Jadranska Magistrala
The Jadranska Magistrala ( German Adriatic Coastal Road or Adriatic Magistrale ) also Jadranska turistička cesta (German: Adriatic Tourist Road ) is located on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea and is part of the European route 65 .
Most of the coastal road runs through Croatia and Montenegro , but small parts are also in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia . The winding Jadranska Magistrala was built in the 1960s and 1970s and is considered to be one of the most beautiful and picturesque coastal roads in the world. Before the breakup of Yugoslavia , the road between Škofije (border crossing towards Trieste ) and Petrovac na moru was called M2; the southernmost section to Ulcinj is designated M2-4. These street numbers are still preserved on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro; in Slovenia and Croatia they have been replaced by a new numbering, but the historical milestones can still be found here and there.
Today there is also a motorway connection between Rijeka via Dugopolje and Šestanovac (near Makarska ) to Ploče (motorways A1 , A6 and A7 ). The completion of a further section to Dubrovnik is planned.
Due to construction work and rededications , the total length of the Adriatic highway changed regularly over the years. In 1964 its length was given as 1035 kilometers.
Sections
The Jadranska Magistrala begins near Trieste in Italy and leads to Ulcinj in Montenegro . More than half of the street is in Croatia and a quarter in Montenegro. Small parts are located near the Slovenian border towns ( Koper ) and in Bosnia and Herzegovina near Neum .
Slovenia
The original, historical Jadranska Magistrala begins at the Škofije border crossing between Trieste and Koper and thus also runs through Slovenia for around 32 km. Between the Italian border and Koper it was almost entirely replaced by the toll road H5 and part of the A1 motorway. The rest of the section and most of it is labeled 111 and has only one lane in each direction.
Croatia
In Istria , the main line continues under the current road designation D21 in the direction of Pula , whereby the southernmost part of this section has become practically meaningless due to the parallel highways A8 and A9 and as County Road No. 5073 today only serves local traffic.
A very scenic section is the D66 , which leads from Pula via the towns of Raša , Labin and Plomin as well as through the historical seaside resorts of Lovran and Opatija to Rijeka . The Istrian part of the Jadranska Magistrala is 179 km long.
Most of the Croatian section has the official designation D8 . This begins at Rijeka , leads via Senj , Zadar , Šibenik , Split , Opuzen and Dubrovnik to the border with Montenegro. The road length of the D8 is 658 kilometers.
Bosnia Herzegovina
The Magistrala near Neum runs a distance of 9.3 km through the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina . In this section, the street number M2 has been retained, but not the old kilometrage.
Montenegro
In Montenegro the Jadranska Magistrala runs as M2 from Herceg Novi to Kamenari , where a ferry crosses the Verige strait , the narrowest part of the Bay of Kotor , over to Lepetane . The 42 kilometer long road that leads around the bay via Risan , Perast and Kotor also bears the street number M2 , but has its own kilometers. The actual Jadranska Magistrala continues from Lepetane via Tivat and Budva to Petrovac . While the M2 and the European route 65 lead further inland towards Podgorica , the Jadranska Magistrala continues as the M2-4 via Bar to Ulcinj .
