Danube Corridor (Požarevac – Veliko Gradište – Golubac)
Expressway of state road class IB, 67.94 km, from the Požarevac interchange on the A1 (E75) past Požarevac (bypass) and Veliko Gradište to Golubac, designed for 100 km/h. China Shandong International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group designs and builds it under a commercial contract of 28 August 2021 with the Government and Koridori Srbije, awarded directly under an intergovernmental agreement. Subsections 1 and 3 (31.8 km) opened on 23 February 2025 and a further 28 km (Bratinac–Veliko Gradište and Ponikve–Radoševac) on 31 August 2026. The first 1.975 km, up to the start of subsection 1, is not modelled because no source describes it. Lots follow MGSI's subsection chainage; the stretches the press reports for 2026 are placed from the places named. MGSI gave overall physical progress of about 82% in June 2025. No cost is recorded: the only figure found, EUR 475 million for the whole corridor, is a statement by the President and not a project cost.
- Total length
- 66 km
- Open today
- 60 km
- Sections
- 6
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Subsection 1: Mala Krsna – Požarevac bypass (km 1+975 to 22+975) Opened on 23 February 2025 together with subsection 3 (31.8 km in total). Contract signed on 28 August 2021 by direct award under an intergovernmental agreement (no tender); no contract value is recorded. Drawn length from OpenStreetMap is 20.8 km against the 21 km stated. | Opened | 21 km |
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| Subsection 2 west: Požarevac bypass – Bratinac (km 22+975 to about 25+700) Western end of subsection 2 (km 22+975 to 49+700), between the opened subsection 1 and the stretch that opened from Bratinac in August 2026. The 28 km opening reported by N1 starts at Bratinac, so this stretch is not part of it. MGSI (June 2025) records that works continued on the remaining parts of the route and on structures of subsections 1, 2 and 3; N1 (30 August 2026) says the last six kilometres are due by the end of October 2026. The status follows those general statements: no source names this stretch. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. The Bratinac cut is placed at the mapped village. Contract signed on 28 August 2021 by direct award under an intergovernmental agreement (no tender); no contract value is recorded. | Under construction | 3 km |
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| Subsection 2: Bratinac – Veliko Gradište N1 (30 August 2026) reports 24 km from Bratinac near Požarevac to Veliko Gradište opening for traffic the next day, as part of 28 km opened together with the Ponikve–Radoševac stretch. B92 (26 September 2026) confirms only that 28 km opened in August 2026; the day 31 August is from N1's announcement. MGSI does not name subsections for this opening; the lot is placed in subsection 2 (km 22+975 to 49+700) because it lies between the two opened subsections, and its end is taken as the start of subsection 3 (km 49+700). Contract signed on 28 August 2021 by direct award under an intergovernmental agreement (no tender); no contract value is recorded. | Opened | 24 km |
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| Subsection 3: Veliko Gradište – Ponikve (km 49+700 to 60+500) Opened on 23 February 2025 in full profile, together with subsection 1. MGSI describes it as the Veliko Gradište – Golubac stretch; its end is cut at Ponikve, where N1 places the start of the stretch that opened in 2026. Contract signed on 28 August 2021 by direct award under an intergovernmental agreement (no tender); no contract value is recorded. | Opened | 11 km |
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| Ponikve – Radoševac N1 (30 August 2026) reports 4 km from Ponikve to Radoševac, at the entrance to Golubac, opening the next day with the Bratinac–Veliko Gradište stretch. The lot starts at the end of subsection 3 (km 60+500), where Ponikve lies; the subsection it belongs to is not stated. Contract signed on 28 August 2021 by direct award under an intergovernmental agreement (no tender); no contract value is recorded. | Opened | 4 km |
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| Radoševac – Golubac (end of corridor) Last stretch to the end of the 67.94 km corridor. N1 reports President Vučić saying the last 6 km of the corridor would be finished by the end of October 2026; that is a press-reported forecast and the 6 km does not map to a single mapped stretch. The status follows MGSI (June 2025) and N1, which record works continuing on the parts not yet open; no source names this stretch. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. Contract signed on 28 August 2021 by direct award under an intergovernmental agreement (no tender); no contract value is recorded. | Under construction | 3 km |
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Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
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Sources
- Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure: state road IB, Požarevac – Veliko Gradište – Golubac (67.94 km, China Shandong, contract 28.08.2021; subsections 1 and 3 opened 23.02.2025)read Oct 9, 2026
- N1: Od sutra saobraćaj na novoj deonici Dunavskog koridora, poslednjih šest kilometara do kraja oktobra (30.08.2026; 24 km Bratinac–Veliko Gradište and 4 km Ponikve–Radoševac)read Oct 9, 2026
- B92: Srbija 2026: 684 km novih auto-puteva za 13,5 godina (26.09.2026; 28 km of the Danube Corridor opened in August)read Oct 9, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: trunk and construction ways with ref M7 (Danube Corridor) (ODbL)read Oct 9, 2026