State Road 22, commonly known as Ibar Highway ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Ибарска магистрала, Ibarska magistrala), is an IB-class road, connecting
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
with
Šumadija and Western Serbia
The Šumadija and Western Serbia () is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).
History
In 2009, the National Assembly adop ...
and finally with
Montenegro
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at
Špiljani border crossing.
It starts with
Orlovača Orlovača ( Serbian Cyrillic: Орловача) is one of major cemeteries in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica.
Location
Orlovača cemetery is located in the eastern part of the Orlovač ...
interchange in Belgrade's municipality of
Čukarica
Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.
Name
Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after a kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refin ...
and is going through several major municipalities such as
Ljig
Ljig ( sr-cyr, Љиг) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of western Serbia. It has a population of 2,938 inhabitants, while the municipality has a total of 10,711 inhabitants.
It is surrounded by Mount Rajac and Mount ...
,
Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 23,109, while the population of the municipality is 38,985 (2022 census data).
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,
Preljina (town in the municipality of
Čačak
Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population ...
),
Kraljevo
Kraljevo ( sr-Cyrl, Краљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Raška District in central Serbia. It is situated on the confluence of West Morava and Ibar River, Ibar, in the geographical region of ...
and
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inha ...
. In the southern section, highway goes in parallel to the upper course of the river
Ibar, hence the name.
Before the new road categorization regulation given in 2013, the route wore the following names: M 22 and M 2 (before 2012) / A2, A4, 15 and 32 (after 2012).
The road is a part of the following European routes:
E65 and
E80 (
Bregovi – Mehov Krš),
E761 (Preljina – Kraljevo) and
E763 (Belgrade – Preljina).
Motorway alternative
In order to provide the safer and faster traffic link of Belgrade with Western Serbia and
Montenegrin coast, and to alleviate the dangers of the Ibar Highway, the new
A2 motorway is under construction from
Čačak
Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population ...
to border with Montenegro. The section from
Belgrade bypass
The Belgrade bypass () or Belgrade city road bypass is a U-shaped, 78-km long motorway partially encircling the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
The construction of the bypass started in 1991 and its parts have been sporadically built e ...
to Čačak was completed in 2019, and since then the traffic over the highway on section from Belgrade to Čačak was significantly reduced.
Accident statistics
A single-lane carriageway, it bears heavy car and truck traffic between major cities of Belgrade, Čačak, Kraljevo and Novi Pazar, as well as transit traffic towards Montenegro, and occasional agricultural machinery is not unseen. If features long stretches of straight road interrupted by dangerous curves. Speeding,
DUI and other
traffic offences are major causes of accidents, most of them occurring during the night.
In three-year span from 2017 to 2019, a total of 1,736 traffic accidents happened on its route, with 86 deaths and 1,619 injured people.
Before the completion of motorway on section from Belgrade to Čačak, with more than 18,000 vehicles passing the highway daily (as of 2016), it was one of the most frequent roads in Serbia. Often called the "black highway", it is considered the most dangerous road in Serbia, averaging several hundreds traffic accidents annually.
Sections
See also
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Roads in Serbia
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European route E65
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European route E80
European route E80, also known as the Trans-European Motorway or TEM, is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from Lisbon, Portugal to Gürbulak, Turkey, on the border with Iran. The road connects 10 countries and has a length of ...
*
European route E761
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European route E763
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References
External links
Official website – Roads of Serbia (Putevi Srbije)Official website – Corridors of Serbia (Koridori Srbije)(Serbian)
Map of Serbian main and regional roads
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State roads in Serbia