D52 motorway (Czech Republic)

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D52 Motorway
Dálnice D52
Route information
Length 17 km (11 mi)
Planned: 51 km (32 mi)
Major junctions
From D1 in Brno
To A5 near Mikulov
Location
Regions: South Moravian
Major cities Brno, Mikulov
Highway system

D52 motorway (Czech: Dálnice D52), formerly Expressway R52 (Czech: Rychlostní silnice R52) is a highway in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, currently leading from Modřice, about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Brno, to Pohořelice, parallel to the Highway D2. It forms part of the European road E461.

Sections of the expressway:

Expressway section Length Opening Notes
Brno - Modřice 7 km (4.3 mi) End of the 1970s Not an expressway (tram track in the middle)
Modřice - Pohořelice 19 km (12 mi) 12/1996
Pohořelice - Mikulov 22.54 km (14 mi) after 2020 Planned

From Pohořelice the ordinary road No.52 runs further southwards to the border with Austria at Mikulov. According to a 2009 treaty between the Czech Republic and Austria, it is to be completed as an expressway and continuous connection between Brno and the Austrian A5 North Autobahn at Drasenhofen, leading to Vienna.[1] Within the aglomeration of Brno plans for a new route intend to relocate the R52 running from the Rajhrad junction northwestwards bypassing the city centre to reach the Highway D1 and the Expressway R43 at Troubsko.[2]

Parts of the expressway were built on sections of the former Strecke 88 Autobahn constructed between 1939 and 1942 during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia as part of a connection between Breslau (Wrocław) and Vienna, colloquially called Hitlerova dálnice ("Hitler's highway").

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References

  1. ↑ Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic Archived 2012-09-09 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ Map on ceskedalnice.cz
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