:A4 (Croatia)

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The A4 motorway is a significant north–south motorway in the northern Croatia connecting the nation's capital, Zagreb, to the Hungarian M7 motorway at the Goričan border crossing{{cite news | newspaper = Customs Administration of the Republic of Croatia | language = hr | url = http://www.carina.hr/CURH/Dokumenti/Globalni/Karta_Carinarnica_RH.pdf | title= Karta graničnih prijelaza i područja carinskih ispostava |trans-title=Map of border crossings and customs office areas | date = March 6, 2008 | access-date= November 21, 2010}} The southern terminus of the A4 motorway at the interchange in Ivanja Reka represents its junction with the rest of the Croatian motorway network via the A3 motorway.{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=46.411618,16.700935&daddr=Obilaznica&geocode=FWIvxAIdB9b-AA%3BFdzXugId2iL2AA&hl=en&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=45.800892,16.134024&sspn=0.020045,0.045447&ie=UTF8&ll=46.075136,16.523438&spn=1.276582,2.90863&t=h&z=9|access-date=September 17, 2010}} As a part of the road network of Croatia, the motorway is a part of European route E65 and European route E71.{{cite web | publisher= United Nations | url=http://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201302/volume-1302-I-21618-English.pdf | title=European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) (with annexes and list of roads). Concluded at Geneva on 15 November 1975 | access-date=July 29, 2011}} The motorway is of major importance to Croatia in terms of the development of its economy, notably tourism, as it represents the shortest and the most comfortable route between Budapest, Hungary and the Adriatic Sea. This particularly applies to tourist resorts on the Istria and Kvarner Gulf islands and to the Port of Rijeka, but it is also true for resorts in the Dalmatia region, served via the A1 motorway. The genuine importance of the motorway as a transit route will be demonstrated upon completion of the proposed expansion of the Port of Rijeka and Rijeka transport node. This expansion is planned to encompass the growth of the Port of Rijeka's cargo handling capacity, improved railroad links and a new Rijeka bypass motorway linking the A6, via a new interchange, to the present routes of the A7 and A8 motorways. The project is, among other goals, aimed to increase traffic along the Croatian part of Pan-European corridor Vb, of which the A4 motorway is a part.{{cite web|publisher=European Union |url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/02/1275&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN;&guiLanguage=en |title=Transport : launch of the Italy-Turkey pan-European Corridor through Albania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece |date=September 9, 2002 |access-date=September 6, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book | publisher= Hrvatske autoceste | url= http://www.mppi.hr/UserDocsImages/Kapitalna_prometna_infrastruktura.pdf | title= Kapitalna prometna infrastruktura | trans-title= Capital transport infrastructure | pages= 37–39 | date= November 2007 | first1= Mario | last1= Crnjak | first2= Goran | last2= Puž | id= {{Listed Invalid ISBN|978-953-7491-02-2}} | access-date= October 11, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140109140413/http://www.mppi.hr/UserDocsImages/Kapitalna_prometna_infrastruktura.pdf | archive-date= January 9, 2014 | url-status= dead }}

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The motorway spans {{convert|97.0|km}} between the Goričan border crossing to Hungary and Zagreb–Ivanja Reka interchange on the A3 motorway. Among other cities and towns, it connects to Čakovec via the D20, Ludbreg and Koprivnica via the D530 and D2, Varaždin via the D528, Novi Marof via the D22, Vrbovec and Križevci via the D10 state roads and Dugo Selo via the Ž3034 county road. Future development of the motorway will include additional rest areas and a possible expansion of interchanges. The A4 motorway consists of two traffic lanes and an emergency lane in each driving direction along its entire length, except in tunnels where there are emergency bays instead. All existing interchanges are trumpet interchanges, except in Ivanja Reka, which is a modified cloverleaf. There is a number of rest areas along the motorway, providing various types of services ranging from parking spaces and restrooms to filling stations and restaurants.{{cite web | publisher = Hrvatske autoceste | url = http://www.hac.hr/en/motorways/rest-areas/ | title = Rest Areas | access-date = July 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720040345/http://www.hac.hr/en/motorways/rest-areas | archive-date = 2011-07-20 | url-status = dead }} As of October 2010, the motorway has 12 interchanges, providing access to numerous towns and cities and the Croatian state road network. The A4 motorway is concurrent with the D3 state road between the Komin and Ivanja Reka interchanges, although the D3 is not signposted along that section.{{cite news | newspaper = Narodne Novine | language = hr | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2010_02_17_410.html | title= Odluka o razvrstavanju javnih cesta u državne ceste, županijske ceste i lokalne ceste |trans-title=Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads | date = February 17, 2010 | access-date= September 6, 2010}} The motorway is operated by Hrvatske autoceste.{{cite web|publisher=HUKA |url=http://www.huka.hr/Motorways-network/ |title=Overview of motorways and semi-motorways |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715133109/http://www.huka.hr/Motorways-network |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}

