Brotherhood and Unity Highway
Photo: Jozef Kotulič, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Brotherhood and Unity Highway (Croatian: Autocesta "Bratstvo i jedinstvo"; Macedonian: Автопат „Братство и единство“; Slovene: Cesta bratstva in enotnosti or Avtocesta bratstva in enotnosti, Serbian: Autoput "Bratstvo i jedinstvo", Аутопут "Братство и јединство") – and generally referred to just as "the Autoput" by non-Yugoslavs driving on it – is a highway stretching the length of former Yugoslavia from the border with Austria in the north to the border with Greece in the south. While Yugoslavia has ceased to exist as a country, the road doesn't carry the same number all the way and its Yugoslavian-era name has fallen out of use, the road still exists as a major thoroughfare through four countries and their capital cities – much improved since the Yugoslavian era.
UnderstandThe highway project was initiated by the long-time Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito to improve road transport and unify the country according to the Communist Party motto "Brotherhood and Unity" which would also…
PrepareThe road is a toll road throughout. In Slovenia you pay for a "vignette", a pass valid for a week, a month or a year and you can drive as much as you like on Slovenian motorways during the time it's valid.
GoDistances in this itinerary are given in kilometres from north to south, and to the first motorway exit serving the city in the marker (when coming from the north).
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Brotherhood and Unity Highway" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Jozef Kotulič, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons