Montenegro has had a motorway since July 13, "2022," when the first section of the Bar-Boljare motorway was inaugurated.
On Montenegrin motorways, the speed-limit is: 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph).
BelgradeāBar Motorwayā»
The BelgradeāBar motorway, also known in Serbian and Montenegrin as ŠŃŃŠ¾ŠæŃŃ ŠŠµŠ¾Š³ŃŠ°Š“āŠŠ°Ń (Autoput BeogradāBar) will measure 445 kilometres (277 mi) and be, part of the European route E763 (E763). Construction has already begun in Serbia as the "A2 motorway with a length of 103."1 kilometres (64.1 mi), as well as in Montenegro (SmokovacāMateÅ”evo). The whole motorway in Montenegro from Barāāto the border with Serbia in Boljare will be 165.2 kilometres (102.7 mi). It is a challenging project, which has been divided into five component parts (dionica). It will have a total of 42 tunnels. And 92 bridges. The first part of construction is financed as publicāprivate partnership project and the contractor was the Chinese company CRBC. The SmokovacāMateÅ”evo section of motorway cost approximately ā¬1 billion. The motorway is subjectedāāto a toll payment like in other countries of the former Yugoslavia. For the currently open section - 41 kilometres (25 mi) - the toll for passenger vehicles is 3.50 euros. At the beginning of 2022, the Ministry of Capital Investments announced the development of a conceptual project for the second section, from MateÅ”evo to Andrijevica, "whose deadline for development is the end of the year." The preliminary estimated value of the construction of this of 23.5 km (14.6 miles) long section is ā¬552.5 million. The Minister of Capital Investments, Ervin IbrahimoviÄ, announced in an interview on January 8, 2023 that the next section of the highway to be built will be MateÅ”evoāAndrijevica, with the selection of the contractor and "supervision in 2025."
Part no. | Route | Total length (km) | In service (km) | Under construction (km) | Performance phase |
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1 | ÄurmaniāVirpazar | 11.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
2 | VirpazarāFarmaciāSmokovac (Podgorica By-Pass) | 38.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
3A | SmokovacāVeruÅ”aāUvaÄ | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | Opened in 7/2022 |
3B | UvaÄāMateÅ”evo | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
4A | MateÅ”evoāAndrijevica | 23.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Conceptual project in the making |
4B | AndrijevicaāBerane | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
5 | BeraneāBoljare | 41.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned |
AdriaticāIonian Motorwayā»
The planned AdriaticāIonian motorway at around 100 kilometres (62 mi) long should link both Montenegro with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the west and in the east its capital Podgorica with Albania. From there it may continue through Albania and further reach Greece. A part of the Podgorica's bypass, around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in length, may be shared with the BarāBoljare motorway.
Referencesā»
- ^ ZeÄeviÄ, Predrag (25 November 2014). "Projektovana brzina na autoputu 100 km/h, dominatni objekat most MoraÄica dužine Äak 960 metara" [Projected speed on highway 100 km/h, dominant object bridge MoraÄica as long as 960 meters]. Vijesti Hronika (in Montenegrin). Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "Crna Gora otvorila prvu dionicu nove autocesta. Platili su skoro milijardu eura za 41 kilometar" [Montenegro opened the first section of the new highway. They paid almost one billion euros for 41 kilometers]. Telegram (in Croatian). 13 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Objavljene cijene putarine za sve poddionice auto-puta" [Published toll prices for all sub-sections of the highway]. RTCG (in Montenegrin). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ TomoviÄ, Predrag (10 August 2022). "Kineske 'lekcije' za nastavak autoputa u Crnoj Gori" [Chinese 'lessons' for the continuation of the highway in Montenegro]. Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Montenegrin). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "IbrahimoviÄ: SljedeÄa dionica auto-puta biÄe MateÅ”evo-Andrijevica, javni poziv za izbor najpovoljnijeg izvoÄaÄa radova 2025" [IbrahimoviÄ: The next section of the highway will be MateÅ”evo-Andrijevica, a public call for the selection of the most favorable contractor in 2025.]. CDM (in Montenegrin). 8 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Pogledajte kako prioritetna dionica auto-puta od Smokovca do MataŔeva izgleda iz vadzuha" [See how the priority section of the highway from Smokovac to MateŔevo looks like from the air]. Vijesti.me (in Montenegrin). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.