Autoput A1

	Template: Infobox high-level road / Maintenance / RS-A
	Autoput A1 in Serbia
	map
	Basic data
Operator:	Putevi Srbije
further operator:	Koridori Srbije
Start of the street:	Horgoš ; ( 46 ° 11 ′ N , 19 ° 59 ′ E )
End of street:	Preševo ; ( 42 ° 14 ′ N , 21 ° 42 ′ E )
Overall length:	590 km
of which in operation:	590 km
of which under construction:	0.0 km
of which in planning:	0.0 km
Okrug (district):	Severni Banat; Severna Backa; Južna Bačka; Srem; Belgrade city; Podunavlje; Sumadija; Pomoravlje; Rasina; Nišava; Jablanica; Pčinja;
	The A1 in the center of Belgrade
	Under construction; In planning;

The Autoput A1 is a Serbian motorway from the Hungarian border at Horgoš via Novi Sad and the Serbian capital Belgrade to the Macedonian border at Preševo . Referring to the European road number , the route is also referred to as E 75 by the Serbian authorities . The highway is a section of the former Yugoslav Brotherhood and Unity Highway and thus part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor X .

Until the renumbering of the Serbian road network in 2013, the autoput consisted of two sections. The first section north of Belgrade was called the Autoput M22 , the second was part of the Autoput M1 .

meaning

The current road from Horgoš on the border with Hungary to Belgrade is one of the busiest roads in Serbia. The route is particularly important for transit traffic from Western Europe to the Middle East , not least because the passage through Slovenia , another way to get to Western Europe, is more expensive.

The section between Belgrade and Preševo on the border with North Macedonia plays an important role as part of the connection between Serbia and its neighboring states Croatia and North Macedonia and is also an important part of European travel and transit traffic. The route is z. As many Greece atraveo customers and Diaspora - Macedonians used.

history

The history of the Autoput A1 consists of the sections from Horgoš to Belgrade and from Belgrade to Preševo. Until the renumbering of the Serbian road network in 2012, the sections had different names. The first section was called the Autoput M22 , the second was part of the Autoput M1 .

Horgoš - Belgrade

The A1 at the Inđija junction in the direction of Novi Sad .

Even under the Đinđić government there were plans to upgrade the existing road to the motorway. After the overthrow of the Milošević government , the then road from Belgrade to Horgoš began to be expanded. In 2001, construction began on the 78-kilometer stretch from Novi Sad to Belgrade. The autobahn was officially opened at the beginning of 2003. With the murder of Zoran Đinđić on March 12, 2003, this planning of the section was initially put on hold.

From 2005, plans were continued to complete the 106 km long stretch from Horgoš to Novi Sad , which was not yet completed. In a tender from the Serbian government in 2006, the Austrian construction companies Alpine Bau and Porr won the contract to build the motorway worth more than one billion euros . Initially, the plan was to upgrade the existing road to a motorway with two lanes from Horgoš to Novi Sad. This was to be followed by maintenance of the existing 78-kilometer motorway between Novi Sad and Belgrade and the planning and construction of a new 148-kilometer motorway from Belgrade to Požega . The start of construction was planned for spring 2008, but this was not realized. The Serbian authorities accused the consortium of having secured the financial guarantees only until the end of the year, but not for the entire five-year construction period. As a result, the consortium submitted a new offer to the authorities, namely the construction of a highway from Ostružnica to Čačak with a length of 115 km. In addition, the construction companies demanded guarantees from the Serbian state regarding the use of the concession route worth more than 200 million euros, an extension of the motorway construction periods by four years and the extension of the concession contract by five to 30 years. The National Council for Infrastructure, chaired by the head of state Boris Tadić, said that the demands of the two construction companies are "not in the interests of the citizens" and that there is therefore no reason for the concluded contract to come into force.

On May 10, 2009, construction work began from Novi Sad to Horgoš. The tender was won by two national companies ( Putevi Beograd and Putevi Užice ) that applied after Alpine and Porr left the company. On November 29, 2009, after almost one and a half years of construction, the first 20 kilometers (km 28 to 38 and km 98 to 108) were opened to traffic. The section from Subotica to the border was opened on July 15, 2011. The traffic transfer of the section from Zmajevo to Subotica took place on October 28, 2011.

Belgrade ring road

After the completion of the 37.3 long section of the Belgrade ring road between the Dobanovci and Bubanj Potok intersections, the A1 autoput is to be relocated from the current urban highway section to the ring road. After completion, the new motorway route will enable the city of Belgrade to be bypassed for through traffic of the A1.

Belgrade - Preševo

After the 74 km long gap between Grdelica and Bujanovac was completed in mid-2019, the motorway has now been completely expanded to four lanes.

This gap existed until mid-2019 because the route through the Grdelička Klisura was determined in the 1970s when the Autoput was first built, but the decision was made to abandon it due to the high costs associated with building a motorway Leskovac to build a road instead of a motorway. The connection to the then industrial city of Leskovac as well as the passage through the Republic of Macedonia for holidaymakers in Greece were decisive for the course of this route. Now this section is completely finished (as of June 2019).

