Slavonska Avenue

Infobox street
name = Slavonska Avenue
native_name = Slavonska avenija


caption = Looking at the interchange with Marin Držić Avenue
former_names = Avenue of Brotherhood and Unity, Belgrade Avenue
postal_code = 10000
addresses =
length = convert|18|km|lk=on|sp=us
width = 4 lanes
location = Zagreb, Croatia
sector =
category =

Slavonska Avenue ( _hr. Slavonska avenija) is an avenue in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the longest street in Zagreb, being convert|18|km|abbr=on long.cite web
url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/Html/1998/12/15/Zagreb.htm
title = Iako ne i najduža, Ilica je ostala najvažnijom ulicom u Zagrebu
last = Špoljarić
first = Branimir
date = 1998-12-15
accessdate = 2008-07-26
language = Croatian
work = Vjesnik] It mostly has a convert|70|km/h|abbr=on speed limit, although the speed is limited to convert|100|km/h|abbr=on on a short section near the Ivanja Reka interchange with the Zagreb bypass and to convert|130|km/h|abbr=on on the section between the Ivanja Reka interchange and Zagreb city limits.

The avenue is an important east-west arterial road. Starting at the interchange with Savska Road, it intersects, featuring mainly two and three-level interchanges, several other main Zagreb throughfares (sorted eastbound): Croatian Fraternal Union Avenue, Marin Držić Avenue, Vjekoslav Heinzel Avenue, Gospić Road, Ljudevit Posavski Road and the Zagreb bypass. Slavonska Avenue doesn't have any tram lines, although most lines in Zagreb pass over or under the avenue.

History

Slavonska Avenue used to be a part of the ex-Yugoslavian Highway "Bratstvo i jedinstvo" and as such it was divided into two different avenues: Brotherhood and Unity Avenue ("Av. bratstva i jedinstva") and Beogradska Avenue ("Beogradska avenija"). The "Brotherhood and Unity" Avenue was the stretch between Savska Street and Marin Držić Avenue and the Beogradska Avenue was the part east of Marin Držić Avenue to Vjekoslav Heinzel Avenue. After the construction of Zagreb bypass, the definition of the avenue was expanded to the Ivanja Reka interchange.

After the Croatian War of Independence and the fall of Yugoslavia, due to the ongoing hostility between Croats and Serbs, the Beogradska Avenue was renamed to Slavonska Avenue. The Brotherhood and Unity Avenue also became a part of Slavonska Avenue, since the naming was inconsistent with the political situation at that time. [http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/15295 Bojan Marjanović: Promjena vlasti, promjena ulica] , pp. 121-123]

At-grade crossing problem

Since Slavonska Avenue is an important Zagreb arterial road, the presence of at-grade intersections with traffic lights slows down traffic creating immense traffic jams during rush hours. The fact that road has only four-lanes only enlarges the problem. A solution set to begin construction in Fall 2008 proposes widening to six lanes and replacing most problematic traffic light intersections with overpasses. To date, it is known the intersections with Čavićeva and Ljudevit Posavski Road will be upgraded.cite web
url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2008/05/13/Clanak.asp?r=zag&c=2
title = Krajem godine denivelacija Slavonske avenije?
work = Vjesnik
last = Kekić
first = Jasmina
language = Croatian
accessdate = 2008-06-15
date = 2008-05-13] As of|2008|7, this upgrade hasn't taken place yet. A traffic fatality caused by the hazardous traffic light scheme on Čavićeva Road intersection caused the mayor Bandić to speed up the procedure.fact|date=July 2008 Similar projects are in planning or in construction on other suburban avenues with rapidly rising amounts of traffic, such as Jadranska Avenue.cite web
url = http://www.zagreb.hr/default.aspx?id=4633
title = Privremene regulacije prometa > Jadranska avenija (od 26. 5. do 29. 9. 2008.)
work = City of Zagreb
language = Croatian
accessdate = 2008-07-26]

See also

* Ljubljanska Avenue
* Zagrebačka Avenue

References

External links

* [http://www.zagreb.hr Official site of City of Zagreb]