European route E59 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

European route E 59 is a north-south Class-A intermediate European route

International 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...

. It begins in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, passes through Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

and Maribor

Maribor

Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, ending near Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, 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 total length of the route is 644 km (400.2 mi). The E59 largely consists of motorways but some sections are developed either as expressway

Limited-access road

A limited-access road known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway and expressway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway , including limited or no access to adjacent...

s or two-lane

Lane

A lane is a part of the roadway within a road marked out for use by a single line of vehicles in such a way as to control and guide drivers for the purpose of reducing traffic conflicts. Most public roads have at least two lanes, one for traffic in each direction, separated by Lane markings...

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 motorway sections are generally tolled through varying systems and rates. Individual segments of the E59 route are shared with several other European routes. Originally, the route extended through Bihać

Bihac

Bihać is a city and municipality on the river Una in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. Bihać is located in the Una-Sana Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:...

, 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...

to Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

, Croatia.

Route description

Route of the E59 starts in Prague

Prague

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, and proceeds southeast along the D1 motorway towards Jihlava

Jihlava

Jihlava is a city in the Czech Republic. Jihlava is a centre of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava river on the ancient frontier between Moravia and Bohemia, and is the oldest mining town in the Czech Republic, ca. 50 years older than Kutná Hora.Among the principal buildings are the...

, where it leaves the motorway and turns south along the route 38, a regular road comprising at-grade intersection

At-grade intersection

s. The route passes near Moravské Budějovice and Znojmo

Znojmo

Znojmo is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, near the border with Lower Austria, connected to Vienna by railway and road . The royal city of Znojmo was founded shortly before 1226 by King Ottokar I on the plains in front of Znojmo Castle...

. It crosses from the Czech Republic to Austria

Austria

between Chvalovice and Haugsdorf

Haugsdorf

Haugsdorf is a town in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, Austria....

as it switches to Austrian B303 state road, representing another two-lane road with at-grade intersections. South of Hollabrunn

Hollabrunn

Hollabrunn is a district capital town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, on the Göllersbach river.- History :The surroundings of Hollabrunn were first settled in neolithic times. Around 300 B.C...

, the E59 transfers to the S3 expressway until it reaches Stockerau

Stockerau

Stockerau is a town in the district of Korneuburg in Lower Austria, Austria.Leisure facilities are various: wellness centre, sports centre with three gyms, judo and table tennis gym, skittle alley and football stadium...

and the A22 which carries the E59 east to Vienna

Vienna

. Within the city, the E59 turns south once again in Donaustadt

Donaustadt

Donaustadt is the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria .Donaustadt is the eastern fourth of Vienna.- Geography :The Donaustadt district is in the northeast part of Vienna and is the largest of the districts in area, occupying about one-quarter of the Vienna city area, 102.24 km².It borders the...

, transferring to the A23 taking it to the southern outskirts of the city. There it proceeds further south along the A2 motorway taking the route past Wiener Neustadt

Wiener Neustadt

-Main sights:* The Late-Romanesque Dom, consecrated in 1279 and cathedral from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl is attributed to...

to the city of Graz

Graz

The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

. Graz itself is bypassed by the motorway and the E59 switches there to the A9 motorway

Pyhrnautobahn

The Pyhrnautobahn is an Autobahn , in Austria. It runs through Alps by 2 two-lane tunnels: the long Bosrucktunnel and the long Gleinalmtunnel. The longest tunnel on the motorway is the long Plabutschtunnel under Graz and its outskirts.The last section of the highway was built in 2004...

marking the final southbound leg of the E59 through Austria until it reaches Spielfeld

Spielfeld

Spielfeld is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. It was an Austria-Slovenia border crossing checkpoint until December 21 2007 when all immigration and customs checks ended after Slovenia joined the Schengen Area. The Slovene town opposite Spielfeld is Šentilj....

/Šentilj

Šentilj

Šentilj is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šentilj v Slovenskih goricah . This town was an Austria-Slovenia border crossing checkpoint until December 21, 2007, when all immigration and customs checks ended after Slovenia joined the Schengen Area...

border crossing to Slovenia

Slovenia

. South of the border crossing the E59 route follows the Slovenian A1 motorway

A1 motorway (Slovenia)

The A1 motorway is 236,1 km long, connecting Šentilj and Koper/Capodistria . It passes several important Slovenian cities, including Maribor, Celje and Ljubljana all the way to the Slovenian Littoral and Koper, with its important port.Construction began in 1970 and the first section was...

to the south of Maribor

Maribor

where the E59 leaves the A1 route and joins the A4

A4 motorway (Slovenia)

The A4 motorway is a motorway in Slovenia, planned to be 33.7 km long, connecting Maribor and Gruškovje . It also connects the two principal cities of the Podravska region of Slovenia, Maribor and Ptuj...

towards Ptuj

Ptuj

Ptuj is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Podravje statistical region...

