Editing Slavonski Brod (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Slavonski Brod, Croatia - panoramio (26).jpg|thumb|left|[[Sava]] river promenade]]
The city is located {{convert|197|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast of [[Zagreb]] and at an elevation of {{convert|96|m|0|abbr=off}}. It developed at the strategically important crossing over the [[Sava]] river toward [[Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Brod]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The Bosnian city was called Bosanski Brod until 2009.

Slavonski Brod is an important intersection of the [[Posavina]] part of the highway and a railway junction, since it is located on the highway linking [[Zagreb]]&ndash;[[Lipovac, Croatia|Lipovac]]&ndash;[[Belgrade]] ([[European route E70|E70]], A3) and the [[Zagreb]]&ndash;[[Vinkovci]]&ndash;[[Belgrade]] railway. The ship port "Brod" on the [[Sava]] river is under construction.

There is also a new modern highway under construction, on the Pan-European [[Corridor Vc]], which will connect Northern Europe and Hungary with Croatia (through the region of Slavonia), and Bosnia and [[Herzegovina]] with Croatia (through the coastal region of [[Dalmatia]]). The alignment of this highway is approximately at a {{convert|19|km|0|abbr=on}} distance from the center of the town. With the completion of this route, the area of the town Slavonski Brod will become one of the major highway intersections in this part of Europe connecting directions west–east and north–south.