Corridor Vc
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The European route E 73 is a Class-A north-south European route that connects the central part of the continent, specifically Hungary
and eastern Croatia
to Bosnia and Herzegovina
and the Adriatic Sea
in the area of the port of Ploče
. This 702 kilometres (436.2 mi) route is also designated as the Pan-European Corridor Vc, a branch of the fifth Pan-European corridor. The route largely consists of two-lane roads with at-grade intersection
s, although in 2000s, approximately one third of the route was upgraded to motorway standards. The remainder of the route is currently being upgraded in all the countries spanned. The longest part of this corridor goes through Bosnia and Herzegovina
and is widely touted as a road instrumental to the development of the country. The road also serves as the shortest connection of the eastern and southern parts of Croatia.
, 702 km (436.2 mi) long, connecting parts of Hungary and Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Adriatic Sea coast near the port of Ploče. The route is a Class A intermediate north-south road, consisting of 275 km (170.9 mi) of motorways, and a substantial proportion of two-lane roads with at-grade intersection
s. The E73 starts at the Budapest
ring motorway, providing connection to the Hungarian motorway network, as well as the European routes E60
, E71
and E75
, at an interchange with the M6 motorway
taking the E73 route south, past Dunaújváros
and Szekszárd
towards Bóly
, where the motorway (as of August 2011) terminates, and the E73 switches to routes 57 and then 56 past Mohács
to Udvar
/Duboševica
border crossing where the route crosses to Croatia
. The Hungarian section of the E73 is 196 kilometres (121.8 mi) long, and all but the last 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) has been upgraded to the motorway standards. The final section of the motorway to the Croatian border is planned to extend to a new border crossing at Ivándárda
.
The E73 route through croatia starts at Duboševica border crossing, following the D7 state road to Beli Manastir
and Osijek
. In Beli Manastir, there is a junction with the European route E662
, also signposted as the D212. The D7 road carries the E73 through Osijek, to the southern city bypass signposted as the D2 state road providing a connection to the A5 motorway
to the west of Osijek. The A5 is scheduled for extension north to the Hungarian border, where it would link up with the Hungarian M6 motorway. The A5 extends south to the Sredanci interchange
of the A3 motorway
, which carries the E73 concurrently
with the E70 east to the Velika Kopanica
interchange, where the E73 leaves the motorway and rejoins the D7 road once again for a leg to the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Slavonski Šamac
/Šamac
border crossing at the Sava River. Similarly to the northward extension, a southward extension of the A5 is planned spanning the Sredanci interchange and a new border crossing at Svilaj
. First segment of the E73 through Croatia, between Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina, is 125 kilometres (77.7 mi) long, including 63 kilometres (39.1 mi) of motorways.
The E73 route in Bosnia and Herzegovina is carried by the M17 road through a number of cities, as it spans the country from its northern border with Croatia to its southern border with Croatia. Some sections of the M17 road are concurrent with other national roads, such as M5 and M18, including a section north of Sarajevo
signposted as the M5, and the 36 kilometres (22.4 mi) A1 motorway
between Visoko
and Sarajevo. The E73 in Bosnia and Herzegovina consists mostly of two-lane roads with at-grade intersections, running through Doboj
, Zenica
, Sarajevo, Konjic
and Mostar
. In Zenica, the E73 forms a junction to the European routes E661
and E761
. The latter and the E73 are concurrent between Zenica and Sarajevo, where the E761 diverges towards Višegrad
. The European route E762
also forms a junction with the E73 in Sarajevo, heading towards Nikšić
, Montenegro
. The route crosses back into Croatia south of Čapljina
. Total length of the E73 route through Bosnia and Herzegovina is 379 kilometres (235.5 mi) long.
