The A3 motorway ( sr, Аутопут А3, Autoput A3) is a motorway in Serbia which spans approximately and is part of the

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through Serbia. It crosses the Syrmia region from east to west, starting at Belgrade and ending at border crossing with

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Route

The A3 motorway begins near

Šid Šid ( sr-cyr, Шид, ) is a town and municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It has a population of 14,893, while the municipality has 34,188 inhabitants. A border crossing between Serbia and ...

, at the

Batrovci Batrovci () is a village located in the municipality of Šid, Srem District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, it has a population of 259 inhabitants. A border crossing between Serbia and Croatia is located in the village, on European route E70. Na ...

border crossing with Croatia, and runs westward across the Syrmia region, near Sremska Mitrovica and

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. At the

Dobanovci Dobanovci ( sr-Cyrl, Добановци) is a suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin. Dobanovci is located in the eastern Syrmia region, 25 km west of downtown Belgrade, between the Bel ...

interchange near the outskirts of Belgrade, A3 meets the

Belgrade bypass The Belgrade bypass ( sr, Обилазница око Београда, Obilaznica oko Beograda) or Belgrade city road bypass is a U-shaped, 69-km long motorway partially encircling the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Some 9.6 km of ...

. East od Dobanovci, the A3 continues through Belgrade as the Belgrade city motorway ( sr, Аутопут кроз Београд), a long urban highway which ends at

Bubanj Potok Bubanj Potok ( sr-cyr, Бубањ Поток) is a non-residential suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac. Location Bubanj Potok is located on the highway Belgrade–Niš ...

interchange where it meets the A1. AutorouteBeograd

The main toll stations of the A3 are located at and Batrovci near Šid and

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near Dobanovci. The Belgrade city motorway section between Šimanovci and Bubanj Potok interchanges is toll-free, serving as one of main city arteries. It includes the exit to

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, located just south of the A3.

History

The A3 motorway is part of the old Belgrade-

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motorway, known as

Brotherhood and Unity Highway The Brotherhood and Unity Highway (; ; or , ), officially classed as the M-1 highway, was a highway that stretched over across Yugoslavia, from the Austrian border at Jesenice in the northwest via Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Skopje to Gevgel ...

which was built after

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, by young volunteers, and opened to traffic in 1950, first as a single carriageway. The second carriageway from Belgrade to Sremska Mitrovica was completed in 1977, while the section from Sremska Mitrovica to Šid was opened to traffic in 1987.

List of exits

References

External links

Regulation of State Roads
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Route

History

List of exits

See also

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