Expressway S8 (Poland)

Expressway S8 or express road S8, officially named The Route of the Heroes of the Battle of Warsaw 1920 (in Polish droga ekspresowa S8, Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r.[1]) is a major road in Poland which connects Wrocław via Łódź and Warsaw to Białystok. The whole road is about 587 km (365 mi) long (of which, 22 km is constructed in motorway standard and marked as A8 instead). Construction of the last fragment finished in October 2019.

Expressway S8
Droga ekspresowa S8
Route information
Part of E67
Length564.9 km (351.0 mi)
Major junctions
From A4 near Wrocław
  S5 near Wrocław
S11 near Kępno

S14 near Pabianice
A1 near Łódź
A2 and S7 near Warsaw

S61 near Ostrów Mazowiecka (planned)
To S19 near Białystok
Location
Major citiesWrocław, Łódź, Warsaw, Białystok
Highway system
National roads in Poland
← S7→ S10
Express road S8 between Radzymin and Wyszków

Originally, the road was to continue on to the border with Lithuania, but in 2009, the plans were changed and currently the S61 will branch off S8 and go to the border.[2] The S8 section from Warsaw to S61 serves as part of Via Baltica.

In September 2019, it was announced that an extension of S8 from Wrocław to Kłodzko was added to the plans and will be constructed in the future.

The upgrade is part of a European plan to fund express roads in Poland.[3]

S8 in Warsaw
S8 route in Warsaw
Express road S8 in Choroszcz

S8 runs through Warsaw and is part of its network of bypass roads. Various fragments were completed between 2010 and 2015.[4][5] It was constructed mostly as an upgrade of the city's existing inner highways and as such might be considered not fully meeting the definition of a bypass as it serves both the transit and local district traffic at the same time, in particular large traffic jams form on it every day during rush hours.

See also

References
  1. Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (2020-08-15). "S8 - Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r." gddkia.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  2. Dz.U. 2009 nr 187 poz. 1446 (in Polish)
  3. http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/poland/new-express-road-brings-economic-and-transport-benefits-to-central-poland
  4. Gazeta Wyborcza article, Otwierają pierwszą trasę ekspresową w Warszawie
  5. Umowa na Grota podpisana. Ale roboty za kilka miesięcy. Gazeta Wyborcza
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