Slavonska Avenue

Slavonska Avenue

Slavonska avenija
Interchange with Marin Držić Avenue from above
Former name(s)	Avenue of Brotherhood and Unity, Belgrade Avenue
Length	18 km (11 mi)
Width	4 lanes
Location	Zagreb, Croatia
Postal code	10000

Slavonska Avenue (Croatian: Slavonska avenija) is a controlled-access avenue in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the longest street in Zagreb, being 18 km (11 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 and to 130 km/h (81 mph) on the section between the Ivanja Reka interchange and Zagreb city limits. In 2007 the avenue was proclaimed to be the most accident-prone road in Zagreb.

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 thoroughfares (sorted eastbound): Croatian Fraternal Union Avenue, Marin Držić Avenue, Vjekoslav Heinzel Avenue, Gospić Road, Ljudevit Posavski Road and the Zagreb bypass. Slavonska Avenue does not have any tram lines, although most lines in Zagreb pass over or under the avenue.

Slavonska Avenue used to be a part of the ex-Yugoslav 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.