A5 (Croatia)

A5 motorway shield
A5 motorway
Autocesta A5
Slavonika
Map key – green in use Map key – red under construction Map key – violet planned
Map key – blue other motorways
Route information
Part of European route E73
Length83.6 km (51.9 mi)
88.6 km (55.1 mi) planned
Major junctions
From D517 in Beli Manastir interchange
Major intersections D2 in Osijek interchange
D7 in Đakovo interchange
A3 motorway in Sredanci interchange
To A 1 Svilaj Bridge border crossing with Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location
CountryCroatia
CountiesOsijek-Baranja, Brod-Posavina
Major citiesBeli Manastir, Osijek, Đakovo
Highway system

The A5 motorway (Croatian: Autocesta A5) is a motorway in Croatia spanning 83.6 kilometres (51.9 mi).[1][2] It connects Osijek, the largest city in Slavonia region, to the Croatian motorway network at the Sredanci interchange of the A3 motorway.[3] The A5 represents a significant north–south transportation corridor in Croatia and is a part of the European route E73.[4] The A5 motorway route also follows Pan-European corridor Vc.[5] In addition to Osijek, the A5 motorway also passes near Đakovo and Beli Manastir.[6]

The first section of the A5, joining the Sredanci interchange to Đakovo, was opened in 2007; the route to Osijek opened in 2009. In 2015, the first section south of the A3, from Sredanci interchange to Svilaj was opened, and the second one, extending to the Sava River and border of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the Svilaj bridge on the Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina border was opened in 2021. The section between Osijek and Beli Manastir was opened in 2022.[1]

Once the entire Pan-European corridor Vc is completed, motorists will recognize the A5's importance as a transit route. When completed, the corridor shall entail the A5 itself extended to the Hungarian border and connected to the Hungarian M6 motorway as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina's A1 motorway and the A10 motorway, completing the corridor route at the Adriatic Sea coast.

The motorway consists of two traffic lanes and an emergency lane in each driving direction separated by a central reservation. All intersections of the A5 motorway are grade separated. There are five exits and four rest areas operating along the route.[7] The motorway is tolled using a ticket system, integrated with the A3, and each exit includes a toll plaza.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Otvorena dionica Beli Manastir - Osijek na A5" (in Croatian). Hrvatske autoceste. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Overview of motorways and semi-motorways". HUKA. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Pravilnik o označavanju autocesta, njihove stacionaže, brojeva izlaza i prometnih čvorišta te naziva izlaza, prometnih čvorišta i odmorišta" [Regulation on motorway markings, chainage, interchange/exit/rest area numbers and names]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). 6 May 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  4. ^ "EUROPEAN AGREMENT [sic] ON MAIN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ARTERIES (AGR)" (PDF). United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference EU-Corridors was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Overview map of the A5 (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Croatian Motorways". Hrvatske autoceste. pp. 282–307. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference HAC-toll was invoked but never defined (see the help page).