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A5 motorway (Slovenia)
Encyclopedia
The A5 motorway is 85,5 km long. It begins at the Dragučova
interchange on the A1 motorway
north of Maribor and ends at the Hungarian
border at Pince
, continuing on in Hungary as the M70 motorway
. It connects Maribor
with Budapest
.
The first section was completed in 2003, whilst the last section was opened for traffic in October 2008.
Dragučova
Dragučova is a settlement in the Pesnica municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills to the northeast of Maribor on the edge of the valley of the river Pesnica. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is now included in the Drava statistical region.-External...
interchange on the A1 motorway
A1 motorway (Slovenia)
The A1 motorway is 236,1 km long, connecting Šentilj and Koper/Capodistria . It passes several important Slovenian cities, including Maribor, Celje and Ljubljana all the way to the Slovenian Littoral and Koper, with its important port.Construction began in 1970 and the first section was...
north of Maribor and ends at the Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
border at Pince
Pince
Pince is a settlement to the southeast of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It lies close to the extreme eastern point of Slovenia, right on the border with Hungary.-External links:*...
, continuing on in Hungary as the M70 motorway
M70 motorway (Hungary)
The M70 motorway is a motorway in Hungary, connecting the M7 motorway to the A5 motorway in Slovenia. The last section was completed in 2006. After the opening of the last missing sections of the M7 on August 19, 2008, there is a direct motorway link from Budapest to Slovenia....
. It connects Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
with Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
.
The first section was completed in 2003, whilst the last section was opened for traffic in October 2008.
External links
- DARS, the national motorway operator of Slovenia.
- Exit list of A5