. At Draženci near Ptuj, the route defaults to route 9, another two-lane road comprising at-grade intersections, taking it to Gruškovje/Macelj

Macelj

Macelj is the name of a village and a forest in northern Croatia bordering on Slovenia. There is an official border crossing in Macelj, and the end of the A2 highway.-Macelj in 1945:...

border crossing to Croatia

Croatia

. South of the border, the E59 follows Croatian A2 motorway

A2 (Croatia)

The A2 motorway is a motorway in the Hrvatsko Zagorje region of northern Croatia, connecting Zagreb to the Macelj border crossing and Slovenia. The A2 motorway is part of the European route E59 and the Pan-European Corridor Xa...

running past Krapina

Krapina

Krapina is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje County with a population of 4,482 and a total municipality population of 12,479...

to Zagreb

Zagreb

. The E59 terminates at Jankomir interchange

Jankomir interchange

The Jankomir interchange is a cloverleaf interchange west of Zagreb, Croatia. It is named after nearby Zagreb neighborhood of Jankomir. The interchange represents the southern terminus of the A2 motorway and it connects the A2 route to the A3 motorway representing major a link in the Croatian...

of the Zagreb bypass

Zagreb bypass

Zagreb bypass , is an U-shaped motorway partially encircling Zagreb, Croatia. The largest part by far, between Jankomir and Ivanja Reka interchanges, has been built between 1977 and 1979, while Ivanja Reka - Sveta Helena section has been built between 1996 and 1999. The bypass is long, tracing...

, where southbound E59 traffic defaults to the eastbound 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...

. Originally the E59 extended further south past Zagreb, to Bihać

Bihac

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

and Split

Split (city)

at 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...

coast, however, that segment of the route was subsequently transferred to the European route 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...

. Nonetheless, the E59 shares segments of the route with a number of other European routes. A part of the E59 spanning Prague and Vienna corresponds to the Pan-European Corridor IV

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...

, and the segment spanning Graz and Zagreb corresponds to the Pan-European Corridor Xa.

Toll

Various sections of the E59 are tolled, using a range of toll collection systems. In Czech Republic, vehicles exceeding 3.5 tonnes (3.4 LT) using the D1 motorway are charged toll 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, while other vehicles are required to have a 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....

displayed. The same applies to Austrian motorways. Slovenia has a similar system in place, although vehicles exceeding the 3.5 tonnes (3.4 LT) weight limit are provided with a number of payment options. The Croatian A2 is also a tolled motorway

Toll 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 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...

. As of August 2011, the toll charged along the A2 route between various toll plazas at each motorway exit and two mainline toll plazas, 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 toll collection system is also used.

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 E71 designation previously associated with Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

–Bremen

Bremen

The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...

–Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...

road and assigned it to Košice–Budapest–Zagreb route. The same documents assigned the Zagreb–Bihać–Split section to the E59, as the E71 terminated in Zagreb at the time, however, the most recent revision of the E-network truncated the E59 in Zagreb, and transferred its former southern leg to the E71, shortening the E59 considerably.

Concurrencies

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| rowspan=2 |Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

| 0-114
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D1
| Prague

Prague

Jihlava

| R1
19
34
| Northbound E59 traffic leaving the segment defaults to Brněnská Street in Prague. Southbound E59 traffic leaves the D1 motorway at exit 112A. This segment 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 the E50

European route E50

European route E 50 is an A-type east–west connection across the European continent. It connects the key naval port of Brest France with Makhachkala, on the Caspian Sea in the Russian republic Dagestan....

and the 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...

routes.
The northernmost segment of the route.
|-
| nowrap=yes|114-209
| style="align=center | 38
| Jihlava
Znojmo

Znojmo

| 23
53
| Regular road with at-grade intersection

At-grade intersection

s.
|-
| rowspan=6 |Austria

Austria

| 209-234
| style="align=center | B303
| Haugsdorf

Haugsdorf

Haugsdorf is a town in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, Austria....

