A2 autostrada (Poland)
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| Autostrada Wolności | ||||
 A2
Existing sections (Autostrada A2)
Existing sections (Expressway S2)
Under construction
Planned sections | ||||
| Route information | ||||
Part of  E30gra | ||||
| Maintained by GDDKiA (Konin - Kukuryki) Autostrada Wielkopolska (Świecko – Konin) | ||||
| Length | 475 km (295 mi) 610 km (379 mi) planned | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| From | near Świecko; circa 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) away from border with Germany | |||
 near Świebodzin
 near Międzyrzec Podlaski (planned) | ||||
| To |  – border with Belarus at Kukuryki, near Terespol/Brest (planned) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Poland | |||
| Major cities | Poznań, Łódź, Warsaw | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The autostrada A2 in Poland, officially named the Motorway of Freedom (Polish: Autostrada Wolności),[1] is a motorway which runs from the Polish-German border (connecting to A12 autobahn near Świecko/Frankfurt an der Oder), through Poznań and Łódź to Warsaw and, in the future, to the Polish-Belarusian border (connecting to M1 highway near Terespol/Brest).[2] It is a part of European route E30.
The motorway between the German border and Warsaw (452 km (281 mi)) was constructed between 2001 and 2012 (the first fragment of length 48 km (30 mi) was originally built between 1977 and 1988 and renovated to modern standards during the construction of the remaining sections). Most of the stretch from the border to Konin is tolled (see Tolls).
Eastwards from Warsaw, A2 is being gradually extended. The first 21 km (13 mi) segment of this section was the bypass of Mińsk Mazowiecki, which opened in August 2012. The second 14.6 km (9.1 mi) segment between Warsaw and Mińsk Mazowiecki was completed in 2020. The longest section from Mińsk Mazowiecki to Biała Podlaska (101 km (63 mi)) is under construction and is planned to get completed by 2024.[3] The last segment to the Belarusian border (32 km (20 mi)) is under design, but its planned construction has been postponed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
A2 does not formally run through Warsaw itself, instead turning into expressway S2 (constructed between 2010 and 2021).[5] The motorway also does not technically reach the border with Germany as its endpoint is marked near the Świecko interchange ca. 4 km (2.5 mi) away from the border, although the remaining section is also a dual-carriageway road mostly up to the motorway standard.
Route
[edit]| Motorway section | Length | Construction dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Świecko (PL/D border) – Nowy Tomyśl | 105.9 km (65.8 mi) | 2009 – 2011 | opened 1 December 2011; toll motorway except for its westernmost fragment |
| Nowy Tomyśl – Poznań Zachód | 46 km (29 mi) | 2001 – 2004 | opened 27 October 2004; toll motorway |
| Poznań bypass | 26.1 km (16.2 mi) | 2001 – 2003/2004 | opened 13 September 2003 and 27 October 2004; main part widened to 2x3 lanes in 2019, eastern part currently under reconstruction to 2x3[6] |
| Poznań Wschód – Września | 28.1 km (17.5 mi) | 2001 – 2003 | opened 27 November 2003; toll motorway |
| Września – Golina | 34.2 km (21.3 mi) | 1977 – 1985 | opened 9 October 1985; reconstructed 2001-2002; toll motorway since 2002 |
| Golina – Modła | 13.8 km (8.6 mi) | 1986 – 1988 | opened 10 November 1988; reconstructed 2001-2002 |
| Modła – Stryków | 103 km (64 mi) | 2004 – 2006 | opened 26 July 2006 |
| Stryków – Łódź Północ | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) | 2008 | opened 22 December 2008; 2x3 lanes |
| Łódź Północ – Warsaw Konotopa | 90.8 km (56.4 mi) | 2010 – 2012 | opened to traffic in May and June 2012, the last parts of it one day before the opening ceremony of UEFA Euro 2012;[7] fully completed in the fall of 2012;[2] planned widening to 2x3 lanes from Łódź to Pruszków and 2x4 lanes from Pruszków to Konotopa |
| Warsaw southern bypass | 34.8 km (21.6 mi) | 2010 – 2013 2017 – 2021 |
Expressway  
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| Warsaw Lubelska – Mińsk Mazowiecki | 14.6 km (9.1 mi) | 2018 – 2020 | Opened on 14. August 2020,[8] Lubelska interchange fully completely in 2021. |
| Mińsk Mazowiecki bypass | 20.8 km (12.9 mi) | 2009 – 2012 | opened 29 August 2012 |
