R48 expressway (Czech Republic)

Expressway R48
Rychlostní silnice R48
Route information
Length:	54.7 km (34.0 mi) Planned: 75 km (47 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Junction with D1 highway near Bělotín (planned)
	Junction with R56 expressway near Frýdek-Místek (planned)
To:	Border with Poland near Český Těšín (S1)
Location
Regions:	Olomouc, Moravian-Silesian
Major cities:	Bělotín, Nový Jičín, Frýdek-Místek, Český Těšín
Highway system
Highways in the Czech Republic Motorways Expressways

File:R48 Nový Jičín.jpg

Expressway R48 near Nový Jičín

Expressway R48 (Czech: Rychlostní silnice R48) is an expressway in eastern Czech Republic.

Expressway sections between Bělotín and few kilometres east of Nový Jičín were built in the 1970s and 1980s, but only as a four-lane main road, so they are too narrow to have expressway parameters. Reconstruction of these sections is planned. The total length of this section is 33 km. Besides these, there are also few kilometres of expressway in operation east of Frýdek-Místek, and there is also a bypass of Český Těšín to Poland. Complete route to border with Poland is expected to be built in 2010.

External links

• Info on ceskedalnice.cz (Czech)
• Info on dalnice-silnice.cz (Czech)