Conversion To A Highway and The Future Expansions
The Istrian Y highway is being built in two phases.
The first phase, which was finished in 2007, involved the building of the two expressways, then called B8 and B9, in the two-lane freeway form (single carriageway, one lane in each direction), except for the Kanfanar crossing, which was built as a four-lane highway from the start.
Because of the rise in traffic on the highway and because of safety issues, the second phase of construction commenced in October 2008. In this phase, the whole western branch of the Y, except the viaduct "Limska draga" and bridge "Mirna", were reconstructed as a four-lane highway by June 2011.
The eastern branch, from Kanfanar to Pazin, is also being reconstructed as a four-lane highway. This phase is supposed to be finished until June 2011.
After the second phase of the Y is going to be finished, the parts of the Y having four lanes are going to be tolled.
Currently (as of 2008) there are no exact dates for the conversion of viaduct "Limska draga", bridge Mirna and the part of eastern branch of Y from Pazin to Matulji (including Učka Tunnel) to four lane highway.
The regulatory plan for the Istria County calls for the connection of Labin with the Y with a new expressway, which would connect to the Y in the vicinity of Žminj.
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