A2 autostrada (Poland)

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Autostrada A2
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)
Length475 km (295 mi)
610 km (379 mi) planned
Major junctions
Fromnear Świecko; circa 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) away from border with Germany
Major intersections near Świebodzin

west of Poznań
in Poznań
east of Poznań
near Zgierz (planned)
near Łódź
west of Warsaw
east of Warsaw

near Międzyrzec Podlaski (planned)
To – border with Belarus at Kukuryki, near Terespol/Brest (planned)
Location
CountryPoland
Major citiesPoznań, Łódź, Warsaw
Highway system
A 1 A 4
Tarnawa toll plaza
A2 near Poznań, opened in 2003. This picture shows the motorway before a six-lane expansion done in 2019
A2 near Poznań Komorniki interchange, before the six-lane expansion done in 2019
A2 near Kleszczewo (east of Poznań), opened in 2003.
Ticket machine at Gołuski toll plaza
Toll price list (section Gołuski-Tarnawa; 2012)

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.

  1. ^ "A2 – "Autostradą Wolności"". prezydent.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl". Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Umowy na kolejne odcinki A2 Siedlce - Biała Podlaska podpisane". 14 April 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Wojna na Ukrainie już wpływa na budowę dróg w Polsce". wnp.pl.
  5. ^ Wilczek, Maria (20 December 2021). "Poland's longest road tunnel opens in Warsaw". Retrieved 21 March 2023.