Route of the E59 starts in
Prague,
Czech Republic, and proceeds southeast along the
D1 motorway towards
Jihlava, where it leaves the motorway and turns south along the route 38, a regular road comprising
at-grade intersections. The route passes near
Moravské Budějovice and
Znojmo. It crosses from the Czech Republic to
Austria between Chvalovice and
Haugsdorf as it switches to Austrian B303 state road, representing another two-lane road with at-grade intersections. North of
Guntersdorf, the E59 transfers to the S3 expressway until it reaches
Stockerau and the
A22 which carries the E59 east to
Vienna. Within the city, the E59 turns south once again in
Donaustadt, transferring to the
A23 taking it to the southern outskirts of the city. There it proceeds further south along the
A2 motorway taking the route past
Wiener Neustadt to the city of
Graz. Graz itself is bypassed by the motorway and the E59 switches there to the
A9 motorway marking the final southbound leg of the E59 through Austria until it reaches
Spielfeld/
Šentilj border crossing to
Slovenia. South of the border crossing the E59 route follows the Slovenian
A1 motorway to the south of
Maribor where the E59 leaves the A1 route and joins the
A4 taking it to Gruškovje/
Macelj border crossing to
Croatia. South of the border, the E59 follows Croatian
A2 motorway running past
Krapina to
Zagreb. The E59 terminates at
Jankomir interchange of the
Zagreb bypass, where southbound E59 traffic defaults to the eastbound
A3 motorway. Originally the E59 extended further south past Zagreb, to
Bihać,
Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Split at the
Adriatic Sea coast, however, that segment of the route was subsequently transferred to the
European route E71. Nonetheless, the E59 shares segments of the route with a number of other
European routes. A part of the E59 spanning Prague and Vienna corresponds to the
Pan-European Corridor IV, and the segment spanning Graz and Zagreb corresponds to the
Pan-European Corridor Xa. == Toll ==