montenegro has now also set. The point of contact between Bosnia - Herzegovina and Montenegro should be between Aranđelovac (BiH ) and Nudo (Montenegro). But no concrete plans for the route in Bosnia and Herzegovina do not yet exist. But it will definitely lead along near the city of Trebinje.

Montenegro

After the specification of the route of the Adriatic-Ionian highway through Bosnia - Herzegovina and the plans for the route in Montenegro have now become more concrete. These plans have already been included in the Montenegrin transport development plan by 2020.

The Grahovo - Bozaj motorway will form the Montenegrin part of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway. The highway we thus start at the Bosnian-Herzegovinian border near Nudo at Grahovo. The highway will be north of the Bay of Kotor to Podgorica and then continue to the Skadar Lake.

Since the construction of the motorway Bar - Boljare or the extension of this to Belgrade is currently important for Montenegro and are only very limited funds available due to the economic situation in Montenegro, is not expected to start up in the highway Grahovo - Bozaj in the near future. Anyway, you can still assume that the highway is already under construction, as a cca 15 km long route to Podgorica, together with the Bar - Boljare highway.

Albania

Albania has already (consisting mainly of SH1 and SH4 ) completed a large part of its north-south corridor to connect with Montenegro and Greece. This north-south corridor is also part of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway, allowing only two sections have not been completed. These sections cover the distance from the Montenegrin border to Shkodra (Han i Hotit - Shkodër, about 31 km) and parts of the route between Levan and Tepelenë ( about 70 km). These two sections are completed as a dual carriageway.

Large parts of the track are currently only as a two-lane road (called " superstradë " ) instead of the proposed four-lane highway (called " autostradë " ) expanded. However, parts of the route are already expanded. The remaining parts will remain in the future only two-lane highways (eg Han - i Hotit Shkodër and levan Tepelenë - Gjirokastër ).

Greece

Greece is building its sections of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway: core pieces are firstly the " Ionia Odos " (A5 ) of Ioannina on the Rio - Antirrio bridge to Patras and on the other a highway from Patras via Pyrgos Tsakona (East Peloponnese highway). The final leg to Kalamata, the end point of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway, forming a portion of the A7.

The original plans before saw to build a highway with a length of about 46 km from the Albanian border at Kakavia to Ioannina or up to a motorway junction with the A2. The plans are currently suspended. The section Kakavia - Kalpaki - Ioannina is as developed, partly new trassierte National Road ( EO) 20 and National Road ( EO) 22 in operation

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