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Highways in Poland#Substandard highways

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[[File:HighwaysMapPoland.svg|thumb|Polish highway network:

{{legend|green|Completed}}

{{legend|#00F000|Opened with lower speed limits}}

{{legend|red|Construction}}

{{legend|#DC00DC|Design (as part of design-build)}}

{{legend|#b78d4d|Tender}}

{{legend|#9aafff|Environmental decision obtained}}

{{legend|#C7C7C7|Planned}}]]

File:Docelowy_uklad_drog.svg

[[File:Historia budowy autostrad i dróg ekspresowych.gif|thumb|Development of the highway network in Poland since 1932:

{{legend|green|Completed}}

{{legend|red|Under construction}}

{{legend|#C7C7C7|Planned}}]]

File:PL-Motorways-en.svg

File:Węzeł Łódź Północ.jpg/A2 Łódź Północ interchange]]

File:Wezelsosnicafromthesky.JPG/A4 Gliwice Sośnica interchange]]

Controlled-access highways in Poland are part of the national roads network and they are divided into motorways and expressways. Both types of highways feature grade-separated interchanges with all other roads, emergency lanes, feeder lanes, wildlife crossings and dedicated roadside rest areas. Motorways differ from expressways in their technical parameters like designated speed, permitted road curvature, lane widths or minimal distances between interchanges. Moreover, expressways might have single-carriageway sections in case of low traffic densities (as of 2025, such sections constitute 3.5% of the highway network).

The development of modern highways began in the 1970s, but proceeded very slowly under the communist rule and for the first years afterwards: between 1970 and 2000 only 434 km of highways were constructed in total (5% of the planned network).Here and in the following figures, construction of 1st or 2nd carriageway is accounted as half-length for consistency of the summed results. Sections constructed by Nazi Germany are accounted for the dates of their reconstruction to modern highways. Further 1050 km (13% of the network) were opened from 2001 to 2010, followed by 2773 km (34% of the network) constructed between 2011 and 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/mapa-stanu-budowy-drog4|title=Wybierz województwo - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad|accessdate=26 February 2025}} It is planned to open about 2500 km (31%) in the 2020s, while the last about 1400 km (17%) would be completed in the 2030s.

{{As of|June 2025}}, there are 5205.5 km{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/|title=Autostrady :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Strona Główna|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}} of motorways and expressways in operation (62% of the intended network), while contracts for construction of further 1349 kmIncluding design–build contracts; see the List of motorways and expressways for details on the phases of construction and design. (16% of the network) are ongoing.

Except for the single-carriageway expressways, both types of highways fulfill the definition of a motorway as specified by OECD, WRA or Vienna Convention. Speed limits in Poland are 140 km/h on motorways and 120 km/h on expressways (100 km/h for single-carriageway expressway sections). Some motorway stretches are tolled.

Technical parameters

  • File:Znak D9.svg Motorways are public roads with controlled access which are designated for motor vehicles only, and feature two carriageways with at least two continuous lanes each, divided by a median. They have no single-level intersections with any roads or other forms of land and water transport, and have wildlife crossings constructed above the road. They feature emergency lanes and feeder lanes, and are equipped with dedicated roadside rest areas. Motorways are the only roads in Poland which use blue background on road signs; others use green road signs.https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20220001518
  • File:PL road sign D-7.svg Expressways share most of the characteristics of motorways, differing mainly in that:
  1. Expressways are designated for lower speed than motorways. For example, the road curvature can be more severe and the lanes are usually narrower (3.5{{nbsp}}m vs 3.75{{nbsp}}m). Emergency lanes are also narrower (2.5{{nbsp}}m vs 3{{nbsp}}m) and in exceptional situations expressways might not have them at all.
  2. Expressways can have a single carriageway on sections with low traffic density.
  3. Motorways can have interchanges only with main roads, and the distance between interchanges is typically not less than 15 km (or 5 km near major cities), while expressways typically have more frequent interchanges. In exceptional situations, expressways might not have dedicated feeder lanes on interchanges.

List of motorways and expressways

In 2004, the government published the ordinance defining the planned highway network of length about {{cvt|7200|km|mi|0}}.{{Cite web |url=http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20041281334 |title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 15 maja 2004 r. w sprawie sieci autostrad i dróg ekspresowych |website=prawo.sejm.gov.pl |access-date=29 April 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605161820/http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20041281334 |url-status=dead }} Notable changes introduced in later amendments include re-routing S8 and adding S61 instead (a change related to the Rospuda Valley conflict),{{Cite web |url=http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20091871446 |title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 20 października 2009 r. zmieniające rozporząsdzenie w sprawie sieci autostrad i dróg ekspresowych|website=prawo.sejm.gov.pl}} introducing S16, S52 and A/S50,{{Cite web|url=http://www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU/2019/1819|title=Dziennik Ustaw 2019 r. poz. 1819|website=www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl}} as well as extending S5,to Ostróda in 2015 and to Bolków in 2019 S8to Kłodzko in 2019 and S10,to Wołomin in 2015 raising the total length to about {{cvt|8200|km|mi|0}}.{{Cite web|url=http://mib.gov.pl/2-514324a4ec938-1797152-p_2.htm|title=Zmiany w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sieci autostrad i dróg ekspresowych - Ministerstwo Infrastruktury i Budownictwa|website=mib.gov.pl|access-date=2016-07-05|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817005043/http://mib.gov.pl/2-514324a4ec938-1797152-p_2.htm|url-status=dead}}

The planned network consists of 16 major highways (over 200 km of intended length): A1, S3, S5, S7, S11, S17, S19, S61 running north to south and A2/S2, A4, S6/A6, S8/A8, S10, S12, S16, S74 running west to east, as well as 9 shorter highways:{{efn|name="last_full_update"|Major changes in the network (e.g. opening new fragments of roads, signing all contracts for a planned road section) are accounted continuously, while a general update including all the details is done once per year (last: 15 November 2024). 'In total' length statistic is kept consistent as of the last general update, and might hence not be the exact sum of the current state of the table.}}{{efn|Some highways can overlap. The table shows data without overlapping sections such that each fragment is counted exactly once, in accordance with how they are attributed in the ministry ordinance,http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20180000741: Appendix 2, footnote 1 (in Polish) i.e. each common section is attributed to the road with the lower number (in case of two expressways overlapping) or to a motorway (in case of a motorway and an expressway overlapping), except for S12/S17 west of Lublin which is recorded as S17 in the sources.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-w-2015_15598//SYNTEZA/WYNIKI_GPR2015_DK.pdf|title=Wayback Machine|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl|accessdate=26 February 2025}}}}

{{Cite web

|title = Zestawienie realizacji autostrad i dróg ekspresowych w Polsce

|url = https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/dsi21pe36qagzj7/Zestawienie_kophew.png

|access-date = 2019-12-26

}}

{{Cite web

|title = Mapa budowy dróg ekspresowych i autostrad

|url = https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/hklowukui4pepx6/mapka-igorsel.png

|access-date = 2019-12-26

}}

{{Cite web

|title = Map of construction of Polish highways - SISKOM & SSC

|url = http://ssc.siskom.waw.pl/eng.html

|website = ssc.siskom.waw.pl

|access-date = 2019-12-26

}}

{{Cite web

|title = Map of construction of Polish highways - GDDKiA

|url = https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/mapa-stanu-budowy-drog4

|website = gov.pl

|access-date = 2021-07-31

}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/rzadowy-program-budowy-drog-krajowych-do-2030-r-z-perspektywa-do-2033-r|title=Rządowy Plan Budowy Dróg do 2030 roku|website=www.gov.pl}}

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|+34px34px
1) Highways and major sections completed

!Sign

!Route

!Location

!Total length

!colspan="2" | Existing

!Years of opening

File:A1-PL.svg

| Gdańsk (S6) - Grudziądz (S5) - Toruń (S10) - {{nowrap|Łódź (A2/S8)}} - {{nowrap|Katowice Airport (S1)}} - {{nowrap|Gliwice (A4)}} - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} (Ostrava)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |566.6 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |566.6 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |{{nowrap|2007 – 2022}}
{{efn|First sections opened in 1976 as a dual carriageway road with at-grade intersections and pedestrian crossings (65 km) and 1989 as a short motorway fragment (17 km). In 2019 – 2022, they were reconstructed into a modern motorway.}}

File:A2-PL.svg
File:S2-PL.svg

| Main section:
{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} (Berlin)}} - S3 - Poznań {{nowrap|(S5/S11)}} - {{nowrap|Łódź (A1/S14)}} - {{nowrap|Warsaw (S7/S8/S17)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |489.7 km{{efn|Aggregate length for A2: 622.1 km (Completed: 78%, construction commenced: 16%)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |18px 454.9 km
18px 34.8 km  

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |mainly
{{nowrap|2003 – 2013}}
{{efn|First 48 km opened {{nowrap|1985 – 1988}}, reconstructed to modern standard in 2003.
Eastern half of S2 in Warsaw was opened in 2020 and 2021.}}

File:S3-PL.svg

| Main section:
Szczecin (A6) - {{nowrap|Gorzów Wlkp.}} - A2 - Zielona Góra - Legnica (A4) - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} (Prague)}}

|100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |368.7 km{{efn|Aggregate length for S3: 454.9 km (Completed: 85.8%, construction commenced: 14.2%)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |368.7 km
of which 3 km near the Czech border remain closed until connecting D11 is constructed