The southernmost segment of the E73 route is located in Croatia, spanning 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) between Metković
border crossing and Opuzen
, near the city of Metković itself, where the route physically signposted as the D9 state road/E73 connects to the D8 state road (European route E65
). The D8 connects the E73 route to the port of Ploče to the north and Dubrovnik
to the south. Furthermore, the section has a junction to the D62 state road providing a link to the A1 motorway
and the Croatian motorway network in the south of the country. This section completes the total length of the E73 in Croatia of 136 kilometres (84.5 mi).
using an electronic toll collection
(ETC) system with charges differing for various categories of vehicles and length of period when the e-vignette
is valid. Croatian motorways are also generally tolled, using a ticket system
. All sections of the A5 motorway are tolled, as well as the A3 section concurrent with the E73. As of August 2011, the toll charged along the Croatian section of the E73 route between various toll plazas at each motorway exit, varies depending on the length of route travelled and the vehicle classification in Croatia
. The toll is payable in either Croatian kuna or euros and by major credit and debit cards. A prepaid ETC system is also used. State roads in Croatia are not tolled. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, only the A1 motorway is tolled at two mainline toll plazas and further toll plazas at each motorway exit between the mainline toll plazas using a ticket system.
–Hamme
road and assigned it to Budapest–Osijek–Sarajevo–Metković route.
The entire E73 route was given further importance in June 1997 at the Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki
, when the section was made a part of the Pan-European Corridor Vc
, spanning Budapest and Metković via Osijek and Sarajevo. This event spurred modernization of the route in all the countries where it is located, and since 1997s, one third of the route, previously developed as a two-lane road only, was upgraded to the motorway standards, with plans to upgrade the remainder of the route as well.
The first Hungarian motorway section along the M6/E73 route was completed between Érd
and Dunaújváros in 2006 after the Pan-European Corridor Vc was given development priority following the Helsinki conference. In 2008, the new motorway section was connected to the M0 Budapest ring motorway
, and in 2010, the M6 was extended to Bóly. The final section of the motorway to the Croatian border is planned to extend to a new border crossing at Ivándárda
, where the M6 shall connect to the Croatian motorway network. In Croatia, the first motorway section completed along the E73 route was the Sredanci–Đakovo section of the A5, completed in 2007, which was extended further to Osijek in 2009. As of August 2011, the A5 is scheduled to be extended north across Drava
River to Beli Manastir and the Branjin Vrh
border crossing to Hungary where it shall connect to the M6. Also, the A5 is planned to be extended south of the Sredanci interchange to Sava River and a new border crossing to Bosnia and Herzegovina near Svilaj, where the A5 shall connect to the Bosnia and Herzegovina A1 motorway, across a new bridge across Sava River. Similarly, the A10 motorway
is planned to connect Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Croatian motorway system through the A1 motorway and the port of Ploče. The segment of the route through Bosnia and Herzegovina is largely in various stages of planning and development, especially those sections adjacent to the single existing stretch of the A1 motorway near Sarajevo and to planned sections of the Croatian A5 and A10 motorways.
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| align=center bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | Country
| align=center bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | km
| align=center bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | Route
| align=center bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | Control
cities
| align=center bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | Connecting
routes
| align=center bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | Notes
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| rowspan=3 |Hungary
| nowrap|0-176
| nowrap style="align=center | M6
| Budapest
Bóly
| M8
M60
62
| The northern terminus of the E73 is in an interchange of the M6 and the M0 near Budapest. Northbound E73 traffic leaving the segment defaults onto the M0 Budapest ring motorway. The connecting M0 motorway section is concurrent
with European routes E60
, E71
and E75
.
|-
| nowrap|176-182
| nowrap style="align=center | 57
| Bóly
Mohács
|
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersection
s.
|-
| nowrap|182-196
| nowrap style="align=center | 56
| Mohács
Udvar
|
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections. The southernmost section of the E73 in Hungary.
|-
| rowspan=5 |Croatia
| 196-237
| nowrap style="align=center | D7
| Duboševica
Osijek
| D212
D517
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections.
|-
| 237-244
| nowrap style="align=center | D2
| Osijek
|
| Osijek bypass. A two-lane, limited access expressway with grade separated intersections.
|-
| 244-298
| nowrap style="align=center | A5
| Osijek
Sredanci
| D7
| The southern terminus of the A5 motorway is currently located in Sredanci interchange, where the southbound A5/E73 traffic switches to the A3 motorway
. The A5 is scheduled to be extended to the north and to the south until the national borders are reached.
|-
| 298-307
| nowrap style="align=center | A3
| Sredanci
Velika Kopanica
|
| The A3 motorway section is concurrent with the European route E70
.
|-
| 307-321
| nowrap style="align=center | D7
| Velika Kopanica
Slavonski Šamac
| D520
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections.
