Thread appointed to discuss and show motorways (dálnice) and expressways (rychlostní silnice) in entire Czechia

http://www.rsd.cz/rsd/rsd.nsf/9d9f5aa44bc00913c1256dbe003f7ad5/002510da17d5d9e9c1256dbf002ccf57/Body/0.8A?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif

Motorways: 1007 km planned length; 626 km + 18 km (half profile) in operation; 61 km u/c
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4263/d1f13rb9.jpg

Expressways: 1150 km planned length; 406 km + 37 km (half profile) in operation; 36 km u/c
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7098/r55f09il4.jpg

<2007>
newly opened: 24,0 km of motorways; 25,9 km of expressways
construction start: 65,8 km of motorways; 50,7 km of expressways

<2008>
newly opened: 40,2 km + 29,8 km (half profile) of motorways; 27,3 km of expressways
construction start: 71,9 km of motorways; 150,2 km of expressways

<2009>
newly opened: 47,7 km of motorways; 36,4 km of expressways
construction start: 96,2 km of motorways; 123,3 km of expressways

<2010>
newly opened: 33,1 km of motorways; 125,6 km of expressways
construction start: 64,5 km + 12,9 km (half profile) of motorways; 131,3 km of expressways

<2011>
newly opened: 16,1 km of motorways; 84,5 km of expressways
construction start: 7,9 km of motorways; 48,9 km of expressways

<2012>
newly opened: 72,2 km of motorways; 76,9 km of expressways
construction start: 9,7 km of motorways; 29,8 km of expressways

<2013>
newly opened: 85,1 km + 6,3 km (extension profile) of motorways; 83,9 km of expressways
construction start: 6,4 km of motorways; 33,1 km of expressways

<2014>
newly opened: 40,4 km + 6,6 km (extension profile) of motorways; 99,2 km of expressways

<2015>
newly opened: 9,7 km (extension profile) of motorways; 102,2 km of expressways
http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/CZ.htm
Previous thread about Czech Higways (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381080)

more to come soon, I have to do some exams first :)

So this year and again 2008 and 2009 are the highlists of the highway construction. in 2009 impressive number of more than 100 km of new opened sections :cheers:

And, also the expressway between Zilina and Ostrava seem to be more and more realistic. On www.dialnice.info is an article,where Czech Ministry of Transport expressed the will to plan and construct expressway /Jablunkov bypass is already U/C,but I am not sure, whether it´s expressway/ :)

Everything depends on money so we will see... :)
Expressway between Žilina and Ostrava is definitly needed. There is already heavy traffic, mainly freight, and after Kia factory in Žilina and Hyundai in Nošovice will be built, then it will even increased.

Now something more current in the west of the country:
The following 23,4km long part of D8 motorway [Prague - Ústí nad Labem - CZ/D border - (Dresden)] from the city of Ústí nad Labem to Czech/German border (Km 69,3 – 92,7) will be opened this year in December. German A17 from CZ/D border via Pirna to Dresden will be opened at the same time.

Photos from June 2006

Km 69,5; 1060m long flyover bridge near city of Ústí nad Labem, behind it starts 468m long bridge over Ždínické brooks
http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/2313/d8f02ny0.jpg

Km 70,0
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4365/d8f04qx4.jpg

Km 74,0
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/636/d8f08pw9.jpg

Km 76,5; escapist zone, České Středohoří mountains in distance
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1435/d8f12in5.jpg

Km 77,0
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/5189/d8f13am3.jpg

Km 80,0; flyoverbridge Knínice is visible in distance
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7777/d8f15qj6.jpg

Km 81,0; 1070m long Knínice flyoverbridge and Libouchec tunnel (535m)
http://img283.imageshack.us/img283/7070/d8f19os3.jpg

Km 81,5
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7249/d8f22rf2.jpg

Km 82,5
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/5623/d8f25ck5.jpg

Km 83,0; Libouchec tunnel south portal
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6856/d8f26zk3.jpg

Km 83,5; north Portal of Libouchec tunnel and south portal of Panenská tunnel
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6225/d8f31nx1.jpg

Km 86,5; north portal of Panenská tunnel (2021m), photo from July 2005
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2672/d8f39nq3.jpg

Km 87,0; last exit before Germany, photo from 2.9.2006
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3948/d8f40mn8.jpg.
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2982/d8f41ob0.jpg

Km 88,5
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4793/d8f46bi4.jpg

Km 89,0; 525 m long Mordova rokle bridge
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/8534/d8f50ky6.jpg

Km 91,0
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/9873/d8f54nq3.jpg

Km 92,0; Rybný potok bridge (354m)
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/7366/d8f56hw2.jpg
photo from 10/2005
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/3469/1767606lb5.jpg

Km 92,5; 510 m long CZ/D border bridge, 56 m above ground level, the tunnel (Harthe) is already in Germany
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9784/d8f62ld9.jpg

map
http://www.autobahn17.de/maps/cz5.jpg

visualisation (114MB)
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/d8_0807_trmice_nemecko.avi

So this year and again 2008 and 2009 are the highlists of the highway construction. in 2009 impressive number of more than 100 km of new opened sections :cheers:

And, also the expressway between Zilina and Ostrava seem to be more and more realistic. On www.dialnice.info is an article,where Czech Ministry of Transport expressed the will to plan and construct expressway /Jablunkov bypass is already U/C,but I am not sure, whether it´s expressway/ :)
Yes, I've read it yesterday in newspaper Pravda, here is link:
http://www.tvojepeniaze.sk/cesi-chcu-dialnicu-do-ziliny-d1n-/sk_pludia.asp?c=A060908_163617_sk_pludia_p01

Yes, just for the information to the others - little off topic: Pravda is now owned by British newspaper company. ;)

And I am also curious, what will be the priority besides ongoing construction, whether complete 3x3 additional one lane construction of D1 Praha-Brno, or the new construction of R35 expressway.

Yes, just for the information to the others - little off topic: Pravda is now owned by British newspaper company. ;)
I cannot see any connection between new owner of Pravda and highway between Žilina and Ostrava. It is very offtopic.

Pravda newspaper sources have been not very reliable before - because of the past. My purpose was just to underline the reliability of the information you provided a link to. Well, as these information are really off topic, I suggest to turn back to the thread topic - Czech highways.

I don't know if there's any value of this post :D but still... I think it's a pity to see how few 'cool' roads there are in Czech Republic if you look at many maps, especially those with a scale of let's say 1:3,000,000 (like maps of Europe), considering that especially in CZ the (at least) 4-lane expressways (rychlostní silnice) are almost as good as the motorways (dálnice), even with the same speed limit (130 km/h) and hard shoulders, if I'm right.

Sorry Verso, I've somehow missed point of your post. Would you write it "in words of one syllabe" I could grasp it? :)

^ You usually see (4-lane) expressways shown on maps just as ordinary 2-lane roads, but in fact (especially in CZ) they are almost as good as motorways.

Usually? I don't know, where? IMO expressways are marked as thin motorways usually. True is that there are only little differences between Motorway and Expressway.

^ Yes, in greater scale (or in smaller? :D ), but on maps of the entire Europe not really. Or for example, here u don't know untill u come very close (like looking just at Brno for example) - www.uk.map24.com or on the Freytag&Berndt's map of Europe...

I must admit you are right. That's problem of the map (or creator of the map), it doesn't offer exact information to its users. But what is important for us here in Czechia is we know that these expressways exist, they are marked on our maps and we can drive our cars on them :D

^ :D
Yeah well, I just think CZ is sth special about it, b/c the speed limit is the same as on motorways, there are hard shoulders, if I'm correct, and u've got many more of them than other countries. But yeah, as I've already written in the 9th post, I don't know if this discussion has any value, so... :D

Guys, what is the date for the completition of D47 Ostrava-Lipník?

According to ceskedalnice.cz and dalnice-silnice.cz 2007-2009 (section from Bohumín to CZ/PL border). See this http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/d47.htm
http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/D47.htm

Isn´t the opening of tunnel Valík and the last section of D5 on Friday?

Kokpit, podľa správ zo servera, ktorý je v mojom podpise sa má poseldný úsekD5 obchvatu Plzne otvoriť tento piatok:)

Ano, poslední 3,5km dálnice D5. A bude tam vůbec první tunel na dálnici u nás (dlouhý plných 350 m :) )
tady je foto ze září http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d5f5/d5f55.jpg

...a ze dne otevřených dveří tento víkend
http://i.idnes.cz/06/094/maxi/JBA160de8_obchvatDSC01178.JPG.
http://i.idnes.cz/06/094/maxi/JBA160deb_obchvatDSC01180.JPG

Bohužel mám teď málo času na updaty, docela bych uvítal kdyby se tu objevil někdo od nás a trochu s tím pohnul. Já sem budu chodit jak budu moct, ale už to bude z mé strany asi chudší. Naštěstí tohle fórum žije a to hlavně díky Slovensku a Bratislavě :)

Yesterday last 3.5km of total 151 km long D5 motorway (Prague-Pilsen-D/CZ border-Nürnberg) together with german A6 from border to A93 had been opened so since now the czech motorway network is connected with germans one and whole western europe as well.
380m long "Valík" tunnel is included on D5.

