Motorways in Serbia
Motorways in Serbia are called auto-put (Serbian Cyrillic: ауто-пут), a name which simply means car-road. Roads that are motorways are categorized as state roads of IA category and are marked with one or two digit numbers. Motorways in Serbia have three lanes in each direction (including hard shoulder), signs are white-on-green, and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph) (since June 2018). They are maintained and operated by the national road operator company JP "Putevi Srbije" ("Roads of Serbia").
As of July 2025, there are 1,048 km (651 mi) of motorways in service (excluding Kosovo).[1]
List of motorways
[edit | edit source]As the Serbian word for motorway is "autoput", the "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4" and "A5" road designations are used since 2013.[2] After a revision in October 2023, 4 new motorway signs have been added: "A6", "A7", "A8" and "A9".[3]
A1 motorway
[edit | edit source]A1 runs from the Horgoš border crossing with Hungary near Subotica, passing Novi Sad, Belgrade (A3 and A2 junction), Pojate near Kruševac (A5 junction), Niš (A4 junction), Leskovac and Vranje and eventually ends at the Preševo border crossing with North Macedonia. This motorway is part of European route E75.
A2 motorway
[edit | edit source]A2 is a motorway under construction that will link Belgrade with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The route passes Obrenovac, Čačak, Požega, Užice and ends at Kotroman (at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina), and ends at Boljare (at the border with Montenegro).
As of 2025, the Pakovraće - Požega section has been completed, with Požega - Boljare section in planning.
A3 motorway
[edit | edit source]A3 is runs from Batrovci border crossing with Croatia, passing Sremska Mitrovica and Ruma and ends at Dobanovci interchange near Belgrade.
A4 motorway
[edit | edit source]A4 is a motorway that connects the A1 motorway near Niš to Gradina border crossing with Bulgaria, part of European route E80.
A5 motorway
[edit | edit source]A5 is a motorway under construction that will link A1 with A2. The route starts at Pojate interchange near Ćićevac, passes Kruševac and Kraljevo and ends at Preljina interchange near Čačak. Construction of this stretch started in December 2019.[4]
A8 motorway
[edit | edit source]A8 is a motorway that links the A3 motorway with Šabac-Loznica expressway. The route starts at the interchange near Ruma, passes Hrtkovci and ends near Šabac.
Motorway under construction
[edit | edit source]| Designation | Section | Length | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vrnjačka Banja - Vrba | 14 km (8.7 mi) | December 2025 | |
| Vrba - Adrani | 9.4 km (5.8 mi) | 2026 | |
| Adrani - Preljina (A2 interchange) | 31 km (19 mi) | 2026 | |
| Ovča - Zrenjanin | 67 km (42 mi) | N/A | |
| Kuzmin (A3 interchange) - Sremska Rača border crossing | 18 km (11 mi) | April 2026 | |
| Total | 139.4 km (86.6 mi) |
Planned motorways
[edit | edit source]| Designation | Route | Planned length |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Lajkovac (A2 interchange) - Aranđelovac - Markovac (A1 interchange) - Svilajnac - Bor | 270 km (170 mi)[5] |
| Požega - Boljare (border with Montenegro) | 107 km (66 mi) | |
| Belgrade - Zrenjanin - Novi Sad (A1 interchange) | 113 km (70 mi) | |
| Belgrade (A1 interchange) - Vršac - Vatin (border with Romania) | ||
| Kotroman (border with Bosnia and Herzegovina - Užice - Požega (A2 interchange) | ||
| Batajnica (A1 interchange) - Pančevo (A9 interchange) | ||
| Merdare (border with Kosovo) - Prokuplje - Niš (A1 interchange) | ||
| Total | 529 km (329 mi) |
Network expansion
[edit | edit source]Over 300 kilometers of new motorways have been constructed in the last decade and an additional 188 kilometres (117 mi) are currently under construction including: A5 motorway (from Pojate to Preljina);[4] a 39 km (24 mi)-long segment of A2 (between Čačak and Požega);[6][7] an 18 km (11 mi) section between Kuzmin and Sremska Rača.[8]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Transport in Serbia
- List of controlled-access highway systems
- Evolution of motorway construction in European nations
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