M0 motorway (Hungary)
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The M0 motorway is a ringroad around Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The ring presently connects motorways M1, M7, M6, M5 and M4; another section is completed between motorway M3 and the u/c Megyeri Bridge, connecting M3, M2 and Highway 2. The section between M4 and M3 and the Megyeri Bridge between Highway 2 and Highway 11 is currently under construction. The southern section (between M1 and M5) of the ringroad currently does not comply with formal motorway specifications.
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[edit] Sections
[edit] M1-M7-M6-M5 section
The 29 kilometre long section between M1 and M5 is the oldest section of the M0 motorway, and currently doesn't comply with formal motorway specifications. Speed limit on this section is 80 km/h. An interchange with the new M6 motorway is under construction, and is due to open in the second half of 2008.[1]
The section between Highway 51 and M5 is to be renamed Highway 51 when a newly constructed and more southern section between both roads directly connects the old section to the new M5-M4 section of the M0. This is currently scheduled for 2010. In the same year the southern section is to be upgraded to a six lane motorway. The intersection with M6 that is due for 2008 will already be six lanes wide upon completion.[1]
[edit] M5-M4 section
The 12 kilometre long section between M5 and the future M4 was completed in 2005. Maximum speeds on this section are 110 km per hour.[1]
[edit] M4-M3 section
The 26 kilometre long section between the future M4 and M3 is under construction and due to be completed in the second half of 2008.[1]
[edit] M3-Megyeri Bridge section
The 7 kilometre long section between M3 and the future Megyeri Bridge is currently known as Highway 2/B and Highway 2/A. Both 2/B and 2/A are four lane highways, but Highway 2/A doesn't feature a median between the lanes. Maximum speeds on Highway 2/A are 80 kilometers per hour. The Megyeri Bridge, to be opened in August 2008, will connect M0 to Highway 11 upon completion.[1]
[edit] Highway 11-Highway 10 section
The 9 kilometre section between Highway 11 and Highway 10 is planned and is scheduled for completion in 2014.[1]
[edit] Highway 10-M1 section
The 18 kilometre remaining section between Highway 10 and the oldest part of the M0 beginning at the M1 interchange is planned for the future. No construction schedule is known so far,[1] and it not expected to be constructed in the near future due to environmental concerns.
[edit] Archeological research
Between 2001-2006 an archeological site of great scientific importance was unearthed when building the southeastern sector of the M0 motorway.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Photo gallery: Building the new section of the ringroad in 2005
- Images: Bridge to be built as part of the northern section in 2006
- Photos of Budapest bridges
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