An automatic traffic monitoring and guidance system is in place along the motorway. It consists of measuring, control and signaling devices, located in zones where driving conditions may vary—at interchanges, near viaducts, bridges, tunnels and in zones where fog and strong winds are known to occur. The system consists of variable traffic signs used to communicate changing driving conditions, possible restrictions and other information to motorway users.{{cite book | publisher=Hrvatske autoceste | url=http://www.hac.hr/files/file/brosure/monografija/virtualMagazine.html | title=Croatian Motorways | pages=130–133 | format=PDF | isbn=978-953-7491-09-3 | year=2007 | access-date=September 5, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218210548/http://www.hac.hr/files/file/brosure/monografija/virtualMagazine.html | archive-date=2011-02-18 | url-status=dead }}

The A4 motorway runs through hills and plains crossed by a number of watercourses, requiring a number of bridges, viaducts and tunnels along the route. Particular attention to the environment is also required, due to the several water supply and natural heritage zones.

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The A4 is a tolled motorway based on the vehicle classification in Croatia using a closed toll system. As of October 2010, toll charged along the A4 route between the Sveta Helena and Goričan mainline toll plazas varies depending on the length of route travelled and ranges from 7.00 kuna (€0.96) to 36.00 kuna (€4.93) for passenger cars and 22.00 kuna (€3.01) to 120.00 kuna (€16.44) for semi-trailer trucks.{{cite web | publisher = Hrvatske autoceste | url = http://www.hac.hr/en/toll-rates/price-list/ | title = Price list | access-date = July 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110820185152/http://hac.hr/en/toll-rates/price-list/ | archive-date = 2011-08-20 | url-status = dead }} The toll is payable in either Croatian kuna or euros using major credit cards, debit cards and a number of prepaid toll collection systems. The latter includes various types of smart cards issued by the motorway operator and ENC, an electronic toll collection (ETC) system which is shared at most motorways in Croatia and provides drivers with discounted toll rates for dedicated lanes at toll plazas.{{cite web|publisher=HUKA |language=hr |url=http://www.huka.hr/Cestarine/ENC/ |title=Statistički podaci |trans-title=Electronic toll collection available on HAC, ARZ and BINA Istra motorways |access-date=August 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721110937/http://www.huka.hr/Cestarine/ENC/ |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }} The northernmost section of the motorway, between the border and Goričan interchange (inclusive) is not tolled. Similarly, the southernmost part of the A4 motorway route, located between Sveta Helena and Ivanja Reka interchanges (inclusive) is also toll-free, as it is a part of the Zagreb bypass, which services a significant volume of traffic.{{cite web | publisher = Hrvatske autoceste | url = http://www.hac.hr/en/toll-rates/toll-payment-conditions/ | title = Toll payment conditions | access-date = July 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718172013/http://hac.hr/en/toll-rates/toll-payment-conditions | archive-date = 2011-07-18 | url-status = dead }}{{cite news|newspaper=Jutarnji list |language=hr |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/nova-obilaznica-od-600-milijuna-eura/261050/ |title=New 600 million Euro bypass |date=September 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130064348/http://www.jutarnji.hr/nova-obilaznica-od-600-milijuna-eura/261050 |archive-date=2010-11-30 }}

