Highways in Hungary

Existing (blue), U/C (red) and planned (green) highway-network of Hungary as of 2017

According to the Állami Autópályakezelő Zrt. ("State Motorway Management Plc."), the total length of the Hungarian motorway system was 1,400.6 kilometers in 2013.[1] The construction of the Hungarian motorway system started in 1964 with M7, which finished in 1975 between Budapest and the Lake Balaton. The total length of the system reached 200 km in 1980, 500 km in 1998 and 1000 km in 2007.

The motorways in Hungary, Hungarian: autópálya (abbr. M), are defined as two-lane motorways in each direction, with an emergency lane. The speed limit is 130 km/h or 80 mph.

The expressways in Hungary, Hungarian: autóút, are defined as two-lane motorways in each direction. The speed limit is 110 km/h or 70 mph. Their highway shields are white on blue and road signs are white on blue, as well.

As of 1 January 2016, the Hungarian motorway network comprises 13 motorways, 13 expressways, some fast road (R). Nowadays, 21 of them are at least partially operational, but only 9 (M1, M5, M7, M15, M19, M31, M43, M51 and M70) have been completed by the end of 2016.

Highways system

M1 between Vértes and Gerecse Mountains.
M5 near Lajosmizse.
M7 in Kőröshegy Viaduct.
Móra Ferenc Bridge near Szeged in M43.
M0 Eastern section.
M86 near Szombathely.
R21 near Zagyvaszántó.

Motorways

The motorways in Hungary, Hungarian: autópálya (abbr. M), are defined as two-lane motorways in each direction, with emergency lane. The speed limit is 130 km/h or 80 mph. Their road signs are white on blue.

Number E-road Route Length
M1
Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Mosonmagyaróvár - Hegyeshalom → (AUT border) 171 km
M3
Budapest - Hatvan - Füzesabony - Polgár - Nyíregyháza - Vásárosnamény - Beregdaróc → (UKR border) 307 km
Existing: 280 km
M4
Budapest - Szolnok - Püspökladány - Nagykereki → (ROU border) 233 km
Existing: 29 km
M5
Budapest - Kecskemét - Szeged - Röszke → (SRB border) 173 km
M6
Budapest (M0) - Dunaújváros - Szekszárd - Mohács - Ivándárda → (CRO border) 212 km
Existing: 193 km
M7
Budapest - Székesfehérvár - Siófok - Nagykanizsa - Letenye → (CRO border) 233 km
M8
Szolnok (M4) - Kecskemét - Dunaújváros - Veszprém - Rábafüzes → (AUT border) 330 km
Existing: 35 km
M15
M1 - Rajka → (SVK border) (half motorway) 15 km
M19
M1 - Győr (half motorway) 10 km
M30
(Via Carpatia) M3 - Miskolc - Tornyosnémeti → (SVK border) 95 km
Existing: 28 km
M31
Transit road from M0 to M3 highway 12 km
M35
M3 - Debrecen - M4 69 km
Existing: 44 km
M43
Szeged (M5) - Makó - Csanádpalota → (ROU border) 58 km
M60
M6 - Pécs - Barcs → (CRO border) 56 km
Existing: 32 km

Expressways

The expressways in Hungary, Hungarian: autóút (abbr. M as well) are defined as dual carriageways with lower standards than that of a motorway, but with the same restrictions. The speed limit is 110 km/h or 70 mph. Their road signs are white on blue.

Number E-road Route Length
M0
Budapest Ring 108 km
Existing: 77 km
M2
Budapest (M0) - Vác - Parassapuszta → (SVK border) (half expressway) 70 km
Existing: 32 km
M9
Szombathely (M86) - Zalaegerszeg - Nagykanizsa - Kaposvár - Szekszárd - Szeged (M5) ~ 300 km
Existing: 21 km
M10
Budapest - Pilisvörösvár - R11 34 km
Existing: 0 km
M25
M3 - Eger 19 km
Existing: 0 km
M34
M3 - Záhony → (UKR border) 39 km
Existing: 0 km
M44
Kecskemét (M8) - Békéscsaba - Gyula → (ROU border) 111 km
Existing: 0 km
M51
Part of old ring of Budapest 9 km
M70
M7 - Tornyiszentmiklós → (SLO border) (half expressway) 21 km
M85
Győr (M1) - Csorna - Sopron → (AUT border) ~ 80 km
Existing: 27 km
M86
Szombathely - Csorna - M1 115 km
Existing: 71 km
M87
Szombathely (M86) - Kőszeg → (AUT border) 20 km
Existing: 0 km

Fast roads

The fast roads in Hungary, Hungarian: gyorsút (abbr. R) are defined as dual carriageways with lower standards than that of a expressway, but the level intersection (eg, traffic light node, roundabout) is permissible. The speed limit is also 110 km/h or 70 mph.

