Expressway S8 (Poland)

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Expressway S8
Droga ekspresowa S8
Route information
Part of E67
Length554.4 km (344.5 mi)
Major junctions
West end A4 near Wrocław
Major intersections S5 near Wrocław
S11 near Kępno

S14 near Pabianice
A1 near Łódź
A2 and S7 near Warsaw

S61 near Ostrów Mazowiecka (under construction)
East end S19 near Białystok
Location
CountryPoland
Major citiesWrocław, Łódź, Warsaw, Białystok
Highway system
S 7 S 10
S8 between Radzymin and Wyszków

Expressway S8 or express road S8, officially named The Route of the Heroes of the Battle of Warsaw 1920 (pl. droga ekspresowa S8, Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r.[1]) is a Polish highway which connects Wrocław via Łódź and Warsaw to Białystok. The whole road is 554 km (344 mi) long. Its fragment forming the bypass of Wrocław (22.7 km) is constructed in motorway standard and marked as A8.

The road was constructed between 2008 and 2019 (short fragments serving as town bypasses had been constructed earlier). The construction was co-funded by the European Union.[2]

In 2019, it was announced that an extension of S8 from Wrocław to Kłodzko was added to the plans. Its main part is planned to be opened by 2027. In 2022, it was announced that there are plans for extending the road further from Kłodzko to the Polish-Czech border in Boboszów which is intended to be constructed by 2033, however in the Czech Republic there is so far no planned expressway that would connect to it.[3]

  1. ^ Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (2020-08-15). "S8 - Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r." gddkia.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  2. ^ "New express road brings economic and transport benefits to central Poland-Projects".
  3. ^ "Droga ekspresowa S8 Boboszów-Kłodzko-Wrocław – pierwsze przetargi już w 2023 roku". 27 December 2022.