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Roads in Serbia
 In service Under construction Planned Roads in Serbia are the backbone of its transportation system and an important part of the European road network. The total length of roads in the country is 45,419 km, and they are categorized as "state roads" (total length of 16,179 km) or "municipal roads" (total length of 23,780 km).[1][2] All state roads in Serbia are maintained by the public, nation-wide, road construction company JP Putevi Srbije. State roadsMajor roads in the country are designated as "state roads", most of which are paved. They are categorized into class I and class II, with class I having three sub-classes (A, M and B) and class II having two sub-classes (A, B).[3] State roads, class IARoads that are motorways are categorized as state roads, class IA, and are marked with one-digit numbers (the "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4", "A5", "A6", "A7", "A8" and "A9" road designations represent "autoput", the Serbian word for motorway).[4][5] As of April 2024, there are 967.778 km (601.349 mi) of motorways (Serbian: аутопут / аutoput) in total.[1] Motorways in Serbia have three lanes in each direction (including the hard shoulder), signs are white-on-green, and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h.
State roads, class IMRoads categorized as state roads, class IM are expressways (Serbian: Брзи пут, Brzi put), that were greately introduced in law of the Republic of Serbia in March 2024.[9][10] The examples of such roads are the 24 km-long stretch of State Road 24 between Kragujevac and Batočina (intersection with A1 motorway) and the planned upgrade of the 27 km-long section of State Road 21 between Novi Sad and Ruma (intersection with A1 motorway). Expressways, unlike motorways, do not have emergency lanes, signs are white-on-blue and the normal speed limit is 100 km/h.[citation needed]
State roads, class IBRoads categorized as state roads, class IB are 4,486 km in total length as of June 2022 and are marked with two-digit numbers.[1] They have one lane in each direction, signs are black-on-yellow and the normal speed limit is 80 km/h. KosovoRoads that partly or entirely lay in Kosovo (see Roads in Kosovo).
State roads, class IIAState roads, class IIA, are marked with three-digit numbers, the first digit being 1 or 2. The total length of these roads is 7,799 km as of June 2022.[1] State roads, class IIBState roads, class IIB, are marked with three-digit numbers, first digit being 3 or 4. Total length of these roads is 3,156 km as of June 2022.[1] Municipal roadsMinor, local roads in the country are designated as "municipal roads".[3] Total length of these roads is 23,780 km and some two-thirds are paved roads, while the rest are consisted of macadam and earthen roads. European routesThe following European routes pass through Serbia:
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