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A5 Morava Corridor (Pojate – Preljina)

Serbia's 112.4 km east–west motorway along the West and South Morava valleys, linking the A1 at Pojate to the A2 at Preljina. A Bechtel–ENKA joint venture built it as a single design-build package from 2020; sections opened in stages from 2023, and as of mid-2026 the corridor is complete apart from the Vrba–Adrani gap. Lots here follow the motorway's numbered interchanges, which is how JP Putevi Srbije describes the openings, rather than the contract's own nine construction sectors, which were bounded by river crossings and chainage; Koševi–Vrnjačka Banja is therefore one section, carrying the Koševi, Velika Drenova, Trstenik and Vrnjačka Banja interchanges, and Koševi is the same place as Kruševac in official usage. The two official sub-sections Pojate–Makrešane and Makrešane–Koševi meet at Makrešane, which has no mapped interchange, so the geometry is cut at the Kruševac East interchange about 3 km away. Lengths are measured from the mapped alignment except where Putevi Srbije publishes a figure for that exact section, which is preferred; the measured total of 112.32 km agrees with the published 112.4 km. The reported EUR 745 million contract value covers the whole corridor and is not broken out per section, so no per-lot cost is recorded.

Total length
113 km
Open today
100 km
Under construction
13 km
Sections
6
Cost for the project as a whole
€745Mwhole programmeDesign-build contract value for the whole 112 km corridor, not broken out per section.
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Sections

Sections of A5 Morava Corridor (Pojate – Preljina): status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
Pojate – Kruševac East
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Opened20 km
  1. Jul 2019Announced
  2. Dec 2019Tender awarded
  3. Jan 2020Construction start
  4. Apr 2023Opened
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  • LoanSovereign loans from international banks. MIGA guaranteed EUR 411.4 million (about USD 451.8 million) on 15 March 2022, raised to about EUR 511.5 million by amendments in January and September 2023, then a further EUR 901.1 million (USD 976.7 million) on 15 December 2023 for an additional loan. Guarantee holders include JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Crédit Agricole CIB, CaixaBank, UBS Switzerland, Raiffeisen Bank International and ING. A separate syndicated facility carries a UK Export Finance guarantee, reported at about EUR 700 million. These are financing volumes, not construction cost.
  • National budget
  • Bechtel ENKA UK Limited JVBuilder
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Kruševac East – Koševi
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Opened9 km
  1. Jul 2019Announced
  2. Dec 2019Tender awarded
  3. Jan 2020Construction start
  4. Dec 7, 2023Opened
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  • LoanSovereign loans from international banks. MIGA guaranteed EUR 411.4 million (about USD 451.8 million) on 15 March 2022, raised to about EUR 511.5 million by amendments in January and September 2023, then a further EUR 901.1 million (USD 976.7 million) on 15 December 2023 for an additional loan. Guarantee holders include JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Crédit Agricole CIB, CaixaBank, UBS Switzerland, Raiffeisen Bank International and ING. A separate syndicated facility carries a UK Export Finance guarantee, reported at about EUR 700 million. These are financing volumes, not construction cost.
  • National budget
  • Bechtel ENKA UK Limited JVBuilder
–
Koševi – Vrnjačka Banja
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Opened28 km
  1. Jul 2019Announced
  2. Dec 2019Tender awarded
  3. Jan 2020Construction start
  4. Dec 23, 2024Opened
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  • LoanSovereign loans from international banks. MIGA guaranteed EUR 411.4 million (about USD 451.8 million) on 15 March 2022, raised to about EUR 511.5 million by amendments in January and September 2023, then a further EUR 901.1 million (USD 976.7 million) on 15 December 2023 for an additional loan. Guarantee holders include JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Crédit Agricole CIB, CaixaBank, UBS Switzerland, Raiffeisen Bank International and ING. A separate syndicated facility carries a UK Export Finance guarantee, reported at about EUR 700 million. These are financing volumes, not construction cost.
  • National budget
  • Bechtel ENKA UK Limited JVBuilder
–
Vrnjačka Banja – Vrba
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Opened14 km
  1. Jul 2019Announced
  2. Dec 2019Tender awarded
  3. Jan 2020Construction start
  4. Dec 24, 2025Opened
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  • LoanSovereign loans from international banks. MIGA guaranteed EUR 411.4 million (about USD 451.8 million) on 15 March 2022, raised to about EUR 511.5 million by amendments in January and September 2023, then a further EUR 901.1 million (USD 976.7 million) on 15 December 2023 for an additional loan. Guarantee holders include JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Crédit Agricole CIB, CaixaBank, UBS Switzerland, Raiffeisen Bank International and ING. A separate syndicated facility carries a UK Export Finance guarantee, reported at about EUR 700 million. These are financing volumes, not construction cost.
  • National budget
  • Bechtel ENKA UK Limited JVBuilder
–
Vrba – Adrani
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Under construction13 km
  1. Jul 2019Announced
  2. Dec 2019Tender awarded
  3. Jan 2020Construction start
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  • LoanSovereign loans from international banks. MIGA guaranteed EUR 411.4 million (about USD 451.8 million) on 15 March 2022, raised to about EUR 511.5 million by amendments in January and September 2023, then a further EUR 901.1 million (USD 976.7 million) on 15 December 2023 for an additional loan. Guarantee holders include JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Crédit Agricole CIB, CaixaBank, UBS Switzerland, Raiffeisen Bank International and ING. A separate syndicated facility carries a UK Export Finance guarantee, reported at about EUR 700 million. These are financing volumes, not construction cost.
  • National budget
  • Bechtel ENKA UK Limited JVBuilder
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Adrani – Preljina (E-763 connection)
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Opened29 km
  1. Jul 2019Announced
  2. Dec 2019Tender awarded
  3. Jan 2020Construction start
  4. Jun 2026Opened
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  • LoanSovereign loans from international banks. MIGA guaranteed EUR 411.4 million (about USD 451.8 million) on 15 March 2022, raised to about EUR 511.5 million by amendments in January and September 2023, then a further EUR 901.1 million (USD 976.7 million) on 15 December 2023 for an additional loan. Guarantee holders include JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Crédit Agricole CIB, CaixaBank, UBS Switzerland, Raiffeisen Bank International and ING. A separate syndicated facility carries a UK Export Finance guarantee, reported at about EUR 700 million. These are financing volumes, not construction cost.
  • National budget
  • Bechtel ENKA UK Limited JVBuilder
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Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.

