Prve dionice ove autocesta izgrađene su od Orehovice do Kikovice 1971. i od Zagreba do Karlovca 1972. godine. Nakon izgradnje prve dvije dionice 1982. u promet se pušta dionica Kikovica - Oštrovica kao poluautocesta, a kao autocesta izgrađena je 2007. Dionica Oštrovica - Vrata, a kao autocesta izgrađena je 2008. Dionica Vrata - Delnice izgrađena je 1996. kao poluautocesta, a kao autocesta izgrađena je 2008. Dionica Delnice - Kupjak izgrađena je 1997. kao poluautocesta, a kao autocesta izgrađena je 2008. Dionica Kupjak - Vrbovsko izgrađena je pola kao poluautocesta, a pola kao autocesta, a kao autocesta izgrađena je 2008. Dionica Vrbovsko - Bosiljevo izgrađena je kao autocesta 2003. 21. listopada 2008. puštene su promet i zadnje dvije dionice Kupjak - Vrbovsko i Oštrovica - Vrata i time je izgradnja autoceste Rijeka - Zagreb završena. Na ovoj cesti plaća se cestarina.

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The Croatian tolled motorway network and three-lane totaling 1288.5 kilometers. Network is managed by four companies. A6 highway goes from Bosiljevo to Rijeka. Connects Rijeka with Delnice and Karlovac and further to Zagreb trough A1 highway. The first section of the highway were built from Orehovica to Kikovica 1971 and from Zagreb to Karlovac in 1972. After the construction of the first two shares in circulation in 1982 is released shares Kikovica - Oštrovica as a semi highway which is finished as a highway in 2007. Shares Oštrovica - Vrata as a highway was built in 2008. Shares Vrata - Delnica was built in 1996 as a three-lane, and as expressway was built in 2008. Shares Delnice - Kupjak was built in 1997 as a semi and as a highway was built in 2008. Kupjak - Vrbovsko was built half as semi and half as highways, and as a highway was built in 2008. The section Vrbovsko - Bosiljevo built as motorways 2003 October 21, 2008 released the traffic and the last two Kupjak - Vrbovsko and Oštrovica - Vrata and thus the construction of the highway Rijeka - Zagreb completed. The A6 is a tolled motorway.