Hollabrunn

| B2
B40
| Regular road with at-grade intersections.
|-
| 234-255
| style="align=center | S3
| Hollabrunn
Stockerau

Stockerau

| B4
| Expressway
|-
| 255-285
| style="align=center | A22
| Stockerau
Vienna

Vienna

| S1
B8
| Southbound E59 traffic leaving the segment switches from the A22 to the A23 at Kaisermühlen

Donaustadt

interchange
This segment is concurrent with the E49

European route E49

European route E 49 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Magdeburg, Germany and ends in Vienna, Austria.The road follows the route:* Germany** A 2 - Magdeburg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt,** B 282** B 92 - Plauen...

.
|-
| 285-296
| style="align=center | A23
| Vienna
| A4

Ostautobahn

The Ost Autobahn A4 or "Eastern Motorway" is part of the Europastraße E60 and goes from Vienna to the town of Nickelsdorf, on the Hungarian border....

| Northbound E59 traffic leaving the segment switches to the A22 at Kaisermühlen interchange.
Southbound E59 traffic leaving the segment switches to the A2 at Inzersdorf

Inzersdorf (Vienna)

Inzersdorf was before 1938 an independent municipality, and is now a part of the 23rd Viennese district Liesing....

interchange.
|-
| 296-481
| style="align=center | A2

Süd Autobahn

The Süd Autobahn is a motorway, or ‘Autobahn’, in Austria. It runs from Vienna south to the border of Italy, crossing the cities of Graz and Klagenfurt.-External links:...

| Vienna
Graz

Graz

| A3

Südost Autobahn

The Südost Autobahn is a motorway, or ‘Autobahn’, in Austria. It runs from the Süd Autobahn at the junction Knoten Guntramsdorf southeast to Eisenstadt. Near Eisenstadt the A3 ends, but it is planned to build the Südost Autobahn to the border with hungary.-References:thumb|left|Südostautobahn...

A21
S4
S6
| Southbound E59 traffic leaving the segment transfers to the A9 at Graz-West interchange.
Northbound E59 traffic leaving the segment transfers to the A23 at Inzersdorf interchange.
A part of this segment, between Fürstenfeld

Fürstenfeld

Fürstenfeld is a town and a district in southeastern Austria. It is situated within the Austrian federal state of StyriaAccording to the 2005 census, Fürstenfeld has 5,986 citizens within its communal area, the larger urban area of Fürstenfeld includes approximately 20% more citizens.Fürstenfeld...

and Graz is concurrent with the E66

European route E66

European route E 66 is a part of the inter-European road system. This Class A intermediate west-east route is long and it connects the Alps with the Pannonian plain.-Itinerary:The E 66 routes through three European countries:* Italy...

.
|-
| 481-522
| style="align=center | A9
| Graz
Spielfeld

Spielfeld

| B70
| Northbound E59 traffic leaves the A9 at Graz-West interchange.
This segment is concurrent with the E57

European route E57

European route E 57 is an intermediate E-road connecting Sattledt - Liezen - St. Michael - Graz in Austria and further Maribor - Ljubljanain Slovenia...

.
|-
| rowspan=3 |Slovenia

Slovenia

| 522-548
| style="align=center |

A1 motorway (Slovenia)

| Šentilj

Šentilj

Maribor

A5 motorway (Slovenia)

The A5 motorway is 85,5 km long. It begins at the Dragučova interchange on the A1 motorway north of Maribor and ends at the Hungarian border at Pince, continuing on in Hungary as the M70 motorway...

| Southbound E59 leaves the A1 at Maribor jug interchange.
This segment is concurrent with the E57

European route E57

European route E 57 is an intermediate E-road connecting Sattledt - Liezen - St. Michael - Graz in Austria and further Maribor - Ljubljanain Slovenia...

.
|-
| 548-568
| style="align=center |

A4 motorway (Slovenia)

| Maribor
Ptuj

Ptuj

Ptuj is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Podravje statistical region...

| 2
| Southbound E59 defaults to route 9.
|-
| 568-583
| style="align=center | 9
| Ptuj
Gruškovje
|
| Regular road with at-grade intersections.
|-
| Croatia

Croatia

| 583-644
| style="align=center | A2

A2 (Croatia)

| Macelj

Macelj

Macelj is the name of a village and a forest in northern Croatia bordering on Slovenia. There is an official border crossing in Macelj, and the end of the A2 highway.-Macelj in 1945:...

Zagreb

| A3

A3 (Croatia)

D205
D307
| Southbound E59 traffic leaving the segment defaults to eastbound A3

A3 (Croatia)

(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:...

) at Jankomir interchange of the Zagreb bypass

Zagreb bypass

.
The southernmost segment of the route.

Route description

Toll

History

Concurrencies

See also