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2010 – 2024
{{efn|The 1st carriageway on three sections (62 km in total) was opened in 1995 – 2008.}}

File:A4-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} (Dresden)}} - {{nowrap|Legnica (S3)}} - {{nowrap|Wrocław (A8)}} - Opole - {{nowrap|Gliwice (A1)}} - {{nowrap|Katowice (S1)}} - {{nowrap|Kraków (S7)}} - {{nowrap|Rzeszów (S19)}} - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}} (Lviv)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |669 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |669 km
{{nowrap|of which 103 km substandard:}} {{nowrap|no hard shoulder}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |1983 – 2016

File:S5-PL.svg

| Main section:
{{nowrap|Grudziądz (A1) - Bydgoszcz (S10)}} - {{nowrap|Poznań (A2/S11) - Wrocław (A8)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |340.3 km{{efn|name="s5_total"|Aggregate length for S5 including Ostróda and Bolków extensions (added to the plans in 2015/2019): 508 km (Completed: 70.3%)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |340.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2012 – 2022
{{efn|The 1st carriageway on three short sections (town bypasses) was opened in 1998 – 2006.}}

File:S8-PL.svg
File:A8-PL.svg

| Main section:
Wrocław (A4) - Łódź (A1) - {{nowrap|Piotrków T.}} - Warsaw {{nowrap|(A2/S7)}} - {{nowrap|Ostrów M. (S61) - Białystok (S19)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |548.2 km{{efn|Aggregate length for S8 including Kłodzko extension (added to plans in 2019): 616 km (Completed: 87.5%)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |18px 525.5 km
18px 22.7 km  

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2008 – 2019
{{efn|name="bypasses_2000s"|Short fragments (town bypasses) constructed earlier in the 2000s.}}

File:S14-PL.svg

| Łódź western bypass {{nowrap|(S8 – A2)}}

| Łódź

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |40.2 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |40.2 km
{{nowrap|of which 0.5 km substandard:}} {{nowrap|an at-grade roundabout}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| 2012 – 2023

File:S17-PL.svg

| Main section:
Warsaw (A2) – Lublin (S12/S19)

| 75px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |150 km{{efn|name="s17_aggregate"|Aggregate length for S17: 322.5 km (Completed: 57%, construction commenced: 28.5%)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |150 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2013 – 2020
{{efn|name="bypasses_2000s"}}

File:A18-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} (Berlin)}} – {{nowrap|Krzyżowa (A4)}}

| 75px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |76.5 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |76.5 km
{{nowrap|of which 5.6 km substandard:}} {{nowrap|no hard shoulder}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%

| 2006, 2022/2023
{{efn|The southern carriageway was constructed between 1935 and 1938 by Nazi Germany. The northern carriageway was constructed alongside it between 2004 and 2006, but the road was not marked as a motorway (except for a short fragment with both carriageways reconstructed), as only the west-bound traffic could use the motorway-quality carriageway, while the east-bound traffic kept using the old carriageway with concrete slabs from the 1930s. The southern carriageway was reconstructed to modern motorway standard between 2020 and 2023 and the whole route was then designated as a motorway.}}

File:S22-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|Elbląg – {{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/Kaliningrad Oblast}}

| 25px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 52.2 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | {{nowrap|52.2 km}} single carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 50%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 2008{{efn|In place of a largely destroyed Nazi German motorway (also single-carriageway) from the 1930s.}}

File:S51-PL.svg

| Olsztyn (S16) – Olsztynek (S7)

| 25px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 20.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 20.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 2012, 2019

File:S52-PL.svg

| Kraków northern bypass {{nowrap|(A4 – S7)}}

| Kraków

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5"|18.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|18.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|100%

| 1986 – 2024

File:S79-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|Warsaw – airport – S2}}

| Warsaw

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 4.8 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 4.8 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 2013

File:S86-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|Katowice – Sosnowiec}}

| Upper Silesia

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 5.9 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 5.9 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 100%

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 1985

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! colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" |34px34px
2) Highways in development

scope="col" width="3%" | Sign

! scope="col" width="18%" | Route

! scope="col" width="8%" | Location

! scope="col" width="4%" | Total length

! scope="col" width="17%" colspan="2" | Existing

! scope="col" width="12.5%" | Construction commenced{{efn|name=commenced|Sections under active construction and sections under a joint Design & Build contract.}}

! scope="col" width="12.5%" | Of which under active construction

! scope="col" width="7%" colspan="2" | Scheduled years of opening{{Cite web|title = List of ongoing road contracts signed by GDDKiA|url = https://www.dropbox.com/s/9bimiauhh76qoqh/odliczanie-hetman.png?raw=1}}

! scope="col" width="9%" | Tender

! scope="col" width="9%" colspan="2" | In preparation{{efn|name=predesign_legend}}

rowspan="2" | File:S1-PL.svg

| rowspan="2" | Katowice Airport (A1) - Mysłowice (A4) - Bielsko-Biała (S52) - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=x12px}} (Žilina)}}

| rowspan="2" | 100px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |144 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|79 km}}
{{nowrap|+ 17 km single carriageway}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |59%
(64.9%)

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |4.8 km
+ 3.7 km single carriageway

| colspan="2" | 2025

|

| colspan="2" |

bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(+ 39.5 km)
dual carriageway road

| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(94.1%)

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |+ 39.5 km
(new route)

| colspan="2" | 2026

|

| colspan="2" |

File:A2-PL.svg

| Eastern section:
{{nowrap|Warsaw (S17) – {{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Belarus|size=x12px}} (Minsk)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |168.2 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |72.1 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |42.9%

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" colspan="2" |63.8 km

| colspan="2" | 2025, 2029?

| bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |25.5 km

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#155f6a" |6.8 km

File:S3-PL.svg

|Northern section:
{{nowrap|Świnoujście (File:Ferry Sign.svg/{{flagicon|Sweden|size=x12px}} Ystad)}} – {{nowrap|Szczecin (A6)}}

|100px

|bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |85.4 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |50.9 km
+ 5.4 km 1st carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |62.8%

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |29.1 km
+ 5.4 km 2nd carriageway

| colspan="2"| 2025

|

| colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" | File:S6-PL.svg
File:A6-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} (Berlin)}} - Szczecin{{efn|name="S6S6"|The national road 6 is currently routed through the Szczecin Southern Bypass (motorway A6) and then through expressway S6. Ultimately, after completion of the Szczecin Western Bypass, this new route will become S6 (it is not clear if A6 then retains its number and there will be two parallel routes with number 6, or if renumbering takes place). Until S6 gets rerouted, the existing route 6 is accounted jointly in the table.}} - Goleniów (S3) - Koszalin (S11) - Słupsk {{nowrap

Gdańsk (A1){{efn|name="S6S7"|According to the ordinance, a fragment of S6 (1st Tricity bypass) is ultimately to become a section of S7 after 2nd Tricity bypass (S6) is constructed. Until the actual relabelling takes place, this fragment is being accounted to S6 and not to S7 in the table.}}}}

| rowspan="2"|100px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |453.2 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |18px 28.1 km  
18px 228.4 km
+ 9.4 km 1st carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |64.9%

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |136.5 km
+ 9.4 km 2nd carriageway

| colspan="2"|2025, 2026

|

| colspan="2" |

Szczecin western bypass

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0%

|

|

| colspan="2" | 2028?, 2032?

| bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |50.8 km

| colspan="2" |

rowspan="6"|File:S7-PL.svg

| rowspan="2"|Gdańsk (A1){{efn|name="S6S7"}} - Elbląg (S22) - Olsztynek (S51) - {{nowrap|Warsaw (S8)}}

| rowspan="6"| 100px

| rowspan="6" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 709 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|276 km}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |82.7%

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |45 km
({{nowrap|reconstruction of the 2x2 road to 2x3 highway;}} {{nowrap|2 lanes per each direction}} are open to traffic on the whole length of the reconstruction site)

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |2025, 2026,
2027,  2032?

| rowspan="2" |

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#155f6a" |{{nowrap|13 km}} (reconstruction
{{nowrap|+ new route)}}

bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(+ 58 km)
{{nowrap|dual carriageway road}}

| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(100%)

rowspan="2" |Warsaw {{nowrap|(S2)}} - Radom (S12) - Kielce (S74) - Kraków (A4)

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|276 km}}
+ 0.4 km 1st carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |98%

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |5.3 km
+ 0.4 km 2nd carriageway

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" |2025, 2026

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" |

bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(+ 12.5 km)
{{nowrap|auxiliary route through S52{{efn|For the time of construction of the Kraków eastern bypass, S7 is temporarily signposted on the route through the northern (S52) and western (A4) Kraków bypass. After the completion of the works, it will get signposted on its planned final route through the eastern and southern bypass.}}}}

| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(100%)

rowspan="2"|Kraków (A4) - Rabka-Zdrój - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=x12px}} (Martin)}}{{efn|The road is planned to be constructed with expressway parameters and dual-carriageway profile at least up to Jabłonka (8 km away from the Slovak border). It is being considered whether the last 8 kilometers would also be constructed with expressway parameters or in a lower standard (with at-grade intersections and/or single-carriageway profile), which might depend on the traffic forecasts and the decisions regarding the planned standard of the cross-border connection to R3 in Slovakia.{{Cite web |url=https://dk7-rabka-chyzne.pl/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Spotkanie-informacyjne-DK7-Gmina-Jablonka_v2.pdf|title=Spotkania konsultacyjne w sprawie budowy odcinka Rabka - Chyżne}}}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|31.8 km}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |34.6%

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |partial reconstruction to grade-separated {{nowrap|(2 lanes per direction}} are open to traffic)

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |2030?, 2032?, 2038?{{efn|The section from Rabka-Zdrój (current terminus of S7) to the Slovak border is planned to get completed by 2032. From Kraków (A4) to Myślenice (current beginning of S7) the existing dual-carriageway DK7 is gradually geting upgraded with the aim of removing all at-grade intersections and pedestrian crossings by 2030. A separate expressway route would be constructed on this section by 2038, as the last fragment of the currently-planned highway network.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/s7-krakow---myslenice-w-oczekiwaniu-na-wariant-spoleczny | title=Nowa Zakopianka - w oczekiwaniu na wariant społeczny - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl }}}}

| rowspan="2" |

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |{{nowrap|approx. 60 km}} {{nowrap|(new route)}}

bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(+ 25 km)
{{nowrap|dual carriageway road}}

| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |(62%)

File:S12-PL.svg

| Eastern section:
Lublin (S17/S19) - Chełm - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}} (Kyiv)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |103.7 km{{efn|Aggregate length for S12: 328.6 km (Completed: 27.6%, construction commenced: 14.2%)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |29.2 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |28.2%

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |68.8 km

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |14 km

| colspan="2" |2026, 2027, 2031?

