D46 motorway (Czech Republic)

D46 motorway (Czech: Dálnice D46), formerly Expressway R46 (Czech: Rychlostní silnice R46) is a motorway in south-eastern Czech Republic, which runs from Vyškov via Prostějov to Olomouc where it ends and connects to the national road network.

D46 Motorway
Dálnice D46
Route information
Part of E462
Length	37 km (23 mi)
Major junctions
From	D 1 near Vyškov
Major intersections	D 35 near Olomouc
To	Olomouc
Location
Country	Czech Republic
Regions	South Moravia, Olomouc
Major cities	Vyškov, Prostějov, Olomouc
Highway system
Highways in the Czech Republic
← D 43 → D 48

Currently, as the D1 highway is not finished yet, it carries all international traffic, but after completion of it, it will have only regional traffic in central Moravia. In the time-based toll system, the D46 motorway is tolled along its entire length, i.e. from the Vyškov-východ off-ramp (exit 1) to the end of the motorway after the Slavonín off-ramp (exit 37).^[1]

History

The construction of 38 km of the D46 began in 1972,^[2] with the first section finished in 1974.^[3] It was not until 1992 that the full length of the projected motorway could be driven. Originally, the D46 was actually just an expressway. It was officially turned into a motorway in December 2015. Currently, it is still used as an alternative to the D1 motorway.^[3] Capacity-wise, however, the narrow S 20.5/100 category road is no longer sufficient^{[according to whom?]}.

Future modernizations

The D46 motorway is completed in its entire length according to the current motorway network concept. Therefore, all upcoming projects concern only construction modifications of already completed sections.

A rest area, MÚK Držovice is planned for 2030.^[4]

Images

• 
  Highway D46 on its 1st kilometr in direction to Vyškov at interchange Vyškov.
• 
  Highway D46 on its 13th kilometr in direction to Vyškov at bridge near Brodek u Prostějova.
• 
  Highway D46 on its 15th kilometr in direction to Vyškov at bridge near Dobrochov.
• 
  Highway D46 on its 22nd kilometr in direction to Olomouc at interchange Prostějov-jih.

Route description

Country	Region	Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Czech Republic	South Moravian Region	South Moravian Region	0	0.0	—			Kilometrage starting point
			1	0.62	—	Vyškov-východ	D 1 E462
					Rest area	Odpočívka Vyškov
			2	1.2	—	Vyškov	I/47
					Rest area	Odpočívka Prusy
					Rest area	Odpočívka Pustiměř
			7	4.3	—	Drysice
	Olomouc Region	Olomouc Region	13	8.1	—	Brodek u Prostějova
			17	11	—	Vranovice-Kelčice
			22	14	—	Prostějov-jih
					Rest area	Odpočívka Žešov
			24	15	—	Prostějov-centrum
			27	17	—	Držovice
			33	21	—	Olšany u Prostějova
					Rest area	Odpočívka Žerůvky
			37	23	—	Hněvotín
			37	23	—	Slavonin	D 35 E442 E462
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

• Info on ceskedalnice.cz (in Czech)
• Info on dalnice-silnice.cz Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)