R4 expressway (Czech Republic)
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Kraj:
- City of Prague
- Central Bohemian Region
- South Bohemian Region
- In construction
- In planning
The Rychlostní silnice 4 (R4, German freeway 4) is a highway in the Czech Republic, which goes from Prague to Nová Hospoda at Pisek. Your planned total length will amount to approximately 86 km. Currently (September 2010) are about 50 km in operation, of which 41 km are expanded as a highway. At 32 kilometers, it is forbidden to drive a four-lane expressway with a top speed of 130 km / hr. On the entire route vignette and toll charges apply.
Architectural History
In the 1970s the first 9.5 km was built between Prague and Jíloviště. However, these are not expanded as a highway. A 32 km long extension to Skalka was then built up in the 1980s as a highway. On 19 November 2007, the grade-separated junction between I/20 and R4 was completed in Nová Hospoda near Strakonice.
On 22 April 2008 the construction of the 5.88 km -long section was Mirotice - Třebkov and connection of R4 to the I/20 begun. The section was opened on 16 September 2010. The construction costs for this section amounted to CZK 1.1 billion (approx. EUR 45 million )
In the years 2010 to 2012, the sections Skalka - connecting road II/118 (4.79 km, establishing July 2009 to June 2011, cost CZK 825 million / approximately 33 million euros. ), Lety - Čimelice ( 2.59 km, completion 10/2012 cost 585 million CZK / approx 23 million euros ), as well as Vimperk - are built Solná Lhota ( 4,5 km, I / 4, 2 lanes). . Mirotice ( 8.46 km, completed in 2014, cost 2.5 billion CZK / approx € 100 million. ) And Milín - - Starting in 2011, the route Čimelice to Lety (11,6 km, completed in 2015, cost 2.2 billion. CZK / approx. € 88 million ) to be built. From April 2012 to June 2015 is between the road II/118 and Milín a 5.7 km long and 1.3 billion CZK / approx. 52 million euro expensive section to be built.
Expansion plans
Currently, the Czech side in the discussion whether a southern continuation up to the border with Germany and connection to the local state road 12, which today exists only as a simple country road 4 ( Silnice I / 4 ) or an eastern continuation of Budweis on the route the I/20 to give. The route towards Germany would pass through the protected landscape area Šumava. The Czech Nature Protection Act 114/92 of 1992, however, would prohibit such a development.