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |5.7 km

rowspan="2"|File:S17-PL.svg

| rowspan="2" | Eastern section:
Lublin (S12/S19) - Zamość - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}} (Lviv)}}

| rowspan="2" |100px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |126 km{{efn|name="s17_aggregate"}}

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |9.6 km
+ 2 km 1st carriageway

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |8.4%

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |92 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |17 km

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 2027, 2028,
2029?, 2030?

| rowspan="2" |

| colspan="2" bgcolor="2491a3" |22.3 km

colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |+ 2 km 2nd c/w
rowspan="3"|File:S19-PL.svg
Via Carpatia

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Belarus|size=x12px}} (Minsk)}} - Białystok (S8) - Lublin (S12/S17)

| rowspan="3"|100px

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |572.5 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |18.5 km
1st carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |2.9%

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |229.9 km
{{nowrap|+ 18.5 km}} 2nd carriageway

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |87.8 km
{{nowrap|+ 13.7 km}} 2nd carriageway

| colspan="2"|2025, 2026, 2027,
2028, 2029?, 2030?

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3" |69.4 km

{{nowrap|Lublin (S12/S17) – Rzeszów (A4)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |141.7 km
{{nowrap|+ 16.3 km 1st carriageway}}
{{nowrap|with interchanging 2+1 lanes}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |94.8%
(100%)

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |16.3 km
2nd carriageway

| colspan="2" |2026

|

| colspan="2" |

Rzeszów (A4) – {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=x12px}} (Košice)}}

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |11.4 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |11.8%

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |85.2 km

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |42.6 km

| colspan="2" |2026, 2027,
{{nowrap|tunnels: 2028, 2030, 2031}}

|

| colspan="2" |

File:S61-PL.svg
Via Baltica

| Ostrów Mazowiecka (S8) - Łomża - Ełk (S16) - Suwałki - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Lithuania|size=x12px}} (Kaunas)}}

| 100px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |210.7 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |197.8 km
+ 12.9 km 1st carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |93.9%
(100%)

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |12.9 km
2nd carriageway

| colspan="2" |2025

|

| colspan="2" |

colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" |34px
3) Highways partially in development
scope="col" width="3%" | Sign

! scope="col" width="18%" | Route

! scope="col" width="8%" | Location

! scope="col" width="4.5%" | Total length

! scope="col" width="17%" colspan="2" | Existing

! scope="col" width="11%" | Construction commenced

! scope="col" width="11%" | Of which under active construction

! scope="col" width="5%" | Tender

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{nowrap|Predesign}} complete

! colspan="2" scope="col" width="11%" | In preparation{{efn|name=predesign_legend}}

! scope="col" width="4%" | Planned {{shy|comple|tion}} {{cite web |url=https://orka.sejm.gov.pl/zapisy10.nsf/0/30E0DE27BF736B55C1258B04004BE804/%24File/0036010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426184331/https://orka.sejm.gov.pl/zapisy10.nsf/0/30E0DE27BF736B55C1258B04004BE804/%24File/0036010.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2024 |title=PEŁNY ZAPIS PRZEBIEGU POSIEDZENIA Komisji infrastruKtury (nr 20) z dnia 9 kwietnia 2024 r |language=pl |trans-title=FULL RECORD OF THE MEETING OF the Infrastructure Committee (No. 20) of April 9, 2024 |date=9 April 2024 |publisher=KANCELARIA SEJMU Biuro Komisji Sejmowych}}

File:S8-PL.svg

|Southern extension:
Wrocław (A8) - Kłodzko - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} (Brno)}}

|75px

|bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 127.4 km

|bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |5.1 km

|bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |4%

|bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |32.5 km

|

|bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |36.3 km

|

|colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |approx. 53.5 km

|2028, 2033

rowspan="2" |File:S10-PL.svg

| rowspan="2" |Main section:
{{nowrap|Szczecin (A6) - Piła (S11)}} - Bydgoszcz (S5) - {{nowrap|Toruń (A1)}}

| rowspan="2"|75px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |297 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|50.2 km}}
+ 17.5 km
1st carriageway

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |19.8%

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |153 km
+ 10.9 km 2nd carriageway

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |14.3 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |{{nowrap|6.6 km}} 2nd carriageway

| rowspan="2"|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3" |37.8 km

| rowspan="2" |2030

colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |+ 39.5 km
rowspan="2"|File:S11-PL.svg

| rowspan="2"|{{nowrap|Koszalin (S6) - Piła (S10)}} - {{nowrap|Poznań (A2/S5) -}} {{nowrap|Kępno (S8) -}} {{nowrap|Piekary Śląskie (A1)}}

| rowspan="2"|75px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |556.5 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |154.4 km
+ 10.5 km
1st carriageway

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |28.7%

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |92.1 km
+ 4.2 km
2nd carriageway

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |25 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |30 km

| rowspan="2" |

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3" |47 km

| rowspan="2" | 2031

colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |{{nowrap|+ 222.5 km}}
+ 6.3 km 2nd c/w
rowspan="2" |File:S74-PL.svg

| rowspan="2" |Łódź (A1) - Sulejów (S12) - Kielce (S7) - Nisko (S19)

| rowspan="2" |75px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | approx. 261 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 6.7 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 2.6%

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 108.6 km

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 28.7 km

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" | 92 km

| rowspan="2" | 2032, 2035

colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |+ approx. 54 km
colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" |34px34px
4) Planned highways
scope="col" width="2%" | Sign

! scope="col" width="17%" | Route

! scope="col" width="8%" | Location

! scope="col" width="4%" | Total length

! scope="col" width="15%" colspan="2" | Existing

! scope="col" width="9%" | Construction commenced

! scope="col" width="9%" | Of which under active construction

! scope="col" width="5%" | Tender

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{nowrap|Predesign}} complete

! colspan="2" scope="col" width="10%" | In preparation{{efn|name=predesign_legend|

{{legend|#155f6a|Design phase, if it is being conducted as a part of the predesign process rather than as a part of a design-build contract.}}

{{legend|#2491a3|Late predesign phase, i.e. after having obtained environmental decision (0–2 years to finish).}}

{{legend|#4fcde3|In the process of obtaining environmental decision (including if a non-final decision has been issued and is being appealed from).}}

{{legend|#ccf8ff|Early predesign phase aimed to determine the highway's route (Polish: Studium Korytarzowe, STEŚ).}}

}}

! scope="col" width="4%" | Planned {{shy|comple|tion}}

rowspan="2" | File:S5-PL.svg

| Eastern extension:
{{nowrap|Ostróda (S7) – Grudziądz (A1)}}

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 104.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |14.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |13.7%

|

|

|

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |approx. 90 km

|2033

Western extension:
Bolków (S3) – Świdnica – S8

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 50 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |0 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |0%

|

|

|

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |approx. 50 km

|2032

File:S10-PL.svg

| Eastern section:
{{nowrap|Włocławek (A1) - Płock}} - {{nowrap|Warsaw (S7)}}

| 75px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 120 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0%

|

|

|

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |{{nowrap|approx. 120 km}}

| 2033

File:S12-PL.svg

| Western section:
{{nowrap|Piotrków Tryb. (A1) - Sulejów (S74)}} - Radom (S7) - Lublin (S17)

| 75px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |185 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |16.4 km
+ 6.0 km
1st carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |10.7%

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |29.1 km

|

|

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |133.5 km
+ 6.0 km 2nd c/w

| 2032

rowspan="2"| File:S16-PL.svg

|rowspan="2"| Olsztyn (S51) - Ełk (S61) - {{nowrap|Białystok (S19)}}

| rowspan="2" | 75px

|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 245 km

|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |46.2 km
{{nowrap|+ 20.1 km}}
1st carriageway

|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |23%

|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |19.7 km
+ 20.1 km 2nd carriageway

|rowspan="2" |

|rowspan="2" |

|rowspan="2" |

|colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |77.5 km

|rowspan="2" | 2037

colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |+ approx. 81.5 km
File:S17-PL.svg

| Warsaw eastern bypass {{nowrap|(S8 – S2)}}

| Warsaw

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |17.3 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |3.5 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |20.2%

|

|

|

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |13.8 km

| 2035

File:A50-PL.svg
File:S50-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|CPK (A2) - Mińsk M. (A2)}} {{nowrap

