Serbia and Montenegro | Area code 381 | Common abbreviation SRB | Last updated 18-2-2007 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| European road | E[0-9]<2-3> | Europe | See Europe | |||
| Main road | (M)[0-9]<1-2>{-[0-9]<1-2>} | national | grid | |||
| Local road | R[0-9]<1-3>{A} | national | determined by first digit | |||
| General description:
Serbia and Montenegro still have the old Yugoslav road numbering system, together with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Main roads with 1-d numbers generally run east-west (northwest-southeast) and 2-d numbers indicate north-south (northeast-southwest) routes. 2-d numbers increase to the east. The grid is not strict. In particular, 1-d numbers often meet and cross. Suffixed numbers are used for other roads. The M1 is the main 'autoput' (motorway) linking Croatia via Belgrade (Beograd) to Macedonia (formerly from Austria to Greece). The M2 is the main east-west road through Montenegro and Kosovo (a small section is in Serbia). Local roads hardly ever appear on maps but they are on signs. Zones correspond to the former republics: | ||||||
| Zone | Republic | Current situation | ||||
| 1 | Serbia | Replaced by numbers [12][0-9]<2> | ||||
| 2 | Croatia | New national system | ||||
| 3 | Slovenia | New national system | ||||
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | New national system | ||||
| 5 | Macedonia | New national system | ||||
| 6 | Montenegro | Still existing | ||||
| Road signs: | ||||||
| Road/destination type | Background | Text | Road numbers | |||
| Class | Shape | Background | Text | |||
| Motorways | Green | White | E | Rectangle | Green | White |
| Main roads | Blue | White | M | Rectangle | Blue | White |
| Local roads | Yellow | Black | R | Rectangle | Yellow | Black |
| Local destinations | White | Black | ||||
| Tourist destinations | Brown | White | ||||
| It seems that on new signs, the colour blue is reserved for expressways, but there are many old blue signs along other roads. | ||||||
| History: Some numbers from the old system: (^ = hacek on next letter) | ||||||
| 11 | Subotica-Beograd-Pri^stina | |||||
| 12 | Novi Sad-Valjevo | |||||
| 13 | Beograd-Pan^cevo-Bela Crkva | |||||
| 16 | Beograd-Negotin-Bulgaria | |||||
| 17 | Ni^s-Pri^stina-Prizren | |||||
| 18 | Ni^s-Pirot-Bulgaria | |||||
| The current system was introduced around 1980, but with letter suffixes instead of digits.
Around 1985 this was changed. Sometimes the suffix was replaced by its corresponding ordinal number (e.g., M2b became M2-2), but not always (M1h became M1-12).
Some other numbers were also changed: | ||||||
| Old | New | Route | ||||
| 12 | 11 | Maribor - Zagreb | ||||
| 13 | 12 | Rijeka -Zagreb - Vara^zdin - Hungary | ||||
| 13a | 1-3 | Zagreb - Bjelovar | ||||
| Local road numbers were also changed, e.g. the R157 became R153a. | ||||||
| When Yugoslavia was split in the early 1990's, Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia introduced their own road numbering systems. The M2 used to be the main Adriatic coast road between Italy and Petrovac. From there it continued eastwards to Bulgaria. | ||||||
| Sources and links: various maps and atlases and websites
Official links: Other links: Other pages within this site: | ||||||