The highways in the 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....

are divided into motorways and 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.

These dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...

s are managed by the state-owned Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic – RSD, established in 1997. The first modern highways in the Czech Republic was the motorway from 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...

 to the Slovak border

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 through Brno

Brno

Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...

 whose construction was started on May 2, 1939.

RSD currently manages and maintains 726.9 km of motorways (dálnice) and 391.2 km of expressways (rychlostní silnice).

Motorways

The motorways in the Czech Republic, (abbr. D), are defined as two-lane motorways in each direction, with emergency lane. The speed limit is 130 km/h or 80mph. Their road signs are white on red.

• D1 motorway
• D2 motorway
• D3 motorway
• D5 motorway
• D8 motorway
• D11 motorway

Expressways

The expressways in the Czech Republic, (abbr. R), are defined as dual carriageways with smaller emergency lane. The speed limit is 130 km/h or 80 mph. Their road signs are white on blue.

• R1 expressway
• R3 expressway
• R4 expressway
• R6 expressway
• R7 expressway
• R10 expressway
• R35 expressway
• R37 expressway
• R43 expressway
• R46 expressway
• R48 expressway
• R49 expressway
• R52 expressway
• R55 expressway
• R56 expressway
• R63 expressway

External links

• RSD official web site