CPK}}

| Warsaw
(2nd ring road)

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | approx. 265 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0%

|

|

|

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |{{nowrap|18px approx. 100 km}}
{{nowrap|18px approx. 165 km}}

|2037

File:S52-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} (Olomouc) -}} {{nowrap|Cieszyn - Bielsko-Biała (S1)}} - {{nowrap|Wadowice - Głogoczów (S7)}}

| 75px

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5"|98 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|37 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|37.8%

|

|

|

|

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3"|61 km

| 2032

colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | 34px34px
In total{{efn|name="last_full_update"}}
scope="col" width="12%" colspan="4" | Planned length

! scope="col" width="18%" colspan="2" | Existing

! scope="col" width="10%" | Construction commenced{{efn|name=commenced}}

! scope="col" width="10%" | Of which under active construction

! scope="col" width="10%" | Tender

! scope="col" width="10%" | Predesign complete

! scope="col" width="10%" colspan="2" | In preparation

! scope="col" width="8%" | No progress

style="font-weight:bold;"

| Total

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | approx. {{cvt|8250|km|mi|0}}

| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" colspan="2" |{{nowrap|18px approx. 2086 km}}
18px approx. 6164 km

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 4955.1 km
{{nowrap|+ 177.6 km}}
1st carriageway

| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 61.14%

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 1324.3 km
{{nowrap|+ 3.7 km 1st c/w}}
{{nowrap|+ 84.8 km 2nd c/w}}

| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 574.6 km
{{nowrap|+ 3.7 km 1st c/w}}
{{nowrap|+ 57.7 km 2nd c/w}}

| bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | 121.6 km
{{nowrap|+ 6.6 km}} 2nd carriageway

| bgcolor="#339966" | 0 km

| bgcolor="#2491a3" colspan="2" | approx.
1667.6 km
{{nowrap|+ 14.3 km}}
2nd carriageway

| bgcolor="#808080" | {{nowrap|73 km}}
2nd c/w{{efn|Single carriageway expressways which are currently not planned for widening to dual carriageways: 52.2 km of S22, 20.8 km of S1}}

= Cross-sections =

File:Autostrada A4 w Zabrzu-Makoszowach (Nemo5576).jpg: section with 2x3 lanes]]

File:Droga_ekspresowa_S5S10_Stryszek-Białe_Błota_a.jpg near Bydgoszcz with 2x2 lanes: the most common highway type]]

File:Most_Banówka.jpg near Kaliningrad Oblast border: a single-carriageway expressway; space reservation for the 2nd carriageway can be seen on the right]]

As of January 2025, the operational sections of highways utilize the following cross-sections:

  • 7% (367 km) – motorways and expressways with 2x3 or (occasionally) 2x4 or 2x5 lanes,
  • 89.5% (4660 km) – motorways and expressways with 2x2 lanes,
  • 3.5% (178 km) – single-carriageway expressways, of which 69 km with dual-carriageway fragments (2x2) around the interchanges.

All single-carriageway expressways are constructed with allocated space for a possible upgrade to dual-carriageway and all bridges above such highways are prepared to accommodate the second carriageway. Most of those sections are planned to be widened to full profile by 2033, the exceptions being S1 (near the Slovak border) and S22 (near the border with Kaliningrad Oblast) where widening is currently not expected.

= Substandard highways =

File:A4,legnickie_pole,Poland.jpg]]

Motorways and expressways constructed before 1999 do not have to fulfill technical parameters defined by the ministry ordinance. As of 2025, one notable case of a substandard highway remains:

  • A4 on the section Krzyżowa – Wrocław (103 km) was constructed in years 1934 – 1937 (then the territory of Nazi Germany) and renovated in years 2002 – 2006. The road received new high quality surface but the geometry was kept unchanged and many overpasses above the motorway were kept. In effect, this part has no emergency lanes and the speed limit is decreased to 110 km/h. Its full reconstruction (and widening to three lanes per direction) is scheduled for years 2027 – 2031.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/33640/Umowa-na-analize-dla-rozbudowy-A4-Wroclaw-Krzyzowa-podpisana|title=Umowa na analizę dla rozbudowy A4 Wrocław – Krzyżowa podpisana! :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}}

Notable historical cases are:

Historical cases

  • Expressways were formerly allowed to admit an at-grade intersection with a minor public road in exceptional cases. The last such case which remained operational past 1999 was S3 near Szczecin (19 km), opened in 1979, which featured two at-grade road intersections until the reconstruction conducted in years 2019 – 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/7815/s3-miekowo-rzesnica|title=S3 Miękowo - Rzęśnica :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}}{{Cite web|url=https://s3.miekowo-rzesnica.pl/|title=Miekowo Rześnica|website=Miekowo Rześnica}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia|title=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad}} Since 2020, all expressways (as well as motorways) in Poland have grade-separated intersections, which became a formal requirement by 2022, when the provision allowing at-grade intersections on expressways was removed from the ordinance.
  • A6 near Szczecin (29 km) was constructed by Nazi Germany and kept using the original surface made of concrete slabs until the reconstruction conducted in years 1996 – 1999 and (easternmost fragment) 2017 – 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/7804/a6-kijewo-rzesnica|title=A6 Szczecin Dąbie - Rzęśnica :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}}
  • A18 (70 km) had its southern carriageway constructed by Nazi Germany. The northern carriageway was constructed in 2004 – 2006, while the southern carriageway kept using the original concrete slabs until the reconstruction conducted in years 2020 – 2023.

Speed limits

class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2| Maximum speed (km/h) by vehicle type

! rowspan=2| File:Znak D9.svg Motorway

! colspan=2| File:PL road sign D-7.svg Expressway

dual-carriageway

! single-carriageway

Private car, motorbike, van up to 3.5{{nbsp}}t (does not apply if towing trailer)

| style="text-align:center;" | 140

| style="text-align:center;" | 120

| style="text-align:center;" | 100

Bus meeting additional technical requirements

| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 100

Bus; a vehicle over 3.5{{nbsp}}t or towing trailer or carrying dangerous materials

| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 80

Vehicle having equipment more than 1.5{{nbsp}}m forward of the driver's seat

| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 60

Motorbike (including towing trailer) carrying a child up to 7 years old

| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 40

=Other restrictions=

  • Pedestrians, bicycles, mopeds, and agricultural vehicles are not allowed on motorways.
  • Minimum speed on motorways is 40 km/h except in extraordinary circumstances (e.g. snow, ice, or a car broken down).
  • It is forbidden to stop except in extraordinary circumstances, or to travel backwards.
  • Towing is not allowed on motorways, but is permitted on expressways.

Tolls

File:Punkty poboru opłat.svg

File:PL road sign T-34.svg

Since 2023, all state-owned highways are free for vehicles up to 3.5 tons of permissible maximum weight{{Cite web |url= https://etoll.gov.pl/en/abolition-of-toll-collection-for-light-vehicles/ |title= Toll-free travel on motorway sections managed by GDDKiA (A2 Konin-Stryków and A4 Wrocław-Sośnica) for light vehicles from 1 July 2023. |access-date= 2023-07-01 |publisher= e-TOLL |language= pl}}{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/cala-autostrada-a1-bezplatna-dla-samochodow-osobowych-i-motocykli | title=Cała autostrada A1 bezpłatna dla samochodów osobowych i motocykli - Ministerstwo Infrastruktury - Portal Gov.pl }} (for a passenger car with a trailer, the joint permissible maximum weight of the car and the trailer must not exceed 3.5 tons{{Cite web|url=https://www.viatoll.pl/en/trucks/viatoll-system/vehicles-subject-to-compulsory-electronic-toll-settlement|title=Vehicles subject to compulsory electronic toll settlement - viaTOLL|website=www.viatoll.pl|accessdate=26 February 2025}}). On some sections, old inactive infrastructure for toll collection is still in place.

The privately owned sections of A1, A2 and A4 are tolled. These sections are indicated by the motorway sign accompanied by the word Płatna.

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; align:center; text-align:left; font-size: 90%;""

|+Tolled sections

!colspan="2" |Sign

!Section

!Manager

!Length

!Price{{efn|For a private car up to 3.5 tons, for the whole distance}}

!Manual toll collection

!Electronic toll collection

!Notes

rowspan="4" | 55xpx

| File:A1-PL.svg

| Gdańsk – Toruń

| {{abbr|GTC|Gdańsk Transport Company}}

| 152 km

| 30 PLN (${{To USD|30|POL|round=yes}})

| rowspan="2" | Closed system: there are toll stations on every interchange; the driver receives a ticket upon entering the motorway and pays on the exit, with the price dependent on the distance driven.

| Electronic toll collection through the Autopay mobile app{{Cite web|url=https://autopay.pl/eng|title = Autopay - Comfortable automatic payments - Autopay}}{{Cite web|url=https://autopay.pl/aktualnosci/koniec-stania-przy-bramkach-autopay-na-panstwowych-autostradach-od-1-grudnia|title = Koniec stania przy bramkach. Autopay na państwowych autostradach od 1 grudnia - Autopay}} allows one to choose the "fast gates" instead of waiting in the queue to the regular gates.

|

rowspan="2" | File:A2-PL.svg

|Rzepin – Poznań-West

| rowspan="2" | {{abbr|AWSA|Autostrada Wielkopolska}}

| 133 km

| 50 PLN (${{To USD|50|POL|round=yes}})

| {{n/a}}

| rowspan="2" | {{nowrap|Poznań bypass}}, including the common sections with S5 and S11, is free.

