D5 motorway ( cs, Dálnice D5) is a highway in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It runs from

Prague 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 ...

through Plzeň into

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. D5 is long; a bypass of Plzeň includes the Valík Tunnel and the bridge over the River

Úhlava The Úhlava () is a long river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Radbuza. Its source is situated on a slope of Pancíř mountain in the Šumava mountains, Klatovy District at an elevation of . It passes the villages and towns Nýr ...

. Section between

and

Beroun Beroun (; german: Beraun) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. It lies at the confluence of the Berounka and Litavka rivers. Beroun creates a conurbation with Králův Dvůr, former p ...

is planned to be improved to three lanes in each direction.

Construction

Construction of the D5 began in 1976, with the first segment opening in 1985 and the final segment being completed in 2006.

European route

From the

Rozvadov Rozvadov (german: Roßhaupt) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Diana, Milíře, Nové Domky, Rozcestí and Svatá Kateřina ...

Waidhaus Waidhaus is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany. It lies near the border with the Czech Republic, and near the major border crossing between Bavaria and the Czech Republic, where the Bavarian A6 meets t ...

border crossing, it continues as German autobahn A6 west to the border with

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. The D5 is part of European route E50. All of D5 is the Czech part of "Via Carolina", the motorway from

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

to Prague.

Tunnel Valík

Very important part of the D5 highway is the tunnel Valík bypassing the city of Pilsen. The technology inside of the tunnel is controlled by a Reliance SCADA system The tunnel was opened on October 6, 2006.

Features

Gallery

Beroun, dálniční most II.JPG, Bridge over

Rozvadov, dálnice D5, k hranicím.jpg, Near borders with

Rudná, dálnice D5 (16).jpg, Near Rudná

References

External links

Official information about the D5 / Valík at ŘSDOpening of the D5 motorway literally saved the traffic in Plzeň
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