Since it is one of the busiest roads in Southeast Europe with an annual traffic volume of over one million vehicles and six million travelers, it became necessary to develop this section into a motorway as well. At the end of 2006, for example, an agreement was reached with the Greek government to complete the construction of the motorway to the Macedonian border . The cost of the remaining route should be around 380 million euros, of which the Greek government provided 100 million euros. With the investment, Greece hopes to deepen economic and bilateral relations with Serbia and to strengthen Serbia's relationship with the EU . At the same time, a similar agreement was made with Macedonia to enable the four-lane expansion of the Macedonian M1 Avtopat .

The 74 km long gap consisted of 5 sections:

The first section stretched from Grabovnica to Grdelica. This is 5.6 km long and should be completed by May 31, 2016.

The second section stretched from Gredelica to Caričina Dolina. This was 11.8 km long and was again divided into three subsections. Several bridges and tunnels had to be built in this section. The entire section should be completed by September 5, 2016.

The third section stretched from Caričina Dolina to Vladičin Han. This was 14.3 km long and was also divided into three subsections. Several bridges and tunnels also had to be built in this section. The first two subsections should be completed by September 5, 2016, the third subsection by April 9, 2017.

The fourth section reached from Vladičin Han to Donji Neradovac and was 26.3 km. This section was built in three subsections. These consisted of Vladičin Han to Prevalac 10.1 km, Prevalac to Suvi Dol 9 km and Suvi Dol to Donji Neradovac 7.2 km. The entire section was opened to traffic on November 29, 2015.

The fifth section reached from Donji Neradovac and Levosoje and is 16 km. This section was divided into two subsections. The first subsection from Donji Neradovac to Srpska Kuća was 8 km and was opened to traffic on November 14, 2013. The second subsection from Srpska Kuća to Levosoje was 8 km and should be opened to traffic by December 21, 2016.

On July 7, 2009, the first section of the new section from Levosoje to Preševo was opened. The 22 km long route started in summer 2008 and the costs amounted to 13.1 million euros . The 22 km long section from Bujanovac via Levosoje to the Macedonian border was completed on November 22, 2013. This section was financed by the Hellenic Plan of the Greek government. On November 14, 2013, the 7.95 kilometer section between Donji Neradovac and Srpska Kuca was completed. It was built by the Greek construction company Aktor SA for 2.5 billion RSD (approx. 22 million euros). In 2019 all of the above sections were opened to traffic. This means that the entire A1 is now under traffic (as of June 2019)

At Merošina , the A1 is to cross the planned Autoput Niš – Merdare (which will continue to Kosovo and Albania ) in the future.

toll

The motorway is subject to tolls except for the passage through Belgrade.

Web links

Homepage of the public company "Putevi Srbije" ( Roads of Serbia ) ( Serbian, English )
Website on the Pan-European Transport Corridor X in Serbia ( Serbian, English )
Former route of the M1 on motorways-exitlists.com
koridor10.rs

Individual evidence

↑ Uredba o kategorizaciji državnih puteva ("Sl. Glasnik RS", br. 14/2012) ( Memento from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Serbian)
↑ Official map with newly numbered streets ( Memento from June 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Serbian)
↑ Slovenačke vinjete i dalje trouble
↑ PORR and ALPINE build large Serbia motorway ( Memento from December 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Novi zahtev Alpine-Porr ( Memento of 7 December 2009 at the Internet Archive )
↑ Die Presse : Serbia: Porr & Alpine are likely to lose billions in orders
↑ Blic Online : Počinje izgradnja koridora 10 ( Memento from May 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Opening of two Corridor 10 motorway sections ( Memento from November 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Motorway openings - ADAC
↑ ^a ^b Otvorena nova deonica autoputa ( Memento from January 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) July 7, 2009
↑ ^a ^b Grčka daje 100 miliona za južni krak
↑ Večernje novosti Online : Asfalt za Evropu July 7, 2009
↑ New section of traffic corridor 10 between Vranje and Preševo opened

[1] Uredba o kategorizaciji državnih puteva ("Sl. Glasnik RS", br. 14/2012) ( Memento from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Serbian)

[2] Official map with newly numbered streets ( Memento from June 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Serbian)

[3] Slovenačke vinjete i dalje trouble

[porralpine-4] PORR and ALPINE build large Serbia motorway ( Memento from December 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[5] Novi zahtev Alpine-Porr ( Memento of 7 December 2009 at the Internet Archive )

[6] Die Presse : Serbia: Porr & Alpine are likely to lose billions in orders

[7] Blic Online : Počinje izgradnja koridora 10 ( Memento from May 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[8] Opening of two Corridor 10 motorway sections ( Memento from November 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[9] Motorway openings - ADAC

[Otvorena_nova_deonica_autoputa-10] Otvorena nova deonica autoputa ( Memento from January 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) July 7, 2009

[Grčka_daje_100_miliona_za_južni_krak-11] Grčka daje 100 miliona za južni krak

[12] Večernje novosti Online : Asfalt za Evropu July 7, 2009

[13] New section of traffic corridor 10 between Vranje and Preševo opened


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