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/d5f04.jpg

Motorway police centre for Valík tunnel
http://i.idnes.cz/06/101/maxi/KUZ1629d1_20_Tunel_ValikH.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/101/maxi/KUZ1629d2_21_Tunel_ValikH.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/101/maxi/KUZ1629bb_02_Tunel_ValikH.jpg

Dynamic weighing machine
http://i.idnes.cz/06/101/maxi/KUZ1629ba_02_Tunel_Valik.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/101/maxi/KUZ1629bb_02_Tunel_ValikH.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/101/maxi/KUZ1629c5_09_Tunel_ValikH.jpg

On the 31st October, new 6,9km section of R48 expressway in Northern Moravia was opened. It's part from Dobrá to Tašanovice. Remaining part to Czech-Polish borders in legth 5.2km should be opened next year.

http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/mapy/R48_3.jpg
photos made in October
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r48f4/r48f04.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r48f4/r48f06.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r48f4/r48f08.jpg
August 2006
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r48f4/r48f13.jpg

Photos of 24km long section of D8 motorway [Prague-CZ/D-(Dresden)] from Ústí nad Labem to CZ/D borders, which will be opened this December.

previous photos here http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9905480&postcount=4

photos made on the 31st October
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f65.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f66.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f67.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f68.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f69.jpg

Flyover bridge Knínice (1070m) before Libouchec tunnel
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f70.jpg

Libouchec tunnel (500m)
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f71.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f72.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f73.jpg

Panenská tunnel (2010m)
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f74.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f75.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f76.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f77.jpg

one of bridges
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f78.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f58.jpg

Border bridge (410m, 56m above ground level)
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f3/d8f79.jpg

http://www.autobahn17.de/maps/cz5.jpg

video showing situation of D8 u/c on the 31st October (completion term end of December)

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/d8_0807_zaver.wmv

On the 27th October, 3km long bypass of Otrokovice (city in central Moravia), part of R55 expressway had been opened.

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/mapy1/r55m6.gif.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r55f1/r55f10.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r55f1/r55f09.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r55f1/r55f08.jpg

Memorial of the victims of D1 motorway

http://pamatnikd1.unas.cz/foto/02/v/19.jpg.
http://pamatnikd1.unas.cz/obr/map.gif

bridge over Hačka brook in Ore mountains near Chomutov, R7 expressway
05 and 07/2006

http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/r07/krasna_lipa_most/hq/05_soukup_01.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/r07/krasna_lipa_most/hq/05_soukup_03.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/r07/krasna_lipa_most/hq/dsc04928_04.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/r07/krasna_lipa_most/hq/dsc04929_05.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/mapy1/r7m9.gif

Nice. What is the pillars height on the third and fourth picture? Thanx.

I don't know but I'll try to find something about it.

It could be around 30 - 40 meters, correct me, if i am wrong:)

^for sure, something like that. I was quite surprised when I saw it because I didn't have "ahnung" they are building something like that there. It's probably only this short section as a necessary part of Chomutov bypass.

This December new 42kms of D11 Motorway [(Prague-Hradec Králové-(Wroclaw)] is going to be opened. Photos taken this October.

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f79.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f80.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f81.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f83.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f84.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f85.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f87.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f88.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f89.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f90.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f91.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f92.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f94.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f95.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f97.JPG

Very good job...it's from podebrady to hradec ??? Where will be be the last exit ?? Hradec ??
thanks

^ yes, To Hradec. It will temporarily ends about 4km before Hradec Králové due to few ecologist fellowships bought land where it should go through.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4391/d11agv5.jpg

nice pictures;-0
thanks Kokpit that you share Czech development with others...

Marek, the pleasure is fully mine. :)

And I second to that. This year is one of the best regarding new openings.

Very nice.Way to go Czechia.

Panenská tunnel (2021m) on D8 motorway, photos taken this Monday

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/0807_061211/slides/PC091907.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/0807_061211/slides/PC111923.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/0807_061211/slides/nouzove_osvetleni.JPG

A17 motorway on the German side is nearing completion as well
http://www.autobahn17.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1315&g2_serialNumber=2

42 kms of D11 (Prague-Hradec-Králové-(Wroclaw)) were opened today, few todays photos:

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f1/slides/IMG_1679.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f1/slides/IMG_1905.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f1/slides/IMG_1880.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f1/slides/IMG_1751.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f1/slides/IMG_1765.jpg

I saw in Czech Tv that 5km is missing becouse one old lady want sell land for Highway :ohno:
I guess You need new law and Slovakia too for nationalization land for national development like highways:)

^Yes, I agree, this is old problem that is repeated at every highway u/c... :)

D11 temporarily ends about 6 km before Hradec Králové due to problems with purchasing land

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/prilohy/1105-2_prov.jpg

Great stuff, kokpit!
I think this is one of the best years when it comes to highways openings.

^true, it's record for Czech rep.

and today the last of this years openings: 23,4 km of D8 motorway from city of Ústí na Labem to CZ-D border (and Dresden) was opened. This part heads through Ore mountains and contains 33 bridges in total length 5,5 km and two tunnels (519 m and 2176 m).

http://data.idnes.cz/g/zpravy/Dalnice_D8.gif

http://i.idnes.cz/06/123/maxi/VEN17dade_OTEVEN_D.JPG

few month before opening
http://i.idnes.cz/06/123/maxi/VEN17d9a0_d8_8.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/123/maxi/VEN17d99e_d8_7.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/123/maxi/VEN17d99c_d8_5.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/123/maxi/VEN17d99b_d8_4.jpg
http://i.idnes.cz/06/123/maxi/VEN17d999_d8_3.jpg

yesterday photos of D8 passing through Ore mountains, few hours before opening

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_1942.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_1964.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_1985.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2020.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2029.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2035.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2043.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2066.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2058.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2063.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2099.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2108.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2122.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2146.jpg

How many kilometres of highways were opened this year in Czech republic?

69 kms of motorways and 9,9 kms of expressways + 6,9 kms in half profile (according to dalnice-silnice.cz )

Nice, you are building them pretty fast.:applause:

funny road sign under the Rybný potok bridge (D8 motorway in Ore mountains)... max height of vehicle 47m :)
http://www.autobahn17.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1053&g2_serialNumber=2

lol :)

Maybe it's sign for ships:)

Some pictures of the end of D11 near Hradec Kralové ( and the road after the Highway ??

D11 temporary ends at km 83.5 (Sedlice crossing D11-R35)
December
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f1/slides/IMG_1790.jpg
October u/c
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f96.JPG

km 86.6 October
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f98.JPG

km 88.7 October, behind this section are lands their owners don't want to sell
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d11f2/slides/d11f99.JPG

I have a few questions, because i haven't been to the Czech Republic for a few years.

Is the section Usti - Lovosice now the only missing link in the D8?

What is exactly the difference between a Dalnice (D) and an Expressway (R)? i didn't saw much difference between them. Is it only toll?

Will there be a motorway from Brno via Ostrava or so to Northern Slovakia?

Is the D5 now connected with the German A93 motorway near Pfreimd?

I have a few questions, because i haven't been to the Czech Republic for a few years.

Is the section Usti - Lovosice now the only missing link in the D8?

Will there be a motorway from Brno via Ostrava or so to Northern Slovakia?

Is the D5 now connected with the German A93 motorway near Pfreimd?

D8 => yes there are only 16km gap, I advice you to follow signs for Prague, gap is filled with quite nice road along the Labe valley

D5 => completly done from Prague to german A93

Now we have highway from Brno to Lipnik, in future (2013) wil be completed way to slovakia.

What is exactly the difference between a Dalnice (D) and an Expressway (R)? i didn't saw much difference between them. Is it only toll?

Both are tolled, they have same speed limit (130km/h). Only difference is that R-class roads are little bit narrower (D = 26,5m - R = 22,5-26,5m). But that is also relative for example Prague baypass have 3lines in each direction so it is better than most west european highways and it is still marked as R - expressway.

Kapsch collects Kc810,000 in toll on 1st day, expects Kc10m today
http://www.estav.cz/gfx/we/zpr/mytne2.jpg
Prague- Hauliers paid Kc810,000 for the use of Czech motorways and primary roads during the first 24 hours of operation of the electronic toll system which however was a national holiday, Kapsch TrafficCom board member Erwin Toplak told a press conference today.

Today, almost Kc7m was collected in toll before 2:00 p.m., and the estimate for the whole day approaches Kc10m. The efficiency of the system is 99.25 percent.

As of today, 72,000 on-board units have been distributed to hauliers, while the Transport Ministry forecast the total number at 80,000 units. Toplak said the figure would be exceeded very soon and the ministry would have to order more units from Kapsch.