| Mińsk Mazowiecki – Biała Podlaska | 100.8 km (62.6 mi) | 2021 – 2024 | Under construction. 3 sections from Kałuszyn to Siedlce to be opened in mid 2024.[9][10][11] 4 sections from Siedlce to Biała Podlaska to get opened in late 2024.[12] |
| Biała Podlaska – Kukuryki (PL/BY border) | 32 km (20 mi) | postponed | Design ongoing. Planned construction of this section has been postponed as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] |
History of construction
[edit]The first highway planned along part of this route was a Reichsautobahn initiated by Nazi Germany to connect Berlin with Poznań (Posen). The construction of this highway, accelerated after Poznań was incorporated into Germany following the Invasion of Poland in 1939, was interrupted by the war and never finished, but traces of its earthworks were clearly visible on satellite photographs for decades afterwards, especially between the border with Germany and Nowy Tomyśl. Most of these traces have now disappeared as the modern motorway was built largely following the same route. A short stretch of the uncompleted highway between the border and Rzepin was finished as a dual carriageway road after 1945, in effect forming an extension of the German A 12 highway (opened as a Reichsautobahn in the 1930s). Except for this stretch, the construction work was not continued in the decades after the war.
New plans to build the A2 motorway were seriously formulated in communist Poland in the 1970s, possibly with the goal of completing it in time for the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Because of the economic crisis which hit the country in the late 1970s and continued throughout the 1980s, only a 50 km (31 mi) section from Września to Konin was opened in the 1980s. Construction of another stretch (between Łódź and Warsaw) was started and then abandoned, leaving an interesting ruin informally named Olimpijka, which was in turn demolished around 2010 when building of the motorway resumed.
Intensive construction of the motorway started only in 2001 after the fall of communism in Poland in 1989. Out of the planned total length of 610 km (380 mi), 359 km (223 mi) have been completed. A section of about 150 km (93 mi) (Nowy Tomyśl – Poznań – Września – Konin) has been fully open since 2004. This section is a toll road, with the exception of a short stretch through Poznań which serves as that city's bypass (between the interchanges at Głuchowo and Kleszczewo). An additional 100 km (62 mi) section from Konin to Stryków near Łódź was opened on 26 July 2006. A short 4.8 km (3.0 mi) bypass of Stryków, consisting of a 2 km (1.2 mi) extension of the A2 and a provisional single carriageway section of the future A1 motorway, was opened in December 2008, to ease the heavy traffic in that town generated when the motorway reached it.
As of the winter of 2009/2010, the plan was to finish the whole section between the border with Germany and Warsaw by the spring of 2012, giving the Polish capital its first motorway connection to the European motorway network in time for the Euro 2012 football championships. That ambitious goal was jeopardized due to various difficulties encountered in finalizing the construction contracts and the delays that resulted. The 90 km (56 mi) section from Stryków to Warsaw was to be built in a public-private partnership, but the negotiations between the government and private companies interested in participating collapsed in February 2009 due to disputes over financing terms.[13] It was then decided that this section of the motorway would be built using public funds alone. The new bidding process was started on 27 March,[14] and the contracts for design and construction of the road were signed on 28 September.[15] The section had been divided into 5 parts and so construction work began in 2010. The contractors were required to have the motorway open to traffic in time for Euro 2012. This goal was an ambitious one and ultimately proved challenging, given the possibility of unexpected delays during construction[16] and the fact that the Chinese consortium abandoned the project less than a year later,[17] so that new contractors had to be selected to replace it. The goal was to have this motorway stretch provisionally opened to traffic in time for Euro 2012, even if it is not fully completed, with various restrictions such as a lower speed limit to ensure safety. For a while it was not clear whether even this limited goal would be reached, but the motorway opened to traffic in June 2012 after very intensive construction work in the final few months.