Poznań-East – Sługocin

| 85 km

| 64 PLN (${{To USD|60|POL|round=yes}})

| rowspan="2" | Open system: two toll stations are located at the ends of the section; a person driving the whole distance pays at both gates, while a person entering or leaving the motorway mid-section pays only at one gate.

| rowspan="2" | Electronic toll collection through the Autopay mobile app allows one to choose the "fast gates" instead of waiting in the queue to the regular gates.

File:A4-PL.svg

| Mysłowice – {{nowrap|Kraków-Balice}}

| Stalexport

| 52 km

| 32 PLN (${{To USD|26|POL|round=yes}})

| {{nowrap|Kraków bypass}}, including the common sections with S7 and S52, is free.

= Vehicles over 3.5 tons and buses =

Using e-Toll is obligatory for buses as well as all vehicles with maximum permissible weight exceeding 3.5 tons (including the trailer) while driving on the Polish roads (not just the highways). More details can be found on the e-Toll website.{{cite web | url=https://etoll.gov.pl/en/heavy-vehicles/e-toll-system/what-is-e-toll/types-of-vehicles-for-which-toll-is-collected/ | title=Types of vehicles for which toll is collected }}

Traffic volumes

File:POL_Warszawa_S8_07.jpg]]

Traffic volumes in Poland note rapid increase since the fall of communism in 1989: the annual average daily traffic recorded in 2020 amounts to over 360% of the average traffic recorded in 1990.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/GENERALNY_POMIAR_RUCHU_2000/0.1.3.3_Raport_GPR_2000.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127170718/https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/GENERALNY_POMIAR_RUCHU_2000/0.1.3.3_Raport_GPR_2000.pdf |url-status=dead }}https://www.gov.pl/attachment/f49c90ff-eb1c-469c-8ab4-04bf91ac7db0 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} With the increasing traffic, the length of overburdened single-carriageway national roadsThe measurement analysis defines a regular single-carriageway road as overburdened if recorded average annual traffic exceeds 15'000 vehicles per day, see {{Cite web |url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-w-2015_15598//SYNTEZA/Synteza_GPR2015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127173253/https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-w-2015_15598/SYNTEZA/Synteza_GPR2015.pdf |url-status=dead}} had also been steadily increasing until reaching the maximum of 1389 km in 2010.https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/GENERALNY_POMIAR_RUCHU_2010/0.1.1.5_Synteza_GPR_2010.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} Due to the large number of highway sections opened between 2010 and 2020, in that decade the length of overburdened roads has fallen down for the first time in history, from 1389 km in 2010 to 1121 km in 2020.

The latest general measurement was conducted in 2020, although some measurement days were moved to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic which would have caused the results from 2020 to be unreliable.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/36989/Przesuniety-pomiar-GPR2020M|title = Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl}} The following highways recorded the highest volumes:{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-20202021|title = Generalny Pomiar Ruchu 2020/2021 - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl}}

class="wikitable" style="width: 80%; font-size:100%; text-align:left;"
colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest highways in Poland (absolute numbers)
scope="col" | No

! scope="col" | Section

! scope="col" | {{nowrap|Vehicles / day}}

! scope="col" | Notes

1

|S8 in Warsaw

| 198,000

| {{nowrap|Highest AADT on sections with 5 lanes per direction: 198k.}}
Highest AADT on sections with 3 lanes per direction: 179k.
S8 in Warsaw serves both the transit and local traffic, and long jams form on it during rush hours. {{nowrap|Partially joint with S7.}}

2

| {{nowrap|S2: Warsaw southern bypass}}

| 143,000

| Data from 2023 – the results from 2020 were not considered reliable because the tunnel section was missing.https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/frontend/web/userfiles/articles/s/stacje-ciaglych-pomiarow-ruchu-d_41706/WARSZAWA/2023/14018_2023.pdf {{nowrap|Partially joint with S7 and S8}}. {{nowrap|3 lanes per direction.}}

3

| S86

| 113,000

| S86 serves mainly local traffic between Sosnowiec and Katowice and is not part of Poland's transit network. 3 lanes per direction.

4

| A4 in Katowice

| 105,000

| A4 serves both the transit traffic (2 lanes per direction) and local traffic (2 lanes per direction).

colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest highways in Poland (per number of lanes)
scope="col" | No

! scope="col" | Section

! scope="col" | {{nowrap|Vehicles / day}} {{nowrap|/ number of lanes}}

! scope="col" | Notes

1

| S8 in Warsaw

| {{nowrap|179,000 / 2×3 lanes}}

| rowspan="2" | See above.

2

| S2: Warsaw southern bypass

| 143,000 / 2×3 lanes

3

| S6: Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia bypass

| 93,000 / 2×2 lanes

| Some decrease in traffic on S6 is expected after Tricity Outer Bypass (S7) is opened in late 2025.

4

| A4: Kraków western bypass

| 85,000 / 2×2 lanes

| Some decrease in traffic on A4 is expected after Kraków north-eastern bypass (S7/S52) is opened in mid-2026. Widening to 3 lanes per direction is planned in the future (after 2030).

The other highest and lowest recorded AADT values were:

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! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Section

! scope="col" | {{nowrap|Vehicles / day}}

! scope="col" | Notes

colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest regular national roads
Note: Measurements are not performed on national roads within the borders of major cities
Busiest dual-carriageway national road

| DK7 north of Warsaw

| 63,000

| {{nowrap|2 lanes per direction with at-grade intersections and traffic lights.}} New parallel route of S7 is planned to be opened in the future (around 2032).

{{nowrap|Busiest single-carriageway national road}}

| DK44 west of Kraków

| 36,000

| Widening to 2 lanes per direction is planned in the future (after 2030).{{cite web | url=https://lovekrakow.pl/aktualnosci/w-kwietniu-przetarg-w-sprawie-drogi-miedzy-ruczajem-a-skawina-co-z-tramwajem_45134.html | title=W kwietniu przetarg w sprawie drogi między Ruczajem a Skawiną. Co z tramwajem? | date=25 July 2023 }}

{{nowrap|Busiest single-carriageway national road}} within the planned highway network

| DK19 north of Lublin

| 28,500

| S19 is under construction, expected to be opened in mid-2027.

colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest single-carriageway highways
Busiest single-carriageway highway

| S1 near Żywiec

| 17,000

|

colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Least busy highways
Least busy single-carriageway highway

| {{nowrap|S22 near {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/Kaliningrad Oblast}}}}

| 800

| rowspan="2"| Data from 2023 – the results from 2020 were not considered reliable due to restrictions in crossing the external EU borders during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/frontend/web/userfiles/articles/s/stacje-ciaglych-pomiarow-ruchu-d_41706/OLSZTYN/2023/28802_2023.pdfhttps://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/frontend/web/userfiles/articles/s/stacje-ciaglych-pomiarow-ruchu-d_41706/RZESZOW/2023/18804_2023.pdf

Least busy dual-carriageway highway

| A4 near {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}}}}

| 2,200

Least busy highway excluding near-border sections

| {{nowrap|S11 Szczecinek bypass}}

| 3,900 – 6,400

|

The new general measurement is being conducted throughout 2025.

History

= Before World War II =

File:Uklad Drog II RP.png

File:DK3_DK6_Szczecin_Kijewo.jpg

File:DK_18_(Reichsautobahn_RAB_9).JPG

The first plans of creation of a national highway network in Poland were conceived in the interwar period:

Plans

The main promoter of this concept was Professor Melchior Wladyslaw Nestorowicz of the Warsaw University of Technology, who organized three Road Congresses, during which a group of specialists discussed the creation of the network. On 5 March 1939, in the trade magazine Drogowiec, Professor Nestorowicz proposed a very ambitious plan for the construction of almost 5,000 kilometres of category I and II roads, based on similar programmes in Germany and Italy.{{Cite web|url=http://domains24.pl/oferta?ref=nowedrogi.pl&ref2=450.zl|title=Zamów domenę|website=domains24.pl}} Nestorowicz sketched a map of the future system with the following routes:

First class roads would, according to the plans, consist of the following motorways (totalling some {{cvt|2500|km|mi|1}}:

Second class roads would consist of the following motorways, totalling another {{cvt|2295|km|-1}}:

In 1934, Nazi Germany started the construction of their motorway system, parts of which today form A18 and A4 to Wrocław (Breslau), as well as A6 (Szczecin bypass) and S22 (parts of the planned motorway to Königsberg). About half of them were constructed as single-carriageway with the intention of adding a second carriageway in later years. However, after 1938, warfare expenses meant little money would be invested into any infrastructure and only one 9 km single-carriageway piece west of Gliwice (now A4) was constructed.