The distribution of on-board units was without any problems in some parts of the country, but accompanied by difficulties in other localities today.

Lorries and buses weighing 12 tonnes and more have to pay toll on 970 kilometres of Czech motorways and primary roads from January 1. The system was built by Austrian company Kapsch.

Toplak said today that the construction of the system in the first stage cost some Kc2.5bn. The entire order in both stages including services and VAT is worth Kc22bn.

Author: ČTK.
16:10 - 02.01.2007

Only difference is that R-class roads are little bit narrower (D = 26,5m - R = 22,5-26,5m). But that is also relative for example Prague baypass have 3lines in each direction so it is better than most west european highways and it is still marked as R - expressway.

I think R (expressways) are allowed to be a bit steeper and have lesser radius of corners than D (motorways). And traffic lanes are a bit narrower IMO.

Anyway...PF to everyone :)
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/pf2007.jpg

good progress for CZ congrat.
how many km of highways and expresways is done in CZ to this date???

^ 627 kms of motorways and about 340 (or 416?) kms of expressways.

Photos of D8 Motorway (Prague-Dresden route) across Ore Mountains in operation

Libouchec tunnel
http://www.izdoprava.cz/storage/200612281949_PC260050.jpg

Panenská tunnel
http://www.izdoprava.cz/storage/200612281949_PC260041.jpg

http://www.izdoprava.cz/storage/200612281948_PC260037.jpg
http://www.izdoprava.cz/storage/200612281948_PC260001.jpg

Krásný les - Breitenau border crossing
http://www.izdoprava.cz/storage/200612281950_PC260023.jpg

I.class road from Chomutov across Ore mountains to CZ/D border (and Chemnitz) u/c (future R7 Expressway from Prague to Chomutov and Chemnitz)

http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/galerie/S7_Chomutov/slides/DSC_4022.JPG.
http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/galerie/S7_Chomutov/slides/DSC_4028.JPG.
http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/galerie/S7_Chomutov/slides/DSC_4035.JPG.
http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/galerie/S7_Chomutov/slides/DSC_4110.JPG

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i167917_DSC00521.JPG

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i167918_DSC00522.JPG

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i167919_DSC00523.JPG

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i167920_DSC00524.JPG

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i167925_DSC00526.JPG

Czechia is doin' a great job with its highway-system, and you guys too with the updates! :okay:
Can't wait to read more and see new photos!

Great update rejow, thanks.

I'll stick here this map of traffic intensity (in thousands vehicles per day) on Czech main roads in 2005, there's quite significant increase compared to 2000.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2046/intenzity2005fh2.jpg

for example:
roads near Prague
Motorways 2000 -> 2005
D1: 72 -> 94
D5: 30 -> 46
D8: 20 -> 32
D11: 20 -> 32
Expresways
R4: 22 -> 26
R7: 22 -> 32
R10: 22 -> 36
roads near Brno
D1 (to Prague): 32 -> 52
D1 (to Ostrava): 34 -> 46
D2: 16 -> 22
R52: 12 -> 20
R43: 30 -> 42
near Ostrava it's almost twice as much as in 2000 in several places

Je to za jeden smer alebo za oba smery dialnic??
Is that considered for one way or both ways?

I think both ways

I'm amazed, I would like Poland to make such progress in highway development, we are doing badly for a country of our size while you show reall class, cheers :)

<2007>
newly opened: 25,9 km of motorways; 11,2 km of expressways
construction start: 65,8 km of motorways; 50,7 km of expressways


Tak, kokpit, tento rok vyzerá sľubne. Myslíš, že sa naozaj podarí začať s výstavbou takmer 100 km nových diaľníc a rýchlostných ciest?

Tak, kokpit, tento rok vyzerá sľubne. Myslíš, že sa naozaj podarí začať s výstavbou takmer 100 km nových diaľníc a rýchlostných ciest?

To je pochopitelně otázka... :)

je to dokonce víc jak 100 km

konkrétně by to mělo být takto,
Dálnice:
D1 0135 Kroměříž- východ - Říkovice 11,5
D3 0305/II Voračice - Mezno 2,0
D8 0805 Lovosice - Řehlovice 16,4
D47 4705 Bělotín - Hl.Životice 18,1
D47 4706 Hl.Životice - Bílovec 11,7
D47 4709/2 Bohumín - st. hranice ČR/Polsko 6,1
Celkem zahájení výstavby dálnic 65,8 km

Rychlostní silnice:
R6 Jenišov - Nové Sedlo 4,4
R6 Sokolov - Tisová 6,0
R7 Sulec obchvat 3,5
R7 MÚK Bítozeves - MÚK Vysočany 5,4
R7 Vysočany MÚK 1,9
R48 Rychaltice - Frýdek-Místek 7,1
R49 4901 Hulín - Fryšták 18,0
R56 Prodloužená Místecká I.st. 3,2
R56 Prodloužená Místecká II.st. 1,2
Celkem zahájení výstavby rychlostních silnic 50,7 km

Má to různé háčky, třeba určitě zahájení výstavby nic neříká o tempu výstavby. Záleží to všechno na penězích...

Čerpám to všechno z těchto stránek, dělá to Lenny, který je velmi aktivní na dialnice.info

http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/CZ.htm

Nosovice - Zilina
plan for R6? motorway or just 1/2 profil motorway? connection in 2010-2012 between Kia
motors Zilina and Hyunday Nosovice

http://www.dalnice-silnice.cz/mapy/S68.jpg



roads I. class :SR no plans in near future build in Bytča-Makov-border with CR
Púchov town to ČR plans for motorway but in 1/2 profil (max. 90 km/h)
Trenčín-Drietoma (border) with CR plan for by-pass for Drietoma village (2012) .

Kokpit: Začať s výstavbou okolo 115 km diaľníc a RC v jednom roku a najmä na rôznych úsekoch je jednoducho paráda, na Slovensku sa tiež nestavia toho málo, ale trvá jednoducho dlho, kým sa jednotlivé etapy odsúhlasia. 2007 nebude zlý z hľadiska výstavby, prelomový má byť však rok 2008, no veď uvidíme.

Marek: snáď sa termíny napojenia SR a ČR dodržia. Prvé úseky R49 na Púchov sa majú začať stavať už v tomto roku a myslím, že celá rýchlostná cesta by mala byť ukončená v roku 2013. A na slovenskej strane sa stavajú a budú stavať úseky v okolí Považskej Bystrice a Žiliny, odkiaľ bude dobré napojenie na Tatry a Košice.
Aj smerom z Trenčína na Banskú Bystricu / cesta I/50 - R2/ sa má realizovať v najbližšom čase obchvat Bánoviec, zo strany ČR pribudlo na I/50 množstvo nových úsekov a I/50 je teraz skutočne dobre prejazdná.

D47 Motorway in Ostrava agglomeration, should be finished in 11/2007

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d47f9/slides/d47f01.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d47f9/slides/d47f06.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d47f9/slides/d47f08.jpg

17.1 km of D47 Motorway will be opened this year, 63.0 km in 2008 (29,8 km in half profile), in 2009 second profile.

After completion D47 will be 80.15 km long and will join with D1 (297,2km long). Altogether D1 with it's 377.4 km will be the longest Motorway in Czechia and will connect three major cities: Prague, Brno and Ostrava.

Rudná interchange (06/2006)
http://d47.xf.cz/foto/060610let13.jpg

Rudná interchange (06/2006)


ahoj, kokpit post here also small map of CR (I have no idea and maybe others forumer too where rudna is):)

^^ ^^
look top right corner
http://www.viamoravica.cz/img/useky.jpg

^^ http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/mapy1/d47m7.gif

http://www.dpova.cz/photos/298.jpg
It's in Ostrava (Rudná is name of street)
http://www.dpova.cz/photos/205.jpg

there are another interchanges in Ostrava
North connection
http://www.dpova.cz/photos/299.jpg

Místecká interchange
http://www.dpova.cz/photos/300.jpg

this one is synoptic, D47 in Ostrava

http://www.viamoravica.cz/img/stavby/4708/4708_orto.jpg

Road from Chomutov to CZ/D border will have 11.5/70 parameters.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2387/beznzvuwv5.jpg

this one is synoptic, D47 in Ostrava

http://www.viamoravica.cz/img/stavby/4708/4708_orto.jpg

Jsi si jisty napojenim MUK Mistecka? Ja mam za to, ze se ma napojit na Cihelni, ne na Hornopolni.

^ jestli myslíš tu mapu, tak ta není moje, je to z viamoravica.cz, já o D47 jinak moc nevim a Ostravu neznám...

^ jestli myslíš tu mapu, tak ta není moje, je to z viamoravica.cz, já o D47 jinak moc nevim a Ostravu neznám...

