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M2 expressway (Hungary)

{{Short description|Road in Hungary}}

{{No footnotes|date=April 2020}}

{{Expand Hungarian|topic=transp|M1-es autópálya (Magyarország)|date=April 2020}}

{{About|the highway in Hungary|other M2 highways|List of M2 roads}}

{{Infobox road

|country = HUN

|type = Mb

|route = 2

|map = M2 Autóút Hungary.png

|map_notes = File:000080 Navy Blue Square.svg in use File:Japan WardColour 20x80x40.png planned File:Grey.PNG other highways

|image= M2 autópálya.jpg

|image_notes=M2 near Budapest

|e-road = {{jct|country=HUN|E|77}}

|length_km = 30

|length_notes = {{convert|71|km|0|abbr=on}} planned

|maint =

|established = 1996

|history = Expansion: 2017–19

|terminus_a = {{jct|country=HUN|Mb|0}} near Budapest

|junction = {{plainlist|1=

  • {{jct|country=HUN|MR|12}} near Vác
  • {{jct|country=HUN|MR|22}} near Rétság (planned)

}}

|terminus_b = Parassapuszta (Hont) (planned)
{{jct|country=SVK|R|3}} border with {{SVK}}

|counties = Pest, Nógrád

|cities = Budapest, Dunakeszi, Vác

}}

The M2 expressway ({{langx|hu|M2-es autóút}}) is a toll highway in northern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Vác and Banská Bystrica. The first section of the highway opened in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 2 one-lane highway. The total length of the motorway now is 30 km.

Timeline

class="wikitable"

!Section

!Length

!Opened

!Notes

Budapest (M0) – Vác észak

|{{Convert|30.0|km|mi|2|abbr = on}}

|bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|Single carriageway: 1998
Second carriageway: 1 October 2019

|Built between 1996 – 1998.
Originally the name of the route was 2A, and 2B.
Both carriageways were fully built between 2017 – 2019 until Vác dél junction.

Vác észak – Hont-Parassapuszta (border)

|{{Convert|41|km|mi|2|abbr = on}}

|bgcolor="#fdd"|

|Planned

Route description

  • The route is expressway. The maximum speed limit is 110km/h, with 80px (2x2 lane road) until Vác dél junction.

{{RJL|date=November 2021}}

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{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"

|-

!scope="col"|County

!scope="col"|km

!scope="col"|Type

!scope="col"|Destination

!scope="col"|Notes

|-

|align=center|35px
Budapest

| style="background:#dfd;" align=center | 17

| style="background:#dfd;" align=center |File:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg

| style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|Budapest Ring}}
{{Jct|country=HUN|Mb|0|E|77}} – Budapest, towards to {{Jct|country=HUN|M|3|Mb|4|M|5}} + 20px /

----

{{Jct|country=HUN|Mb|0}} – 30px Main road 2 Újpest, Megyeri Bridge, and 30px Main road 11 Esztergom

| style="background:#dfd;"|The southern terminus of the File:Hungary road sign E-018.svg expressway, and E77 route.

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Distance is measured from the Zero Kilometre Stone monument in Budapest.

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trumpet interchange

|-

|rowspan=11; align=center|25px
Pest

| align=center | 21

| align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

|Dunakeszi / Fót

|

|-

| align=center | 23

| align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

|Dunakeszi-Tóváros / Fót-Kisalag

|

|-

| rowspan=2; align=center | 25

| align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

|30px Main road 2 – Dunakeszi-Révdűlő

|

|-

| align=center |File:Hungary road sign E-046.svg

| Alagi pihenőhely

| parking, petrol station (Shell), motel, café and restaurant

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pihenőhely means Rest area

|-

| align=center | 27

| align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

|Göd-Iparterület

| Ipaterület means Industrial area

|-

| align=center | 29

| align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

|Göd

|

|-

| align=center | 34

| align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

|Sződliget / Sződ

|

|-

| align=center | 37

| align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

|Vác dél / Gödöllő, Vácrátót

| The northern terminus of the expressway.

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dél means South

|-

| align=center | 39

| align=center |File:AB-AZ-blau.svg

|Vác-Alsóváros, toward to Tahitótfalu / Rád, Vácduka

| 1-lane expressway, planned expansion

|-

| align=center | 42

| align=center |File:AB-AZ-blau.svg

|Vác-Centrum, Deákvár / Kosd

| Centrum means center

|-

| style="background:#dfd;" align=center | 48

| style="background:#dfd;" align=center |File:AB-AZ-blau.svg

| style="background:#dfd;"|Vác észak, toward to Tahitótfalu / 30px Main road 12 – Szob

| style="background:#dfd;"| Northern side of the road.

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észak means North

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1-lane expressway, planned expansion

|-

|rowspan=7; align=center|30px
Nógrád

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 56

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

| style="background:#fdd;"| Nőtincs / Nógrád

| style="background:#fdd;"| Planned

|-

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 59

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

| style="background:#fdd;"|30px Main road 2 – Rétság dél

| style="background:#fdd;"| dél means South

|-

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 61

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center |File:Hungary road sign E-046.svg

| style="background:#fdd;"|Rétsági pihenőhely

| style="background:#fdd;"|

|-

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 65

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

| style="background:#fdd;"|30px Main road 22 – Rétság észak / Balassagyarmat, Érsekvadkert

| style="background:#fdd;"| észak means South

|-

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 83

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center |File:Hungary road sign E-046.svg

| style="background:#fdd;"|Drégelypalánki pihenőhely

| style="background:#fdd;"| planned petrol station

|-

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center |

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center |File:AB-AS-blau.svg

| style="background:#fdd;"|30px Main road 2 – Drégelypalánk

| style="background:#fdd;"|

|-

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center| 88

| style="background:#fdd;" align=center|File:EU-Icon.svg

| style="background:#fdd;"|Hont-Parassauszta (H) – Šahy (SK) border crossing
{{Jct|country=SVK|R|3|E|77}} – Banská Bystrica towards to Kraków (PL)

| style="background:#fdd;"| Planned

{{Jctbtm|col=6|keys=concur,incomplete,unbuilt}}

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by this highway engineer.

Payment

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica)1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica);

  • Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024.{{cite web|url=http://toll-charge.hu/articles/article/toll-free-sections|title=National Toll Payment Services PLC - E-vignette rates from 1 January 2024|website=toll-charge.hu}}

2, county vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

:

class="wikitable"
Type of county vignetteAvailable section
Pest

| full length (17 km – 48 km)

European Route(s)

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align="center" bgcolor="00008B" style="color: white;"

| Name

|colspan=2| Route

File:E77-HUN.svg

| align="right"|71 km

{{flagicon|SVK}} 25px Rýchlostná cesta R3 – 25px junction File:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (16)

See also

{{Portal|Hungary|Roads}}

References

External links

{{commons category|Autópálya M2}}

  • [https://www.drivebestway.com/motorways/hu/m2 Exit list of M2]
  • [http://toll-charge.hu/ National Toll Payment Services Plc.] (in Hungarian, some information also in English)
  • [https://internet.kozut.hu/en/ Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.)]
  • [http://www.nif.hu/ National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.]

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