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The A4 motorway Varaždin–Breznički Hum section route runs through hilly landscape requiring a number of viaducts and tunnels, especially along the Breznički Hum–Novi Marof section and around the Varaždinske Toplice exit. Each comprises four traffic lanes, while the viaducts have emergency lanes. Two most notable structures are the Hrastovec and Vrtlinovec tunnels, located to the south and north of the exit, respectively. Both of the tunnels consist of two tubes each, and each of them carry two traffic lanes. The Hrastovec Tunnel tubes are unequal in length, as the southbound tube is {{convert|498|m}} long, while the northbound tube is {{convert|523|m}} long.{{cite journal | language= hr | url= http://www.casopis-gradjevinar.hr/dokumenti/200710/5.pdf | title= Šezdeset godina postojanja Viadukta | trans-title= Sixty years of Viadukt | year= 2007 | issue= 59 | journal= Građevinar | page= 901 | author= Branko Nadilo | access-date= October 15, 2010 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718203626/http://www.casopis-gradjevinar.hr/dokumenti/200710/5.pdf | archive-date= July 18, 2011 }} The Vrtlinovec Tunnel southbound tube is {{convert|628|m}} long and its northbound tube is {{convert|522|m}} long, earning the distinction of being the longest tunnel on the A4 route.{{cite web | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2003/07/14/HRT0029.html | title = U cijelosti probijen tunel Vrtlinovec | trans-title = Vrtlinovec Tunnel fully excavated | date = July 14, 2003 | access-date = October 15, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070505/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2003/07/14/HRT0029.html | archive-date = March 5, 2016 }} There are two major bridges on the A4 motorway, both of them located north of Varaždin. The longest one is the Drava Bridge, carrying the motorway across the Drava River, measuring {{convert|507.7|m}} long. There is also the Zrinski Bridge, carrying the A4 motorway across Mur River and across the Croatia–Hungary border, thus representing the northern terminus of the motorway, where northbound A4 traffic defaults to the Hungarian M7 motorway towards Nagykanizsa and Budapest. The {{convert|216|m|adj=on}} Zrinski Bridge was the final structure completed on the route. Both the Drava and Mura bridges carry six motorway lanes.{{cite web | publisher = Hrvatske autoceste | language = hr | url = http://www.hac.hr/files/file/brosure/most_mura/virtualMagazine.html | title = Autocesta A4 - Goričan–Zagreb - Most Mura | trans-title = A4 motorway - Goričan–Zagreb - Mura Bridge | access-date = July 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110802190615/http://www.hac.hr/files/file/brosure/most_mura/virtualMagazine.html | archive-date = 2011-08-02 | url-status = dead }}

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A motorway connecting Zagreb to Varaždin and Budapest was proposed in the early 1970s, but unlike the Zagreb–Rijeka and Zagreb–Belgrade motorways, no construction was carried out. Although the first section of the route, now designated as the A4 motorway, was completed in 1980, development for the motorway was proposed once again in 1991 to facilitate links between the Varaždin area, Zagreb and the remainder of the Croatian motorway network.{{cite news | newspaper = Vjesnik | language = hr | url = http://www.vjesnik.com/html/2000/10/11/ClanakTx.asp?r=unu&c=2 | title = Račan: Nema više otvaranja cesta s nepotpunom dozvolom | trans-title = Račan: No further roads shall open without complete licenses | author = Karmen Gumbas | date = October 11, 2000 | access-date = October 14, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The route was added to the network of Pan-European transport corridors in June 1997, during the third Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki,{{cite journal | publisher = University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies | url = http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/6570 | title= The integration of the Republic of Croatia into the Pan-European transport corridor network | author= Tanja Poletan Jugović | journal= Pomorstvo | volume= 20 | issue= 1 | pages= 49–65 | date = April 11, 2006 | access-date= October 14, 2010}} and on August 7, 1997, the government of the Republic of Croatia decided to establish the Autocesta Rijeka–Zagreb–Goričan company and award it a 28-year concession to develop, operate and maintain the route as a six-lane motorway. The route consisted of the entire Croatian section of the Pan-European corridor Vb except for {{convert|20.8|km|adj=on}} of the Lučko–Ivanja Reka section of the A3 motorway, which was already in use as a part of Zagreb bypass.{{cite news|newspaper=Narodne Novine |language=hr |url=http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/1997_12_139_1994.html |title=Odluka o osnivanju dioničkog društva Autocesta Rijeka - Zagreb - Goričan d.d. i dodjeli koncesije za građenje i gospodarenje autocestom Rijeka - Zagreb - Goričan |trans-title=Decision on founding of Rijeka - Zagreb - Goričan Motorway joint stock company and granting of concession regulating construction and management of Rijeka - Zagreb - Goričan motorway |date=August 7, 1997 |access-date=October 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134102/http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/1997_12_139_1994.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}