In November 2011, construction of the stretch from the German border to Nowy Tomyśl had been completed. The road was opened to public traffic on 1 December. Toll plazas on this stretch of the highway weren't opened until May 2012 so use of the western section of the A2 was free of charge until then.[18]
In May 2013, the interchange with the S3 (Jordanowo) was opened to traffic.[19] First stretch is between the interchange with the A2 motorway and the Świebodzin North interchange. In June 2013, the S3 was extended further and opened to traffic to reach from the Świebodzin South interchange to the existing stretch of the S3 expressway at Sulechów. In July 2013, the elevated bypass of Świebodzin between the interchanges of Świebodzin North and Świebodzin South fully opened to traffic thus fully extending the S3 from Szczecin to Sulechów.[20]
Guarantee scandal
[edit]After COVEC withdrew from completing its construction of the A2, Bank of China was to pay a performance guarantee to the Polish government's roads organization GDDKiA. However, with Export-Import Bank of China, they refused to pay this; only Deutsche Bank honored its obligations under the court decision.[21]
Plans
[edit]The eastern section from Warsaw to the border crossing with Belarus at Kukuryki near Brest (connecting with M1), about 170 km (110 mi) in length, is largely under construction. The decision finalizing the route of this section was announced in December 2011,[22] the exception having been a short 21 km (13 mi) section of A2 forming the bypass of Mińsk Mazowiecki which was constructed between August 2009 and August 2012.[23] The section between Warsaw and Mińsk Mazowiecki was opened in 2020.[24] The longest section from Mińsk Mazowiecki to Biała Podlaska (101 km (63 mi)) is in realization (design-build contracts) and is planned to get completed by 2024.[3] The last segment to the Belarusian border (32 km (20 mi)) is under design.[4]
It is worth noting that the A2 motorway doesn't actually run through Warsaw, as the inhabitants of the districts through which it was to pass have successfully blocked its construction. This outcome was somewhat unusual, since the corridor for the motorway has been reserved by the city planners since the 1970s and kept free of construction. Instead, the traffic is rerouted through two express roads (S2 and S8), of lower standard than the originally planned motorway. One of these roads (S2) runs along the originally planned motorway corridor. In the most affected area, the district of Ursynów, the express road runs in a tunnel, built at considerable expense.
Route description
[edit]| Country | Voivodeship | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | Lubusz Voivodeship | Gmina Słubice | 0 | 0.0 | — | Former border crossing Świecko / Frankfurt |   A 12 / E30 – Berlin | Formal endpoint, according to government plans of motorways and expressway network. Route continues as German motorway A 12 towards Berlin
Kilometrage starting point Border crossing is no longer operational since 21 December 2007, due to Poland signing Schengen Agreement Western terminus of E30 overlap |
| 2.8 | 1.7 | — | Świecko |  DK 29 – Słubice / Zielona Góra, Urząd Celny Oddział Celny Świecko | Junction is a part of national road 2 | |||
| 3.9 | 2.4 | — | National road 2 becomes A2 motorway, according to the road signs | |||||
| 5.1 | 3.2 | Rest area | MOP Sosna | Sosna rest area | In direction to Poznań
• Fuel station (Orlen) • parking • public toilets • EV charging station • bureau de change | |||
| 5.4 | 3.4 | Rest area | MOP Gnilec | Gnilec rest area | In direction to Świecko
• Fuel station (Orlen) • parking • public toilets • EV charging station • bureau de change | |||
| Rzepin | 21.1 | 13.1 | — | Rzepin | local road – Rzepin DK 92 – Świebodzin, Poznań | |||
