Section from Bioče to Mateševo is a parallel road to section of Bar–Boljare motorway that was finished in 2022. When this section of Bar–Boljare motorway was finished, R-13 regional road section from Mateševo to Kolašin would serve as a major connection from motorway to the M-2 highway.
History
The M-9 highway was officially opened for traffic in 1984.[2] It was built as part of the larger M-9 highway within the Yugoslav highway network, spanning Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia. It connected Kolašin and Andrijevica with Peć and Priština in Kosovo, and Leskovac and Pirot in Serbia.[3]
The M-9 highway originally flowed through the city of Kolašin to connect it to the M-2 highway. A bypass was built via the Vladoš Bridge to merge the M-9 with the M-2. On 27 March 2014, the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs officially realigned the M-9 highway to its current alignment, incorporating the Vladoš Bridge, while downgrading the M-9's former path through Kolašin as a municipal road.[4]
In January 2016, the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs published bylaw on categorisation of state roads.[1] With new categorisation, R-13 regional road was created from previous R-19 regional road and section of previous M-9 highway from Mateševo to Kolašin.
^Doderović, Miroslav; Ivanović, Zdravko (Fall 2012). Drumski saobraćaj u Crnoj Gori [Vehicular transport in Montenegro] (PDF) (in Montenegrin). Matica crnogorska. p. 484. Retrieved 24 May 2015. Put Kоlаšin – Mаtеšеvо – Аndriјеvicа, diо је magistralnog puta M-9 kојi prоlаzi krоz tеritоriјu Crnе Gоrе, Kоsоvа i Srbiје. Crnоgоrski diо оvоg puta dugаčаk је 96,72 km. Na njеmu su vršеnе brојnе rеkоnstrukciје, а kоnаčnо је dоbiо dоzvоlu za upоtrеbu 1984. gоdinе..
^"Informacija o prekategorizaciji dionica državnih puteva" [Information regarding the recategorisation of segments along national roads] (in Montenegrin). Government of Montenegro. 27 March 2014. p. 6. Novoizgrađeni most kod Kolašina „Vladoš" (veza magistralnih puteva M-2 i M-9) kategorisati kao dio magistralnog puta M-9 Kolašin – Mateševo.[...]Dosadašnji dio magistralnog puta M-9 koji je prolazio kroz Kolašin (galerija „Bablja greda" – prolazak kroz grad – priključak na novi most „Vladoš" kod Kolašina prekategorisati u opštinski put (Opština Kolašin){{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)