Southbound E73 traffic leaving the segment crosses to Bosnia and Herzegovina at Slavonski Šamac/Šamac
border crossing.
|-
| rowspan=4|Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 312-485
| nowrap style="align=center | M17
| Šamac
Zenica
Visoko
| nowrap | M5
M14-1
| The route consists of two-lane roads with at-grade intersections. The southernmost part of the route is concurrent with the M5 road.
|-
| 485-521
| nowrap style="align=center | A1
| Visoko
Sarajevo
| M18
| A motorway, concurrent with the M5 and the M17 roads.
|-
| 521-529
| nowrap style="align=center | M5
| Visoko
Sarajevo
|
| The M5 road is concurrent with the M17 and the M18 roads. Southbound E73 traffic leaving the segment switches to the M17 road in the city of Sarajevo, at Stup interchange, where the concurrency terminates.
|-
| 529-691
| nowrap style="align=center | M17
| Sarajevo
Mostar
Čapljina
| nowrap | M16-2
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections.
|-
| Croatia
| 691-702
| nowrap style="align=center | D9
| Metković
Opuzen
| D8
D62
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections.
Northbound E73 traffic leaving the segment crosses to Bosnia and Herzegovina at Metković border crossing. Southbound E73 traffic leaving the segment switches to the Croatian D8 state road (European route E65
) in Opuzen. Even though the UNECE specification of the route notes Metković as the last control city of the E73, the entire D9 route to Opuzen is signposted as the E73.
The southernmost segment of the E73.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
and eastern Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
and the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
in the area of the port of Ploče
Port of Ploče
The Port of Ploče is a seaport in Ploče, Croatia, near the mouth of the Neretva river on the Adriatic Sea coast. It was formally opened in 1945 after a railway was built as a a supply route to connect the site with industrial facilities in the Sarajevo and Mostar areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
. This 702 kilometres (436.2 mi) route is also designated as the Pan-European Corridor Vc, a branch of the fifth Pan-European corridor. The route largely consists of two-lane roads with at-grade intersection
At-grade intersection
An at-grade intersection is a junction at which two or more transport axes cross at the same level .-Traffic management:With areas of high or fast traffic, an at-grade intersection normally requires a traffic control device such as a stop sign, traffic light or railway signal to manage conflicting...
s, although in 2000s, approximately one third of the route was upgraded to motorway standards. The remainder of the route is currently being upgraded in all the countries spanned. The longest part of this corridor goes through Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
and is widely touted as a road instrumental to the development of the country. The road also serves as the shortest connection of the eastern and southern parts of Croatia.
Route description
The European route E73 is a part of the International E-road networkInternational E-road network
The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe . The network is numbered from E 1 up and its roads cross national borders...
, 702 km (436.2 mi) long, connecting parts of Hungary and Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Adriatic Sea coast near the port of Ploče. The route is a Class A intermediate north-south road, consisting of 275 km (170.9 mi) of motorways, and a substantial proportion of two-lane roads with at-grade intersection
At-grade intersection
An at-grade intersection is a junction at which two or more transport axes cross at the same level .-Traffic management:With areas of high or fast traffic, an at-grade intersection normally requires a traffic control device such as a stop sign, traffic light or railway signal to manage conflicting...
s. The E73 starts at the Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
ring motorway, providing connection to the Hungarian motorway network, as well as the European routes E60
European route E60
European route E 60 is a E-road running from Brest, France , to Irkeshtam, Kyrgyzstan...
, E71
European route E71
European route E 71 is a north-south Class-A intermediate European road route. It begins in Košice, Slovakia, passes through Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb in Croatia and Bihać in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and ends at Split in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea coast. The total length of the route is...
and E75
European route E75
European route E 75 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.The E 75 starts from Vardø, Norway in the Barents Sea and runs south through Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Republic of Macedonia to Sitia, Greece on...
