D56 runs parallel to a segment of

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between

Zadar Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serv ...

and

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areas. Furthermore the road has junctions to major state roads, namely D27 in

Benkovac Benkovac () is a town in the interior of Zadar County, Croatia. Geography Benkovac is located where the plain of Ravni Kotari and the karstic plateau of Bukovica meet, 20 km from the town of Biograd na Moru and 30 km from Zadar. The ...

, connecting to D1 state road in

Gračac Gračac (; ) is a town and municipality in the southern part of Lika, Croatia. The municipality is administratively part of Zadar County. Gračac is located south of Udbina, northeast of Obrovac, northwest of Knin and southeast of Gospić. Settl ...

, serving as a possible bypass of both Maslenica bridges, D424, D59 and D33 state roads. The road also connects to

Skradin and Zadar 2 interchanges via D424 and a short connector road, respectively. The road is long. The D56 road also serves as a connection to

Krka National Park Krka National Park ( hr, Nacionalni park Krka) is one of the Croatian national parks, named after the river Krka (ancient Greek: ''Kyrikos'') that it encloses. It is located along the middle-lower course of the Krka River in central Dalmatia, i ...

. The road, as well as all other state roads in Croatia, is managed and maintained by

Hrvatske ceste Hrvatske ceste (lit. ''Croatian roads'') is a Croatian state-owned company pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act ( hr, Zakon o javnim cestama enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia. The tasks of the company are def ...

, a state-owned company.

Traffic volume

Traffic is regularly counted and reported by

, operator of the road. Substantial variations between annual (

AADT Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a y ...

) and summer (ASDT) traffic volumes are attributed to the fact that the road serves as a connection to

and it carries substantial tourist traffic.

Road junctions and populated areas

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{{State roads in Croatia D056 D056 D056 D056

Traffic volume

Road junctions and populated areas

See also

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