Slavonska Avenue

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Slavonska Avenue (Croatian: Slavonska avenija) is an avenue in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the longest street in Zagreb, being 16 km (9.9 mi) long. It mostly has a 70 km/h (43 mph) speed limit, although the speed is limited to 100 km/h (62 mph) on a short section near the Ivanja Reka interchange with the Zagreb bypass.

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): Većeslav Holjevac 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 intersect the avenue.

[edit] 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 Belgrade Avenue (Beogradska avenija). The Brotherhood and Unity Avenue was the stretch between Savska Street and Marin Držić Avenue and the Belgrade Avenue was the part east of Marin Držić Avenue.

After the Croatian War of Independence and the fall of Yugoslavia, due to the ongoing hostility between Croats and Serbs, the Belgrade 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.^[1]