Slovenia's first motorway opened to traffic 50 years ago

Ljubljana, 29 December - First cars drove on the 32-kilometre motorway section between Vrhnika and Postojna on 29 December 1972 after it took two and a half years to build the first motorway in Slovenia.

Postojna The motorway section near the town of Postojna, southwest, one of the busiest in the country. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA File photo

Postojna
The motorway section near the town of Postojna, southwest, one of the busiest in the country.
Photo: AljoĊĦa Rehar/STA
File photo

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