| Tarnawa Rzepińska | 22.7 | 14.1 | — | Toll station Tarnawa | – | Western terminus of toll section | ||
| Torzym | 35.1 | 21.8 | — | Torzym |  DW 138 – Torzym / Sulęcin | Junction equipped with toll station | ||
| Koryta, Lubusz Voivodeship | 40.4 | 25.1 | Parking area | MOP Koryta | Koryta parking area | In direction to Poznań
• Parking • public toilets | ||
| Walewice, Lubusz Voivodeship | 40.9 | 25.4 | Parking area | MOP Walewice | Koryta parking area | In direction to Świecko
• Parking • public toilets | ||
| Jordanowo, Lubusz Voivodeship | 68.4 | 42.5 | — | Jordanowo interchange |   S 3 / E65 – Zielona Góra / Gorzów Wielkopolski | Interchange equipped with toll station, built as double-trumpet (see the scheme) | ||
| Rogoziniec | 85.1 | 52.9 | Rest area | MOP Rogoziniec | Rogoziniec rest area | In direction to Poznań
• Fuel station (BP) • fast food restaurant (McDonald's) • parking • public toilets • bureau de change • automated teller machine | ||
| Chociszewo, Lubusz Voivodeship | 85.7 | 53.3 | Rest area | MOP Chociszewo | Chociszewo rest area | In direction to Poznań
• Fuel station (BP) • fast food restaurant (McDonald's) • parking • public toilets • bureau de change • automated teller machine | ||
| Gmina Trzciel | 91.7 | 57.0 | — | Trzciel | local road – Trzciel / Zbąszyń | Junction equipped with toll station | ||
| Greater Poland Voivodeship | Gmina Miedzichowo | 108 | 67 | — | Nowy Tomyśl |  DW 305 – Nowy Tomyśl DK 92 – Pniewy | Junction equipped with toll station
Access to national road 92 via voivodeship road 305 | |
| Kozie Laski | 113.9 | 70.8 | Parking area | MOP Kozielaski | Kozielaski parking area | In direction to Poznań
• Parking • public toilets • playground • picnic tables | ||
| Wytomyśl | 114.3 | 71.0 | Parking area | MOP Wytomyśl | Wytomyśl parking area | In direction to Świecko
• Parking • public toilets • playground • picnic tables | ||
| Zalesie, Szamotuły County | 133.7 | 83.1 | Rest area | MOP Zalesie | Zalesie rest area | In direction to Poznań
• Fuel station (Orlen) • restaurant • parking • public toilets • EV charging station • playground • picnic tables | ||
| Sędzinko | 134 | 83 | Rest area | MOP Sędzinko | Sędzinko rest area | In direction to Świecko
• Fuel station (Orlen) • car wash • parking • public toilets • EV charging station • playground • picnic tables | ||
| Niepruszewo | 140 | 87 | — | Buk |  DW 307 – Poznań-Ławica Airport / Buk | Junction equipped with toll station | ||
| Konarzewo, Poznań County | 150.9 | 93.8 | Parking area | MOP Konarzewo | Konarzewo parking area | In direction to Poznań
• Parking • public toilets • playground • picnic tables | ||
| Dopiewiec | 151.2 | 94.0 | Parking area | MOP Dopiewiec | Dopiewiec parking area | In direction to Świecko
• Parking • public toilets • playground • picnic tables | ||
| Konarzewo, Poznań County | 152.2 | 94.6 | — | Toll station Gołuski | – | Eastern terminus of toll section | ||
| Głuchowo, Poznań County | 154.7 | 96.1 | — | Poznań Zachód interchange |   S 5 / E261 – Wrocław S 11 – Piła, Poznań-Ławica Airport | Double-trumpet interchange (usually highly congested, see the scheme);
Western end of concurrency with expressways S5 and S11 and European route E261 Western endpoint of the stretch with three lanes per carriageway | ||
| Poznań | 159.4 | 99.0 | — | Poznań Komorniki interchange |  DW 196 – Poznań-Targi DW 311 – Komorniki, Stęszew | Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor roads (see the scheme)
Voivodeship roads are unsigned | ||
| 164 | 102 | — | Poznań Luboń |  DW 430 – Poznań-Centrum / Luboń, Mosina | Centrum means city center
see the scheme | |||
| 165 | 103 | — | Lucjana Ballenstedta Bridge | — | Bridge over Warta river | |||
