page_title: D1 motorway (Czech Republic)
section_title: Second attempt
hierarchical_section_title: D1 motorway (Czech Republic) / History / Second attempt
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Dálnice D1 u Ostředku směrem na Prahu (km 33) English: Motorway D1 near Ostředek village, Czech Republic
context_page_description: D1 motorway is the main highway of the Czech Republic. Currently it connects the two biggest Czech cities, Prague and Brno, in the future it will link Ostrava and to the Czech–Polish border in Věřňovice / Gorzyczki. It is 366 km long, but the planned length is 376.5 km. It is the busiest motorway in the Czech Republic, with maximum AADT 99,000 vehicles per day near Prague.
context_section_description: In the 1960s, traffic was growing very quickly, and a new plan for a D1 highway Prague – Soviet Union border was formulated. Work on the Prague – Brno section started in 1967, mainly using the old route from first attempt. The 21 km long Prague – Mirošovice segment was completed in 1971, and the 205 km long route to Brno in 1980. 
  In the Slovakian part construction started in 1973 with the 14 km long Ivachnová – Liptovský Mikuláš section, together with the construction of the Liptovská Mara dam. The 19 km Prešov – Košice highway was added in 1980. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s the 19 km long Brno – Vyškov segment was built and another 20 km from Liptovský Mikuláš to Hybe in Slovakia.
  After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia route changes, construction was no longer planned to Slovakia, but instead to Lipník nad Bečvou (the replacement of the planned route is the R49 expressway). Due to growing traffic near Prague, the first segment to Mirošovice was widened from 4 lanes to 6 lanes and there are similar plans for widening around Brno as well. After the dissolution, no new sections were built. In 2002, construction of an 18 km long extension from Vyškov eastwards started and it was opened in 2005. More extensions eastwards were opened in 2008, 2009 and 2010; in 2011, the motorway reached the junction with R55 expressway and R49 expressway near Hulín, the route curled up to the north to Přerov (and Lipník nad Bečvou).
  Simultaneously the segment from Lipník nad Bečvou to Ostrava was constructed during 2004 – 2009 due to historical reasons as Motorway D47, however it was opened as part of D1 highway. The segment from Ostrava to the Polish border (and Autostrada A1) has been opened in late 2012, but only for cars under 3.5 tonnes, because the Polish side had problems with the bridge at Mszana village. From 2014 the bridge is open, and everyone can ride from Ostrava to Polish Border, and further, to Katowice. Přerov – Lipník nad Bečvou segment has been opened in December 2019.
  The only section which is not yet completed is Říkovice – Přerov segment. Construction is yet to be started (planned in November 2021), with expected completion date in 2024.
caption: Aerial photo of D1 near Ostředek
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