, at an interchange with the M6 motorway
M6 motorway (Hungary)
The M6 motorway is a north-south motorway in Hungary running along the Danube connecting Budapest to the seat of Baranya county Pécs, and further south to the Croatian border.Construction progress:...
taking the E73 route south, past Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros is a Hungarian city in Central Transdanubia, along the Danube river. It is in Fejér county.-History:Dunaújváros is one of the newest cities of the country...
and Szekszárd
Szekszárd
Szekszárd is a city in Hungary and the capital of Tolna county. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area, it is the second smallest -Location:...
towards Bóly
Bóly
Bóly is a town in Baranya county, Hungary....
, where the motorway (as of August 2011) terminates, and the E73 switches to routes 57 and then 56 past Mohács
Mohács
Mohács is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube.-History:Two famous battles took place there:# Battle of Mohács, 1526# Battle of Mohács, 1687...
to Udvar
Udvar
- External links :*...
/Duboševica
Duboševica
Duboševica is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Draž municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 690 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...
border crossing where the route crosses to Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. The Hungarian section of the E73 is 196 kilometres (121.8 mi) long, and all but the last 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) has been upgraded to the motorway standards. The final section of the motorway to the Croatian border is planned to extend to a new border crossing at Ivándárda
Ivándárda
- External links :*http://foldhivatalok.geod.hu/telepules.php?page=3346...
.
The E73 route through croatia starts at Duboševica border crossing, following the D7 state road to Beli Manastir
Beli Manastir
Beli Manastir is a town and municipality in eastern Croatia, the principal town of the Croatian part of Baranja, in the Osijek-Baranja county.-Name:...
and Osijek
Osijek
Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...
. In Beli Manastir, there is a junction with the European route E662
European route E662
European route E662 is a class B road, part of International E-road network in Croatia and Serbia. It connects E73 road at Osijek, and E75 at Subotica.-Itinerary:Cities are bold.* State road D7:**Osijek**Bridge over the river Drava**Bilje...
, also signposted as the D212. The D7 road carries the E73 through Osijek, to the southern city bypass signposted as the D2 state road providing a connection to the A5 motorway
A5 (Croatia)
The A5 motorway is a motorway in Croatia spanning . It connects Osijek, the largest city in Slavonia region, to the Croatian motorway network at the Sredanci interchange of the A3 motorway. The A5 represents a significant north–south transportation corridor in Croatia and is a part of the...
to the west of Osijek. The A5 is scheduled for extension north to the Hungarian border, where it would link up with the Hungarian M6 motorway. The A5 extends south to the Sredanci interchange
Sredanci interchange
The Sredanci interchange is a cloverleaf interchange west of Slavonski Brod, Croatia. It is named after nearby village of Sredanci. As of September 2011, the interchange represents the southern terminus of the A5 motorway and it connects the A5 route to the A3 motorway facilitating a link between...
of the A3 motorway
A3 (Croatia)
The A3 motorway is a major motorway in Croatia spanning . The motorway connects Zagreb, the nation's capital, to the Slavonia region and a number of cities along the Sava River. It represents a major east–west transportation corridor in Croatia and a significant part of the Pan-European Corridor...
, which carries the E73 concurrently
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
with the E70 east to the Velika Kopanica
Velika Kopanica
Velika Kopanica is a village and municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. There are 3,570 inhabitants in which 98% declare themselves Croats Velika Kopanica is also a birthplace of the great 19th century Croatian educational pedagogist Ivan Filipović-External links:*...
interchange, where the E73 leaves the motorway and rejoins the D7 road once again for a leg to the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
and Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac is a village and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. The town is located in Brod-Posavina county in the region of Slavonia. The population of Slavonski Šamac itself is 1,256 ; the municipality, which includes the village of Kruševica, has a total population of 2,649.On the opposite...
/Šamac
Šamac
Šamac also known as Bosanski Šamac , is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river...
border crossing at the Sava River. Similarly to the northward extension, a southward extension of the A5 is planned spanning the Sredanci interchange and a new border crossing at Svilaj
Svilaj
Svilaj is a settlement in the Croatian municipality of Oprisavci . According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants. Svilaj's importance lies in the planned border checkpoint and a bridge over the nearby Sava River, which will bear the internationally important freeway Pan-European...
. First segment of the E73 through Croatia, between Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina, is 125 kilometres (77.7 mi) long, including 63 kilometres (39.1 mi) of motorways.