| 170.6 | 106.0 | — | Poznań Krzesiny interchange |  DW 433 – Poznań-Centrum, Targi S 11 – Katowice | Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor roads (see the scheme)
Centrum means center Voivodeship road 433 is unsigned End of concurrency with expressway S11 Eastern endpoint of the stretch with three lanes per carriageway | |||
| Tulce | 177.1 | 110.0 | Rest area | MOP Krzyżowniki | Krzyżowniki rest area | In direction to Konin
• Fuel station (Orlen) • cafe • parking • EV charging station • public toilets • picnic tables • automated teller machine | ||
| 177.4 | 110.2 | Rest area | MOP Tulce | Tulce rest area | In direction to Poznań
• Fuel station (Orlen) • restaurant • parking • EV charging station • public toilets • picnic tables • bureau de change | |||
| Krzyżowniki, Poznań County | 180 | 110 | — | Poznań Wschód interchange | S 5 / E261 – Bydgoszcz | Eastern end of concurrency with expressway S5 and European route E261
Trumpet interchange | ||
| 181.7 | 112.9 | — | Toll station Nagradowice | – | Western terminus of toll section | |||
| Gmina Nekla | 199.9 | 124.2 | Parking area | MOP Targowa Górka | Targowa Górka parking area | In direction to Konin
• Parking • public toilets | ||
| 200.4 | 124.5 | Parking area | MOP Chwałszyce | Chwałszyce parking area | In direction to Poznań
• Parking • public toilets • playground | |||
| Gmina Września | 208 | 129 | — | Września |  DK 15 – Gniezno / Jarocin DK 92 – Poznań / Września | Toll junction, not equipped with toll station
Trumpet interchange Access to national road 15 via national road 92 in direction to Września | ||
| Września | 213.2– 215.6 | 132.5– 134.0 | — | – | Former highway strip Września | |||
| Gozdowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship | 216.3 | 134.4 | Rest area | MOP Gozdowo | Gozdowo rest area | In direction to Konin
• Fuel station (BP) • fast food restaurant (KFC) • parking • public toilets • playground • picnic tables • automated teller machine | ||
| 216.7 | 134.7 | Rest area | MOP Sołeczno | Sołeczno rest area | In direction to Poznań
• Fuel station (BP) • fast food restaurant (KFC) • parking • public toilets • picnic tables | |||
| Gmina Strzałkowo | 226.6 | 140.8 | Parking area | MOP Skarboszewo | Skarboszewo parking area | In direction to Poznań
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables | ||
| Wierzbocice | 228.5– 229.4 | 142.0– 142.5 | — | Słupca |  DW 466 – Słupca / Pyzdry | Junction partially equipped with toll station – see the scheme | ||
| Gmina Lądek | 236.9 | 147.2 | Parking area | MOP Lądek | Lądek parking area | In direction to Konin
• Parking • public toilets | ||
| 238.6 | 148.3 | — | Toll station Lądek | – | ||||
| Sługocin | 243.7 | 151.4 | — | Sługocin |  DW 467 – Golina / Pyzdry | Toll junction, not equipped with toll station | ||
| Konin County | 245.8– 246.1 | 152.7– 152.9 | — | Bridge | — | Bridge over Warta river | ||
| Gmina Rzgów, Greater Poland Voivodeship | 216.3 | 134.4 | Rest area | MOP Osiecza | Osiecza rest area | In direction to Konin
• Fuel station (Orlen) • restaurant • hotel • parking • public toilets • car wash • EV charging station • automated teller machine | ||
| 251.5 | 156.3 | Rest area | MOP Osiecza | Osiecza rest area | In direction to Poznań
• Fuel station (Orlen) • restaurant • parking • public toilets • picnic tables • automated teller machine | |||
| Modła Królewska | 257.2 | 159.8 | — | Modła interchange |  DK 25 – Konin / Kalisz | Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor roads (see the scheme)
Eastern terminus of toll section | ||
| Gmina Stare Miasto | 261.4 | 162.4 | — | Konin Wschód |  DK 72 – Konin / Turek | Trumpet interchange | ||
| 262.3 | 163.0 | — | Toll station Żdżary | – | Disused toll station, western terminus of free-flow toll section
Speed limit: 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) | |||
