D49 motorway () is a motorway under construction in the Czech Republic. When completed, it will connect D1 highway to the Slovakia's D1 highway via the R6 expressway. It is supposed to replace the planned route of the D1 highway to Slovakia, which original direction to Púchov (Slovakia) was diverted and now leads to Ostrava.
History Construction began in 2008, but was suspended in 2010 at first due to a lack of funding, but ultimately due to objections and lawsuits from environmental activists. The section form Hulín to Fryšták opened in 06/2026; other sections would follow later.
Construction of the first section resumed at the end of 2021. In 2024, a 9.8 km long section between Hulín and Holešov was opened.
Future plans Further sections, between Fryšták and Vizovice (namely 4902 and 4903) are planned for 2032, 2033, 2034 and 2036. An additional of motorway will be built.
The planned section of the D49 motorway between Vizovice and the state border, which was previously prepared as a three-lane directionally undivided road, was reclassified as an I/49 road in autumn 2023. In the future, that section will be a modernisation of the existing road. Construction is planned after 2030.
Route description
References
External links Info on ceskedalnice.cz Info on dalnice-silnice.cz
Content in this edit is translated from the existing Czech Wikipedia article at :cs:Dálnice D49; see its history for attribution.