Funding

  • Loan113 km
    6 sections
    • Sovereign loans from international banks. MIGA guaranteed EUR 411.4 million (about USD 451.8 million) on 15 March 2022, raised to about EUR 511.5 million by amendments in January and September 2023, then a further EUR 901.1 million (USD 976.7 million) on 15 December 2023 for an additional loan. Guarantee holders include JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Crédit Agricole CIB, CaixaBank, UBS Switzerland, Raiffeisen Bank International and ING. A separate syndicated facility carries a UK Export Finance guarantee, reported at about EUR 700 million. These are financing volumes, not construction cost.
  • National budget113 km
    6 sections

A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.

Related projects

Sources

  1. Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure: Construction of E-761 highway, Pojate–Preljina section (Morava Corridor)
  2. Bechtel: Bechtel and ENKA celebrate opening of new sections of Serbia's Morava Corridor motorway
  3. Koridori Srbije: Morava Corridor Resettlement and Livelihood Restoration Framework (sector lengths)
  4. Bechtel: UK Export Finance guaranteed loan for the Serbia motorway project
  5. OpenStreetMap: relation 12223848, Моравски коридор (ref A5)
  6. OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry (ODbL)
  7. JP Putevi Srbije: Bilten 36–37 (Makrešane–Koševi opened 07.12.2023; toll stations Ćićevac, Kruševac West, Koševi)
  8. JP Putevi Srbije: Bilten 40–41 (Kruševac/Koševi–Vrnjačka Banja opened 23.12.2024, three sub-sections, four interchanges)
  9. JP Putevi Srbije: Bilten 44–45 (Vrnjačka Banja–Vrba, 13.78 km, opened 24.12.2025; corridor total 112.4 km)
  10. CAO (IFC/MIGA Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman): Serbia: Morava Corridor Motorway-05, Compliance Appraisal Report, December 2025
  11. MIGA: Morava Highway project page (project no. 14629)