| Expressway S19 | |
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| Length: | 14.5 km (9.0 mi) 570 km (354 mi) planned |
| Location | |
| Major cities: | Białystok, Lublin, Rzeszów |
| Highway system | |
Expressway S19 or express road S19 (in Polish droga ekspresowa S19) is a major road in Poland which is planned to run from the border crossing to Belarus in Kuźnica through Białystok, Lublin and Rzeszów, to the border with Slovakia at Barwinek, where it will connect with future R4 expressway (Slovakia).
The total planned length is 570 km (350 mi). As of December, 2011 only two short sections have been completed:
Short sections which will serve as bypasses of Lublin and Rzeszów will be built next. A section 6,89 km long, just north of Rzeszów, is under construction since March 2010, to be finished in March 2012.
The planning of the road has not been finalized yet, and debate continues over how much of it will be dual carriageway and how much single carriageway (with 3 lanes). GDDKIA officials are indicating that most of the road will have lower standard single carriageway, which according to them would be sufficient for the expected traffic density and result in significant cost savings. Local politicians are lobbying to have as much as possible built with dual carriageways.[2]
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