The A10 motorway () is a

motorway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...

in southern

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

extending from the border with

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

to the Croatian A1 motorway

Ploče Ploče (, ) is a town and seaport in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. Geography Ploče is located on the Adriatic coast in Dalmatia just north of the Neretva Delta and is the natural seaside endpoint of most north-south routes through th ...

interchange. The motorway includes the Nova Sela border crossing. It connects to the A1 motorway in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The motorway is long. It is the shortest motorway in Croatia, but still important as a part of the Pan-European Corridor Vc.

History

On 15 May 2007, the

Croatian Government The Government of Croatia (), formally the Government of the Republic of Croatia (), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government (), is the main executive branch of government in Croatia. It is led by the president of the Government (), infor ...

and the

Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian language, Bosnian/Croatian language, Croatian: ''Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine'', ), often called Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (, ), is the Executive (government), execu ...

signed a Protocol on cooperation that defined the contact point of the Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian motorways on the

Corridor Vc European route E73 forms part of the United Nations International E-road network, connecting Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea in the vicinity of the port of Ploče. This route is also designated as the P ...

, which caused a significant alteration of the Croatian A1 route near Vrgorac as well as a complete revamp of the A10 route. Scheduled in 2011 to open in 2013, the A10 was opened in late 2013.

Traffic volume

Traffic is regularly counted and reported by

Hrvatske autoceste Hrvatske autoceste (HAC) or Croatian Motorways Ltd is a Croatian state-owned limited liability company tasked with management, construction and maintenance of motorways in Croatia pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act () enacted ...

, the operator of the motorway, and the results are published by

Hrvatske ceste Hrvatske ceste (lit. ''Croatian roads'') is a Croatian state-owned company pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act ( enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia. The tasks of the company are defined by the Public Roads A ...

. The volume tracked includes the annual average daily traffic (AADT) and average summer daily traffic (ASDT).

Exit list

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Dubrovnik-Neretva The Dubrovnik-Neretva County (; , ) is the southernmost county of Croatia. The county seat is Dubrovnik and other large towns are Korčula, Metković, Opuzen and Ploče. The Municipality of Neum, which belongs to neighbouring Bosnia and Herze ...

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A1
, Nova Sela border crossing to

, where the road continues as the A1 motorway towards

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

.
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Kula Norinska Kula Norinska is a village and a municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in southeastern Croatia. Geography The municipality is situated on the northern border of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. It borders the City of Ploče, the City of Opu ...

, , Connection to

and

Metković Metković () is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Climate Since records began in 1997, the highest temper ...

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, bgcolor=#ffdead , A further extension of the motorway to

Pelješac bridge The Pelješac Bridge (, ) is a cable-stayed bridge in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. The bridge provides a fixed link from the southeastern Croatian semi-exclave to the rest of the country while bypassing Bosnia and Herzegovina's short coast ...

and

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, a Port, seaport and the centre of the Dubrovni ...

is planned. , - , 6.0 , align=center , , colspan=3 , Pojezerje rest area , - , 8.4 , align=center , 3 , Ploče interchange ,

, Connection to

(via the D425) and

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(via the A1).
The western terminus of the motorway.

Sources

External links

* {{CroatianMotorways Motorways in Croatia Proposed roads Proposed transport infrastructure in Croatia