D43 motorway (), formerly Expressway R43 () is a

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in the

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. If completed, it will connect cities

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and

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, and the D1 motorway with the D35 motorway. First project in that route was created after

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, as an ex-territorial

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A88 Breslau -

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, passing through territory of The Second Republic of Czechoslovakia with

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s on all exits. Construction began in April 1939, during

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and was halted on 73 km of route in April 1942 due to the increasing demands of

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. After war construction was not resumed, whole route was abandoned. In 1980s a modern plan for R43 was set up and first 7 km long segment from

to north was built. In 1990s plans of southern section with route straight through

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of Brno were abandoned and other alternatives are considered, some of them using line of German autobahn. Existing segment of R43 is used as feeder only in some alternatives. Plans for northern part are using main part of German autobahn. In 2021, the D43 motorway was dropped from the highway network altogether and redesignated as first class road I/73.

Images

File:Brno, Stará dálnice str1.jpg File:Jevíčko, podjezd pod hitlerovou dálnicí.JPG

External links

Info on ceskedalnice.cz

R43 Proposed roads in the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-road-stub