Istrian Y (A8 Kanfanar – Matulji, A9 Umag – Pula)
Croatia's Istrian Y: the A8 from the A9 at Kanfanar to the A7 at Matulji, with the Učka Tunnel, and the A9 from Umag to Pula. The roads were opened as two-lane expressways between 1981 and 2006, and each opening is a lot here. They are being upgraded to full motorway profile under a 32-year concession to BINA-Istra, which is the operator, not the builder; those upgrades are in the companion project hr-istarski-ipsilon-full-profile, so the old road stays opened and its kilometres count once. Original openings are dated by the end year where the source gives a range. Costs are not recorded per lot: the sources give totals for several sections, some in kuna.
- Total length
- 134 km
- Open today
- 134 km
- Sections
- 12
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| A8 Kanfanar – Rogovići (original two-lane road) Last stretch of the A8 to be finished. Wikipedia: the route was extended to Rogovići between 1992 and 1998 and the remaining section to Kanfanar was completed in 1999 as a two-lane road. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 16 km |
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| A8 Rogovići – Cerovlje (original two-lane road) Part of the extension to Rogovići built between 1992 and 1998; the source gives no year for this section alone, so the end year is used. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 10 km |
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| A8 Cerovlje – Lupoglav (original two-lane road) Wikipedia: the Lupoglav–Cerovlje portion was completed in 1988. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 11 km |
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| A8 Lupoglav – Učka Tunnel (original two-lane road) Part of the 22.6 km Matulji–Lupoglav two-lane expressway completed together with the Učka Tunnel in 1981. Ends at the Istrian portal of the tunnel. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 6 km |
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| Učka Tunnel (original tube) Original tube, 5,062 m. Construction began in 1978. Part of the 22.6 km Matulji–Lupoglav section completed in 1981; the neighbouring lots end at the tunnel portals. | Opened | 5 km |
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| A8 Učka Tunnel – Matulji (original two-lane road) Kvarner side of the 22.6 km Matulji–Lupoglav two-lane expressway completed together with the Učka Tunnel in 1981. Ends at the A7 interchange at Matulji. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 10 km |
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| A9 Umag – Buje (original two-lane road) Wikipedia: work on the section between Umag and Medaki started in 2003 and was completed by 2005. The Buje–Nova Vas stretch inside it is its own lot (1992); no per-stretch year is given for the rest. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 6 km |
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| A9 Buje – Novigrad (Nova Vas) (original two-lane road) Wikipedia: the 6.2 km section between Buje and Nova Vas was built between 1990 and 1992. The two interchanges mapped in OpenStreetMap are 4.9 km apart, so the 1992 section probably reaches beyond one of them; the sourced 6.2 km is kept. | Opened | 6 km |
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| A9 Novigrad – Medaki (original two-lane road) Wikipedia: work on the section between Umag and Medaki started in 2003 and was completed by 2005. Includes the Mirna Bridge, in use since 2005, 1,354 m long, then a single carriageway. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 29 km |
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| A9 Medaki – Kanfanar (original two-lane road) First section of the A9: 7.4 km, built 1988 to 1991, including the 552 m Limska Draga viaduct. | Opened | 7 km |
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| A9 Kanfanar – Vodnjan north (original two-lane road) Wikipedia: between 1997 and 1999 all sections between Medaki and Vodnjan were completed. No per-section year is given, so the end year is used. The cut at the Vodnjan north interchange is an assumption. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 14 km |
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| A9 Vodnjan – Pula (original two-lane road) Wikipedia: construction of the southernmost section between Vodnjan and Pula started in 2005 and was completed by the end of 2006, completing the Istrian Y as a two-lane expressway. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. | Opened | 12 km |
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Related projects
- HighwaysA1 Motorway (Zagreb – Ploče)Same country and category
- HighwaysA11 Zagreb – Velika Gorica – Lekenik – SisakSame country and category
- HighwaysA5 Slavonika (Hungarian border – Beli Manastir – Osijek – Đakovo – Sredanci – Svilaj)Same country and category
- HighwaysIstrian Y full-profile upgrade (A8 and A9)Same country and category
Sources
- Wikipedia: A8 (Croatia)read Oct 5, 2026
- Wikipedia: A9 (Croatia)read Oct 5, 2026
- Wikipedia: Učka Tunnelread Oct 5, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: relation 145021, Autocesta A8 (ref A8)read Oct 5, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: relation 145027, Autocesta A9 (ref A9)read Oct 5, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry (ODbL)read Oct 5, 2026