Roads in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Roads in Bosnia and Herzegovina are the most important traffic branch in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an important part of the European road network. Roads are built, maintained and supervised by companies run by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska. The total length of roads in the country as of 2022 is 8,850 km (5,500 mi), and they are categorized as motorways (total length of 255.7 km (158.9 mi)), main (total length of 4,274 km (2,656 mi)) and regional (total length of 4,345 km (2,700 mi)).[1]
Motorways
The primary high-speed motorways are called autoceste or autoputevi/аутопутеви, public road specially built and intended exclusively for motor vehicle traffic, which is marked as a motorway with a prescribed traffic sign, has two physically separated lanes for traffic from opposite directions with at least two lanes and a lane for forced stopping of vehicles, without intersection with transverse roads and railways or tramways at the same level and in whose traffic it can be included or excluded only by a certain and specially built connecting public road to the appropriate lane of the motorway. They are marked with a special road sign, similar to the road sign depicting a motorway/autoroute/autobahn in other parts of Europe. Motorways in Bosnia and Herzegovina are defined by the Ministry of Traffic and Communications of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ministry of Transport and Communications of Republika Srpska.[2][3]
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian motorway network is 255.7 km (158.9 mi) long as of 2025.
Motorways and sections
Motorway Route Length
(in 2025) Description Notes
A1 Croatian border - Odžak - Doboj - Zenica - Sarajevo - Mostar - Croatian border 149.8 km (93.1 mi) The A1 starts on border of Croatia near Svilaj and runs south to Odžak where it ends right next to the entity border.
The only part of the highway that passes through Republika Srpska starts at the Johovac junction, with a crossing towards the Banja Luka - Doboj Highway, and ends at the Rudanka junction.
The motorway continues north of Zenica, which also serves as a bypass, and passes west of Sarajevo, with which the bypass is directly connected. The end of the middle part is in Bradina.
South part starts at Počitelj and ends on border with Croatia near Bijača. The motorway follows the Vc corridor along the entire route.[4][5] Several sections are under constructions or planned to connect four separate parts.
Autoput Gradiška - Banja Luka Gradiška - Laktaši - Banja Luka 33.7 km (20.9 mi) The Motorway Gradiška - Banja Luka starts on border of Croatia near Gradiška and follows a route of E661. The highway passes through the Laktaši interchange with the highway towards Doboj, after which it ends north of Banja Luka.[6]
Autoput Banja Luka - Doboj Laktaši - Prnjavor - Doboj 72.2 km (44.9 mi) The route of Motorway Banja Luka - Doboj starts at Laktaši interchange after which goes beside Prnjavor and ends in Johovac junction connecting A1. Also known as: Motorway of January 9th.[7]
Motorway sections constructed but not opened
Motorway Entity Length Section Note
A1 FBiH 7.2 km (4.5 mi) Buna - Počitelj The section is completed but it will be open with section Kvanj tunnel - Buna.
8.5 km (5.3 mi) Putnikovo brdo - Medakovo Section is completed, but connecting section is not finished yet (Medakovo - Ozimica).[8]
Motorway sections under construction
Motorway Entity Length[9][10] Section Description Scheduled completion
A1 FBiH 21.3 km (13.2 mi) Medakovo - Ozimica One interchange, two double-sided rest stops, eight bridges and viaducts, two overpasses, fifteen underpasses and the 2.200-kilometer long Crni vrh tunnel.[11] End of Q3 2026[12]
5.3 km (3.3 mi) Vranduk - Ponirak One tunnel, two bridges, three viaducts.[13] The section will be open with neighboring sections.[14] Summer 2026[15]
3.5 km (2.2 mi) Ponirak - Vraca The 2.475-kilometer Zenica tunnel.[16] The section will be open with neighboring sections.[14] End of 2025[17]
5.2 km (3.2 mi) Kvanj tunnel - Buna The 2.700-kilometer Kvanj tunnel and a Rotimski potok viaduct.[18] May 2027[18]
RS 5.3 km (3.3 mi) Rudanka - Putnikovo brdo 2 Two tunnels and one bridge.[19] End of 2025[20]
Autoput Banja Luka - Novi Grad 18.7 km (11.6 mi) Banja Luka - Prijedor 23 overpasses, ten underpasses, nine bridges.[21] Spring 2026[21][22]