Tak jsem zapatral a podle udaju na dalnice-silnice.cz je ta mapka opravdu spatna. Nasleduje text ze zmineneho webu:

Stavba Prodloužená Místecká I.st. je plánována v kategorii MR 24,5/80 a měří 3,2 km. Na stavbu bylo vydáno územní rozhodnutí 30. července 1998. 6. prosince 2002 byla zpracována firmou VPÚ DECO. dokumentace pro stavební povolení. Problém byl s pozemkem bývalé Transkorekty, která je v konkurzu a navíc probíhá soudní spor o pozemky této společnosti.
Stavba zahrnuje výstavbu dálničního přivaděče k MÚK Místecká a mimoúrovňovou křižovatku se silnicí I/58, estakádu přes areál Ostrama, místní komunikace a žel. trať o délce 241 m, která je navržena jako spojitý nosník o 7 polích.
Stavba začíná na MÚK Místecká. Následuje most přes ulici Slovenská. Prochází Přívozem a železniční trať Ostrava - Bohumín přemosťuje u ulice Na Náspu. Následuje mimoúrovňová křižovatka s ulicí Mariánskohorská (silnice I/58). Odtud pokračuje severně od ulice Hornopolní k ulici Cihelní, kde stavba na jižním konci nákladního nádraží v blízkosti ulice Českobratrská končí. Náklady na realizaci jsou plánovány na 2,115 miliardy Kč. Letos je na stavbu vyčleněno 750 milionů Kč. Realizace stavby je plánována v období únor 2007 až červenec 2010. Stavba bude uvedena do provozu v červenci 2009.

Cituju z dalnice-silnice.cz:

[3. dubna 2007
Včera byla vypsána soutěž na zhotovitele dokumentace pro stavební povolení, zadávací dokumentace stavby a inženýrské činnosti na stavby "Přeložka silnice I/11 (I/68) v úseku Třanovice - Oldřichovice - Bystřice".]

Kdyby se získá stavební povolení ještě tento rok, tak může stavba začínat už v přístím roce. :cheers:

This year 49,9 km of new Motorways and Expressways will be opened, more than 100 kms is currently u/c.

D3 in southern Bohemia, 6,8 km will be opened in 12/2007
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070410_mts/slides/006.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070410_mts/slides/003.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070410_mts/slides/001.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070410_mts/slides/002.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070410_mts/slides/005.JPG.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070410_mts/slides/007.JPG

Today supporting structure of bridge over Hačka brook in Ore mountains (Western Bohemia) was completed. It's 336 m long, 22 m wide and 62 m tall. Costs 460 mil CZK. It's part of Chomutov bypass and R7 Motorway/I7 1st class road running from Prague to Germany (Chemnitz, Erfurt..).
http://www.stavebni-forum.cz/detail.php?id=8822&t=1177688131

http://www.smp.cz/www/1/images/content/aktuality/P1010039m.jpg

Hello. Have you got some pictures about the variable message signs? (D1 motorway and maybe D8 motorway)

^ Welcome, I've found something

D5
http://i.idnes.cz/06/101/maxi/KUZ1629c5_09_Tunel_ValikH.jpg
D8
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d8f1/slides/IMG_2020.jpg

here is the map of D1 motorway, you can watch on-line webcams and current info on variable message signs along motorway
http://www.jsdi.cz/kamery/

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/d1f04.jpg.
http://img.aktualne.centrum.cz/71/59/715945-informacni-tabule-na-89-km-dalnice-d1.jpg
before installing
http://www.izdoprava.cz/image/200512271614_Tabule.jpg

http://www.cross.cz/img/Prom_znacka.jpg
not Motorway
http://www.hicon.cz/ClientImages/tl/promenne/b4.jpg.

Kokpit: You really like tunnels, do you? :)

I like (and fear) them too. ;)

-Ataman

^ Yes I do ;) (we have only three on our Motorway network so far..)

^ Yes I do ;) (we have only three on our Motorway network so far..)

My gift to you then: The Lærdalstunnellen - the longest road tunnel in the world, situated between the the two Norwegian cities of Bergen and Oslo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A6rdal_Tunnel

(These photos were not taken by me.)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1945000/images/_1945581_norway_tunnel_150map.gif
http://greatstructures.info/laerdals_tunnel_bm1.jpg
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/2587/i_000098.jpg

A thread dedicated to Lærdalstunnellen: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=385933

-Ataman

^ Norway is tunnel heaven :yes:
They have tunnels even on roads with very slight traffic.

Kokpit thanks for the pictures about vms.

Shame they're not bilingual cze/eng.

Dnes jsem si udelal kratkou prochazku k MUK D1 (staveno jako D47) x Rudna a udelal par fotek. Jen tak me napada, jak dlouho ten asfalt pod koly pretizenych kamionu asi vydrzi... proc to neni cely z betonu?


Pohled z MUK Rudna smerem na Bohumin (vsimnete si lidicek na in-linech...). Dalnice je ocividne temer hotova. Vyfoceny usek by mel byt otevren letos ke konci roku.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010765.jpg

Pohled ze stejneho mista, ale opacnym smerem na Lipnik:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010764.jpg

Vyhled smerem na Porubu:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010780.jpg

Taky vam pripada, ze je mostovka DOST nizko??
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010777.jpg

Dosud nedostavena cast krizovatky (pohled smerem na Zabreh):
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010776.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010775.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010774.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010773.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010772.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010771.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010770.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010769.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010768.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010767.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010766.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010763.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010762.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/P1010761.jpg

Moc pěkný, díky! :bow:

Great photos! :cheers:

BTW: kokpit I've sent You a Pm!

hmm
mas i nejaku mapku kde je tato lokalita?

hmm
mas i nejaku mapku kde je tato lokalita?

Krizovatka je oznacena cervenou kruznici, uhel pohledu prvni fotky zlutou vyseci. Uplne vlevo jsou videt kominy Trebovicke elektrarny.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/mapa.jpg

The shortest motorway tunnel in CZ, Valík on D5 Motorway on Pilsen bypass (380m)
AnZ-KP-QpnQ

Great flash aerial videos of some Motorways and Expressways currently u/c, videos taken at the end of May :cheers:

D1 prolongation (13,6 km long section Vrchoslavice – Kroměříž-východ), 7 kms will be opened in 10/2008, 6.6kms in 11/2009
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/cd-d1-0134-sikme-2007-05-24.htm
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/d1/cd-d1-0134-sikme-2007-05-24-screen.jpg

D47, 15.4km long section Lipník nad Bečvou - Bělotín, will be opened in 11/2008
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/cd-d47-4704-sikme-2007-06-01.htm
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/d47/cd-d47-4704-sikme-2007-06-01-screen.jpg

D47, 11.7 km section Bílovec - Ostrava, Rudná, (includes Klimkovice tunnel - 1080m), will be opened in 4/2008
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/cd-d47-4707-sikme-2007-06-01.htm
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/d47/cd-d47-4707-sikme-2007-06-01-screen.jpg

R48 Expressway, Bělotín bypass 2.1km long, will be opened in 10/2007. In total 7.3 km of R48 will be opened this year
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/cd-r48-belotin-sikme-2007-05-24.htm
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/r48/cd-r48-belotin-sikme-2007-05-24-screen.jpg

Great progress, I cant wait to driving on...

Ostrava potrebuje dalnici jako prase drbani!

^ To jo, souhlasím, měla tam už být dávno. Za to bude krásná viz tunel a ten zavěšený most plus mimoúrovňové křižovatky v Ově. :okay:

Impressive bridge over Hačka brook near Chomutov on R7 Expressway (it will be marked as 1st class road I7 for some time though) passing Ore mountains. Total length 336m, span 106m, height 65m

http://concrete.fsv.cvut.cz/~safar/Zajimavosti/Exkurze-2007-05/Obr_Full/05-Hacka-04.JPG.
http://concrete.fsv.cvut.cz/~safar/Zajimavosti/Exkurze-2007-05/Obr_Full/05-Hacka-01.JPG.
http://concrete.fsv.cvut.cz/~safar/Zajimavosti/Exkurze-2007-05/Obr_Full/05-Hacka-02.JPG.
http://concrete.fsv.cvut.cz/~safar/Zajimavosti/Exkurze-2007-05/Obr_Full/05-Hacka-14.JPG.
http://concrete.fsv.cvut.cz/~safar/Zajimavosti/Exkurze-2007-05/Obr_Full/05-Hacka-19.JPG.
http://concrete.fsv.cvut.cz/~safar/Zajimavosti/Exkurze-2007-05/Obr_Full/05-Hacka-20.JPG

Hi all, here you can see some shots I took during the weekend on the way from Ostrava to Mohelnice:


http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/1map.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010805.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010808.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010812.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010819.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010824.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010831.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010834.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010843.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010848.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010859.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010864.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010871.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010876.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010879.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010885.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010888.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010894.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010898.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010901.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010905.jpg

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http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010931.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010934.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010944.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010946.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010956.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010967.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010976.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010982.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1010992.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1020010.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1020016.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1020027.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1020035.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1020047.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1020054.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R35/P1020057.jpg

Nice pics. Never been to eastern Czechia.