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Later that same year, on May 14, 1998, the government signed an agreement with Astaldi, regulating construction of the Zagreb Goričan motorway by 2000.{{cite web | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/05/14/h10_hrv.html | title = Potpisan ugovor o financiranju autoceste Zagreb–Goričan | trans-title = Zagreb–Goričan motorway financing agreement signed | date = May 14, 1998 | access-date = October 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140831073213/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/05/14/h10_hrv.html | archive-date = August 31, 2014 }} On December 11, 1997, pursuant to the agreement, the government established the Autocesta Rijeka–Zagreb company to take the place of the Autocesta Rijeka–Zagreb–Goričan company, and awarded it the 28-year concession to develop, maintain and operate the Zagreb–Rijeka motorway, effectively excluding the Zagreb–Goričan motorway from the original concession.{{cite news|newspaper=Narodne Novine |language=hr |url=http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/1997_12_139_1994.html |title=Odluka o osnivanju dioničkog društva Autocesta Rijeka - Zagreb d.d. i dodjeli koncesije za građenje i gospodarenje autocestom Rijeka - Zagreb |trans-title=Decision on founding of Rijeka - Zagreb Motorway joint stock company and granting of concession regulating construction and management of Rijeka - Zagreb motorway |date=December 11, 1997 |access-date=September 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134102/http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/1997_12_139_1994.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }} At the same time, the Transeuropska autocesta d.o.o. (TEA) company was established by the government and awarded concession for development, operation and maintenance of the Zagreb–Goričan motorway.{{cite news | newspaper = Narodne Novine | language = hr | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/269144.html | title= Odluka o dodjeli koncesije za građenje i gospodarenje autocestom Zagreb - Goričan |trans-title=Decision on granting of concession regulating management of Zagreb - Goričan motorway | date = July 24, 1998 | access-date= October 14, 2010}} Astaldi owned 51% of TEA, with the remainder owned by the Republic of Croatia. TEA was to secure financing of the project in 1998.{{cite web | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/99/10/14/HRT0036.html | title = Ministar Pavlović: Obveznice za autocestu Zagreb-Goričan neće se izdavati | trans-title = Minister Pavlović: No bonds shall be issued for Zagreb-Goričan motorway | date = October 14, 1999 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135045/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/99/10/14/HRT0036.html | archive-date = April 2, 2015 }} Construction began as scheduled; however, financial and legal problems ensued, and by 1999, the press speculated that Astaldi had given up the project, but Astaldi repeatedly denied these claims.{{cite news | newspaper = Vjesnik | language = hr | url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/Pdf/1999%5C05%5C13%5C03A3.PDF | title = Talijanska tvrtka Astaldi ne odustaje od projekta autoceste Zagreb - Goričan | trans-title = Italian company Astaldi not giving up Zagreb - Goričan motorway project | author = Mladen Jambrović | date = May 13, 1999 | access-date = October 14, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/99/12/28/HRT0004.html | title = Radovi na autocesti Zagreb–Goričan | trans-title = Zagreb–Goričan motorway works | date = December 28, 1999 | access-date = October 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140831083621/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/99/12/28/HRT0004.html | archive-date = August 31, 2014 }} Ultimately, the government cancelled the contract and ceded the motorway to Croatian Roads Administration (ancestor of Hrvatske autoceste and Hrvatske ceste), leading Astaldi to turn to the commercial arbitration court in Vienna, which ruled in its favour. The Republic of Croatia was subsequently required to pay Astaldi 44.3 million euro in damages.{{cite news | newspaper = New Europe | url = http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90463.php | title = Croatia to pay 79 mln to Hypo Bank | date = November 3, 2008 | access-date = October 14, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 1980, the {{convert|6|km|adj=on}} Popovec–Ivanja Reka section was the first part of the A4 motorway to be built, as a semi-motorway, for the new Ivanja Reka interchange on the motorway, later designated A3.