Slavonija and Baranya County, which occupies almost 20% of the total Croatian area have a very auspicious traffic position due to the main European transport routes. Construction of highways in this area that has so far been relatively isolated to other parts of Croatia has many positive effects both locally and globally through economic and social development.
Beli Manastir - Osijek - Svilaj highway is a part of the International Pan-European Corridor Vc that connects North Europe with the Adriatic Sea. This part of that corridor is passing through two parts of eastern Croatia very different in macro-relief and climate: east-Croatian lowland and Slavonian Posavina with Požega valley. The specific feature of this section is its transverse position due to which it intersects a number of state, county and local roads, two routes of existing railway lines (one main railway line and one Clas I) and it also intersects two rivers, Sava and Drava with the existing waterway routes. To demonstrate that even within design and building of roads through the lowland part of Croatia there are challenges, details of the bridge across river Drava project and constructions so as the basic Corridor Vc features on its section through Slavonija and Baranya County will be presented in this paper.

A5 highway, bridge, Drava, Corridor Vc