You don't see such 4-laned sections often without middle barrier.

Could someone please post the freshest map of the finished Czech Dalnice/Rychlice system? :)
I'm going to drive to Montenegro via Czech Republic so I've been looking for the best route :)

Nice work in CZ, I am really impressed about the results.
When is Prague going to have a decent ring road, now I am stuck in city traffic too often

Could someone please post the freshest map of the finished Czech Dalnice/Rychlice system? :)
I'm going to drive to Montenegro via Czech Republic so I've been looking for the best route :)

http://www.rsd.cz/sdb_intranet/sdb/img/mapy/cr_dobruska.jpg

violet line = motorway
green line = expressway

Nice work in CZ, I am really impressed about the results.
When is Prague going to have a decent ring road, now I am stuck in city traffic too often

outer ring road should be finisihed in 2012, inner ring road roughly at the same time, there are two special threads dedicated to constructions going on on both ring roads currently
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=307793
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=484668

Videos of Mrázovka tunnel (1004m, opened in 08/2004) on Prague City Ring.

North - South drive
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South-North drive
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few pics of D8 Motorway passing Ore mountains (towards Germany, Dresden and Berlin) u/c, it was finished last year in December and is one of the most beautiful sections of our Motorway network
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070802_brei_D8/slides/dalnice%20041.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070802_brei_D8/slides/dalnice%20051.jpg.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/aktualne/070802_brei_D8/slides/dalnice%20055.jpg
more about this section of D8 in this post http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13913159&postcount=4

German forumer ABRob has a site with a lot of pics, also from Czechia.

Here (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/index-295-315.html), you can find the index.

D8 German border - Usti nad Labem (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie301/serie-301.html)
road 613 and road 30 Usti nad Labem - Lovosice (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie302/serie-302.html)
D8 Lovosice - Praha (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie303/serie-303.html)
R8, S8, S6 Praha (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie304/serie-304.html)
R6, R1, D5 Praha - Lodenice (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie305/serie-305.html)
D5, R5, S5, M0, S8 Lodenice - Praha (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie306/serie-306.html)
S8 Praha (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie307/serie-307.html)
S8, R8 Praha (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie308/serie-308.html)
D8 Praha - Lovosice (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie309/serie-309.html)
S8, R63 Lovosice - Rehlovice (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie310/serie-310.html)
D8 Rehlovice - German border (http://www.autobahnen-europa.eu/serie311/serie-311.html)

Totals some 1381 pics. Czechia is a beautiful country!

Czechs are so weird - blue motorway sign and green motorway direction signs :)

Some road openings in the last month;

S6 near Karlovy Vary;
http://www.prutah-kvary.cz/data/photo/909.jpg

http://www.prutah-kvary.cz/data/photo/901.jpg

http://www.prutah-kvary.cz/data/photo/899.jpg

http://www.prutah-kvary.cz/data/photo/898.jpg

http://www.prutah-kvary.cz/data/photo/884.jpg

R4 south of Praha:
http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_134726.jpg

http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_134741.jpg

http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_135534.jpg

http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_135846.jpg

http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_140002.jpg

http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_141125.jpg

http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_144402.jpg

http://kaprok.y.cz/galerie/R4NovaHospoda071118/071118_150303.jpg

D1 Ostrava - Polish border opened yesterday, 1st of December, no recent pics yet, this is during construction;
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d47f8/07/slides/DSC_9018.JPG

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r48f7/slides/070925_002.JPG

:cheers:

Very good :D

Czechs are so weird - blue motorway sign and green motorway direction signs :)
We have blue signs on Expressways and green signs on Motorways, I suppose we are not the only one...

We have blue signs on Expressways and green signs on Motorways, I suppose we are not the only one...

my point was that usually if you have green direction signs at motorways that you have green sign for motorway (http://autoskola-formula.hr/images/uploads/C066_autocesta.gif) ;)

but it really doesn't matter

We have blue signs on Expressways and green signs on Motorways, I suppose we are not the only one...

Actually... not.

There are GREEN direction signs on BOTH motorways and expressways.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/z18.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/z20.jpg
Blue directional signs are on normal roads* and white signs show local targets within cities.

On the other hand, signs indicating BEGINNING/END of a motorway or an expressway are indeed blue.
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/z01.jpg http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/z02.jpg http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/z03.jpg http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/z04.jpg

*Blue directional signs sometimes appear on some expressways/motorways that are not for some reason temporarily marked as such, e.g. the last section of R48 before polish border.

Today is opened 8.6 km section of D3 motorway, somewhere near Tabor :)

Today is opened 8.6 km section of D3 motorway, somewhere near Tabor :)

Yes, it is a 8,5 km long section of new road, containing 6,8 km of a brand new full profile motorway. Also next 5 km will be newly marked as motorway to complete the first motorway section in Southern Bohemian Region.

Aerial photos of the section are here (http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d3f3/0712-letecke/).

One as an invitation:
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d3f3/0712-letecke/slides/071204-02.jpg

So now pictures of it are availible on ceskedalnice.cz ? :)

So now pictures of it are availible on ceskedalnice.cz ? :)

More actual photos of the new opened section here (http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d3f3/071216/).

Examples:
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d3f3/071216/slides/100_9240.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d3f3/071216/slides/IMG_3961.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d3f3/071216/slides/IMG_3957.jpg

What exacly is the difference between motorways and expressways in the Czech Republic? (except the colour of the road signs)

What exacly is the difference between motorways and expressways in the Czech Republic? (except the colour of the road signs)

Well, there is hardly any difference. They have the same color signs, same max.speed, very similar planning parameters, altough expressways may be narrower, may have steeper grades (but max. difference to motorways is 0,5%) and other details that came out historicaly (crash-barriers, SOS system, maintainance) and in actual standards are diminished.

The difference came out in 70's, when there was an official plan of motorway net, connetcing the whole country, and expressways were set up for less important 4-laned roads with regional character. Their parameters were formerly much worse than nowadays.

Today the difference is much more administrative (expressways are in the sense of law acts only 1st class roads (only special signed), while motorways have their own law category. But practicaly, as a driver, you can use it totally the same way as the motorway (130 kph, pay by coupons or el.toll).

That's the reason that also the official places are thinking about merging these two categories of roads together and make a new one with standards for a better 2 and 4-laned road (e.g. with 100 or 110 kph limit) to make the difference more capable.... But its still a long way....

Mapman: Thanks! :okay: Are there blue signs on the expressroads pictured in this thread, or have I ve been misunderstanding something :) ?

Mapman: Thanks! :okay: Are there blue signs on the expressroads pictured in this thread, or have I ve been misunderstanding something :) ?

If there is any blue sign, it still is a regular 1st class road, even if it was built in expressway parameters at some part (there was this R4 x I/20 crossing, where the expressway R4 will end but the main part with signs counts to I/20; and the second example was I/48 near Český Těšín, where R48 ended just few hundred meters before).

Green sign means "you can drive 130 kph" (as far as there is not any other limitation, e.g. in urban areas 80 kph is the maximum for motorways and expressways).

Blue sign means "90 kph" at all (again, as far as any other limitations exist, in urban areas 50 kph is the general limit).

Sign types are shown in the ca. 7th post to the back of this one...

^^ Now I understand :)

I add you can find a short movie of this section of motorway here (http://video.ceskedalnice.cz/d3/cd-d3-jihocesky-kraj-provoz-2007.avi) and here flash (http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/video/cd-d3-jihocesky-kraj-provoz-2007.htm).

I’ve tried to summarize the current status of our motorways. Currently CZ has 1009 km of motorways and expressways. Correct me wherever I'm wrong!