{{cite web|publisher=Hidroelektra |url=http://www.hidroelektra-niskogradnja.hr/Reference/mostovi.html |title=Mostovi, vijadukti, nadvožnjaci i podvožnjaci |trans-title=Bridges, viaducts, flyovers and underpasses |access-date=October 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526035838/http://www.hidroelektra-niskogradnja.hr/Reference/mostovi.html |archive-date=May 26, 2009 }} The first section completed was the {{convert|16|km|adj=on}} Goričan–Čakovec section, opened to traffic in 1997, followed by the {{convert|22.4|km|adj=on}} Komin–Popovec and the {{convert|15.58|km|adj=on}} Čakovec–Varaždin sections, completed in 1998.{{cite web | publisher = Konstruktor | language = hr | url = http://www.konstruktor-split.hr/reference/tabid/905/agentType/View/PropertyID/24/sortBy/Published/PropertyTypeID/1/Default.aspx | title = Dionica Sv.Helena-Komin | trans-title = Sveta Helena-Komin section | access-date = October 14, 2010 | archive-date = July 27, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727234945/http://www.konstruktor-split.hr/reference/tabid/905/agentType/View/PropertyID/24/sortBy/Published/PropertyTypeID/1/Default.aspx | url-status = usurped }}{{cite web | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/07/24/h3_hrv.html | title = Otvorena dionica autoceste Varaždin-Čakovec | trans-title = Varaždin-Čakovec motorway section opens | date = July 24, 1998 | access-date = October 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140831073048/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/07/24/h3_hrv.html | archive-date = August 31, 2014 }} In 2000, the {{convert|12.3|km|adj=on}} Breznički Hum–Komin section was finished,{{cite web | publisher = Konstruktor | language = hr | url = http://www.konstruktor-split.hr/reference/tabid/905/agentType/View/PropertyID/23/sortBy/Published/PropertyTypeID/1/Default.aspx | title = Dionica Komin-Breznički Hum | trans-title = Komin-Breznički Hum section | access-date = October 14, 2010 | archive-date = July 27, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727235016/http://www.konstruktor-split.hr/reference/tabid/905/agentType/View/PropertyID/23/sortBy/Published/PropertyTypeID/1/Default.aspx | url-status = usurped }} and in 2003, the motorway route was nearly completed as the {{convert|23.25|km|adj=on}} Varaždin–Breznički Hum section and the second carriageway in the Popovec–Ivanja Reka section were built.{{cite web | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2003/11/16/HRT0013.html | title = Otvorena dionica Novi Marof-Varaždin, autoceste Zagreb–Goričan | trans-title = Zagreb–Goričan motorway Novi Marof-Varaždin section opens | date = November 16, 2003 | access-date = October 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140831081233/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2003/11/16/HRT0013.html | archive-date = August 31, 2014 }}{{cite web | publisher = Croatian Radiotelevision | language = hr | url = http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2003/06/24/HRT0025.html | title = Otvorena dionica Breznički Hum-Novi Marof na autocesti Zagreb–Goričan | trans-title = Zagreb–Goričan motorway Breznički Hum-Novi Marof section opens | date = June 24, 2003 | access-date = October 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140831071208/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2003/06/24/HRT0025.html | archive-date = August 31, 2014 }} The final {{convert|1.6|km|adj=on}} section between the Goričan exit and the Hungarian border opened on October 22, 2008, the same day the final section of the A6 motorway was finalised, marking completion of the Budapest–Zagreb–Rijeka motorway.{{cite web | publisher = Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure | language = hr | url = http://www.mppi.hr/default.aspx?id=5242 | title = Ministri prometa Hrvatske i Mađarske otvorili most Muru s pristupnim cestama | trans-title = Croatian and Hungarian transport ministers open Mura Bridge and access roads | date = October 22, 2008 | access-date = October 14, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|newspaper=Vjesnik |language=hr |url=http://www.vjesnik.hr/Html/2008/10/23/Clanak.asp?r=unu&c=16 |title=Otvoren koridor Rijeka-Zagreb-Budimpešta |trans-title=Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest corridor opens |author=Tomislav Grdić, Damir Herceg |date=October 23, 2008 |access-date=October 14, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

