Expressway S1 (Poland)

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Expressway S1
Droga ekspresowa S1
Route information
Part of E75
Maintained by GDDKiA
Length: 93.1 km (57.8 mi)
132.81 km (82.52 mi) planned
Major junctions
From: A1 near Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice
 

86 near Podwarpie
94 in Dąbrowa Górnicza
79 in Mysłowice
A4 near Mysłowice
86 near Tychy

S52 near Bielsko-Biała
To: D3 motorway, border with Slovakia
Location
Major cities: Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec, Mysłowice, Tychy, Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec
Highway system

National roads in Poland

← S86S2 →

Expressway S1 or express road S1 is an expressway under construction in Poland with a planned length of 130 km (81 mi), which is located in the Silesian and Lesser Poland voivodeships. Upon completion it will connect the A1 motorway near the Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice with the A4 motorway and the border of the Slovakia in Zwardoń along with the D3 Motorway in Slovakia. The main part of the route is Eastern beltway of Upper Silesian Industrial Region.

Expressway route description

Pyrzowice-Tychy[1]

Number of exit (facility) Exits, facilities Mileage from beginning 1st carriageway state 2nd carriageway state History of construction/preparation Notes
1) Pyrzowice
 0 km Done Done Opened in June 2012 Terminus
2) Pyrzowice-Lotnisko
 1.9 km (1.18 mi) Was the terminus till June 2012 From here to Podwarpie one-carriageway
3) Mierzęcice 5.5 km (3.42 mi) Tendered Opened in November 2006
4) Podwarpie
(southbound)

(northbound)

 12.8 km (7.95 mi) 4-laned starting 1 km before interchange
5) Ząbkowice
 20.2 km (12.55 mi) With environmental decision Planned, 4-laned road at the moment
6) No name (Dąbrowa-Górnicza-Laski) 22.6 km (14.04 mi) Done Completed 1978-1983
7) No name (Dąbrowa-Górnicza-Golonóg) 24.3 km (15.10 mi)
8) No name
 25.2 km (15.66 mi)
9) No name(Dąbrowa-Górnicza-Porąbka) 28.9 km (17.96 mi)
(1) Petrol station 31.8 km (19.76 mi) Koniczyna
10) No name 33.2 km (20.63 mi) Completed 1978-1983 Entrance/exit northbound only
11) Brzęczkowice-I
 36.9 km (22.93 mi)
12) Brzęczkowice-II
(E462 starting from the interchange eastbound)		 39.2 km (24.36 mi) Entrance to toll road
13) Brzezinka
 41.2 km (25.60 mi) Droga wójewodska 934 goes parallel with S1
14) No name(Mysłowice-Kosztowy-I) 42.1 km (26.16 mi)
15) No name
(Imielin)

Other name: Kosztowy-II

(passing the stages to achieve the environmetal decision)

 43.3 km (26.91 mi) Exit only southbound, entrance only northbound
16) No name(Lędziny) 46.2 km (28.71 mi)
(2) MOP Lędziny 48.8 km (30.32 mi) Petrol station, restaurant
17) Tychy
54.8 km (34.05 mi) Terminus

Kosztowy-II-Bielsko-Biała

As of the end of May 2016 there were 6 road options proposed, five of which were already available by June 2008.

At first option IV(D) was preferable. It had to go parallel to Brzeszcze – Oświęcim railway tracks. However, UNESCO protested against the choice, as, in their opinion, it would have crossed the quietness line around the former German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, and, as the result, UNESCO would have put the camp into the endangered list.

At the beginning of August 2009 the head of Miedźna commune has announced to media his option of the S1 (option VI), that would have gone on the borders of the Miedźna i Bojszowy communes, through the forest. In November 2009 it was accepted by all the local communes. However, GDDKiA rseignated from option VI because of environmental issues. The road would have passed through "Stawy w Brzeszczach" reserve for birds conservation, which was not acceptable.[2]

Option VI

Communes through which the road would have passed according to the option VI

Option V

Communes through which the road would have passed according to the option V

The project will cost approximately 1.437 bln złotych.[3]

Interchanges

4 options from 2012

In 2013 a new option, presented by the mining companies "SILESIA" and "Brzeszcze" and by Miedźna, Brzeszcze and Bestwina communes, was proposed. The option "H"(or hybrid), as it is known, was an initial compromise between the companies and communes and GDDKiA. It didn't come into life, however.

Number of exit(facility) Name Mialeage from beginning State Notes
1) Kosztowy-II 0 km With environmental decision Connection with S1 to Tychy
2) Lędziny ca. 6 km (3.73 mi)
(1) MOP 7.5 km (4.66 mi)
3) Bieruń ca. 12.3 km (7.64 mi)

Route description

Number of exit(facility) Name Mialeage from beginning History of construction Notes
1) Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice
 0 km Works from here to Suchy Potok interchange were allowed in May 2009 To Suchy Potok interchange concurrency with
, western terminus
2) Bielsko-Biała-Rosty 2.9 km (1.80 mi)
3) Suchy Potok
(planned)		 4.5 km (2.80 mi) Contract was signed in October 2008 to the Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II interchange
planned have an interchange here
4) Bielsko-Biała-Lipnik
 6.8 km (4.23 mi)
5) Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-I 10.8 km (6.71 mi)
6) Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II
 11.5 km (7.15 mi)
7) No name 14.2 km (8.82 mi) From here to Żywiec interchange: first contract signed in 2010, which was cancelled two years later, and signed with other company in July 2014. Done in July 2015.
8) No name (Rybarzowice) 17.7 km (11.00 mi)
9) No name(Kalki) 21 km (13.05 mi)
10) Żywiec
 26.5 km (16.47 mi) From here to Przybędza interchange: signed in June 2005, done by November 2006
11) Browar 29.2 km (18.14 mi)
12) Przybędza 33.9 km (21.06 mi) From here to Milówka interchange: the section has got DŚU (environmental decision), tender to be soon announced
13) Milówka 42.14 km (26.18 mi)
14) Kasperka
 46.84 km (29.11 mi) No exit of eastbound traffic on the road
15) Laliki 49.54 km (30.78 mi) Last interchange before border
Zwardoń
 53.34 km (33.14 mi) Entrance to Slovakia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mapy Google". Mapy Google. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  2. 1 2 Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polska)
  3. 1 2 "S-1 od w. "Kosztowy II" w Mysłowicach do w. "Suchy Potok" w Bielsku-Białej :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny". www.gddkia.gov.pl. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
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