The D3 motorway ( cs, Dálnice D3) is a

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in the

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. Currently only the middle segment of the route is in operation; when complete, it will run 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 ...

via Tábor and

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is ...

to the Czech-

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n border at Dolní Dvořiště. It is part of the European route E55. The D3 motorway in the

South Bohemian Region The South Bohemian Region ( cs, Jihočeský kraj; , ) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western part ...

towards the Austrian border should be completed by 2025. Completion of D3 in the

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is planned by 2028, however its designed course through the Lower Sázava landscape is still objected and opposed by environmental and citizens associations.

Course

Once completed, the highway will connect the Czech capital Prague with the Austrian '' Mühlviertel Expressway'' (S10) to

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

. As of December 2019 only of the highway are in operation, a section from Mezno to

Úsilné Úsilné is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Úsilné lies approximately north-east of České Budějovice and south of Prague Prag ...

(near to

), while a further from Úsilné to Kaplice are currently under construction. The most controversial and disputed section is the planned segment in the

. A section from

Dolní Třebonín Dolní Třebonín (german: Unter Breitenstein) is a municipality and village in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. Dolní Třebonín lies approximately north-east of Česk� ...

to the border with

on the other side of the future S10 expressway was initially planned to be built as an expressway ( cs, rychlostní silnice) as well, however on 1 January 2016, the category of expressways (R) was abolished in Czechia, so it is counted as part of the D3 motorway.

Unfinished sections

Images

File:Planá nad Lužnicí, zatáčka.jpg, D3 motorway near Planá nad Lužnicí. File:Dálnice D3 u Českých Budějovic.jpg, D3 motorway near

References

{{Authority control D03 Proposed roads in the Czech Republic