Ibar highway

The Ibar highway (Serbian: Ибарска магистрала/Ibarska magistrala) is a regional road in Serbia that connects Belgrade with western Serbia and Montenegro. Major cities on the highway are Ljig, Gornji Milanovac, Čačak, Kraljevo, Užice, Čajetina and Novi Pazar. The highway starts in Rožaje in Montenegro going parallel to the Ibar river, hence the name. However, only its northern section between Čačak and Belgrade (away from the Ibar) is commonly considered the "Ibar highway" in the narrow sense.

The Ibar highway is considered the most dangerous road in Serbia, averaging near 200 traffic accidents annually.[1] A single-lane carriageway, it bears heavy car and truck traffic between major cities of Belgrade, Čačak, Užice and Kraljevo, as well as transit traffic towards Montenegro, and occasional agricultural machinery is not unseen. If features long stretches of straight road interrupted by dangerous curves. Speeding, drunk-driving and other traffic offences are major sources of accidents, most of them occurring during the night.[2]

In order to reduce traveling times and alleviate the dangers of the Ibar highway, a new A2 motorway (also known as Corridor XI) is being built on a parallel route Belgrade–Preljina–Požega.[3] The first completed section, 40 km long, between Ljig and Preljina, is scheduled for public opening in September 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Crne tačke na putevima Srbije: Zloglasna Ibarska magistrala". Blic. 8 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ibarska - drum smrti". Večernje Novosti. 2 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Belgrade – South Adriatic L=269 km". Corridors of Serbia. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Vladimir Ilić (17 January 2016). "Beograd - Čačak od septembra za jedan sat".

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