D1 Praha – Brno – Vyškov – Vrchoslavice a Ostrava – Bohumín 264
D2 Brno – Břeclav – Slovensko 61
D3 Mezno – Tábor 15
D5 Praha – Plzeň – Německo 151
D8 Praha – Lovosice a Řehlovice – Německo 78
D11 Praha – Hradec Králové 84
R1 Pražský okruh, východní a západní části 17
R4 Praha – Příbram a křižovatka Nová Hospoda I/20 33
R6 Pavlov – Nové Strašecí, Karlovy Vary průtah a Kamenný Dvůr – Cheb 38
R7 Praha – Slaný 17
R10 Praha – Mladá Boleslav – Turnov 71
R35 Liberec – Turnov a Mohelnice – Olomouc – Lipník n. B. 78
R46 Vyškov – Olomouc 37
R48 Obchvat Bělotína a Frýdek-Místek – Český Těšín 22
R52 Brno – Pohořelice 20
R55 Úsek u Olomouce a u Otrokovic 4
R56 Ostrava – Frýdek-Místek 12
R63 Bystřany (Teplice) – Řehlovice (D8) 7
www.rsd.cz (http://www.rsd.cz)


Some stretches are U/C and due to be opened as following schedule:

2008:
April: D1 Bílovec - Ostrava Rudná (11,5 km)
November: D1 Kojetín – Kroměříž západ (4 km)
November: D1 Kroměříž západ - Kroměříž východ (3 km)
November: D1 Lipník – Bělotín (15,4 km)
Length of network: 1042,9 km

2009:
November: D1 Bělotín - Hladké Životice (18,1 km) – half profile only
November: R1 Lahovice - Slivenec (6 km)
November: R1 křižovatka D1 - Lahovice (16,5 km)
November: R6 Tisová - Kamenný Dvůr (7,5 km)
November: R35 Sedlice - Opatovice nad Labem (3,5 km)
December: D1 úsek Hladké Životice-Bílovec (11,5 km) /half profile only...?
December: D1 Mořice - Kojetín, II. stage (6,6 km)
Length of network: 1112,6 km

2010:
March: R6 Praha - Pavlov (10,4 km)
March: D8 Lovosice - Řehlovice (16,5 km)
December: D1 Bělotín - Hladké Životice (18 km) – full prifile
December: D1 Kroměříž východ – Říkovice (11,3 km), incl. R55 heading to Otrokovice, (2,5 km) – is this already U/C?
Length of network: 1153,3 km


Map of R35 U/C which includes future largest 3 level junction in Czech Republic:

http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/prilohy/r35sedlice.jpg

I’ve tried to summarize the current status of our motorways. Currently CZ has 1009 km of motorways and expressways. Correct me wherever I'm wrong!

D1 Praha – Brno – Vyškov – Vrchoslavice a Ostrava – Bohumín 264
D2 Brno – Břeclav – Slovensko 61
D3 Mezno – Tábor 15
D5 Praha – Plzeň – Německo 151
D8 Praha – Lovosice a Řehlovice – Německo 78
D11 Praha – Hradec Králové 84
R1 Pražský okruh, východní a západní části 17
R4 Praha – Příbram a křižovatka Nová Hospoda I/20 33
R6 Pavlov – Nové Strašecí, Karlovy Vary průtah a Kamenný Dvůr – Cheb 38
R7 Praha – Slaný 17
R10 Praha – Mladá Boleslav – Turnov 71
R35 Liberec – Turnov a Mohelnice – Olomouc – Lipník n. B. 78
R46 Vyškov – Olomouc 37
R48 Obchvat Bělotína a Frýdek-Místek – Český Těšín 22
R52 Brno – Pohořelice 20
R55 Úsek u Olomouce a u Otrokovic 4
R56 Ostrava – Frýdek-Místek 12
R63 Bystřany (Teplice) – Řehlovice (D8) 7
www.rsd.cz (http://www.rsd.cz)


Some stretches are U/C and due to be opened as following schedule:

2008:
April: D1 Bílovec - Ostrava Rudná (11,5 km)
November: D1 Kojetín – Kroměříž západ (4 km)
November: D1 Kroměříž západ - Kroměříž východ (3 km)
November: D1 Lipník – Bělotín (15,4 km)
Length of network: 1042,9 km

2009:
November: D1 Bělotín - Hladké Životice (18,1 km) – half profile only
November: R1 Lahovice - Slivenec (6 km)
November: R1 křižovatka D1 - Lahovice (16,5 km)
November: R6 Tisová - Kamenný Dvůr (7,5 km)
November: R35 Sedlice - Opatovice nad Labem (3,5 km)
December: D1 úsek Hladké Životice-Bílovec (11,5 km) /half profile only...?
December: D1 Mořice - Kojetín, II. stage (6,6 km)
Length of network: 1112,6 km

2010:
March: R6 Praha - Pavlov (10,4 km)
March: D8 Lovosice - Řehlovice (16,5 km)
December: D1 Bělotín - Hladké Životice (18 km) – full prifile
December: D1 Kroměříž východ – Říkovice (11,3 km), incl. R55 heading to Otrokovice, (2,5 km) – is this already U/C?
Length of network: 1153,3 km


How about D1 from Bohumin to polish border including border bridge?
I think it could be done at the end of 2009 or begining of 2010 (together with polish part) if construction already started. Did it start?

A construction has not been started. The selection of contractor is in progress and the completing is scheduled for the year 2010.

My post in local forum, recently opened D1 stretch through Ostrava:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17976355&postcount=273

^^Nice tour. The motorway looks very nice. I was confused by the radio readout- what was 5,31/100?
I was also struck by the KFC with the words drive-thru and restaurant it was just like it would appear here in the US. :)

^^Nice tour. The motorway looks very nice. I was confused by the radio readout- what was 5,31/100?
I was also struck by the KFC with the words drive-thru and restaurant it was just like it would appear here in the US. :)

It is consumption - 5,3 litres / 100 kms ;)

KFC and McD drive-thru/in are worldwide, we have many of them as well :cheers:

5,3 liters per 100 km is quite alright :)

Thanks for the tour, it looks good.

St. hranice means border if i'm correct, i haven't seen this that way in western Czechia. I have never visited eastern Czechia.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/D1%20Ostrava/P1030692.jpg

Good that they have inserted here Gliwice instead of Statni Hranice
In Poland, on our part od D1, A1 we have given distance to the nearest town(village) near border, which is Gorzyczki(1900 inhabitants) which is incredibely stupid :bash:

http://images25.fotosik.pl/129/39159f8e16a56e3f.jpg

^ That's true, but you also have foreign cities, when you get closer to the border. I know there are signs for Berlin in Poland, and in Gdańsk, Ostrava is totally unimportant. You just have that fetish for border. :)

in Gdańsk, Ostrava is totally unimportant.

And Gorzyczki or border neither

You just have that fetish for border. :)

:)

And border neither

The official Warsaw disagrees with you. :P

5,3 liters per 100 km is quite alright :)

Thanks for the tour, it looks good.

St. hranice means border if i'm correct, i haven't seen this that way in western Czechia. I have never visited eastern Czechia.

I've seen "statni hranice" for the first time too... at least, I've never noticed this before. Normally, the nearest important city is shown, - e.g. Wien in South Moravia.

^^Nice tour. The motorway looks very nice. I was confused by the radio readout- what was 5,31/100?
I was also struck by the KFC with the words drive-thru and restaurant it was just like it would appear here in the US. :)

5.3 l/100km = 46.7 mpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/D1%20Ostrava/P1030692.jpg

The lane markings are only temporary or have already got wiped out after winter?

St. hranice means border if i'm correct, i haven't seen this that way in western Czechia. I have never visited eastern Czechia.

This motorway is actually in Silesia what is Eastern part of Czech republic. Eastern Czechia is completely different region.

I only meant the cardinal directions.

^^Nice tour. The motorway looks very nice. I was confused by the radio readout- what was 5,31/100?
I was also struck by the KFC with the words drive-thru and restaurant it was just like it would appear here in the US. :)
That is how automotive fuel efficiency is measured and advertised in much of the World outside of the USA. Instead of using archaic units to show how far you go (in miles) on a certain amount of fuel (per US gallon), it is how much fuel is consumed (in liters) to go a certain fixed distance (100 km).

The conversion formula is:

l/100km = 100/(0.42368*MPG)

Thus, 5.3 l/100km = about 44.5 MPG (USA)

Mike

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/D1%20Ostrava/P1030692.jpg

The lane markings are only temporary or have already got wiped out after winter?

Wiped out, I've also noticed on both directions.

That is how automotive fuel efficiency is measured and advertised in much of the World outside of the USA. Instead of using archaic units to show how far you go (in miles) on a certain amount of fuel (per US gallon), it is how much fuel is consumed (in liters) to go a certain fixed distance (100 km).

The conversion formula is:

l/100km = 100/(0.42368*MPG)

Thus, 5.3 l/100km = about 44.5 MPG (USA)

Mike

Though, in a lot countries, the actual distance you can drive with one liter is usually showed, like 1:15 (1 liter to 15 kilometers).

Wiped out, I've also noticed on both directions.

Maybe they used ALDI-markings, or they placed them in rain, that can be destructive for road markings. But it's extremely fast, because the drawing lines (the thin dotted ones) are still visible.

Maybe they used ALDI-markings, or they placed them in rain, that can be destructive for road markings. But it's extremely fast, because the drawing lines (the thin dotted ones) are still visible.

I've heard some time before that painting these lines directly after new asphalt was applied, is only temporary and it shoud be recured after some time

I've heard some time before that painting these lines directly after new asphalt was applied, is only temporary and it shoud be recured after some time

Maybe there's still not the last layer of asphalt. One section of Slovak R3 was opened before completition without the last asphalt layer and with temporary painted lines and after few weeks of winter the lines are almost invisible:

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8358/albumpicui4.jpg

Maybe there's still not the last layer of asphalt

I don't think so. Even if it were like you've said, this road would be full of small bumps (at least in Poland it is so when there are no all asphalt layers)

I don't think so. Even if it were like you've said, this road would be full of small bumps (at least in Poland it is so when there are no all asphalt layers)

Maybe, but what sense has painting temporary lines on finished road?