| Olesin, Turek County | 274.8 | 170.8 | Parking area | MOP Leonia | Leonia parking area | In direction to Stryków
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables • playground | ||
| Olesin, Turek County | 275.2 | 171.0 | Parking area | MOP Kuny | Kuny parking area | In direction to Konin
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables | ||
| Gmina Kościelec | 285.5 | 177.4 | — | Koło |  DW 470 – Koło / Turek | Toll junction (trumpet) with disused toll station
Access to voivodeship road 470 via a local road in direction to Turek | ||
| Police Mostowe | 287.3 | 178.5 | Rest area | MOP Łęka | Łęka rest area | In direction to Stryków
• Fuel station (LOTOS) Connected with MOP Police by a footbridge | ||
| Police Mostowe | 287.6 | 178.7 | Rest area | MOP Police | Police rest area | In direction to Konin
• Fuel station (LOTOS) Connected with MOP Łęka by a footbridge | ||
| Gmina Dąbie, Greater Poland Voivodeship | 291.3 | 181.0 | — | Bridge | — | Bridge over Warta river | ||
| 297.7 | 185.0 | Parking area | MOP Cichmiana | Cichmiana rest area | In direction to Stryków
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables • playground | |||
| 298 | 185 | Parking area | MOP Sobótka | Sobótka rest area | In direction to Konin
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables | |||
| 302.1 | 187.7 | — | Dąbie |  DW 473 – Dąbie / Uniejów | Toll junction (trumpet) with disused toll station
Junction on the border of Greater Poland and Łódź Voivodeships | |||
| Łódź Voivodeship | Gmina Uniejów | 307.8 | 191.3 | Parking area | MOP Zaborów | Zaborów parking area | In direction to Stryków
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables | |
| 308.3 | 191.6 | Parking area | MOP Kozanki | Kozanki parking area | In direction to Konin
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables • playground | |||
| Gmina Wartkowice | 318.7 | 198.0 | — | Bridge | — | Bridge over Ner river | ||
| Wola Niedźwiedzia | 320 | 200 | — | Wartkowice |  DW 703 – Łęczyca / Poddębice | Toll junction (trumpet) with disused toll station | ||
| Stary Chrząstów | 330.9 | 205.6 | Rest area | MOP Chrząstów Południe | Chrząstów Południe rest area | In direction to Stryków
• Fuel station (Orlen) • fast-food restaurant (Burger King) • motel • parking • public toilets • picnic tables • automated teller machine | ||
| 331.3 | 205.9 | Rest area | MOP Chrząstów Północ | Chrząstów Północ rest area | In direction to Konin
• Fuel station (Orlen) • fast-food restaurant (KFC) • parking • public toilets • picnic tables • automated teller machine (Euronet) • playground | |||
| Emilia, Łódź Voivodeship | 343.4 | 213.4 | — | Emilia |  DK 91 – Włocławek / Łódź, Airport | Toll junction (trumpet) with disused toll station
Junction under reconstruction due to the construction of expressway S14 | ||
| Gmina Zgierz | 347.1 | 215.7 | Parking area | MOP Ciosny | Ciosny parking area | In direction to Warsaw
• Parking • public toilets | ||
| 347.4 | 215.9 | Parking area | MOP Ciosny | Ciosny parking area | In direction to Poznań
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables | |||
| 349.7 | 217.3 | — | Zgierz |  DW 702 – Kutno / Zgierz | Toll junction (trumpet) with disused toll station | |||
| Gmina Stryków | 358.3 | 222.6 | — | Toll station Stryków | – | Disused toll station, eastern terminus of free-flow toll section
Speed limit: 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) | ||
| Sosnowiec, Zgierz County | 360.3 | 223.9 | — | Stryków |  DK 14 – Łódź, Airport / Łowicz
 DW 708 – Brzeziny | Trumpet junction | ||
| Stryków | 363.6 | 225.9 | — | Łódź Północ interchange |   A 1 / E75 – Gdańsk / Katowice, Łódź  S 8 / E67 – Wrocław | Access to expressway S8 via motorway A1 in direction to Łódź and Katowice | ||