Autoput Vukosavlje - Rača 20.0 km (12.4 mi) Bijeljina - Rača One interchange, one rest aream five overpasses and for bridges.[23] End of 2026[23]
RS Brčko 33.0 km (20.5 mi) Vukosavlje - Brčko Three interchanges, a bridge and eight overpasses.[24] August 2025[25]
Planned motorway sections
Motorway Entity Length Section Notes[9][10][26]
A4 FBiH 23.3 km (14.5 mi) Počitelj - Stolac Project in public exhibition[27]
A2 30.3 km (18.8 mi) Orašje - Brčko - Maoča Concept project completed[28]
23.3 km (14.5 mi) Maoča - Tuzla The conceptual project is being developed[29]
A3 55.4 km (34.4 mi) Tuzla - Žepče Concept project completed[28]
A1 12.8 km (8.0 mi) Ozimica - Poprikuše Tender procedure in progress[30]
10.7 km (6.6 mi) Ivan - Ovčari Preparatory activities for construction in progress
10.1 km (6.3 mi) Ovčari - Konjic - Prenj tunnel Preparatory activities for construction in progress
12.4 km (7.7 mi) Prenj tunnel Tender procedure in progress; Construction start in mid-2023[31]
12.4 km (7.7 mi) Prenj - Mostar north Preparatory activities for construction in progress
14.2 km (8.8 mi) Mostar north - Mostar south Tender procedure in progress; Construction start in mid-2023[31]
9.2 km (5.7 mi) Mostar south - Kvanj tunnel Tender procedure in progress; Construction start in the first half of 2024[32]
RS 35.2 km (21.9 mi) Johovac - Orašje Tender procedure in progress[33]
Autoput Banja Luka - Novi Grad 23.5 km (14.6 mi) Prijedor - Novi Grad The preparation of the general project for the selection of the route is underway[22]
Autoput Banja Luka - Mliništa 95.0 km (59.0 mi) Banja Luka - Mlinište There are no detailed plans, just an announcement
Autoput Vukosavlje - Rača Brčko
RS 17.0 km (10.6 mi) Brčko - Bijeljina Construction contract signed;[34] It will be built by the end of 2026[20]
Expressways
Currently there is no expressways in use, but several are under construction and most of them are being designed.
List of planned expressways:[9][35][28][36]
Entity Route Total length Section Length Note
FBiH Prača - Goražde 18.4 km (11.4 mi) M5 - Hranjen tunnel 2.7 km (1.7 mi) Main project completed
Hranjen tunnel 5.8 km (3.6 mi) Under construction[37]
Hranjen tunnel - Pobjeda 5.3 km (3.3 mi) Main project completed
Pobjeda - Sopotnica 4.6 km (2.9 mi) Main project completed
Bihać - Cazin - Velika Kladuša - border crossing (Croatia) 45.4 km (28.2 mi) Bihać - Ćoralići 18.0 km (11.2 mi) The conceptual project has been completed[37]
Ćoralići - border crossing 27.4 km (17.0 mi) The conceptual project is being developed
Izačić - Bihać - Ključ 106.4 km (66.1 mi) Izačić - Gorjevac TBD The conceptual project has been completed
Gorjevac - Bravsko
Bravsko - Ključ
Mostar north - Široki Brijeg - border crossing (Croatia) 60.7 km (37.7 mi) Mostar north - Vihovići 11.6 km (7.2 mi) The conceptual project is being developed
Vihovići - Polog 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
Polog - Polugrno 15.8 km (9.8 mi) Main project completed and the expropriation procedure is in progress.[38] The tender procedure for construction and supervision of project underway.[39]
Polugrno - Grude East 11.8 km (7.3 mi) Under construction[37][40]
Grude East - border crossing 12.8 km (8.0 mi) Main project completed and the expropriation procedure is in progress.[38] The tender procedure for construction and supervision of project underway.[41]
Lašva - Travnik - Jajce 67.2 km (41.8 mi) Lašva - Kaonik 5.83 km (3.62 mi)
Kaonik - Selište 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Selište - interchange Vitez 3.78 km (2.35 mi)
interchange Vitez - exit from business zone Vitez 5.0 km (3.1 mi) The conceptual project is being developed
exit from business zone Vitez - Nević Polje 4.8 km (3.0 mi) Constructed but not opened[37]
Nević Polje - Turbe 10.8 km (6.7 mi) The development of the main project is underway
Turbe - Jajce 30.6 km (19.0 mi) The conceptual project is being developed
Sarajevo bypass 1.44 km (0.89 mi) Lot 3B 1.44 km (0.89 mi) Construction suspended[42]
Turbe - Bugojno - Kupres - Livno - border crossing (Croatia) 135.0 km (83.9 mi)
Doboj - Šićki Brod 45.0 km (28.0 mi) Conceptual solutions and studies have been completed. A tender for the development of conceptual designs is planned for the Q1 2026.[43]
Šićki Brod - Kalesija 35.0 km (21.7 mi)
RS Prijedor - Kozarska Dubica —N/a
Kotor Varoš - Čelinac - Banja Luka
Sarajevo - Sokolac - Višegrad
Stolac - Ljubinje - Trebinje - border crossing (Montenegro)
Bijeljina - Zvornik - Foča - Trebinje
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