^^ I don't remember now, byt I've heard sth that painting on "fresh" asphalt will be fruitless

Maybe they used ALDI-markings, or they placed them in rain, that can be destructive for road markings. But it's extremely fast, because the drawing lines (the thin dotted ones) are still visible.

The pavement is final, highway is complete and the lines were painted just before it was opened in December. Last november was quite wet and snowy, so I think you're right.

^^
No, paintigs are only temporary, cause new asphalt produce some chemical substancies which can disrupt final marking. Without this procedure producer of final paintings can´t guarantee durability. So, some delay seems to be necessary.

^^ So previously I presumed correctly

^^
No, paintigs are only temporary, cause new asphalt produce some chemical substancies which can disrupt final marking. Without this procedure producer of final paintings can´t guarantee durability. So, some delay seems to be necessary.

OK I believe you.. I'm not a professional :)

Nice ride, X236K! This sign is particularly cool. :)http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/D1%20Ostrava/P1030714.jpg

^^ i have seen that often in Czechia. Especially around Praha.

^ We don't have that, and I've only seen it once in my life, I think it was in Italy, but I'm not sure.

And Gorzyczki or border neither
:)

Why? I'd be interested how far is CZ from Gdańsk. IMO it should be signed "Republika Czeska" instead of "Gorzyczki".

Or for examlple Ostrava ;)

Why? I'd be interested how far is CZ from Gdańsk. IMO it should be signed "Republika Czeska" instead of "Gorzyczki".

And that's the point

What the hell is Gorzyczki?! Ask 1000 Poles and like 3 will now or even not at all

And that's the point

What the hell is Gorzyczki?! Ask 1000 Poles and like 3 will now or even not at all

They might change the signs after completion...?

Why? I'd be interested how far is CZ from Gdańsk. IMO it should be signed "Republika Czeska" instead of "Gorzyczki".

I wouldn't do that. Because, Republika Czeska can mean anywhere at any border crossing, if you want to sign so far per se, i think they should sign a city that is actually on maps, like Ostrava or Katowice.

why are some cat-lights blue? it looks nice, i see it for the first time, but i wonder what is the difference between these and ordinary ones?

and this bridge - i finally now can locate it :D i saw it before, but i didn't know where it was.

^^

blue cat-lights warn against danger of black ice, they are placed mostly on bridges

nice. now i remember that we have few blue cat lights. actually, not cat lights, but LED in tunnels - they sign how large the distance should be kept.

i have one more question - this plant - is it nuke or thermo?

nice. now i remember that we have few blue cat lights. actually, not cat lights, but LED in tunnels - they sign how large the distance should be kept.

i have one more question - this plant - is it nuke or thermo?

It's coal power plant in Třebovice.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Elektr%C3%A1rna_T%C5%99ebovice.jpg/800px-Elektr%C3%A1rna_T%C5%99ebovice.jpg

Here I've just posted a lot of shot of R48 expressway in Moravia.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18120876&postcount=284

Nice pics, and a nice car you have there :) I also drive Peugeot (306).

Cesky Tesin, with Poland on the horizon:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/R48R56/P1030828.jpg

Why does the exressway end right before border, if there is a expressway continuation of this road in Poland? It does not come up to standards?

Why does the exressway end right before border, if there is a expressway continuation of this road in Poland? It does not come up to standards?

Expressway = 130 kmph limit. Other roads only 90 kmph. This might be the reason.

^^ Reason? Result more likely :)

^^ Reason? Result more likely :)

Well, there are many "reasons".

First, when Tesin bypass was built, there were permanent convoys of trucks, so 130 kph wouldn't be safe. And it was also a very short stretch to sign as expressway. So it was opened as a dual carriageway with 90 kph limit. Then, it is a bypass, so it's good to have it free for cars.

But all of these are only bad excuses, because it should be expressway, it was built in propriate parameters, truck convoys waiting at the border disappeared... The main reason, I think, is that it is an additional and "unnecessary" work for someone. A lot of administrative paperwork is behind it and signs must be replaced as well which is a matter of finding some money in budget...

^^ So it is this way

Still for me a bigger problem is the part of this road between Polish and Czech former border check points, which is now 1x3. Are there any plans connected with building second viaduct there?

Foto: http://www.mapy.cz/#x=142731680@y=134994848@z=15@mm=F

My previous car. :cheer: As if no one drives it. :lol: But it has surprisingly few buttons, mine had a lot more iirc; I didn't know there were such differences. Good road! :) Frýdek-Místek sounds funny. :)


Nice ride, X236K! This sign is particularly cool. :)http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/D1%20Ostrava/P1030714.jpgI just saw this exact sign in Slovenia today. :D So it wasn't in Italy. :D I wonder if there are more...

My previous car. :cheer: As if no one drives it. :lol: But it has surprisingly few buttons, mine had a lot more iirc; I didn't know there were such differences.

MORE buttons...? What for...?

My previous car. :cheer:

What kind of car do you own now?

^ Peugeot 407, I told a while ago. :cheers:

MORE buttons...? What for...?No idea, I usually drive, so I never really use them. :lol: Too bad we had crappy Eastern European cars when I was a kid. :lol:

^^ So it is this way

Still for me a bigger problem is the part of this road between Polish and Czech former border check points, which is now 1x3. Are there any plans connected with building second viaduct there?

Foto: http://www.mapy.cz/#x=142731680@y=134994848@z=15@mm=F

Well, as far as I know, czech Road and Motorway Directorate doesn't have such plans. IMHO its much more complicated than anyother construction because the bridge lies both in Poland and Czechia...

^^ Our counterpart GDDKiA either :(

There is an update in the local forum here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18164920&postcount=130).

MORE buttons...? What for...?

Actually, now I know why there was a feeling of more buttons - b/c of a big "button" for regulating temperature (manual AC), so it was actually worse. :D And only now I saw wood on the right. :drool:

I always wanted to ask this question:
Why do you have expressways in CR? I mean, why they cannot all be highways? Both are toll roads and both have 130 km/h limit. Of course there are some differences in construction, but for average people there is simply no difference

I always wanted to ask this question:
Why do you have expressways in CR? I mean, why they cannot all be highways? Both are toll roads and both have 130 km/h limit. Of course there are some differences in construction, but for average people there is simply no difference

You got the point. This topic is currently under discussion.

There are several differencies between D's and R's - maintainance mode, highway police control, width/slope, radius of turnings etc. I think mapman can give us some more and specific reasons why we have highways and expressways.

Anyway, some of the older highways (e.g. D1) are much worse than newly built R's (e.g. R35, R48...). The R35 stretch from Olomouc to Lipnik is being considered as one of those where the speed limit might be possibly increased up to 160 kmph.

The R35 stretch from Olomouc to Lipnik is being considered as one of those where the speed limit might be possibly increased up to 160 kmph.


That's interesting, but how viable this idea actually is?

In Poland it is 200% unworkable to increase speed limit:( But we don't care :D

That's interesting, but how viable this idea actually is?

In Poland it is 200% unworkable to increase speed limit:( But we don't care :D

Not likely but feasible. On some stretches.

Anyway I ignore the speed limit too whenever I feel safe to drive fast (I mean I don't endanger anyone incl. me).

Well to the question of D and R having almost the same equipment and characteristics.

This was based on historical decision. We had a general plan of motorways (D) but still, there were roads (maintained by regions which were bigger than nowadays) - typical 1st class roads - which were being rebulit as 4laned highways. Then someone came up with idea to create sth. which is nowadays called expressays.

But after years of improvement, the regulations and technical normatives changed and set up very strict parameters also for R roads.

Now we have some expressways that have better parameters than some motorways, strange huh?


There is still one "good" reason to keep this difference. It is easier for RSD as investor to push through an expressway than motorway, when people hear the word Dálnice - they don't want it. Rychlostní silnice sounds better ;)

IMHO after the main part of our R network will be bulit, it will be a lot easier to make them D administratively...

There are some pics of R35 U/C in the local forum. See my post here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18345829&postcount=295).

There are some new shots of Prague Outer Ring (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18364919&postcount=70) in the local forum.

A lot of viaducts across the Vltava river. Will the entire ringroad be a closed ring around the entire city of Praha?

A lot of viaducts across the Vltava river. Will the entire ringroad be a closed ring around the entire city of Praha?

Yes, the ring will be closed as you can see here:

http://www.praha12.cz/photos/mapy/vystavba/okruh-513/230_mapa_okruhu.jpg

That's a pretty hilly area around the river, see the map (http://www.mapy.cz/#x=132985856@y=135614720@z=12@mm=RTP) with altitude.

