Albanian National Road SH1 is part of the North-South Corridor which connects Hani i Hotit in the Albanian-Montenegrin

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...

 border with Kakavija in the Albanian-Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 border thus forming part of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway. It forms the main road connection between the Albanian capital, Tirana

Tirana

Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

 and Montenegrin capital Podgorica

Podgorica

Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...

. Some road atlases have marked SH1 as being part of 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....

. In recent years, the road has been undergoing extensive reconstruction.

Route

SH1 leads to the Albanian-Montenegrin border at Hani i Hotit border crossing. From there southward it passes through Shkodra, Lezha, Milot, and Fushe Kruja to end in Tirana

Tirana

Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

 at the Kamza Bypass (Mbikalimi i Kamzes), where it meets with SH2 Highway to Durres

Durrës

Durrës is the second largest city of Albania located on the central Albanian coast, about west of the capital Tirana. It is one of the most ancient and economically important cities of Albania. Durres is situated at one of the narrower points of the Adriatic Sea, opposite the Italian ports of Bari...

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Background

The road segment between Hani i Hotit at the Montenegrin border and Shkodra (about 32.5 km (20.2 mi)) is under construction. The section is being upgraded to single carriageway standard with one lane on both sides (superstradë). Once passing Shkoder, the road becomes a single carriageway down to Milot. Throughout its length, it contains some uncontrolled and dangerous entry and exit points. Indeed, the section between Milot and Fushe Kruje was unofficially named as the "Road of Death" by many media reports in Albania. Currently, the 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) long section is being upgraded to a dual carriageway highway. Once finished, it will become part of the A1

A1 motorway (Albania)

The A1 motorway refers to the segment between the towns of Rrëshen and Kalimash in Northern Albania. It is part of the greater Albania-Kosovo Highway stretching in Albania, from the Adriatic port city of Durrës to the border town of Kukës with Kosovo. The preceding and following segments are...

 motorway connecting the capital Tirana

Tirana

Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

 with Kosovo

Kosovo

Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

. SH1 bypasses all cities except Shkodra and Lezha.