The City of Ostrava is an important transport hub and the main intersection of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is easily accessible from several directions.
The city area is crossed by an important international route – the I/11 – E75 (from Budapest to Gdansk). Ostrava is connected to the rest of Europe with the completion of the D47 highway, which will join up with the D1 (Prague/Brno) and the Polish A1 (Katowice/Gdansk/Helsinki). The D47 is a part of the VI.B Trans European network (TEN) multimodal corridor going North – South, from Katowice – Bohumín – Ostrava – Brno – Vienna.