There are interesting news regarding construction schedule in the local forum:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=392512

Motorways and Expressways completed till 2010 (green line), the red line means u/c in 2010
http://hn.ihned.cz/attachment.php/13936190/aov3458BCDEF7GHNOklPcdpry1STUARV/080219_17p.gif
original article http://hn.ihned.cz/c1-22989550-nove-dalnice-prostavi-se-sto-miliard-korun

Tady jsou zminene PDFka, ale bez rozpisu rozestavenych useku. To je myslim dobre videt z obrazku:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/2008.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/2009.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/2010.jpg

Co se tyce dokoncenych staveb, neni planek z roku 2010 nerealisticky (az na R7...), ale rozestavenost je mimo.

This question is not exactly related with highways, but I hope You'll forgive me:D

What is the speed limit on:

2x2 regular road(not D or R)
1x4 road
1x4 road with quasi-barrier in the middle

1x4?What is that?Runway?

i guess 1x4 yhould be 2x2 divided only with full line

1x4?What is that?Runway?

That's 4 lanes on a single carriageway.

1x4?What is that?Runway?

:lol:

That's 4 lanes on a single carriageway.

That makes it 2x2 then...

This question is not exactly related with highways, but I hope You'll forgive me

What is the speed limit on:

1. 2x2 regular road(not D or R)
2. 1x4 road
3. 1x4 road with quasi-barrier in the middle


Speed limits in CR in extravillan -
D+R = 130km/h
other roads = 90km/h (it inlclude 2x2 I.class roads)
maybe there should be some local sign increasing the speed, but I didn't seen it so far.

^^ Thanks :)

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That makes it 2x2 then...

No it doesn't:

1x4
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/a3c4/IMG_1264-720.jpg

PLH, it's 2x2. 1x4 would be 4 lanes, all in the same direction. it doesn't matter what is in the middle, what is matter is nuber of lanes in each direction ;)

^^ Ok, never mind.
In Poland we call such roads 1x4, and highway-like ones 2x2
EOT :)

:) ok. the main thing is that we understand each other ;) who cares about terms

In summer 2007 I've been to the Czech republic on holiday. :)
I have made some pictures when driving the roads.
You can find them here (http://www.wegenforum.nl/viewtopic.php?f=201&t=8512)

That makes it 2x2 then...
No, 2x2 means that the 4 lanes are equally distribute on two carriageways. That's a bit different.

PLH, it's 2x2. 1x4 would be 4 lanes, all in the same direction. it doesn't matter what is in the middle, what is matter is nuber of lanes in each direction ;)
Of course it does matter. It's a huge difference whether directional traffic is separated by a central reservation or not.
1x4 - 1 carriageway à 4 lanes
2x2 - 2 carriageways à 2 lanes
That's the common diction.

I don't think the lack of a physical separation is so important to make it 1×4. I'd call that 2×2.

It isn't 2x2, the digit before the 'x' stands for the number of carriageways, the other one stands for the number of lanes on ONE carriageway or direction. However it isn't 1x4 also, it would mean that all 4 lanes can legally be used for both directions. To be more precise I would say its (1x)2+2.

Like this road, no one would say that this is a 1x3 road
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS-3/hwy17-310_lg.jpg

We all call it a (1x)2+1 road:)

Like this road, no one would say that this is a 1x3 road
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS-3/hwy17-310_lg.jpg

We all call it a (1x)2+1 road:)
Of course one would. This is a single 3-lane road. S3 or 1x3 if you like. This diction is a simplification to describe the constructed cross-section and not legal issues regarding lane usage.

2+1 is common to call such roads in the Netherlands. 2x2 = 2 lanes on both directions, usually motorways. 2+3+3+2 are 5 lanes per direction, divided over 2 directions.

However, 2 lane roads are called 2x1, even if they don't have separate directions.

A massive pileup on the D1 from Praha to Brno.

116 cars and trucks crashed in a snowstorm.

http://img1.ct24.cz/multimedia/images/2/138/bigfixed/13717.jpg

http://img1.ct24.cz/multimedia/images/2/138/bigfixed/13725.jpg

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http://img1.ct24.cz/multimedia/images/2/138/bigfixed/13723.jpg

That seems to be halfway from Praha to Brno.

http://www.ct24.cz/doprava/9403-na-vysocine-je-d1-po-hromadne-nehode-prujezdna-obema-pruhy/

Check out the video on the right.

^^ It must have been snowing like hell and while the temperature was around 0, concrete(see the 1st picture) was very slippery

^^ It must have been snowing like hell and while the temperature was around 0, concrete(see the 1st picture) was very slippery

Many people have alredy exchanged the winter tires for summer ones... it was 19°C few days ago. I did so...

^^ Luckily I didn't - yesterday it was snowing pretty heavily in Łódź

A massive pileup on the D1 from Praha to Brno.

116 cars and trucks crashed in a snowstorm.



Novinky.cz (http://www.novinky.cz/clanek/135872-viniku-nehody-na-d1-bude-vic-bouralo-skoro-200-aut.html) reports more than 150 cars.

http://i.idnes.cz/08/033/maxi/JBA21da4b_160134_5483680.jpg.
http://i.idnes.cz/08/033/maxi/JBA21da4c_160141_6358942.jpg.
http://i.idnes.cz/08/033/maxi/JBA21da4d_160220_3827713.jpg.
http://i.idnes.cz/08/033/maxi/JBA21da49_160119_4893552.jpg.
http://i.idnes.cz/08/033/maxi/JBA21d9fa_p200803200481301.jpg.
http://i.idnes.cz/08/033/maxi/JBA21dab7_163656_8124138.jpg

What is the difference between a continuous and a dashed-from-one-side marking of emergency lane?

What is the difference between a continuous and a dashed-from-one-side marking of emergency lane?

I dont know a proper term in english, it's a kind of "climbing" lane for trucks.

climbing lane is a good explanation;)

So once you enter it, you cannot leave?:D

Largest pile-up on Czech Motorway ever, synoptic aerial video
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and bonus, nice police chase on D1 Motorway near Prague
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tough

^^ Like in the USA :D

^^ Like in the USA :D

Żywiec beer advert, 'like' makes the great difference :lol:

Żywiec beer advert, 'like' makes the great difference :lol:

You mean: "almost/nearly" makes the big difference

You mean: "almost/nearly" makes the big difference

Sorry, yes, that is what I meant actually :cheers:

another police chase, this time on Prague City Ring
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the projects are very nice , but, I think those highways should be more extensive.

Maybe more border crossing topic, but I presume that I'll find the answer here:

When will these cocrete barriers be removed to make a 2x2 road?
It's Cieszyn - Boguszowice former crossing:

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9526/obraz5146ww4.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9687/obraz5147gy7.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7612/obraz5148rq9.jpg

See this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=19401865&postcount=356) post in the local forum /D1xR1 junction visualisation/

Looks great :D Nice form of presentation. I just wish I could go further and speed up :D

If I'd like to drive from [Wroclaw] -> Liberec -> Decin -> Chomutov -> Karlovy Vary -> [Marktredwitz], is there any section I need vignette for?

Yes, I think so for R6 near Cheb.

If I'd like to drive from [Wroclaw] -> Liberec -> Decin -> Chomutov -> Karlovy Vary -> [Marktredwitz], is there any section I need vignette for?
it should help you: http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/znamky.htm :)

Thanks! :)

The answer is: No

You were nearly an unneeded cost because of me :) Sorry PLH ;)

^^ You owe me 220 Kc plus 50Kc interest per one day of delay, or else...:gunz::skull:



....Not :D

Photos taken on Monday, April 14th 2008
Prague Ring R1, construction site 514 Slivenec - Lahovice

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Will be opened 30th april.
Datas about stretch:
Lenght: 11,7km
Cathegory: D28,0/120
Bridges: 10 (suma 936m)
Tunnels: tunnel Klimkovice 1088m(A), 1077(B)
Crossings(MÚK):2 - Bravantice, Klimkovice
Total cost: 8,1bln CZK (cca 311mil EUR)

Stretch T3 - near Ostrava on the map below
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z244/ptalas/2008.jpg
http://www.viamoravica.cz/img/stavby/4707/4707_orto.jpg
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^^ Great :):):)!This strech looks great :)

nice freeways (y)

The stretch Bilovec - Ostrava, Rudna have been opened today:

http://www.rsd.cz/rsd/rsd.nsf/a3eda25d005dc6bec125737e0045602e/0f401684d265e32dc1257440002bf872/Body/0.84?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg

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Well, although I can't read a word of it, I can imagine what this means.
However I think showing a maximum hight sign (like the one below) would be better understood by all truckers, of which a lot are foreigners.


http://www.tdekkers.nl/borden/c19.gif

Are trucks of over 4,8m in height allowed anyway?

Well, although I can't read a word of it, I can imagine what this means.
However I think showing a maximum hight sign (like the one below) would be better understood by all truckers, of which a lot are foreigners.
It means: STOP high truck over 4,8m , 150m
yes, its quite strange..single sign like you posted woludn't be enough??:) Maybe it's just for truck from construction site like mobile cranes...it's photo from closed motorway...maybe there would be some informations about traffic in the tunnel and behind him on the display

^^ This seems to be a temporary sign...