Road system in the Czech Republic

Motorway network in the Czech Republic

The structure of the road system in the Czech Republic is regulated in Act No. 13/1997 Coll. On Land Transport Routes ( o pozemních komunikacích ). A distinction is made between the following street types:

• Highways ( dálnice )
• Country roads ( silnice )
• Local streets ( místní komunikace )
• Freight routes ( účelová komunikace )

Highways

Highway

Highway

In the Czech Republic , motorways are traffic routes that serve both high-speed long-distance traffic and international motor vehicle traffic. They are always set up with no-height nodes, separate entry and exit paths and separate directional lanes. Motorways may only be used by vehicles with a minimum speed of 80 km / h.

Motorways are marked with a traffic sign and a one or two-digit number in the red field. For evidence purposes the number is supplemented with the letter D (but this is not indicated on the traffic sign), e.g. B. D5 . The use of the motorways is subject to a toll ( vignette ).

In 2008 the motorway network was 1,056 km, which has doubled since 1989. By 2020, 2,100 km are planned.

Streets

Street II class

1st class street

Roads are traffic routes that serve vehicles and pedestrians. They are divided into three classes ( třída ).

• First class roads ( silnice I. třídy ) are mainly intended for long-distance and international traffic.

• Second class roads ( silnice II. Třídy ) are intended for traffic in and between districts ( okres ).

• Third-class roads ( silnice III. Třídy ) are intended for connections between municipalities or their connection to other roads.

First class roads are owned by the state (managed by ŘSD - Motorway and Highways Directorate ), second and third class roads are owned by the regions ( kraj ).

First class streets are numbered 1 to 99, second class streets are numbered 101 to 999 and third class streets are numbered. Class four and five digit numbers. First class roads are marked with a number in the blue field. Streets of the III. Class are not provided with license plates.

Until the end of 2015 there were also motorway-like expressways ( Rychlostní silnice ). Numbers of these expressways have been given the letter R for evidence purposes (e.g. R55 ), but this was not listed on the traffic signs. In 2016 all expressways were downgraded to highways on or normal 1st class roads.

Local roads

Intra-urban land traffic routes ( místní komunikace ) are public traffic routes, which mainly serve local traffic in the area of ​​the localities. Urban traffic routes can serve as expressways (rychlostní místní komunikace). These are only accessible to vehicles and are equipped in a similar way to motorways. Urban streets are divided into classes.

• Intra-urban land transport routes of the 1st class ( místní komunikace I. třídy ) are mainly expressways (rychlostní místní komunikace).

• Intra-urban land transport routes of class II ( místní komunikace II. Třídy ) are important collective routes with limited connections to adjacent properties.

• Intra-local land traffic routes of the III. Class ( místní komunikace III. Třídy ) are residential streets .

• Intra-urban land traffic routes of the IV class ( místní komunikace IV. Třídy ) are land traffic routes or land traffic routes with mixed traffic that are closed to motor vehicles.

Intra-urban land traffic routes are marked with a consecutive number and a letter according to class (I class - a , II. Class - b , III. Class - c , IV. Class - d ) for evidence purposes (e.g. 8c ).

The municipalities are the owners of the urban land transport routes.

Field and forest paths

Purpose-built traffic routes ( účelová komunikace ) are land traffic routes that serve to connect individual properties for the purposes of the owner, to connect to other land traffic routes or to manage agricultural and forest areas. Access can be regulated or restricted by the administrative authority. A special-purpose traffic route is also a traffic route within a closed space, it is not open to the public.

European roads

Europastrasse

The European roads are a cross-border network of trunk roads. They do not form a separate street category, but only use additional numbering to make orientation easier. European roads are usually motorways and first class roads.

See also

• List of motorways in the Czech Republic
• Illustration of the road signs in the Czech Republic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Motorway and expressway network has doubled since 1989 on Czech Republic Online from June 19, 2009, accessed on June 27, 2009.

Web links

• Motorways and Roads Directorate of the Czech Republic: Motorway and road network in the Czech Republic