Expressway S11 (Poland)
{{Short description|Road in Poland}}
{{Expand Polish|topic=transp|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|country = POL
|type = S
|route = 11
|map = NowaMapaS11.svg
|length_km=201.4
|length_round=1
|length_notes=plus 10.4 km single carriageway, {{convert|556.5|km|0|abbr=on}} planned
|terminus_a=Kołobrzeg
|junction=20px S6 near Kołobrzeg (planned)
20px A2 and 20px S5 near Poznań
20px A1 near Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice (planned)
|terminus_b=20px S1 near Pyrzowice
|regions=
|cities=Koszalin, Piła, Poznań
|previous_type = S
|previous_route = 10
|next_type = S
|next_route = 12
}}
File:Zakrzewo 95P-47.jpg. View to the north, from the northern (one of three) viaduct between Dąbrowa and Zakrzewo.]]
Expressway S11 or express road S11 (in Polish droga ekspresowa S11) is a Polish highway which has been planned to run from Kołobrzeg (on the Baltic coast) via Koszalin, Piła and Poznań to Piekary Śląskie{{cite web|access-date=2025-01-28 |publisher=GDDKiA |title=Mapa Stanu Budowy Dróg - śląskie |url=https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/mapa-stanu-budowy-drog_slaskie}} (north of Katowice). Its total planned length is about {{convert|556.5|km|0}}.
As of 2024, several sections serving as bypasses of cities and towns are open to traffic, totalling 120.5 km. A few further sections of the expressway are under construction, but most of it still awaits development.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/mapa-stanu-budowy-drog3 | title=Portal Gov.pl }} According to the plans, the road should be fully completed by 2030.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/rzadowy-program-budowy-drog-krajowych-do-2030-r-z-perspektywa-do-2033-r | title=Rządowy Program Budowy Dróg Krajowych do 2030 r. (Z perspektywą do 2033 r.) - Ministerstwo Infrastruktury - Portal Gov.pl }}
Chronology
The tender for construction of a {{convert|7.7|km|mi}} long northern-most section (Stage IIa) of the Poznań western bypass between Poznań Północ and Poznań Rokietnica was announced on 26 June 2009. On 14 April 2010, the contract was signed with the consortium of Colas and Strabag. The value of the contract was PLN 229 million. On 30 October 2012, the section was put into operation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/7841/s11-obwodnica-zachodnia-miasta-poznania-etap-iia-zlotkowo-wezel-rokietnica|title=Droga ekspresowa S11, Zachodnia obwodnica Poznania, Etap IIa, odc. Złotkowo - węzeł "Rokietnica"|publisher=GDDKiA|access-date=2025-01-28|language=pl}}
A {{convert|14.2|km|mi}} long section (Stage I) of the Poznań western bypass between Poznań Tarnowo Podgórne - Poznań Zachód had a construction permit issued in March 2009. On 26 June 2009, a contract was signed with the consortium of Skanska & Intercor for the price of PLN 458,710,749. On 28 November 2011, an {{convert|8.1|km|mi}} long section from the Poznań Tarnowo Podgórne junction to the Poznań Dąbrówka junction was put into operation. On 3 June 2012, a {{convert|6.1|km|mi}} long section between Poznań Skórzewo and Poznań Zachód was put into operation.
An environmental decision for the section between Koszalin and Zegrze Pomorskie was issued in October 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/7829/s11-koszalin---obwodnica-szczecinka|title=S11 Koszalin - Zegrze Pomorskie|publisher=GDDKiA|language=pl-PL|access-date=2025-01-30}}
On 12 April 2013, a construction contract was concluded with the contractor Skanska for Stage IIb section between Poznań Rokietnica - Poznań Tarnowo Podgórne, without interchanges. The opening of this section to traffic took place on 19 December 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/3609/s11-obwodnica-zachodnia-miasta-poznania-etap-iib-wezel-rokietnica-wezel-swadzim|title=Droga ekspresowa S11, Zachodnia obwodnica Poznania, Etap IIb, odc. węzeł "Rokietnica" - węzeł "Swadzim"|publisher=GDDKiA|access-date=2025-01-28|language=pl}}
The {{convert|12|km|mi}} long Szczecinek bypass tender was announced in August 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/7830/s11-obwodnica-szczecinka|title=S11 Obwodnica Szczecinka|publisher=GDDKiA|language=pl|access-date=2025-01-28}} The section was put into operation in 2019.
