D2 state road ( hr, Državna cesta D2) is a trunk state road in the northern areas of
Croatia
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that spans from the border crossing with
Slovenia
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at
Dubrava Križovljanska in the west via
Varaždin
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Koprivnica,
Virovitica,
Našice,
Osijek,
Vukovar
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, ending at the
Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge border crossing with
Serbia
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The road is long.
Route description
Most of the D2 route runs parallel to the
Drava River which is why it is often called the Drava River valley highway ( hr, Podravska magistrala). However, east of
Osijek as the Drava River flows into the
Danube
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, the D2 road follows that river to its eastern terminus near
Ilok
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. The D2 road connects either directly or via short connectors to the
A4 and
A5 motorways at Varaždin and Ludbreg (A4) and Osijek (A5) interchanges.
The road is also parallel to the
A3 motorway further to the south. As it does not reach the capital
Zagreb
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nor shares designation with any of the major
Pan-European corridors, it carries a more moderate volume of passenger and freight traffic, but it is still often used as an alternative to the
tolled motorway. Two further connections of the D2 state road to
Croatian motorway network were planned: to the
A12 and
A13 motorways near
Koprivnica and
Virovitica respectively.
However the
Government of Croatia cancelled construction of the two motorways in June 2012.
Parts of the D2 state road are used as southern bypass of
Varaždin
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and
Osijek and those sections of the road are more recently built than most of the route, as the D2 originally ran through the two cities.
As of 2007 there were plans to upgrade the Osijek southern bypass to an expressway by construction of an additional carriageway, especially since all junctions along the section are already
grade separated
In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other tra ...
.
In September 2011, the expansion construction works were formally opened: The works are scheduled to be completed in 30 months and they comprise an additional carriageway, adaptation of the existing interchanges and construction of a new interchange along the section. The works comprise the D2 section between interchanges with the A5 motorway and the Ž4091 road.
Most of the D2 road also runs parallel to railway tracks. Currently, the only part of the D2 road that has been upgraded to
expressway standards is the Osijek southern bypass between Josipovac and Tenjska interchanges.
The road, as well as all other state roads in Croatia, is managed and maintained by
Hrvatske ceste, a state-owned company.
Traffic volume
Traffic is regularly counted and reported by Hrvatske Ceste, operator of the road.
The most significant traffic volumes are recorded near Varaždin and Osijek as the D2 road serves as their southern bypass.
Road junctions and populated areas
Maps
References
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Buildings and structures in Osijek-Baranja County