D0 motorway ( cs, Dálnice D0), formerly R1 expressway ( cs, Rychlostní silnice R1), or Prague Ring Road ( cs, Pražský okruh), also called the outer ring road, is a motorway in the
Czech Republic. It is an outer ring of
Prague and its first segment was opened in the 1980s. There is also an inner
Prague Municipal Ring Road
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate o ...
, which is still under construction as well.
40 km, from the planned length 80 km, are in operation. Two disjunct sections are opened to the public, one going all the way from the
Ruzyně Airport
Ruzyně is a district of Prague city, part of Prague 6. It has been a part of Prague since 1960.
Václav Havel Airport is located in this district. Czech Airlines has its head office on the grounds of the airport. Travel Service Airlines and it ...
to the interchange with the D1 highway, the other one being a road on the eastern border of Prague. A section connecting these two segments is to be built next. Other segments under preparation include a controversial bridge over the
Vltava river near
Suchdol, with locals proposing the road to be built in a less inhabited location to the north.
Images
File: R1 u Rep.jpg , Highway D0 near Prague-Zličín
Zličín is a district and cadastral area in the west of Prague, located in an administrative district of the same name, which is part of Prague 5
Prague 5, formally the Prague Municipal District (''Městská čast Praha 5''), is a second-tie ...
File: Most2 1009 972689.JPG , Bridge over Radotín.
File: Pražský okruh, Komořanský tunel.JPG , Komořany Tunnel.
External links
Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic(Czech only)
R01
Proposed roads in the Czech Republic
Ring roads
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