The E73 route in Bosnia and Herzegovina is carried by the M17 road through a number of cities, as it spans the country from its northern border with Croatia to its southern border with Croatia. Some sections of the M17 road are concurrent with other national roads, such as M5 and M18, including a section north of Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
signposted as the M5, and the 36 kilometres (22.4 mi) A1 motorway
A1 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
thumb|A1's projected routeThe A1 motorway is a motorway in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is part of the Corridor Vc and, together with two Croatian motorways and the Hungarian M6, will provide a modern and fast road connection from Budapest to Ploče, an important seaport on the Adriatic Sea.The...
between Visoko
Visoko
Visoko is a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina of rich historical heritage. It was an early centre of the Bosnian medieval state, and the site where the first Bosnian king Tvrtko I was crowned. Located between Zenica and Sarajevo, Visoko lies on the Bosna river where the...
and Sarajevo. The E73 in Bosnia and Herzegovina consists mostly of two-lane roads with at-grade intersections, running through Doboj
Doboj
Doboj is a city and a municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in the northern part of the Republika Srpska entity on the river Bosna. Doboj is the largest national railway junction; as such, the seats of the Republika Srpska Railways, and the Railways Corporation of Bosnia and...
, Zenica
Zenica
Zenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
, Sarajevo, Konjic
Konjic
Konjic is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northern Herzegovina, around southwest of Sarajevo. It is a mountainous, heavily wooded area, and is above sea level. The municipality extends on both sides of the Neretva River. The town of Konjic, housed about a third...
and Mostar
Mostar
Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...
. In Zenica, the E73 forms a junction to the European routes E661
European route E661
European route E 661 is a part of the inter-European road system. This Class B north-south route is long and it connects Lake Balaton in Hungary via western Slavonia in Croatia with Bosanska Krajina and central Bosnia.-Itinerary:...
and E761
European route E761
European route E 761 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina and ends in Zaječar, Serbia....
. The latter and the E73 are concurrent between Zenica and Sarajevo, where the E761 diverges towards Višegrad
Višegrad
Višegrad is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Republika Srpska entity. It is on the river Drina, located on the road from Goražde and Ustiprača towards Užice, Serbia.-History:...
. The European route E762
European route E762
European route E 762 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and ends in Albania....
also forms a junction with the E73 in Sarajevo, heading towards Nikšić
Nikšić
Nikšić is a city in Montenegro . In 2003 the city had a total population about 75,000.Nikšić is located in Nikšić plain, at the foot of Mount Trebjesa. It is the center of the municipality , which is the largest in Montenegro by area...
, Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
. The route crosses back into Croatia south of Čapljina
Capljina
Čapljina is a town and municipality of the same name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Čapljina is located on the border with Croatia a mere from the Adriatic Sea....
. Total length of the E73 route through Bosnia and Herzegovina is 379 kilometres (235.5 mi) long.
The southernmost segment of the E73 route is located in Croatia, spanning 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) between Metković
Metkovic
Metković is a city in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Herzegovina.-Demographics:...
border crossing and Opuzen
Opuzen
Opuzen is a small town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The town is located upstream from the mouth of the river Neretva, in southern Dalmatia...
, near the city of Metković itself, where the route physically signposted as the D9 state road/E73 connects to the D8 state road (European route E65
European route E65
European route E 65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chaniá, Greece. The road is about in length.-Itinerary:* Sweden** E 65: Malmö – Ystad* Baltic sea, ferry Ystad-Świnoujście* Poland...
). The D8 connects the E73 route to the port of Ploče to the north and Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
to the south. Furthermore, the section has a junction to the D62 state road providing a link to the A1 motorway
A1 (Croatia)
The A1 motorway is the longest motorway in Croatia spanning . As it connects Zagreb, the nation's capital, to Split, the second largest city in the country and the largest city in Dalmatia, the motorway represents a major north–south transportation corridor in Croatia and a significant part of the...
and the Croatian motorway network in the south of the country. This section completes the total length of the E73 in Croatia of 136 kilometres (84.5 mi).
Toll
Various sections of the E73 are tolled, using a range of toll collection systems. Motorways in Hungary are tolledToll road
A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...
using an electronic toll collection
Electronic toll collection
Electronic toll collection , an adaptation of military "identification friend or foe" technology, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically. It is thus a technological implementation of a road pricing concept...