• 6 August 2022 - A bus crash killed 12 people.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-06 |title=12 dead as bus carrying Polish pilgrims to Bosnia crashes in Croatia |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/06/croatia-bus-crash-12-killed-as-coach-carrying-polish-catholics-to-bosnian-shrine-skids-off |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=euronews |language=en}}

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Traffic is regularly counted and reported by Hrvatske autoceste, operator of the motorway, and results are published by Hrvatske ceste. The largest annual average daily traffic (AADT) volume is often recorded in the Sveta Helena–Komin section, although all sections between Sveta Helena and Varaždin display similar AADT. AADT data for sections north of Varaždin show considerable drops in traffic volume. As the motorway traffic volume is measured through analysis of toll ticket sales, the southernmost section of the motorway, Ivanja Reka–Sveta Helena, is not included in the report. However, since the section is a part of the Zagreb bypass, it carries significantly heavier traffic than any other sections of the A4 motorway—in 2004, traffic volume along the toll-free section of the A4 motorway was approximately 24,000 vehicles per day (AADT) between the Kraljevečki Novaki and Sveta Helena interchanges and nearly 41,000 vehicles per day between the Kraljevečki Novaki and Ivanja Reka interchanges. Traffic volume measured on the Ivanja Reka–Ivanić Grad section of the A3 motorway increased by 30%, hinting at a similar increase in traffic volume on the A4 route south of Sveta Helena.{{cite web | publisher = City of Zagreb | url = http://www.zagreb.hr/default.aspx?id=961 | language= hr | title = Sjeverna tangenta - Studija (str.90) |trans-title=Northern tangent - study (p.90) | date= July 27, 2006 | access-date = October 1, 2010 | format=PDF}}

Variations between AADT and average summer daily traffic (ASDT) traffic volumes are attributed to the fact that the motorway carries substantial tourist traffic to the Adriatic Sea resorts.{{cite news | newspaper = Hrvatske ceste | url = http://www.hrvatske-ceste.hr/UserDocsImages/PDF/Brojenje%20prometa%20na%20cestama%20Republike%20Hrvatske_%202015.pdf | language = hr | title = Brojenje prometa na cestama Republike Hrvatske godine 2015. | trans-title = Traffic counting on the roadways of Croatia in 2015 | date = April 2016 | access-date = 2016-08-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160701044640/http://www.hrvatske-ceste.hr/UserDocsImages/PDF/Brojenje%20prometa%20na%20cestama%20Republike%20Hrvatske_%202015.pdf | archive-date = 2016-07-01 | url-status = dead }}

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As of October 2010, there are three rest areas along the A4 motorway. Legislation identifies four types of rest areas designated as types A through D: A-type rest areas comprise a full range of amenities, including a filling station, a restaurant and a hotel or motel; B-type rest areas have no lodging; C-type rest areas are very common and include a filling station and a café, but no restaurants or accommodations; D-type rest areas only offer parking spaces, possibly picnicking tables and benches, and restrooms. Even though rest areas found along the A4 motorway generally follow this ranking system, there are considerable variations, as some of them offer extra services. The filling stations regularly have small convenience stores, and some of them may offer LPG fuel.{{cite web | publisher = Hrvatske autoceste | url = http://www.hac.hr/en/motorways/rest-areas/basic-types/ | title = Basic types and offer of roadside service facilities | access-date = July 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713021115/http://www.hac.hr/en/motorways/rest-areas/basic-types/ | archive-date = 2011-07-13 | url-status = dead }}

The primary motorway operator, Hrvatske autoceste (HAC), leases the A, B and C type rest areas to various operators through public tenders. As of October 2010, there are two such rest area operators on the A4 motorway: INA and Crodux. The rest area operators are not permitted to sub-lease the fuel operations. The A4 motorway rest areas are accessible from both directions of the motorway and operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

{| class="wikitable"

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| style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;" colspan="5"| List of A4 motorway rest areas

|- style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;"

|| County

|| km

|| Name

|| Operators

|| Notes

|-

| rowspan=2|Varaždin

| 26.9

| Varaždin

| HAC

| Facilities found at Varaždin rest area comprise parking area only.

|-

| 44.7

| Ljubešćica

| INA

| Facilities found at Ljubešćica rest area comprise a filling station selling petrol and diesel fuel, a café and restrooms.{{cite web | publisher = INA | url= http://www.ina.hr/default.aspx?id=475 | title= Petrol Station Search - A3 motorway | access-date = September 26, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100924180355/http://ina.hr/default.aspx?id=475| archive-date= 24 September 2010 | url-status= live}}

|-

| City of Zagreb

| 86.3

| Sesvete

| Crodux

| Facilities found at Sesvete rest area comprise a filling station selling petrol and diesel fuel, a restaurant, a café and restrooms.