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"

! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections constructed by Nazi Germany}}

Signage

! Section

! Length

! Start of construction

! Opening

! Notes

rowspan="5" | File:A4-PL.svg

| Krzyżowa (File:A18-PL.svg) – Krzywa

| {{cvt|12.3|km|mi|1}}

| rowspan="3" | {{dts|format=dmy|1934}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1937|10|17}}

|

Krzywa – Wrocław

| {{cvt|91|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1936|09|27}}

|

Wrocław – Brzeg (Owczary)

| {{cvt|34.1|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}

| rowspan="3" | Southern carriageway only

Ujazd (Nogowczyce) – Łany

| {{cvt|9.1|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1940}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1942}}

Łany – Kleszczów (Gliwice)

| {{cvt|8.8|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1936}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}

rowspan="2" | File:A6-PL.svg

| File:Flag of Germany.svg – Szczecin-Zachód

| {{cvt|2.6|km|mi|1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|1934}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1936|09|27}}

|

{{nowrap|Szczecin-Zachód – Rzęśnica}}

| {{cvt|26.6|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}

|

rowspan="3" | File:A18-PL.svg

| File:Flag of Germany.svg – Iłowa

| {{cvt|37.2|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1936}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}

| rowspan="2" | Southern carriageway only

Iłowa – Golnice

| {{cvt|32|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1935}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1937|10|17}}

{{nowrap|Golnice – Krzyżowa (File:A4-PL.svg)}}

| {{cvt|5.9|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1936}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}

|

File:S22-PL.svg

| Elbląg – Grzechotki

| {{cvt|51.4|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1934}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}

| Western carriageway only

colspan=2 | Total

| {{cvt|316.9|km|mi|1}}
of which {{cvt|178.5|km|mi|1}} single carriageway

| colspan="3" |Note: Signage of the roads at the time of opening was different.

In Poland, a 28 km stretch between Warlubie and Osiek (now DW214) was constructed in 1937 – 1939 in the motorway standard of the time (today not considered a highway) with a concrete surface, which was designed by Italian engineer Piero Puricelli. The motorway was planned to reach Gdynia, but the outbreak of the Second World War halted the plans.

= 1945 – 1972 =

The Potsdam conference defined the borders for communist Poland, which were very different from the pre-1939 ones. It received the so-called Regained Territories from the former Third Reich with the aforementioned motorway sections (some of them with first carriageway only). Most of the motorway bridges were destroyed by the warfare, but only a few were repaired or rebuilt in the first post-war years. The bridge over Ina river was reconstructed in 1972, and those on S22 only between 1996 and 2003.

Apart from the bridges, almost all the motorways were left in the same condition as they were in 1945 until the mid-1990s. The only road left from Nazi times that was completed by the People's Republic of Poland was a one-carriageway small section between Łęczyca and Lisowo (15 km of what is now DW142), which was built on the previous works of Nazis.

Plans

At the post-war year there were very ambitious plans to make a motorway network for the whole Poland. For example, engineer Eugeniusz Buszma has published his propositions to the network in the magazine "Drogowiec" (1946, issue 1):

  1. East – West (Słubice – Warsaw – Białystok) – 680 km
  2. North – South (Gdynia – Warsaw – Balkans) – 650 km
  3. Silesia – Baltic I (Gdańsk – Łódź – Katowice) – 460 km
  4. Pomeranian (Gdańsk – Szczecin) – 280 km
  5. Silesian (Wrocław – Katowice – Kraków) – 190 km
  6. Mazurian (Kaliningrad – Elbląg – Malbork) – 20 km
  7. Silesia – Baltic II (Bydgoszcz – Wrocław) – 260 km
  8. Łódź – Wrocław – (Prague) – 310 km
  9. Katowice – (Vienna) – 60 km
  10. Poznań – Szczecin – 200 km
  11. Radom – Lublin – (Lviv) – 220 km

In total, the mileage, according to the proposal, would total more than {{cvt|3300|km|-1}}.

After the addition of the sections built by the Third Reich the total network length had to be approx. 3700 km. In 1963 the Motorization Council at the Council of Ministers had presented the similar plan plus the motorways: Warsaw-Kraków-Zakopane, Kraków-Przemyśl, Warsaw-Bydgoszcz-Koszalin, Poznań-Koszalin i Warsaw-Terespol (approx. 1250 km).

Despite announcing such pompous plans, no motorway was opened in the meantime.

= In the 1970s =

File:POL.Gdynia.Pustki Cisowskie.jpg in Gdynia, part of Tricity bypass: the oldest expressway in Poland (1st carriageway opened in 1977).]]

Only in the 1970s did any works start.

Plans

In 1972 it was planned to build:

  • the Gliwice-Kraków motorway (now A4)
  • the second carriageway of the Wrocław-Gliwice motorway (also A4)
  • the Warsaw-Katowice motorway (so-called "Gierkówka", now the S8/A1 road), in the near future

The plans were expanded in 1976 by the following sections:

In 1973 – 1976, "Gierkówka" dual carriageway from Warsaw to Katowice ({{cvt|281|km|mi|0}}) was built. Originally planned as a motorway, it was in the end constructed by adding another carriageway to the existing road, hence going through many villages and crossing with local roads. The part from Piotrków Trybunalski to Częstochowa (78 km) was constructed on a new route in a motorway alignment, but nonetheless the majority of the crossings between the highway and the other roads were constructed as one-level intersections with no viaducts or overpasses.

class="wikitable"

|+ Highway sections opened in the 1970s

! Signage

! Section

! Length

! Start of construction

! Opening

style="font-size: 110%" | File:DK1-PL.svg

| Piotrków Trybunalski – Częstochowa
substandard (multiple at-grade intersections), constructed on motorway alignment, not signed as a highway

| {{cvt|78|km|mi|0}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1973}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1976}}

rowspan="2" |File:S6-PL.svg

| Tri-city bypass (eastern carriageway)
substandard (two at-grade intersections, then reconstructed when adding a second carriageway in the 1980s)

| {{cvt|37.7|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1973}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1977}}

Szczecin-Rzęśnica (end of post-German A6 motorway) – Goleniów
substandard (two at-grade intersections)

| {{cvt|19.3|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1976}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1979}}

colspan="2" | Total

| colspan="3" | {{cvt|57|km|mi|1}}
of which {{cvt|37.7|km|mi|1}} single carriageway

= In the 1980s =

File:A4_Zalas_04.jpg

Near the end of the 1970s the first construction of motorways started and continued to the next decade. The roads opened in the 1980s were the first motorways and expressways which generally meet the contemporary standards (at least with respect to their more important attributes), although in multiple cases the poor quality of their construction forced major renovations to be performed as soon as within the first 20 years of operation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.autostrada-a2.pl/corporate/about/history/|title=Historia - Autostrada Wielkopolska SA|access-date=31 December 2021|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702112310/https://www.autostrada-a2.pl/corporate/about/history/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.autostrada-a4.com.pl/pl/o-nas/historia-przedsiewziecia|title=Historia przedsięwzięcia|website=Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A.}}

The major routes planned as motorways were A1, A2 and A4, while other main routes were planned as expressways. The implementation of these plans, however, came at a very slow pace: throughout the 1980s, only an average of {{cvt|21|km|mi|0}} of highways in the whole country were being opened per year.

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"

! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in the 1980s}}
average: 21 km / year

Signage

! Section

! Length

! Start of construction

! Opening

! Notes

File:A1-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|Tuszyn - Piotrków Trybunalski}}

| {{cvt|16.1|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1989|12|18}}

| Reconstructed 2019 – 2021

rowspan="2" |File:A2-PL.svg

| rowspan="2" |Września - Konin

| {{nowrap|{{cvt|35.7|km|mi|1}} (to Sługocin)}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1977}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1985|10|9}}

| rowspan="2"| Renovated 2002 – 2003

{{cvt|13.5|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1986}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1988|11|10}}

rowspan="3" |File:A4-PL.svg

| rowspan="3"|Jaworzno - Kraków (Tyniec)

| {{nowrap|{{cvt|29.6|km|mi|1}} (Chrzanów - Kraków / Balice I)}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1976}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1983|1|3}}

| rowspan="2"| Renovated 1999 – 2000

{{cvt|6.1|km|mi|1}} (Jaworzno - Chrzanów)

| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1986|11|22}}

{{cvt|7.8|km|mi|1}} (1st section of Kraków bypass: {{nowrap|Balice I - Tyniec)}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1979}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1988|12|8}}

|

File:S1-PL.svg

| Dąbrowa Górnicza - Tychy

| {{cvt|34.7|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1983}}

|

File:S6-PL.svg

| Tri-city bypass (to Straszyn)

| {{cvt|32.4|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1984}}

| Second carriageway

File:S7-PL.svg

| Kielce bypass

| {{cvt|22.9|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1974}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1984}}

| First carriageway

File:S52-PL.svg

| Kraków northern bypass: fragment Balice - Zabierzów

| {{cvt|3.5|km|mi|1}}

|

| {{dts|format=dmy|1986}}

| Then signed as motorway A4a

File:S86-PL.svg

| Katowice - Sosnowiec

| {{cvt|6.8|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1985}}

| First completely done expressway

colspan=2 | Total

| colspan=4 | {{cvt|209.1|km|mi|1}} of which {{cvt|55.3|km|mi|1}} single carriageway

= In the 1990s =

File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_1990.svg

In the III Republic of Poland, planned S3 was promoted to motorway A3 (the decision was later reversed) and a plan was introduced (also later reversed) of constructing motorway A8 Łódź – Wrocław – Bolków (now S8/A8/S5). Szczecin bypass (A6) and section Olszyna – Krzywa (then named A12, now A4/A18) were promoted to motorways, even though at that time the majority of their lengths was in bad shape, laid with the original concrete surface from the 1930s with no significant works having been performed on any of them throughout the whole communist period.