| Nowostawy Dolne | 368.4 | 228.9 | Rest area | MOP Niesułków | Niesułków rest area | In direction to Warsaw
• Fuel station (Shell) Connected with MOP Nowostawy by a footbridge | ||
| 368.9 | 229.2 | Rest area | MOP Nowostawy | Nowostawy rest area | In direction to Stryków
• Fuel station (Shell) Connected with MOP Niesułków by a footbridge | |||
| Łyszkowice, Łowicz County | 385.3 | 239.4 | — | Łyszkowice |  DW 704 – Łowicz / Brzeziny | Trumpet junction | ||
| Polesie, Łowicz County | 393.7 | 244.6 | Rest area | MOP Polesie | Niesułków rest area | In direction to Warsaw
• Fuel station (BP) • fast-food restaurant (McDonald's) • parking • public toilets • automated teller machine | ||
| 394.2 | 244.9 | Rest area | MOP Parma | Parma rest area | In direction to Stryków
• Fuel station (BP) • fast-food restaurant (McDonald's) • restaurant • parking • public toilets • picnic tables • automated teller machine | |||
| Dzierzgów, Łódź Voivodeship | 397.7 | 247.1 | — | Skierniewice |  DK 70 – Łowicz / Skierniewice | Trumpet junction | ||
| Gmina Bolimów | 410.8 | 255.3 | Parking area | MOP Mogiły | Mogiły parking area | In direction to Warsaw
• Parking • public toilets | ||
| 411.1 | 255.4 | Parking area | MOP Bolimów | Bolimów parking area | In direction to Stryków
• Parking • public toilets | |||
| Mazovian Voivodeship | Wiskitki | 419.6 | 260.7 | — | Wiskitki |  DK 50 – Sochaczew / Żyrardów, Grójec | Trumpet junction
National road 50 is part of Warsaw transit bypass (mainly for HGVs) | |
| Holendry Baranowskie | 427 | 265 | Rest area | MOP Baranów Południe | Baranów Południe rest area | In direction to Warsaw
• Fuel station (Orlen) Connected with MOP Baranów Północ by a footbridge (bicycles allowed) | ||
| Baranów, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County | 427.7 | 265.8 | Rest area | MOP Baranów Północ | Baranów rest area | In direction to Stryków
• Fuel station (Orlen) Connected with MOP Baranów Północ by a footbridge (bicycles allowed) | ||
| Tłuste | 438.6 | 272.5 | — | Grodzisk Mazowiecki |  DW 579 – Grodzisk Mazowiecki / Błonie | Trumpet junction | ||
| Kotowice | 443.2 | 275.4 | Rest area | MOP Brwinów Południe | Brwinów Południe rest area | In direction to Warsaw
• Fuel station (LOTOS) Connected with MOP Brwinów Północ by a footbridge Site of the Oak of Freedom (Polish: Dąb Wolności), planted together by presidents of Poland and Germany | ||
| Baranów, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County | 427.7 | 265.8 | Rest area | MOP Baranów Północ | Baranów rest area | In direction to Stryków
• Fuel station (Orlen) Connected with MOP Baranów Północ by a footbridge | ||
| Koszajec | 446.5 | 277.4 | — | – | Site of the dismantled unfinished toll station Pruszków | |||
| Pruszków | 449.9 | 279.6 | — | Bridge | – | Bridge over Utrata river | ||
| 450.9 | 280.2 | — | Pruszków |  DW 718 – Pruszków / Borzęcin Duży | ||||
| 452.4 | 281.1 | — | Transition from motorway to the expressway on the eastbound carriageway, according to the road signs
Speed limit on the carriageway: 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) | |||||
| Gmina Ożarów Mazowiecki | 455.6 | 283.1 | — | Konotopa interchange |  S 2 / E30 – Warsaw-Ursynów, Chopin Airport, Terespol S 8 / E67 – Wrocław / Warsaw-Centrum, Praga Północ, Białystok | Road continues as the expressway S2 – southern bypass of Warsaw (Polish: Południowa Obwodnica Warszawy)
Kilometrage continues on expressway S2 | ||
| Izabela, Masovian Voivodeship | 490.7 | 304.9 | — | East end of S2 road designation, expressway continues as motorway A2
Kilometrage continues from expressway S2 | ||||
| Stary Konik | 495.5 | 307.9 | 34 | Halinów | DK 92 – Sulejówek, Warsaw / Dębe Wielkie | Cloverleaf junction with collector-distributor roads
Exit number as part of "experimental signage" | ||
