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



Motorways: 1007 km planned length; 626 km + 18 km (half profile) in operation; 61 km u/c


Expressways: 1150 km planned length; 406 km + 37 km (half profile) in operation; 36 km u/c


<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

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#103 ·
^ To jo, souhlasím, měla tam už být dávno. Za to bude krásná viz tunel a ten zavěšený most plus mimoúrovňové křižovatky v Ově. :eek:kay:
 
#104 ·
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

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#107 · (Edited)
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 :)
 
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#119 · (Edited)
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.


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.


*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.
 
#125 ·
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....
 
#127 ·
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...
 
#130 ·
This is what I posted in local forum:

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


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:

 
#131 ·
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


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?
 
#141 · (Edited)
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
 
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