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s in Serbia are called ''auto-put'' ( sr-cyr, 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-digit numbers. Motorways in Serbia have three lanes in each direction (including

hard shoulder A shoulder, hard shoulder (British) or breakdown lane, is an emergency stopping lane by the verge of a road or motorway, on the right side in countries which drive on the right, and on the left side in countries which drive on the left. Many wid ...

), signs are white-on-green, and the normal speed limit is (since June 2018). They are maintained and operated by the national road operator company JP "Putevi Srbije" ("Roads of Serbia"). As of March 2021, there are of motorways in service (excluding Kosovo).

Network map

List of motorways

As the Serbian word for motorway is "autoput", the "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4" and "A5"

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s are used since 2013.

A1 motorway

A1 runs from the Horgoš border crossing with Hungary near

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Subotica is ...

, passing Novi Sad,

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(A3 and A2 junction), Pojate near Kruševac (A5 junction),

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(A4 junction),

Leskovac Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, City of Leskovac has a 124,889 inhabitants. Etymology Leskovac was historicall ...

and

Vranje Vranje ( sr-Cyrl, Врање, ) is a city in Southern Serbia and the administrative center of the Pčinja District. The municipality of Vranje has a population of 83,524 and its urban area has 60,485 inhabitants. Vranje is the economical, polit ...

and eventually ends at the

Preševo Preševo ( sr-cyrl, Прешево; sq, Preshevë, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. It is the southernmost town in Central Serbia and largest in the geographical region of Preševo Valley. Prešev ...

border crossing with North Macedonia. This motorway is part of

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A2 motorway

A2 is a motorway under construction that will link

with

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and Montenegro. The route passes Obrenovac,

Čačak Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley within the geographical region of Šumadija. , the city proper has 73,331 inhabitants, w ...

, Požega, Uzice and ends at Kotroman (at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina i.e. Republica Srpska), i.e.

Arilje Arilje ( sr-cyr, Ариље, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 6,763, while the municipality has 18,792 inhabitants. The town is famous for having large raspberry pla ...

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and ends at Boljare (at the border with Montenegro). As of 2021, the Čačak - Požega section is in construction, with Požega - Boljare section in planning.

A3 motorway

A3 is runs from Batrovci border crossing with Croatia, passing Sremska Mitrovica and

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and ends at Dobanovci interchange near

A4 motorway

A4 is a motorway that connects the A1 motorway near

to Gradina border crossing with

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, part of

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A5 motorway

A5 is a motorway under construction that will link A1 with A2. The route starts at Pojate interchange near

Ćićevac Ćićevac ( sr-cyr, Ћићевац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District The Rasina District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands to the central parts of Serb ...

, passes Kruševac and Kraljevo and ends at Preljina interchange near

. Construction of this stretch started in December 2019.

Planned motorways

Network expansion

Over 300 kilometers of new motorways have been constructed in the last decade and an additional are currently under construction including: A5 motorway (from Pojate to Preljina); a -long segment of A2 (between

and Požega); an section between

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and

Sremska Rača Sremska Rača () is a village located in the city of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. As of 2011 census, the village has a population of 624 inhabitants. A border crossing between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the village. Name In Se ...

and between

and Šabac.

References

External links

Regulation of State Roads
{{Motorways in Europe