This is article about infrastructure of Novi Sad.
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Novi Sad is connected by a highway to Belgrade to the south-east, and motorways to Subotica (north) and Zrenjanin (north-east). City has 369 km of roads (2004). One of the busiest roads in Novi Sad is certainly 3 km of Bulevar Oslobođenja.
The main public transportation system in Novi Sad consists of bus lines. In urban part of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin there are 17 bus lines, as well as 33 lines which connect villages and towns in Novi Sad and Petrovaradin municipalities, but also villages and towns in surrounding municipalities of Beočin, Temerin and Sremski Karlovci. Bus transportation is operated by JGSP Novi Sad.
In addition, there are various taxi companies serving the city.
As of 2005, there are 10 bridges in Novi Sad municipal area. Six bridges are over Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, and four across Danube river. Through history, many bridges are built and then destroyed during many wars in this region.
These are current bridges over river Danube (from west):
Former bridges on the Danube:
Bridges over Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal (from west):
The 1999 NATO bombings of the bridges of Novi Sad, and the subsequent reconstruction project, are described in detail in the film The Ister (official site here).
The railway station is situated not far from the city centre (in Banatić neighborhood), and connects Novi Sad with major European cities, such as Vienna, Budapest, Kiev and Moscow; but also with major towns in Vojvodina, such as Subotica, Sombor, Bačka Topola, Vrbas, Zrenjanin, Inđija and Serbian capital, Belgrade.
Novi Sad has a commercial port on the banks of Danube and Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal named Luka Novi Sad. There is also a tourist port near Varadin Bridge in the city centre welcoming various river cruise vessels from across Europe. Novi Sad has several water-sports marinas near Ribarsko Ostrvo, Liman and Petrovaradin harbouring small sail boats and sporting/recreational vessels.
Novi Sad has one airport, Novi Sad-Čenej Airport, with grass surface and it is used for small aircraft, mainly for farming purposes. It is situated next to the suburb of Čenej, about 10 km north from Novi Sad. For international travel, there is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, about 90 km south, an hour and a half drive from Novi Sad.