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|- style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;"

!scope="col"|County

!scope="col"|km

!scope="col"|Exit

!scope="col"|Name

!scope="col"|Destination

!scope="col"|Notes

|-

| rowspan=5 |Međimurje

| style="background:#dfd;"|0.0

| style="background:#dfd; text-align:center;"|File:EU-Icon.svg

| style="background:#dfd;"|Goričan border crossing

| style="background:#dfd;"|40px M7
{{Jct|country=HRV|E|65}}
{{Jct|country=HRV|E|71}}

| style="background:#dfd;"|Goričan border crossing to Hungary
The motorway extends as Hungarian M7 motorway towards Nagykanizsa and Budapest.
The northern terminus of European routes E65/E71 concurrency
The northern terminus of the motorway

|-

| 1.3

| align=center | 1

| GP Goričan

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|3}}

| Connection to Goričan border crossing to Hungary

|-

| 2.8

| align=center | 2

| Goričan

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|3}}

| Connection to Goričan

|-

| 4.7

| align=center |File:Zeichen 391 - Mautpflichtige Strecke, StVO 2003.svg

| colspan=3 |Goričan toll plaza

|-

| 16.9

| align=center | 3

| Čakovec

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|20}}

| Connection to Čakovec and Prelog

|-

| rowspan=10 |Varaždin

| 23.1

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Drava River Bridge

|-

| 25.0

| align=center | 4

| Ludbreg

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|530}}

| Connection to Varaždin and Lubreg via D2 state road

|-

| 26.9

| align=center |File:Zeichen 314 - Parkplatz, StVO 2013.svg

| colspan=3 |Drava rest area

|-

| 32.7

| align=center | 5

| Varaždin

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|528}}

| Connection to Varaždin via D3 state road and to D2 state road junction west of Varaždin

|-

| 36.9

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Vrtlinovec Tunnel

|-

| 38.6

| align=center | 6

| Varaždinske Toplice

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|526}}

| Connection to Varaždinske Toplice and to D24 state road

|-

| 39.2

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Hrastovec Tunnel

|-

| 44.7

| align=center |File:Zeichen 314 - Parkplatz, StVO 2013.svg

| colspan=3 |Ljubešćica rest area

|-

| 47.0

| align=center | 7

| Novi Marof

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|24}}
{{Jct|country=HRV|D|22}}

| Connection to Novi Marof and Križevci via D22 state road

|-

| 56.6

| align=center | 8

| Breznički Hum

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|3}}

| Connection to Breznički Hum

|-

| rowspan=3 |Zagreb County

| 68.8

| align=center | 9

| Komin

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|3}}

| Connection to Komin

|-

| 77.2

| align=center |File:Zeichen 391 - Mautpflichtige Strecke, StVO 2003.svg

| colspan=3 |Sveta Helena toll plaza

|-

| 79.2

| align=center | 10

| Sveta Helena

| {{Jct|country=HRV|D|10}}
{{Jct|country=HRV|Z|3016}}

| Connection to Vrbovec and Križevci via D10 expressway.
Connection to Rakovec, Sveta Helena and Donja Zelina (D3) (via the Ž3016)
The eastern terminus of Zagreb bypass.

|-

| rowspan=3 |City of Zagreb

| 86.3

| align=center |File:Zeichen 314 - Parkplatz, StVO 2013.svg

| colspan=3 |Sesvete rest area

|-

| style="background:#dfd;"|90.4

| style="background:#dfd; text-align:center;"| 11

| style="background:#dfd;"|Popovec

| style="background:#dfd;"|{{Jct|country=HRV|D|3}}

| style="background:#dfd;"|Connection to Popovec and Soblinec (D29)
The northern terminus of concurrency of the A4 motorway and the D3 state road.

|-

| 93.6

| style="text-align:center;"| 12

| Sesvete

| {{Jct|country=HRV|Z|3034}}

| Connection to Sesvete and Kraljevečki Novaki, Dugo Selo

|-

| Zagreb County

| style="background:#dfd;"|96.4

| style="background:#dfd; text-align:center;"| 13

| style="background:#dfd;"|Zagreb istok

| style="background:#dfd;"|{{Jct|country=HRV|A|3}}
{{Jct|country=HRV|E|65}}
{{Jct|country=HRV|E|70}}
{{Jct|country=HRV|E|71}}

| style="background:#dfd;"|Connection to Zagreb via Slavonska Avenue, Slavonski Brod (eastbound A3) as well as A11, A1, A2 motorways, southern and western Zagreb bypass exits, Samobor and Slovenia (westbound A3).
The southern terminus of European routes E65/E71 concurrency
The southern terminus of D3 state road concurrency
The southern terminus of the motorway. Southbound A4 traffic defaults to westbound A3 motorway.

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