Croatia Serbia
Also known as: Bačka Palanka
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Ilok is a border crossing between Croatia and Serbia, a bridge over the Danube toward Bačka Palanka, on the Vukovar–Novi Sad route. The bridge itself — 825 meters long, opened in 1974 — carries Croatian state road D2 into Serbian road M18. It was damaged during NATO bombing in April 1999 and reopened to truck and bus traffic in April 2002 after repair. Today it operates 24 hours a day for both passenger and freight vehicles, though there are ongoing restrictions: after a barge hit one of the bridge's piers in January 2024, authorities capped traffic at 24 tonnes and 30 km/h, so anything heavier should check current signage before crossing. Ilok sits right on the edge of Fruška Gora and the Vukovar wine region, so it is also a route used by day-trippers visiting vineyards on either side of the border. Because it still carries freight, it has served as one of the fallback routes for trucks when the Erdut/Bogojevo crossing further north was restricted for heavier vehicles from March 2025.
