Dálnice 47
The stretch of the motorway between Brno and Ostrava , originally planned as Dálnice 47 (D47) , has been part of today's Dálnice 1 since its completion between 2007 and 2012 .
history
1963-1978
In contrast to most other Czech motorway projects, the planning of a motorway connection between Brno and Ostrava can be found as early as 1963. This route has been marked as D47 from the start. According to the plans in Brno at the junction of the D1 with the D2 (Brno-jih junction ), the D47 initially runs on a shared route with the D1 about 25 kilometers to the east, before the two routes merge in the area of Komořany , Rousínov and Podbřežice separate from each other. While the D1 was to run further east in the direction via Uherské Hradiště - Uherský Brod - Trenčín - Žilina - Poprad - Prešov - Košice to the border with the Soviet Union, the D47 directed northeast towards Vyškov - Ivanovice na Hané - Němčice nad Hanou - Kojetín - Přerov - Lipník nad Bečvou - Hranice - Bělotín - Studénka - Bílovec - Ostrava - Bohumín - Czechoslovakia / Poland border .
1979-1992
Construction of the first section of the planned D47 began in April 1979 as a joint section with the D1. It was the 6.775-kilometer route between Brno-South and Brno-East. This section was opened on September 9, 1983, but only referred to as the D1 motorway due to the joint management with the D1 motorway, although it was also part of the D47 motorway at the same time.
Another joint extension of the D47 and D1 was opened in October 1984 between Brno-Ost and Holubice with a length of 7.585 km. The total length of the D47 was 14.36 kilometers.
In the same year, in December 1984, the construction of the next joint section of the D1 and D47 began, this time also labeled as D47 in the plans. This is the route from Holubice to Tučapy with a length of 9.066 km. At the end of this section, a motorway triangle was planned where the D1 and D47 should separate. This new section of the shared D1 and D47 and the approximately 1 km long section of a separate D47 was put into operation on November 11, 1988. In total, the D47 had a length of 23.4 kilometers, but mostly as part of the shared route with the Motorway D1.
In May 1989, work began on another section of the D47. This is the 9.575 km Tučapy– Vyškov route . It was opened to traffic on July 30, 1992.
1993-1998
The political change in Czechoslovakia and the resulting division of the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia did not remain without consequences for the road planning, so that changes were made to the network plan.
On November 10, 1993, the government changed the planned route of the D1 to Slovakia from Brno to the route Rousínov - Vyškov - Ivanovice na Hané - Němčice nad Hanou - Kojetín - Kroměříž - Hulín - Tlumačov - Zlín - Vizovice - Púchov - Žilina . In addition, it was decided that the D47 should no longer run directly from Kojetín to Přerov , but from Hulín to Přerov. At the same time it was decided that the section Brno - Hulín will only be dedicated as D1. As a result of these changes, the D47 lost its status in all areas in which it was either part of the shared route with the D1 or as an independent route (Komořany - Kojetín) and will not again after 14 years of construction and 10 years of operation had a single section under traffic.
On October 16, 1996, the government of the Czech Republic decided that the Hulín - Czech / Slovak border section should only be built as the R49 expressway . As a result, road properties (cross-section, routing), administration, maintenance, marking and other things will no longer meet the standards of a motorway. It was stated that the reasons for this were mainly financial, because the construction and operation of the motorway is more expensive than the construction and operation of expressways. In addition, it was stated that due to the expected low traffic volume in this section, there was no need for a motorway. However, the division of Czechoslovakia may also have played a role in this decision. By shortening the D1, a situation was created in which the D1 motorway ends at Hulín. The R49 to Slovakia and the D47 to Poland connected to it.
1999-2001
On July 21, 1999, the Czech government decided that the separation between D1 and D47 will not take place at Hulín, but at Lipník nad Bečvou. With this, the D1 was again expanded and the planned D47 shortened. From the original total length of the D47 of around 170 km, 80.152 kilometers were now left.
On May 20, 2001 an intergovernmental agreement was signed between the Czech Republic and Poland, which provides for the connection of the Czech D47 to the Polish motorway network via the A1 , which runs from the Czech / Polish border via Rybnik - Gliwice - Częstochowa - Piotrków Trybunalski - Łódź - Toruń leads to Gdańsk .
2002-2006
On May 28, 2002, the groundbreaking ceremony for the D47 on the bridge over the Silnice 11 took place near Ostrava , which was also attended by members of the Czech government. However, due to ownership and financing problems, the actual start of construction was delayed until October 16, 2003, when the 8.540-kilometer stretch from Ostrava-Rudná to Hrušov began.
On May 19, 2004, the construction of the 4.460 km long section Hrušov - Vrbice began , on October 1, 2004 the section Vrbice - Bohumín . On November 26, 2004, the construction machinery arrived for the 15.383 km long section between Lipník nad Bečvou and Bělotín , which is intended for a 6-lane design (3 lanes in each direction).
On March 25, 2005, work began on the 11.678 km long Bílovec - Ostrava-Rudná section. One year later, on April 6, 2006, construction began on the 11.682 km long route from Hladké Životice - Bílovec. Less than two months later, on May 23, 2006, the construction of the next section Bělotín - Hladké Životice with a length of 18.096 km began.
Since 2006
In 2006, the Roads and Motorways Directorate of the Czech Republic made the decision that all parts of the D47 will be dedicated as the D1 motorway. Only in the technical planning and internal marking were sections marked as D47, while it completely disappeared from the road marking. This reduced the number of Czech motorways from seven to six, but without affecting the length of the Czech motorways and expressways planned at the time, which was 1006.604 kilometers. With its completion (planned for 2021, status 2015), the D1 motorway will lead from Prague to the Czech / Polish border, and its length has increased from 296.555 km to 376.707 km.
Web links
- D1 / D47 on České Dálnice (Czech)