Number Route Length
R11 M1 - Esztergom ?  km
Existing: 0 km
R21 M3 - Salgótarján - Somoskőújfalu → (SVK border) ?  km
Existing: 0 km
R23 R21 - Ózd ?  km
Existing: 0 km
R49 M3 - Mátészalka - Csenger → (ROU border) 45 km
Existing: 0 km
R67 M7 - Kaposvár 33 km
Existing: 0 km
R83 Győr (M1) - Pápa ?  km
Existing: 0 km
Main road 5 near Kecskemét.
2x2 traffic lanes main roads

Toll requirements

Legend of sections:
  completed
  under construction or planned

The e-vignette user charge system applies to motorcycles, passenger cars and their trailers, as well as cargo vehicles with a maximum permissible gross weight of 3.5 tonnes, campers and buses, and their trailers. These vehicles are authorized to use the Hungarian toll speedway network’s roads exclusively with pre-purchased –purchased prior to entering a toll speedway section– road use authorization, i.e. e-vignettes. The amount of toll charges depends on the category of the vehicle and the type of thee-vignette. The category of the motorvehicles must be determined according to the official entry that appears in the vehicle registration certificate, based on the maximum permissible grossweight of the motor vehicle and the number of persons it is allowed to transport.[2]

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary.

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica) with a validity of either 10 days (2975 HUF), 1 month (4780 HUF) or 1 year (42980 HUF). The following motorway sections are toll-free for cars up to 3.5 t:[3]

2, regional vignettes

As of 1 January 2007 a new system of electronic toll aka a distance toll for vehicles with a weight exceeding 12 tons has been introduced for motorways and some roads of the first class (silnice první třídy), totally cca 200 km.[4] As of 1 January 2010, this applies also to vehicles over 3.5 tons. There is an ongoing public discussion on imposition of electronic toll for all cars and vehicles.

History

Development of the overall length (at the end of):

Year 1964 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1996 2002 2006 2010 2014 2016
Length in km 7 85 136 213 302 361 440 638 967 1,290 1,382 1,481

[5]

Opening of new motorways

Construction of new motorways in recent years has been hampered due to corruption scandals and austerity measures as well as owing to new European rules under which old EIA assessments lapsed. In the coming years, the highway network will be expanded first of all near Budapest and border region of Hungary. Construction of non-radial roads continues to be slow. The expressway network has expanded by 206 kilometers in the last two years with a new route.

Highway From To Length Construction started Due to open Remarks
Tornyosnémeti border of Slovakia 1.7 km 05/2016 12/2017[6]
Debrecen (main road 4) junction with main road 483 5.43 km 07/2016 01/2018[7]
Csorna Farád 4.45 km 04/2016 04/2018[8] bypass of Csorna (II. phase)
junction with main road 483 Berettyóújfalu (M4) 18.7 km 07/2016 12/2018[9] last section of M35
Berettyóújfalu (M35) junction with main road 47 2.95 km 11/2016 12/2018[10]
Tiszakürt Kondoros 62.0 km 12/2016 08/2019[11]
Üllő Albertisrsa 30.0 km 01/2017 09/2019[12]
Albertirsa Cegléd 14.4 km 01/2017 09/2019[13] 2nd carriageway
Budapest Vác 19.6 km 04/2017 09/2019[14] 2nd carriageway
junction with M7 motorway Kaposvár 33.2 km 06/2017 09/2019[15]
junction with main road 47 border of Romania 26.5 km 05/2017 01/2020[16]

See also

References

    1. ↑ Állami Autópályakezelő Zrt. (ÁAK) (2013). "Az ÁAK által kezelt úthálózat részletes adatai (2013)". Nemzetiutdij.hu. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
    2. ↑ "National Toll Payment Services PLC". toll-charge.hu.
    3. ↑ "National Toll Payment Services PLC". toll-charge.hu.
    4. ↑
    5. ↑ This list contains the limited-access roads (expressways) in Hungary with (at least) four traffic lanes and median.
    6. ↑ "M30 autóút Tornyosnémeti – országhatár közötti szakasz megvalósítása". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    7. ↑ "M35 autópálya (I. ütem) 4. sz. főút-481. sz. főút közötti szakasz megvalósítása". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    8. ↑ "Sopron megközelítése, M85 autóút Csorna elkerülő (II. ütem) megvalósítása". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    9. ↑ "M35 autópálya (II. ütem) 481. sz. főút – Berettyóújfalu közötti szakasz megvalósítása". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    10. ↑ "M4 autópálya Berettyóújfalu – Nagykereki országhatár közötti szakasz megvalósítása I. ütem". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    11. ↑ "Békéscsaba megközelítése, M44 Tiszakürt – Kondoros". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    12. ↑ "M4 gyorsforgalmi út Üllő-Albertirsa közötti szakasz kivitelezése". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    13. ↑ "M4 gyorsforgalmi út Albertirsa-Cegléd közötti szakasz kivitelezése". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    14. ↑ "M2 gyorsforgalmi út megvalósítása Budapest-Vác". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    15. ↑ "Kaposvár megközelítése, 67. sz. főút Kaposfüred és Látrány elkerülő utak közötti szakasz fejlesztése". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    16. ↑ "M4 autópálya Berettyóújfalu – Nagykereki országhatár közötti szakasz II. ütem megvalósítása". Nif.hu. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
    General
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.