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"

! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in the 1990s}}
average: 15 km / year

Signage

! Section

! Length

! Start of construction

! Opening

! Notes

rowspan="7" | File:A4-PL.svg

| rowspan="3" | Katowice - Jaworzno

| {{cvt|15.9|km|mi|1}} (Mysłowice - Jaworzno)

| {{dts|format=dmy|1986}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1991|09|4}}

| Northern carriageway was opened on {{dts|format=dmy|1990|11|29}}

{{nowrap|{{cvt|11.1|km|mi|1}} (Katowice - Mysłowice)}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1989}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1996|10|30}}

|

{{cvt|1.9|km|mi|1}} (in Katowice)

| ?

| {{dts|format=dmy|1999|11|10}}

|

rowspan="2"| Kraków bypass (section Tyniec - ul.Kąpielowa)

| {{cvt|3.5|km|mi|1}} (to Skawina)

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1988}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1993}}

|

{{cvt|5.4|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1993}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1995|10|27}}

| A4 had a crossroad with ul. Kąpielowa till 2002, when the bridge was built over it.

File:Flag of Germany.svg - Zgorzelec

| {{cvt|1.8|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1992}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|1994|07|15}}

|

Krzyżowa - Krzywa

| {{cvt|10.2|km|mi|1}}

| ?

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}

| Renovated

File:A6-PL.svg

| File:Flag of Germany.svg - Podjuchy

| {{cvt|12.7|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1996}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1999}}

| Renovated

rowspan="2" | File:A18-PL.svg

| OlszynaFile:Flag of Germany.svg - Królów

| {{cvt|9.6|km|mi|1}}

| rowspan="2" | ?

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1993}}

| Northern carriageway added {{nowrap|and border bridges renovated}}

Golnice - Krzyżowa

| {{cvt|5.9|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}

| Renovated both carriageways

File:S1-PL.svg

| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg - Cieszyn-East

| {{cvt|5.2|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1991}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}

|

File:S3-PL.svg

| Sulechów - Zielona Góra

| {{nowrap|{{cvt|26.8|km|mi|1}}}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1985}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}

| Western carriageway only

File:S5-PL.svg

| Świecie bypass

| {{cvt|13|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1994}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}

| Single carriageway; dual carriageway near the interchanges

rowspan="2" |File:S7-PL.svg

| {{nowrap|Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki bypass}}

| {{cvt|14.6|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1990}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1999}}

|

Miłomłyn bypass

| {{cvt|5.1|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1997}}

| Eastern carriageway only

File:S8-PL.svg

| Radzymin bypass

| {{cvt|8.1|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1996}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}

|

colspan=2 | Total

| colspan=4 | {{cvt|151.8|km|mi|1}} of which {{cvt|28.8|km|mi|1}} reconstructed, {{cvt|48.4|km|mi|1}} single carriageway

= In the 2000s =

File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_2000.svg

As of the beginning of 2000, the vast majority of national and international traffic routes were served by regular national roads with at-grade intersections and pedestrian crossings, most of them leading through the centres of cities, towns and villages, and most of them single carriageway. Only the following number of highways was present:

:* about {{cvt|275|km|mi|0}} of modern dual-carriageway motorways and expressways (3.5% of the network as planned nowadays),

:* about {{cvt|90|km|mi|0}} of single-carriageway expressways,

:* about {{cvt|125|km|mi|0}} of not-resurfaced Nazi German motorways from the 1930s,

:* about {{cvt|150|km|mi|0}} of not-resurfaced Nazi German motorways on sections where only the first carriageway had been constructed.

== Before Poland received the EU membership ==

File:A4 Krakow 20070815 1026.jpg southern bypass, opened in 2003]]

At the beginning of the 21st century, the tempo of highway construction started to increase. The main focus was on the west–east motorways A4 and A2. In 2002, a long-awaited renovation of the A4 from Krzywa to Wrocław (93 km) has started, which included laying new high quality surface in place of the Nazi German concrete slabs, reconstruction of all the pre-WWII bridges on the motorway and renovation of the viaducts above the motorway.

This is also the period when Poland started introducing motorway tolls, first in 2000 for the A4 section between Mysłowice and Kraków.

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"

! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in 2000 – 2003}}
average: 57 km / year

Signage

! Section

! Length

! Start of construction

! Opening

! Notes

rowspan="2" | File:A2-PL.svg

| rowspan="2" | Poznań Komorniki - Września

| {{nowrap|{{cvt|11.2|km|mi|1}} (to Poznań Krzesiny)}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|09|13}}

|

{{cvt|37.3|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|11|27}}

|

rowspan="6" | File:A4-PL.svg

| rowspan="4" | Wrocław (Bielany) - {{nowrap|Gliwice-West (Kleszczów)}}

| {{cvt|34.1|km|mi|1}} (to Brzeg)

| rowspan="3" | {{dts|format=dmy|1997}}

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|2000|12|16}}

| {{nowrap|Southern carriageway reconstructed,}} {{nowrap|northern carriageway constructed}}

{{cvt|56.6|km|mi|1}} (to Opole-East)

|

{{nowrap|{{cvt|34.3|km|mi|1}} (to Nogowczyce)}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2001|07|26}}

|

{{cvt|17.9|km|mi|1}} (to Kleszczów)

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2001}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|12|4}}

| {{nowrap|Southern carriageway reconstructed,}} {{nowrap|northern carriageway constructed}}

Chorzów - Katowice Mikołowska

| {{cvt|4.4|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2001}}

|

Kraków bypass (section ul.Kąpielowa - Wieliczka)

| {{cvt|7|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2000}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|09|3}}

|

File:S5-PL.svg

| Śmigiel bypass

| {{cvt|4.1|km|mi|1}}

| ?

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}

| First carriageway

File:S6-PL.svg

| Straszyn - Rusocin

| {{cvt|5.4|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2000}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2001}}

| Second carriageway

File:S7-PL.svg

| Białobrzegi bypass

| {{cvt|7.7|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2001}}

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|2003}}

|

File:S8-PL.svg

| Ostrów Mazowiecka bypass

| {{cvt|7.6|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2000}}

|

colspan=2 | Total

| colspan=4 | {{cvt|227.6|km|mi|1}} of which {{cvt|9.5|km|mi|1}} single carriageway

== Poland in European Union ==

File:PL A2 Poznan Komorniki.JPG bypass, opened in 2004 (then widened to 2x3 in 2019)]]

File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_2010.svg

1 May 2004 was a crucial day for the history of motorway construction and that is when the length of highway constructions increased the most. One of the major advantages of signing the European Union access document was that Poland could get access to large funds for co-financing the construction of new roads and upgrades of the existing road infrastructure.

These years, the existing scattered pieces of highways began to converge into the basis of the future network:

A large number of expressway bypasses of towns were also constructed at this time. On many of them, only one carriageway was built, with the allocated space prepared for easy construction of the second carriageway later.

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"

! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in 2004 – 2010}}
average: 151 km / year

Signage

! Section

! Length

! Start of construction

! Opening

! Notes

rowspan="4" | File:A1-PL.svg

| rowspan="2"| {{nowrap|Gdańsk (Rusocin) - Grudziądz}}

| {{nowrap|{{cvt|24.2|km|1}}}}

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

|

{{cvt|64.7|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

|

rowspan="2"| Sośnica - Żory

| {{cvt|15.6|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2007|01|22}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|10|20}}

|

{{cvt|7.5|km|1}}

| 2007

| {{dts|format=dmy|2010|12|15}}

|

rowspan="2"|File:A2-PL.svg

| Nowy Tomyśl - Poznań Komorniki

| {{cvt|50.4|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2004|10}}

|

Konin - Łódź (Stryków)

| {{nowrap|{{cvt|103.7|km|1}}}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|07}}

|

rowspan="5" | File:A4-PL.svg

| Krzywa - Wrocław (Bielany)

| {{cvt|93|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}–2006
(in sections)

| Renovated both carriageways

Gliwice (Sośnica) - Chorzów Batory

| {{cvt|15.7|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2005|01}}

|

Gliwice bypass (Kleszczów - Sośnica)

| {{cvt|19.1|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2003}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2005|October}}

|

Zgorzelec File:Flag of Germany.svg - Krzyżowa

| {{cvt|49.7|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|08}}

|

Wieliczka - Targowisko

| {{cvt|19.5|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

|

File:A6-PL.svg

| Szczecin Klucz - Szczecin Kijewo

| {{cvt|7.7|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

| Renovated both carriageways

File:A18-PL.svg

| Olszyna File:Flag of Germany.svg - Golnice

| {{cvt|71.5|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}

| Constructed the northern carriageway alongside the pre-WWII southern carriageway

rowspan="3"| File:S1-PL.svg

| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg - Zwardoń - Milówka

| {{cvt|12.0|km|1}}

| 2002 - 2007

| 2004 - 2010
{{nowrap|(in sections)}}

| rowspan="2"|{{nowrap|Single carriageway;}} then signed S69

Żywiec - Przybędza

| {{cvt|7.7|km|1}}

| 2005

| 2007

Pyrzowice airport - Podwarpie

| {{cvt|12.0|km|1}}

| 2005

| 2006

| Single carriageway

rowspan="4" | File:S3-PL.svg

| Szczecin – Gorzów Wielkopolski

| {{cvt|81.6|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2010}}

{{nowrap|Gorzów Wielkopolski bypass}}

| {{cvt|11.9|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2003}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

| rowspan="3" | Single carriageway

Międzyrzecz bypass

| {{nowrap|{{cvt|6.3|km|1}}}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}

