Zagreb - Rijeka in 80 minutes!

[Sasha]

The whole motorway from Zagreb to Rijeka (146 km or about 90 miles) has just been completed and it is now possible to drive from ZAGREB to RIJEKA in only 1 hour and 20 minutes. This is incredible, as the train takes close to 4 hours.

The work on this project started 35 years ago (stopped many times due to the lack of money!), and there are 17 tunnels, and over 30 bridges and viaducts on the route. The toll charge is 56 kunas (£5 or $9 dollars).

Croatian newspapers say that the property prices in the Rijeka region will go up, due to the motorway being completed.

[Tom1]

This is great!

[Janet]

It's sooo fast! Buy your holiday home now!

[Graham - Bosmere]

Beware if taking this road when it is raining as water tends to lay on the surface and cause cars to aquaplane badly. It is not fun watching a car going past you sideways, and even less fun if it is you going sideways.

[Robert1]

I have taken this motorway just few days ago and it took me 70 minutes from toll boot in Zagreb to toll boot in Rijeka. I was travelling form Zagreb to Rovinj and it took me 2.5 hours from my point of departure in Zagreb (downtown) to point of arrival in Rovinj (near downtown).