(ETC) system with charges differing for various categories of vehicles and length of period when the e-vignette
Vignette (road tax)
A road tax vignette is a form of tax on vehicles, used in several non-English speaking European countries. The term is of French origin, and is now used throughout Central Europe....
is valid. Croatian motorways are also generally tolled, using a ticket system
Ticket system
A ticket system toll road A ticket system toll road A ticket system toll road (also known as closed toll collection system, as opposed to a flat-rate toll road, is utilized by some state toll road or highway agencies that allows a motorist to pay a toll rate based on the number of miles traveled...
. All sections of the A5 motorway are tolled, as well as the A3 section concurrent with the E73. As of August 2011, the toll charged along the Croatian section of the E73 route between various toll plazas at each motorway exit, varies depending on the length of route travelled and the vehicle classification in Croatia
Vehicle classification in Croatia
There are two forms of vehicle classification in Croatia. Vehicles are classified by categories in the driving license and by categories for toll highways.- Driving license classification :- Toll categories :...
. The toll is payable in either Croatian kuna or euros and by major credit and debit cards. A prepaid ETC system is also used. State roads in Croatia are not tolled. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, only the A1 motorway is tolled at two mainline toll plazas and further toll plazas at each motorway exit between the mainline toll plazas using a ticket system.
History
UNECE was formed in 1947, and their first major act to improve transportation was a joint UN declaration no. 1264, the Declaration on the Construction of Main International Traffic Arteries, signed in Geneva on September 16, 1950, which defined the first E-road network. This declaration was amended several times before November 15, 1975, when it was replaced by the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries or "AGR", which set up a route numbering system and improved standards for roads in the list. The AGR went through several changes, with the last one, as of 2011, in 2008. Reorganization of the E-roads network of 1975 and 1983 redefined the E73 designation previously associated with CologneCologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
–Hamme
Hamme
Hamme is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper and Moerzeke, Zogge and St-Anna as parttowns. On January 1, 2006, Hamme had a total population of 23,232. The total area is 40.21 km² which gives a population density...
road and assigned it to Budapest–Osijek–Sarajevo–Metković route.
The entire E73 route was given further importance in June 1997 at the Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, when the section was made a part of the Pan-European Corridor Vc
Pan-European corridors
The ten Pan-European transport corridors were defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference in Crete, March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were made at the third conference in Helsinki in 1997...
, spanning Budapest and Metković via Osijek and Sarajevo. This event spurred modernization of the route in all the countries where it is located, and since 1997s, one third of the route, previously developed as a two-lane road only, was upgraded to the motorway standards, with plans to upgrade the remainder of the route as well.
The first Hungarian motorway section along the M6/E73 route was completed between Érd
Érd
Érd is city and urban county in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.-History:The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric men lived here 50,000 years ago....
and Dunaújváros in 2006 after the Pan-European Corridor Vc was given development priority following the Helsinki conference. In 2008, the new motorway section was connected to the M0 Budapest ring motorway
M0 motorway (Hungary)
The M0 motorway is a ringroad around Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The ring presently connects motorways M1, M7, M6, M5, M4, M3, M2, connecting currently to Highway 11. The southern section of the ringroad currently does not comply with formal motorway specifications. The whole length of the...
, and in 2010, the M6 was extended to Bóly. The final section of the motorway to the Croatian border is planned to extend to a new border crossing at Ivándárda
Ivándárda
- External links :*http://foldhivatalok.geod.hu/telepules.php?page=3346...
, where the M6 shall connect to the Croatian motorway network. In Croatia, the first motorway section completed along the E73 route was the Sredanci–Đakovo section of the A5, completed in 2007, which was extended further to Osijek in 2009. As of August 2011, the A5 is scheduled to be extended north across Drava
Drava
Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...
