Expressway S86 | ||||
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Droga ekspresowa S86 | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by GDDKiA | ||||
Length | 5.9 km (3.7 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
From | Sosnowiec | |||
To | Katowice | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Poland | |||
Regions | Silesian Voivodeship | |||
Major cities | Sosnowiec, Katowice | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Expressway S86 (Polish: Droga ekspresowa S86, abbreviated as S86) – built from 1978 to 1986[1] section of national road 86 with a length of 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi),[2] connecting Katowice (Roździeńskiego Avenue, Murckowska Street and Bagienna Street junction) with Sosnowiec (Pogoń junction).[3] In Katowice the road is a part of Walentego Roździeńskiego Avenue[1]. The route has two carriageways, each with three lanes.[2]
In 2010 it was the busiest national road in Poland,[4] and continuously since 2015 it is the second busiest national road in Poland behind the bypass of Warsaw.[5][6][7] At the same time it was the expressway with the highest number of traffic collisions and accidents in 2016.[8]
Since 1999 it is maintained by General Directorate for National Roads and Highways (Polish: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad).[2] On September 13, 2015, the government changed the ordinance of the motorways and expressways, officially including the S86 expressway in it,[9] making it the shortest of all expressways in Poland.[1] It is also one of the few expressways that at present time are not connected with the rest of the network of motorways and expressways.