M-2 highway (Montenegro)

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M-2 highway
Magistralni put M-2
Route information
Part of E-65 / E-80 / E-763
Length187 km (116 mi)
Existed1971–present
Major junctions
South end M-1 / E-65 / E-80 in Petrovac na Moru
Major intersections
North end 23 / E763 in Barski Most (border with Serbia)
Location
CountryMontenegro
MunicipalitiesBudva, Bar, Podgorica, Kolašin, Mojkovac, Bijelo Polje
Highway system
M-1.1 M-3

The M-2 highway (Montenegrin: Magistralni put M-2) is a Montenegrin roadway.

The M-2 highway is the oldest and most important connection between the coastal region and the North of Montenegro. It goes from Petrovac na Moru in Budva Municipality, through the capital city of Podgorica, and the towns of Kolašin and Mojkovac, to the border of Serbia north of Bijelo Polje. In 2016, the highway was shortened, and its route changed.[1] The road is considered to be the "backbone of the Montenegrin road network".[2]

Most notorious part of this road is Platije Canyon, where more than 1200 people have lost their lives.[3] Part of the Bar-Boljare motorway that was built from 2015 to 2022 is a new and safe connection between Podgorica and Kolašin avoiding Platije Canyon.

  1. ^ "Pravilnik o kategorizaciji državnih puteva" [Regulation on categorisation of state roads]. www.sluzbenilist.me (in Montenegrin). Official Gazette of Montenegro. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ Doderović, Miroslav; Ivanović, Zdravko (Fall 2012). Drumski saobraćaj u Crnoj Gori [Vehicular transport in Montenegro] (PDF) (in Montenegrin). Matica crnogorska. pp. 482–483. Retrieved 24 May 2015. Naјznačајniјi је оd njih, svаkаkо, јаdrаnski put M-2, pоpulаrnо nazvаn Јаdrаnskа mаgistrаlа, kоја prеdstаvljа kičmu putnе mrеžе Crnе Gоrе, јеr sе оd njе оdvајајu ili sa njom ukrštајu skоrо svi vаžniјi putni prаvci u zemlji. Оvај put pоvеzuје dеsеt оpštinskih cеntаrа u Crnој Gоri, а njimе sе Crna Gоrа uključuје u mеđunarоdnu putnu mrеžu.
  3. ^ Platije pojele 1200 života (Montenegrin) English: Platije took 1200 lives