River to Beli Manastir and the Branjin Vrh
Branjin Vrh
Branjin Vrh is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Beli Manastir municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...
border crossing to Hungary where it shall connect to the M6. Also, the A5 is planned to be extended south of the Sredanci interchange to Sava River and a new border crossing to Bosnia and Herzegovina near Svilaj, where the A5 shall connect to the Bosnia and Herzegovina A1 motorway, across a new bridge across Sava River. Similarly, the A10 motorway
A10 (Croatia)
The A10 motorway is a planned motorway, expected to be built in southern Croatia between the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina, extending from the Bosnia and Herzegovina A1 motorway towards the Croatian A1 motorway Metković interchange. The motorway is planned to include the Metković border...
is planned to connect Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Croatian motorway system through the A1 motorway and the port of Ploče. The segment of the route through Bosnia and Herzegovina is largely in various stages of planning and development, especially those sections adjacent to the single existing stretch of the A1 motorway near Sarajevo and to planned sections of the Croatian A5 and A10 motorways.
Concurrencies
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| rowspan=3 |Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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M6 motorway (Hungary)
The M6 motorway is a north-south motorway in Hungary running along the Danube connecting Budapest to the seat of Baranya county Pécs, and further south to the Croatian border.Construction progress:...
| Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
Bóly
Bóly
Bóly is a town in Baranya county, Hungary....
| M8
M8 motorway (Hungary)
The M8 is a planned Hungarian motorway, which when finished, will connect the western part of the country, near the Austrian border to Szolnok in the central part of the country. It will be partially concurrent with the European route E66 .The construction started in 2007 and it is planned to be...
M60
62
| The northern terminus of the E73 is in an interchange of the M6 and the M0 near Budapest. Northbound E73 traffic leaving the segment defaults onto the M0 Budapest ring motorway. The connecting M0 motorway section is concurrent
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
with European routes E60
European route E60
European route E 60 is a E-road running from Brest, France , to Irkeshtam, Kyrgyzstan...
, E71
European route E71
European route E 71 is a north-south Class-A intermediate European road route. It begins in Košice, Slovakia, passes through Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb in Croatia and Bihać in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and ends at Split in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea coast. The total length of the route is...
and E75
European route E71
European route E 71 is a north-south Class-A intermediate European road route. It begins in Košice, Slovakia, passes through Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb in Croatia and Bihać in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and ends at Split in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea coast. The total length of the route is...
.
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| Bóly
Mohács
Mohács
Mohács is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube.-History:Two famous battles took place there:# Battle of Mohács, 1526# Battle of Mohács, 1687...
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| Two-lane road with at-grade intersection
At-grade intersection
An at-grade intersection is a junction at which two or more transport axes cross at the same level .-Traffic management:With areas of high or fast traffic, an at-grade intersection normally requires a traffic control device such as a stop sign, traffic light or railway signal to manage conflicting...
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Udvar
Udvar
- External links :*...
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| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections. The southernmost section of the E73 in Hungary.
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| rowspan=5 |Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
| 196-237
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| Duboševica
Duboševica
Duboševica is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Draž municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 690 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...
Osijek
Osijek
Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...
| D212
D517
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections.
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| 237-244
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| Osijek
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| Osijek bypass. A two-lane, limited access expressway with grade separated intersections.
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| 244-298
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A5 (Croatia)
The A5 motorway is a motorway in Croatia spanning . It connects Osijek, the largest city in Slavonia region, to the Croatian motorway network at the Sredanci interchange of the A3 motorway. The A5 represents a significant north–south transportation corridor in Croatia and is a part of the...
| Osijek
Sredanci
Sredanci interchange
The Sredanci interchange is a cloverleaf interchange west of Slavonski Brod, Croatia. It is named after nearby village of Sredanci. As of September 2011, the interchange represents the southern terminus of the A5 motorway and it connects the A5 route to the A3 motorway facilitating a link between...
| D7
| The southern terminus of the A5 motorway is currently located in Sredanci interchange, where the southbound A5/E73 traffic switches to the A3 motorway
A3 (Croatia)
The A3 motorway is a major motorway in Croatia spanning . The motorway connects Zagreb, the nation's capital, to the Slavonia region and a number of cities along the Sava River. It represents a major east–west transportation corridor in Croatia and a significant part of the Pan-European Corridor...
. The A5 is scheduled to be extended to the north and to the south until the national borders are reached.
