You can find on this page the Slovenia road map to print and to download in PDF. The Slovenia driving map presents the detailed road network, main highways and free motorways of Slovenia in Southern Europe.
The Slovenia road map shows all roads network and main roads of Slovenia. This road map of Slovenia will allow you to preparing your routes and find your routes through the roads of Slovenia in Southern Europe. The Slovenia roads map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
With the share of over 80%, the road freight and passenger transport constitutes the largest part of transport in Slovenia as you can see in Slovenia roads map. Personal cars are much more popular than public road passenger transport, which has significantly declined. Motorways and expressways, operated by the Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia, are the state roads of the highest category. On motorways and express ways, cars must have a toll sticker. Slovenia has a very high motorway density compared to the European Union average. The first highway in Slovenia, the A1 motorway connecting Vrhnika and Postojna, was opened in 1972, but the construction was really speed up in 1994, when the National Assembly enacted the first National Motorway Construction Programme.
Till February 2012, a network consisting of 528 km (328 mi) of motorways, expressways and similar roads has been built as its shown in Slovenia roads map. Its essential section, the Slovenian Motorway Cross, which is part of the Trans-European Road network, was completed in October 2011. It comprises the motorway route heading from east to west, in line with the Pan-European Corridor V, and the motorway route heading in the north–south direction, in line with the Pan-European Corridor X, part of which is considered the Slovenian transport backbone. The newly-built road system slowly, but steadily transforms Slovenia into a large conurbation and connects it as a unitary social, economic and cultural space, with links to neighbouring areas. In contrast, other state roads, managed by the Road Directorate of the Republic of Slovenia, have been rapidly deteriorating due to neglection and the overall increase in traffic. About half of them are in a bad condition. The urban and suburban network serviced by buses is relatively dense.
There were 32,160 kilometres or 83% of municipal roads and 6,724 kilometres or 17% of state roads as its mentioned in Slovenia roads map. On the basis of official categorisation of each road it is determined which public roads are state roads and which are local, what their category is and what type of traffic they are intended for. The last major changes in the length of motorways and expressways were recorded in 2008 and 2009 when some very important motorway sections in eastern Slovenia were completed and opened to traffic. There were 579 kilometres of motorways and expressways at the end of 2007, 696 kilometres at the end of 2008 and 770 kilometres in 2014. The data can be corrected due to new categorisation of roads, more accurate measurement of existing roads, recategorisation of roads or cancellation of categorisation for individual roads.
The Slovenia highway map shows toll and free motorways of Slovenia. This highways map of Slovenia will allow you to prepare your routes on motorways of Slovenia in Southern Europe. The Slovenia highway map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
The highways in Slovenia are divided into motorways and expressways. These dual carriageways are managed by the state-owned Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia - DARS established in 1994. First motorway intersection in Slovenia, in length of 30,1 km, was built in 1972, between Vrhnika and Postojna. DARS is currently managing and maintaining 464,7 km of motorways (avtocesta) and more than 130 km of expressways (hitra cesta) and their access roads (including Karavanke Tunnel) as you can see in Slovenia highway map. The motorways in Slovenia, Slovene: Avtocesta (abbr. AC), are defined as two-lane motorways in each direction, with emergency lane. The speed limit is 130 km/h or 80mph. Their road signs are white on green. The expressways in Slovenia, Slovene: Hitra cesta (abbr. HC), are defined as dual carriageways with no emergency lane. The speed limit is 100 km/h or 62 mph. Their road signs are white on blue.
The first highway in Slovenia, the A1, was opened in 1972. It connects Vrhnika and Postojna as its shown in Slovenia highway map. Constructed under the liberal minded government of Stane Kavčič their development plan envisioned a modern highway network spanning Slovenia and connecting the republic to Italy and Austria. After the liberal fraction of the Communist Party of Slovenia was deposed, expansion of the Slovenian highway network came to a halt. In the 90s the new country started the 'National Programme of Highway Construction', effectively re-using the old communist plans. Since then about 400 km of motorways, expressways and similar roads have been completed, easing automotive transport across the country and providing a strong road service between eastern and western Europe. This has provided a boost to the national economy, encouraging the development of transportation and export industries.
There are two types of highways in Slovenia. Avtocesta (abbr. AC) are dual carriage way motorways with a speed limit of 130 km/h as its mentioned in Slovenia highway map. They have green road signs as in Italy, Croatia and other countries. A hitra cesta (HC) is a secondary road also a dual carriageway but without a hard shoulder for emergencies. They have a speed limit of 110 km/h and have blue road signs. Since the 1st June 2008 highway users in Slovenia have been required to buy a vignette. This system was investigated by the EU Commission that it was unfair upon holiday makers and other non Slovenian users of the highway system. On 28 January 2010, after short-term vignettas were introduced by Slovenia and some other changes were made to the Slovenian vignette system, the European Commission concluded that the vignette system is in accordance with the European law.