Autostrada A8 (Poland)

Autostrada A8 in Poland
Autostrada Obwodnica Wrocławia
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 In operation
Basic data
Operator:
Start of the street:	Wrocław ( 51 ° 3 ′  N , 16 ° 56 ′  E )
End of street:	Wrocław ( 51 ° 10 ′  N , 17 ° 5 ′  E )
Overall length:	22.3 km
of which in operation:	22.3 km
Voivodeship :	Lower Silesia
Requirement for use:	Truck route toll
Development condition:	2 × 2 and 2 × 3 lanes
The A8 in a map of Wroclaw
Course of the road Transition from → Kłodzko  from here on 6 lanes (2)  Wrocław Południe   (3)  Wrocław Zachód (4)  Wrocław Lotnisko (5)  Wroclaw Stadium (1742 m)  Rędziński Bridge (across Ślęza and Oder ) (6)  Wrocław Północ   from here 4-lane (7)  Wrocław Psie Pole Continue on → Warsaw  Under construction In planning  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Polish Autostrada A8 is a completed, toll-free section of motorway that bypasses Wroclaw from south to north ( Wroclaw motorway bypass ; Polish : Autostradowa Obwodnica Wrocławia ). The total length of the motorway bypass is 35.4 km. Of the total length, approx. 22.3 km are signposted as a motorway. The rest is marked as expressway S8 , Landesstraße  8 and Voivodschaftsstraße 372 . The costs for the complete completion of the A8, which took place by August 31, 2011, amount to 4 billion zlotys .

Planning history

In the network plans from 1945, 1946, 1963 and 1971 a connection from Łódź via Wroclaw to Czechoslovakia was planned. The network plans from 1976 and 1985 only contain one connection between Łódź and Wroclaw, which should be connected to a north-south route. In the 1993 network plan, the route from Łódź to Wroclaw is then referred to as the A8, which should later meet the A3 . The route is still included in the 1996 network plan. Since 2001 the connection between Łódź and Wroclaw has been planned as the S8 expressway . The connection to the S3 expressway is no longer available. Only the Wroclaw bypass remains of the A8.

Stages

The construction work was divided into three stages and took place from 2008 to 2011.
The construction contracts were signed on October 16, 2008 (stage 1), on May 20, 2008 (stage 2a) and on October 22, 2008 (stage 2b). On August 31, 2011, the entire motorway was opened to traffic.

No.	section	length	construction time	building-costs	Traffic transfer
1	Node  Magnice - node-Wrocław Południe	04.5 km	2008-2010	780 million  zlotys (195 million  euros )	December 30, 2010
1	Wrocław-Południe node - Wrocław-Lotnisko node	07.4 km	2008-2011		May 5, 2011
2a	Rędziński Bridge over the Oder	01.8 km		577 million zlotys (144 million euros)	August 31, 2011
2 B	Wrocław-Lotnisko node - Wrocław-Północ node	09.2 km		2.058 billion zlotys (515 million euros)	August 31, 2011
2 B	Wrocław-Północ node - Wrocław-Pawłowice node	03.9 km			July 15, 2011
total		26.8 km		3.42 billion zlotys (854 million euros)

1. ↑ This section was implemented as part of the Wroclaw motorway bypass, but is part of the S8 expressway .

Question about toll collection

The case of toll collection on the A8 autostrada was not decided from the start. According to the government decision of July 16, 2002, the motorway will be subject to tolls. The motorway junctions are made so that the toll can be levied. According to the debate by politician Grzegorz Schetyna in 2008, the trip should be free. On 27 June 2010, the Minister of Infrastructure promised Cezary Grabarczyk that all highways along major cities toll-free detours for passenger cars (cars), lorries (trucks) to 3.5 tons and for motorcycles remain. On August 27, 2011, during the open house, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited the motorway construction site and assured that the Wroclaw bypass will remain toll-free for cars , trucks up to 3.5 t and motorcycles . However, the motorway should be downgraded to an expressway so that the exemption from tolls does not violate Polish law and no toll obligation can be introduced later. In contrast, the Polish Ministry of Transport decided on September 1, 2011 that the bypass should continue to be signposted as a motorway and be removed from the list of toll motorways. The last information was confirmed by the government in early December 2011.

Rędziński Bridge

The Rędziński Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Oder on the Polish A8 motorway and the largest of its kind in Poland . The reinforced concrete structure is attached to a 122 meter high pylon . The superstructure of the bridge is 612 meters and together with the elevated roads leading to the bridge 1742 meters long. Both lanes are equipped with three lanes.

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  The completed bridge at night

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  The bridge from the northeast

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  Construction in May 2011

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  Construction in February 2011

See also

• Autostrada (Poland)

Web links

Commons : Autobahn A8  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Generala Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (GDDKiA)
• Official website of the A8 during the construction and planning phase

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Overview map of all motorways and expressways. GDDKIA
2. ↑ ^{a b} Autostradowa Obwodnica Wrocławia otwarta: Ależ jazda! (Polish)
3. ↑ Eugeniusz Buszma: Przegląd komunikacyjny , No. 3-4, September-October 1945th ( Memento of 18 December 2007 at the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
4. ↑ Eugeniusz Buszma: Drogowiec , No. 1 and 2 from 1946 ( Memento of December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
5. ↑ Eugeniusz Buszma: Drogowiec , No. 8 from 1971 ( Memento from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
6. ↑ Decision of the regional council of January 23, 1976 ( memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
7. ↑ Decision of the regional council of June 14, 1985 ( memento of December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
8. ^ Resolution of the Council of Ministers of September 28, 1993 (Polish)
9. ↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of January 23, 1996 (Polish)
10. ↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of September 29, 2001 (Polish)
11. ↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of August 26, 2003 (Polish)
12. ↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of May 15, 2004 (Polish)
13. ↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of July 13, 2007 (Polish)
14. ^ Resolution of the Council of Ministers of October 20, 2009 (Polish)
15. ↑ Network plans from 1939 to 2004
16. ^ Autostradowy most wrocławskiej obwodnicy - podpisanie umowy . GDDKiA
17. ↑ Podpisano umowę na II Część Autostradowej Obwodnicy Wrocławia . GDDKiA
18. ↑ Wroclaw now has a new bypass. GDDKiA (Polish)
19. ↑ Handover of the next section GDDKiA (Polish)
20. ↑ Otwarcie północnego odcinka A8 w ramach AOW od węzła północ do łącznika Długołęka (GDDKiA)
21. ^ Resolution of the Council of Ministers of July 16, 2002 (Polish)
22. ↑ miasta.gazeta.pl
23. ↑ Przejazd niektórymi autostradowymi obwodnicami ma być darmowy (Polish) ( Memento from September 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
24. ↑ Tusk we Wrocławiu: AOW będzie bezpłatna (Polish)
25. ↑ Tłumy wrocławian oglądały most na Rędzinie (Polish)
26. ↑ Autostrady są płatne. OK A obwodnice? To never autostrady!
27. ^ Obwodnica Wrocławia ma nie być płatna
28. ↑ Obwodnica Wrocławia skreślona z listy płatnych dróg
29. ↑ Darmowa obwodnica Wrocławia to tylko nieporozumienie
30. ↑ Autostrada A8, która stanowi obwodnicę Wrocławia, przestaje być płatna ( Memento of the original dated December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Polish)