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| 298-307
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A3 (Croatia)
The A3 motorway is a major motorway in Croatia spanning . The motorway connects Zagreb, the nation's capital, to the Slavonia region and a number of cities along the Sava River. It represents a major east–west transportation corridor in Croatia and a significant part of the Pan-European Corridor...
| Sredanci
Velika Kopanica
Velika Kopanica
Velika Kopanica is a village and municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. There are 3,570 inhabitants in which 98% declare themselves Croats Velika Kopanica is also a birthplace of the great 19th century Croatian educational pedagogist Ivan Filipović-External links:*...
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| The A3 motorway section is concurrent with the European route E70
European route E70
European route E 70 is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from A Coruña in Spain in the west to the Georgian city of Poti in the east.-Itinerary:...
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| 307-321
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| Velika Kopanica
Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac is a village and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. The town is located in Brod-Posavina county in the region of Slavonia. The population of Slavonski Šamac itself is 1,256 ; the municipality, which includes the village of Kruševica, has a total population of 2,649.On the opposite...
| D520
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections.
Southbound E73 traffic leaving the segment crosses to Bosnia and Herzegovina at Slavonski Šamac/Šamac
Šamac
Šamac also known as Bosanski Šamac , is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river...
border crossing.
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| rowspan=4|Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
| 312-485
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| Šamac
Šamac
Šamac also known as Bosanski Šamac , is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river...
Zenica
Zenica
Zenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
Visoko
Visoko
Visoko is a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina of rich historical heritage. It was an early centre of the Bosnian medieval state, and the site where the first Bosnian king Tvrtko I was crowned. Located between Zenica and Sarajevo, Visoko lies on the Bosna river where the...
| nowrap | M5
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| The route consists of two-lane roads with at-grade intersections. The southernmost part of the route is concurrent with the M5 road.
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| 485-521
| nowrap style="align=center | A1
A1 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
thumb|A1's projected routeThe A1 motorway is a motorway in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is part of the Corridor Vc and, together with two Croatian motorways and the Hungarian M6, will provide a modern and fast road connection from Budapest to Ploče, an important seaport on the Adriatic Sea.The...
| Visoko
Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
| M18
| A motorway, concurrent with the M5 and the M17 roads.
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| 521-529
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| Visoko
Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
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| The M5 road is concurrent with the M17 and the M18 roads. Southbound E73 traffic leaving the segment switches to the M17 road in the city of Sarajevo, at Stup interchange, where the concurrency terminates.
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| 529-691
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| Sarajevo
Mostar
Mostar
Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...
Čapljina
Capljina
Čapljina is a town and municipality of the same name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Čapljina is located on the border with Croatia a mere from the Adriatic Sea....
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| Croatia
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| Metković
Metkovic
Metković is a city in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Herzegovina.-Demographics:...
Opuzen
Opuzen
Opuzen is a small town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The town is located upstream from the mouth of the river Neretva, in southern Dalmatia...
| D8
D62
| Two-lane road with at-grade intersections.
Northbound E73 traffic leaving the segment crosses to Bosnia and Herzegovina at Metković border crossing. Southbound E73 traffic leaving the segment switches to the Croatian D8 state road (European route E65
European route E65
European route E 65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chaniá, Greece. The road is about in length.-Itinerary:* Sweden** E 65: Malmö – Ystad* Baltic sea, ferry Ystad-Świnoujście* Poland...
) in Opuzen. Even though the UNECE specification of the route notes Metković as the last control city of the E73, the entire D9 route to Opuzen is signposted as the E73.
The southernmost segment of the E73.
See also
- European long-distance pathsEuropean long-distance pathsThe European long-distance paths are a network of long-distance footpaths that traverse Europe. While most long-distance footpaths in Europe are located in just one country or region, each of these numbered European long-distance paths passes through many different countries.The European...
- Road transportRoad transportRoad transport or road transportation is transport on roads of passengers or goods. A hybrid of road transport and ship transport is the historic horse-drawn boat.-History:...
- Transport in Bosnia and HerzegovinaTransport in Bosnia and Herzegovina-Roadways:*total: 21,846 km**paved: 11,425 km **unpaved: 10,421 km -International:*E65*E73 , A1 highway*E661*E761*E762-Local:*Route 1**Route 1-8*Route 5...
- Motorways in Croatia
- Motorways in Hungary