Nowa Sól bypass

| {{cvt|18|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

File:S5-PL.svg

| Szubin bypass

| {{cvt|4.5|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}

| Single carriageway

File:S6-PL.svg

| Słupsk bypass

| {{cvt|16.3|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2010}}

| Single carriageway; dual carriageway near the interchanges

rowspan="10" | File:S7-PL.svg

| Jędrzejów bypass

| {{cvt|5.8|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2003}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}

| Partially (2.7 km) single carriageway

Nowy Dwór Gdański bypass

| {{cvt|2.5|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}

|

Elbląg bypass

| {{cvt|4.2|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}

|

Grójec bypass

| {{cvt|8.3|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|10|18}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|09|19}}

|

Białobrzegi - Jedlińsk

| {{cvt|15.7|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|07|06}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|06|30}}

|

Myślenice - Lubień

| {{cvt|16.2|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

|

Kielce bypass (northern part)

| {{cvt|7.1|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

|

Płońsk bypass

| {{cvt|4.7|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2007|09|28}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|06|03}}

|

Skurów – Białobrzegi

| {{cvt|17.8|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2010}}

|

Kraków eastern bypass (first fragment)

| {{cvt|2.8|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2010}}

|

rowspan="4" |File:S8-PL.svg

| Oleśnica bypass

| {{cvt|7.2|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}

|

Wyszków bypass

| {{cvt|12.8|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|02|27}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|14}}

|

Wyszków - Radzymin

| {{cvt|17.3|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|12|08}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|07|31}}

|

Wrocław - Kobierzyce

| {{cvt|7|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2010|12|31}}

|

rowspan="5" |File:S10-PL.svg

| Toruń bypass (fragment)

| {{cvt|12.4|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}

| Single carriageway

Kobylanka bypass

| {{cvt|13.8|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

| Partially (7 km) single carriageway

Stargard bypass

| {{cvt|13.5|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

|

Bydgoszcz bypass (fragment)

| {{cvt|10.4|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

|

Wyrzysk bypass

| {{cvt|7.8|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

| Single carriageway

rowspan="2" |File:S11-PL.svg

| Poznań - Kórnik

| {{cvt|14.1|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

|

Ostrów Wlkp. bypass (northern part)

| {{cvt|6.1|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}

| Single carriageway

rowspan="2"|File:S12-PL.svg

| Piaski bypass

| {{cvt|4|km|mi|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}

|

Puławy bypass

| {{cvt|12.7|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

| Partially (8.7 km) single carriageway

File:S16-PL.svg

| Barczewo – Biskupiec

| {{cvt|20.1|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2010}}

| Single carriageway

File:S17-PL.svg

| Garwolin bypass

| {{cvt|12.8|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}

|

File:S19-PL.svg

| Międzyrzec Podlaski bypass

| {{cvt|6.3|km|1}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}

| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}

| Single carriageway

File:S22-PL.svg

| Elbląg - Grzechotki / Kaliningrad Oblast

| {{cvt|51.6|km|1}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|04}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|12}}

| Single carriageway; constructed in place of a partially destroyed motorway from the 1930s

File:S52-PL.svg

| Cieszyn File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg - Bielsko-Biała (Komorowice)

| {{cvt|28|km|1}}

| 2002 - 2005

| 2005 - 2007
{{nowrap|(in sections)}}

| Then signed S1

colspan="2"|Total

| colspan=4 | {{cvt|1055.6|km|mi|1}} of which {{cvt|276.6|km|1}} single carriageway, {{cvt|100.7|km|mi|1}} reconstructed

=2011 – 2015=

File:AOW - Most Rędziński od północnego wschodu.jpg bypass, opened in 2011]]

In the five years from 2011 to 2015, 1563 kilometers of motorways and expressways were opened – about as much as in the whole prior history of highway construction combined. The main

focus was on developing connections between Poland's largest cities, especially those serving as host venues of UEFA Euro 2012, as well as on extending A4 towards Ukraine.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"

|+Length of highways opened in 2011 – 2015

Year

! Length

! Notes

2011

| {{cvt|313|km|0}}

|

2012

| {{cvt|639|km|0}}

| style="text-align: left;" | Of which {{cvt|195|km|0}} were opened before Euro 2012 championship

2013

| {{cvt|298|km|0}}

|

2014

| {{cvt|279|km|0}}

|

2015

| {{cvt|34|km|0}}

|

bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | Total

| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | {{cvt|1563|km|mi|0}}

| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" style="text-align: left;" | Of which 26 km first carriageway, 23 km second carriageway

The sections opened in 2011 – 2015 belonged to the following highways:

=2016 – 2020=

File:Most_S7_niebieski.jpg eastern bypass, opened in 2017]]

File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_2020.svg

After the peak of investments before Euro 2012, very few new contracts for road construction were signed in 2012 and 2013. This resulted in a small number of sections being opened in 2015 and 2016, a large share of which were the last delayed fragments originally scheduled for a Euro 2012 opening. In particular:

  • In 2016, the last delayed fragment of File:A4-PL.svg between Kraków and Ukraine was opened, making A4 the first major Polish highway completed on its whole length, as well as the first complete border-to-border highway connection.
  • Also in 2016, the delayed bypass of Łódź was finished, making File:A1-PL.svg completed on its whole route except for those sections where national road 1 had already been a dual carriageway (see In the 1970s), allowing for a significantly lower priority of constructing the remaining stretch compared to other highways.

Since 2014, the number of signed contracts has risen again, resulting in the number of road openings having risen again since 2017.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"

|+Length of highways opened in 2016 – 2020

! Year

! Length

! Notes

2016

| {{cvt|123|km|0}}

|

2017

| {{cvt|295|km|0}}

|

2018

| {{cvt|318|km|0}}

|

2019

| {{cvt|410|km|0}}

|

2020

| {{cvt|135|km|0}}

| style="text-align: left" |

bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | Total

| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | {{cvt|1281|km|mi|0}}

| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" style="text-align: left;" | Of which 13 km first carriageway, 81 km second carriageway

The sections opened in 2016 – 2020 belonged to the following highways:

=2021 – 2025=

File:Tunel_pod_Ursynowem_08.2021.jpg, opened in 2021]]

File:HighwaysMapPoland2025.svg

The high tempo of highway development continued in the 2020s. The main focus was on construction of new highways in the less populated eastern Poland, including the international routes Via Carpatia and Via Baltica.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"

|+ {{nowrap|Length of highways opened, or to be opened, in 2021 – 2025}}

! Year

! Length

! Notes

2021

| {{cvt|375|km|0}}

| style="text-align: left" |

2022

| {{cvt|267|km|0}}

| style="text-align: left" |

2023

| {{cvt|245|km|0}}

| style="text-align: left" |

2024

| {{cvt|123|km|0}}

| style="text-align: left" |

2025

| {{cvt|280|km|0}}

| style="text-align: left" | Planned openings in 2025{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/ponad-400-km--tyle-drog-planujemy-oddac-do-ruchu-w-2025-roku|title=Ponad 400 km – tyle dróg planujemy oddać do ruchu w 2025 roku - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad|accessdate=26 February 2025}}

bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | Total

| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | {{nowrap|{{cvt|1290|km|mi|0}}}}

| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" style="text-align: left;" | Of which 7 km first carriageway, 101 km second carriageway

The sections opened, or planned to get opened, in 2021 – 2025 belong to the following highways:

Total length of highways by year

class="wikitable"
Year

! Length of motorways and expressways (end of the year)

1936 (then Nazi Germany)92 km
1937 (then Nazi Germany)104 km and 38 km first carriageway
1938–1945 (then Nazi Germany)133 km and 135 km first carriageway (further below not considered as a motorway until addition of the second carriageway)
1939–1945 (Poland)28{{nbsp}}km (today not considered as a highway)
1945–1976133 km
1977169 km
1978169 km
1979190 km
1980190 km
1981190 km
1982190 km
1983255 km
1984278 km
1985321 km
1986327 km
1987327 km
1988348 km
1989366 km
1990381 km
1991399 km
1992399 km
1993403 km
1994405 km
1995440 km
1996453 km
1997456 km
1998490 km
1999502 km
2000592 km
2001630 km
2002639 km
2003727 km
2004781 km
2005848 km
20061013 km
20071083 km
20081282 km
20091454 km
20101560 km
20111865 km
20122495 km
20132805 km
20143100 km
20153131 km
20163252 km
20173510 km
20183811 km
20194214 km
20204337 km
20214690 km
20224933 km
20235116 km
20245206 km
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2025

5486 km (forecast)
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2026

5937 km (forecast)
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2027

6148 km (forecast)
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2028

6545 km (forecast)
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2029

approx. 6630 km (plans{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/przetargi-planowane-do-ogloszenia-w-2025-r|title=Przetargi planowane do ogłoszenia w 2025 r. - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad|accessdate=26 February 2025}})
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2030

approx. 6800 km (plans)
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2031

approx. 7000 km (plans)
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2035

approx. 8000 km (plans)
style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"

| 2040

approx. 8250 km – full network (plans)

See also

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commonscatinline}}

  • [http://www.gddkia.gov.pl General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways] (in Polish, some information also in English)

{{Motorways and expressways in Poland}}

{{Motorways in Europe}}

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