Belgrade–Bar motorway
Belgrade–Bar motorway (Serbian Cyrillic: Ауто-пут Београд–Бар, romanized: Auto-put Beograd–Bar) is a future motorway that will connect the Serbian capital of Belgrade and Bar, Montenegro's main seaport. Italy, Montenegro and Serbia are lobbying to list the route with Pan-European corridors, and it is frequently referred to as part of proposed Corridor XI, or 4B – an envisioned motorway/ferry corridor linking Bari, Bar, Belgrade and Bucharest.
| Belgrade–Bar Motorway | |
|---|---|
| Аутопут Београд - Бар Autoput Beograd - Bar | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 445 km (277 mi) Planned length |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Belgrade |
| To | Bar |
| Location | |
| Countries | Serbia, Montenegro |
| Major cities | Belgrade, Obrenovac, Čačak, Požega, Berane, Podgorica, Bar |
| Highway system | |
From the Serbian side, the road's construction started in 2012 on a 40.3 kilometers-long section Ljig—Preljina on northern part of the route, which was put into service in 2016. From the Montenegrin side, the road's construction began on May 11, 2015.
The project became the subject of controversy in 2021 after revelations that loan agreements between China and Montenegro to finance the project had been the result of corruption, and that the terms of the agreement made it unrealistic that Montenegro would be able to meet its obligations under the deal.