National_roads_in_Poland

National roads in Poland

National roads in Poland

Category of public roads in Poland


According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland, a national road (Polish: Droga krajowa) is a public trunk road controlled by the Polish central government authority, the General Directorship of National Roads and Motorways (Polish: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad). All motorways and expressways in Poland are classified as part of the national roads network.

Map of national roads network in Poland
Standard national roads plates.

Other types of roads in Poland are under the control of entities at voivodeship, powiat and gmina levels: voivodeship roads, powiat roads and gmina roads.

National roads network

National roads include:

Currently, there are 96 national roads in Poland (1–68, 70–97). Since 1 January 2014, there are new national roads: 89, 95, 96 and 97. In 2011 the total length was 18,801 km (11,680 mi).[1] According to national roads state report of 2008 by GDDKiA 1/4 of national roads are capable of handling 11,5 tonnes per axle loads.[2] Due to new regulation of General Director of National Roads and Motorways in August 2016 there is no longer national road 69.[3] In January 2020, national road 98 was downgraded and removed from the national roads network.

List of national roads

Polish national roads network consist of following roads, as of April 3, 2024:[4]

More information Number, Route ...
  1. Discontinuity of the route course
  2. portion of route was DK 98 before 2000
  3. portion of route was DK 92 before 2000
  4. was DK 95 before 2000
  5. was DK 97 before 2000
  6. portion of route was DK 96 before 2000 and the course from state border to Bielsko-Biała was DK 1 until 2016 when it was rerouted over DK 69
  7. went from Bielsko-BiałaŻywiecLalikiZwardoń – state border; became part of national road 1 on August 4, 2016 and before the date national road 1 went southwest via current national road 52 through Cieszyn to the state border
  8. portion of route was DK 91 before 2000
  9. was DK 93 before 2000
  10. currently road 90 is signed on stretch Kwidzyn (National road 55) – Korzeniewo – bridge over Wisła – Jeleń (National road 91)
  11. mostly old routing of DK 1
  12. former section of DK 2
  13. mostly old routing of DK 4
  14. went from National road 8 („Wrocław Psie Pole” junction) – National road 5 (Wrocław); downgraded on January 1, 2020, part became voivodeship road 372[5] and the rest became a gmina road.[5]

See also


References

  1. GDDKiA (in Polish)
  2. "Zarządzenie nr 6 Generalnego Dyrektora Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad z dnia 3 kwietnia 2024 roku w sprawie nadania numerów drogom krajowym" [Ordinance No. 6 of the General Director for National Roads and Motorways of April 3, 2024, on assigning numbers to national roads.] (PDF). Dziennik Urzędowy Generalnej Dyrekcji Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (in Polish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. "UCHWAŁA NR LVI/1319/18 RADY MIEJSKIEJ WROCŁAWIA z dnia 24 maja 2018 r. w sprawie opinii o pozbawieniu kategorii drogi krajowej odcinków drogi krajowej nr 98" [Resolution No. LVI/1319/18 of the City Council of Wrocław of 24 May 2018 on the opinion on declassification of national road sections of national road No. 98] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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