| Gmina Dębe Wielkie | 502.6 | 312.3 | Parking area | MOP Ostrów-Kania | Ostrów-Kania parking area | In direction to Siedlce
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables • playground | ||
| 503.2 | 312.7 | Parking area | MOP Ostrów-Kania | Ostrów-Kania parking area | In direction to Warsaw
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables • playground | |||
| Arynów | 507.8 | 315.5 | — | Mińsk Mazowiecki | DK 50 – Ostrów Mazowiecka / Grójec | Trumpet junction
National road 50 is part of Warsaw transit bypass (mainly for HGVs) | ||
| Gmina Jakubów | 515.9– 516.6 | 320.6– 321.0 | — | Jakubów | local road – Jakubów / Stara Niedziałka | |||
| 520.9 | 323.7 | Parking area | MOP Jędrzejów | Jędrzejów parking area | In direction to Siedlce
Signed as parking only • Parking Connected with MOP Moczydła by a footbridge | |||
| 521.5 | 324.0 | Parking area | MOP Moczydła | Moczydła parking area | In direction to Warsaw
• Parking • public toilets • picnic tables | |||
| Ryczołek | 525.2 | 326.3 | — | Kałuszyn |  DK 2 / E30 – Terespol DK 92 – Mińsk Mazowiecki | Trumpet junction with an additional slip road from the national road 92 | ||
| Stare Groszki | — | Groszki | DK 92 / E30 | Trumpet junction | ||||
| Gręzów | — | Siedlce Zachód | DK 92 / E30 | Trumpet junction | ||||
| Żelków-Kolonia | — | Siedlce Południe | DK 92 / E30 | Trumpet junction | ||||
| Gmina Zbuczyn | — | Siedlce Wschód | DK 92 / E30 | Trumpet junction | ||||
| Lublin Voivodeship | Łukowisko | — | Łukowisko |  S 19 | Double-trumpet junction, planned | |||
| Cicibór Duży | — | Biała Podlaska |  DW 811 | Trumpet junction, planned | ||||
| Dobryń Duży | — | Dobryń |  DK 68 | The last junction before country border, planned | ||||
| Kukuryki | — | Kukuryki / Kazłovičy border crossing Belarus–Poland border |   M 1 / E30 – Brest, Minsk | Eastern terminus of motorway according to government plans
Currently the terminus of national road 68 Road will continue as Belarusian magistral route M1 Eastern terminus of European route E30 overlap | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
[edit]References
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- ^ a b "Umowy na kolejne odcinki A2 Siedlce - Biała Podlaska podpisane". 14 April 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Wojna na Ukrainie już wpływa na budowę dróg w Polsce". wnp.pl.
- ^ Wilczek, Maria (20 December 2021). "Poland's longest road tunnel opens in Warsaw". Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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- ^ "Autostrada A2 Mińsk Mazowiecki – Siedlce już w realizacji". rynekinfrastruktury.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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- ^ "Jednak Chińczycy. Stecol wybrany do realizacji A2". rynekinfrastruktury.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Umowy na kolejne odcinki A2 Siedlce - Biała Podlaska podpisane - Ministerstwo Infrastruktury - Portal Gov.pl".
- ^ "Wiadomości Łódź, Wydarzenia Łódź". lodz.naszemiasto.pl. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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- ^ "www.newsweek.pl". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Rząd przejmuje budowę autostrady A2" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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- ^ "Autostrada Wielkopolska – News Drivers". Autostrada Wielkopolska. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ "Węzeł Jordanowo od 27 maja otwarty".
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- ^ "COVEC nie zraził się porażką na A2 i z chińskimi bankami startuje do Kozienic". 20 January 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
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