The section where the S11 starts (from the Bielice junction to the Koszalin Zachód junction) (with the DK6) has been under construction since 2016 (together with the S6, as part of the task entitled Koszalin and Sianów bypass) and was opened to traffic on 10 October 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.s6-obwodnicakoszalina.pl/|title=Obwodnica Koszalina i Sianowa (S6/S11)|publisher=GDDKiA|access-date=2025-01-28|language=pl}}
In 2023, the bypass of Olesno at a length of {{convert|24.8|km|mi}}{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/mozna-juz-korzystac-z-obwodnicy-olesna | title=Można już korzystać z obwodnicy Olesna! |publisher= Ministerstwo Infrastruktury - Portal Gov.pl |access-date=2025-01-28}} was completed. On 26 September 2013, the {{convert|45|km|mi}} long section from Koszalin to Bobolice was put into operation.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/otwieramy-nowy-odcinek-drogi-ekspresowej-s11-koszalin-bobolice | title=Otwieramy nowy odcinek drogi ekspresowej S11 Koszalin-Bobolice - Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów - Portal Gov.pl }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/s11-koszalin--bobolice-oddana-do-ruchu|language=pl-PL|publisher=Ministerstwo Infrastruktury|date=2023-09-26|access-date=2025-01-30|title=S11 Koszalin - Bobolice oddana do ruchu}}
=Future developments=
There are several sections under construction, and under planning. One such under construction is the {{convert|12.5|km|mi}} long section between Kępno - Siemianice, on which the tender for construction was signed on 28 March 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia-opole/rusza-realizacja-kolejnego-odcinka-s11|publisher=GDDKiA|date=2023-03-28|title=Rusza realizacja kolejnego odcinka S11|language=pl|access-date=2025-01-28}}
In January 2018, a tender was held for the development of the Bobolice - Szczecinek North section with a length of {{convert|24.5|km|mi}}. The tender was won by Transprojekt Gdański, with whom a contract was signed on 19 March 2018. The design documentation, including construction and detailed designs, was produced within 14 months. Subsequently, on 28 August 2023, the contract for the construction of this section was signed, and the section is now in construction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/rusza-realizacja-s11-bobolice--szczecinek|publisher=Ministerstwo Infrastruktury|language=pl|title=Rusza realizacja S11 Bobolice – Szczecinek|date=2023-08-30|access-date=2025-01-28}}
The second carriageway of {{convert|4|km|mi}} long section in Kępno is under construction and planned to be completed in the second half of 2027.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia-poznan/powstanie-druga-jezdnia-obwodnicy-kepna|publisher=GDDKiA|date=2024-04-17|language=pl|title=Powstanie druga jezdnia obwodnicy Kępna|access-date=2025-01-28}}
The S11 route is set to end at the junction with the A1 motorway in Piekary Śląskie, routing past the eastern side of Radzionków, to head towards Nakło Śląskie and Tarnowskie Góry. The start of the works was planned for 2020, however, the planning is an enormous challenge and the process of preparing [this section] for implementation is complex and multi-stage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia-katowice/rozwiewamy-watpliwosci-o-s11|date=2023-06-15|access-date=2025-01-28|publisher=GDDKiA|title=Rozwiewamy wątpliwości o S11|language=pl}}
See also
References
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Content in this edit is translated from the existing Polish Wikipedia article at :pl:Droga ekspresowa S11 (Polska); see its history for attribution.
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