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The Directorate of Roads and Highways (RSD) has opened the last missing section of the D1 highway. It is a 10.1 kilometer long section of Rikovice - Prerov in the Olomouc region. After 58 years since the start of the construction of the first section the most important Czech highway is thus completed. The work lasted three years and the section which will also serve as the Prerov bypass was put into operation three months earlier than the original schedule. The price of the building after valuation is 7.9 billion CZK without VAT most of the costs will be covered by the EU.
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The completion of the D1 highway in the Rikovice - Prerov section means the complete completion of the longest and best-known Czech highway which has been under construction since 1967. The new section will significantly help the outflow of freight traffic from Prerov and at the same time calm traffic on the D46 highway as most cars will get from Brno to Ostrava just after the last section of the D1. Although this historical milestone is extremely important at the same time we must quickly move towards the next one which is the completion of the entire backbone In this respect I consider a stable financing system for the years 2026 to 2029 to be essential so that key constructions can be planned without ad hoc postponements and reworking of budgets says Transport Minister Ivan Bednarik.
The construction includes three level crossings noise barriers over four kilometers long and in some places up to six meters high as well as 14 bridges. The most challenging was the 940-meter-long bridge overpass near Dluhonice which carries the highway over the Becva River the Precheza chemical plant and over the railway line from Olomouc to Prerov. The most difficult thing was to come up with the foundation of the overpass: it is a complex area in the environment of a chemical plant with damaged subsoil. The pillars had to be protected so they wouldnt degrade. 8500000 tons of steel were used to build the overpass. During construction modern procedures were chosen including low-noise asphalt. 3.25 million cubic meters of soil were used for the embankments. The work also took environmental protection into account. High embankments are a protection against century-old water in the event that the Becva river floods. Three frog crossings were also created.
Friday December 19 2025 is an important day for the entire Czech highway network. The D1 highway is completed in its entire length. The benefit of this D1 section for the center of Moravia is enormous. If we take Prerov alone the completion of this D1 section will remove 70 percent of trucks from Prerov. This is a huge number and a huge relief for people. And movement along Prerov will be safer for everyone - for pedestrians cyclists and drivers. The streets where the queues were forming will finally calm down. The economic benefits of the completion of the D1 are clear. But we are building the highway mainly for people who live near the roads and for drivers to get to their destination safely and easily said Radek Matl.
The first sections of the D1 motorway were built before the Second World War one of the first constructions on the D1 the Smejkalka bridge dates from 1939. However the foundation stone of the first section from Prague to Mirosovice was laid only in 1967 while this section was opened on July 12 1971. In the autumn of 1980 the motorway was completed between Prague and Brno. Between 2013 and 2021 the RSD completely modernized it.
The construction is co-financed from the Transport Program 2021-2027 (OPD3).
D1 Rikovice - Prerov
Main route:
length: 10100 m
number of all buildings: 228
anti-noise walls: 5 total length 4099 m
contractor: Rikovice - Prerov company (Strabag Doprastav and IDS association)
construction price according to the contract: 6922222222 CZK without VAT
price after valuation: approx. 7.94 billion CZK without VAT*
start of implementation: 12/2022
commissioning: 12/2025
length of construction until commissioning: 36 months
construction information leaflet: here
* including changes during construction status as of mid-December 2025
The Directorate of Roads and Highways will have a total of 203.9 kilometers of new buildings under construction by the end of the year. These are 137 km of highways and 66.9 km of Class I roads.
Another 142.6 km of highways and first-class roads are in the tender process.
You can find a complete overview of all planned and completed buildings in the interactive map on the website www.rsd.cz.
