Droga ekspresowa S6

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	Droga ekspresowa S6 in Poland
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	In operation In construction In planning
	Basic data
Operator:
Start of the street:	Kołbaskowo
End of street:	Pruszcz Gdański ; ( 54 ° 14 ′ N , 18 ° 37 ′ E )
Overall length:	443.6 km / 423.8 km without ; common sections
of which in operation:	220.5 km / 200.7 km km
of which under construction:	40.8 km
of which in planning:	207.6 km
Voivodeship :	West Pomerania; Pomerania;
Requirement for use:	Truck route toll
Development condition:	1 × 2, 2 × 2 and 2 × 3 lanes
	The S6 near Słupsk (07.2006)
	West Pomeranian Voivodeship
	Pomeranian Voivodeship
	Under construction; In planning;

The Droga ekspresowa S6 ( Polish for "expressway S6") is an under construction or planned expressway in Poland and runs over a total length of approx. 420 kilometers from Goleniów (Gollnow) to Gdańsk (Danzig) . It runs almost parallel to the coast of the Baltic Sea and connects Szczecin (Stettin) with the three cities of Gdynia (Gdingen) , Sopot (Sopot) and Gdańsk (Danzig) . The S6 is between the node Goleniów-Polnoc and Gdansk-Południe a part of the European route E28 . On October 13, 2015, the S6 was expanded to include the northwest bypass of Szczecin and the bypass of the Tricity metropolitan region by a government decision . The previous bypass of Tricity is to be partially rededicated as the S7 expressway . With the exception of the northwest bypass of Szczecin, the rest of the S6 should be completed by 2020.

Planning history

The S6 near Gdynia

Even before 1945 there were plans for the Reichsautobahn Berlin – Königsberg , which was to connect the cities of Szczecin and Danzig. However, the chosen route, on which construction work began in sections until 1942, ran via Stargard in Pomerania (today Stargard) through the Pomeranian Lake District, Bärwalde (Barwice) , Bütow (Bytów) south of Gdansk to Elbing (Elbląg) , where it to connect to the already completed motorway to Königsberg in what was then East Prussia (today Kaliningrad , Kaliningrad Oblast , Russian Federation ).

After the expressway network plans for Poland from 1945, 1946 and 1963 had provided a connection between Szczecin and Gdańsk, which was similar to the plans before 1945, the plan from 1971 now contained a route further north via Koszalin (Köslin) . This route variant was also included in the plans in 1976 and 1985. However, it did not come to fruition until the political change in Poland.

With the increase in the number of cars and road freight traffic from 1990 onwards, there was a need for efficient east-west connections. The 1993 network plan again provided for a Szczecin – Gdańsk – Elbląg – Kaliningrad expressway . This route was also included in 1996.

In 2001, the route was omitted from the planning, but was resumed from 2003.

In 2007 the plans of the originally planned route of the S6 were changed:

A new route variant, approx. 180 km long, with the course Wicimice (Witzmitz) - Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) - Koszalin (Köslin) was investigated. On July 9, 2010, this was officially presented and approved.
On December 5, 2007 it was decided to start planning a north-west bypass of Szczecin (Stettin) with a length of over 50 km. Until 2015, this route was not part of the government's planned motorway and expressway network. On October 13, 2015, the northwest bypass was decided as part of the S6.
A continuation of the S6 from Gdynia (Gdynia) in a westerly direction has been planned since 2007. For this purpose, several route variants were examined that branch off from the already existing S6 between the Gdynia-Wielki Kack and Gdańsk-Karczemki junctions. The plans aroused considerable resistance from those affected.

Completed sections

section	length	construction time	building-costs	Traffic transfer
Rzęśnica Knot - Goleniów -Północ Knot	0019.8 km	Realized as a section of the S3 expressway
Node Goleniów -Północ - node Nowogard -Zachód	0019.2 km	2015-2019	344 million zlotys (86 million euros )	April 8, 2019
Nowogard-Zachód node - Nowogard-Wschód node	009.4 km	2010-2011	228 million zlotys (54 million euros)	December 22, 2011
Nowogard-Wschód node - Płoty- Północ node	0019.6 km	2015-2019	390 million zlotys (98 million euros )	October 31, 2019
Node Płoty -Północ - node Kiełpino	0014.2 km	2015-2019	254 million zlotys (64 million euros )	September 30, 2019
Node Kiełpino - node Kolobrzeg -Zachód	0024.1 km	2015-2019	445 million zlotys (114 million euros )	September 30, 2019
Kołobrzeg-Zachód node - Ustronie Morskie node	0014.7 km	2015-2019	343 million zlotys (86 million euros )	October 10, 2019
Ustronie Morskie junction - Bielice junction (S6 / S11)	0025.1 km	2015-2019	437 million zlotys (109 million euros )	October 10, 2019
Bielice junction (S6 / S11) - Koszalin- Północ junction	0020.1 km	2015-2019	598 million zlotys (150 million euros )	October 10, 2019
Koszalin-Północ node - Koszalin-Wschód node		2015-2019		1st December 2019
Node Koszalin-Wschód - node Sianów -Wschód		2015-2022		probably 2022Template: future / in 2 years
Node Słupsk -Zachód - node Redzikowo ⁽¹⁾ (bypassing Słupsk )	016.3 km	2008-2010	351 million zloty (86 million euros)	October 26, 2010
Crossing Gdynia -Morska - Gdynia -Wielki Kack junction ⁽³⁾	008.8 km	1973-2003 (in stages)	-	-
Node Gdynia -Wielki Kack - node Rusocin	029.2 km	1973-2003 (in stages)	-	-
total	0220.5 km 0200.7 km ^*		3 billion zlotys (749 million euros)

^* with no common sections

⁽¹⁾ only one lane

⁽²⁾ Construction of the second lane

⁽³⁾ not part of the S6 in future

Bypassing Nowogard

The Nowogard Bypass (Naugard) comprises a 9.4 km long stretch of road with three nodes : Nowogard-Zachód (-West), Nowogard-Północ (-Nord) and Nowogard-Wschód (-East). The section is equipped with two lanes with two lanes each. The construction contract with the construction company Budimex was signed on March 31, 2010, so that construction work could start in April. The completion date was agreed for February 21, 2012. However, the construction work was accelerated so that the first carriageway could be opened to traffic on November 18, 2011. The second carriageway was handed over to traffic on December 22, 2011, and the section was completed 61 days before the date agreed in the construction contract. The construction costs amounted to 228 million zlotys , of which 186 million zlotys were borne by the European Union .

Sections under construction

section	length	Contract signing	construction time	building-costs	planned completion
Node Bożepole Wielkie - node Luzino	010.4 km	June 11, 2018	2018-2022	338 million zlotys (77 million euros)	July 2022
Node Luzino - node Szemud	010.3 km	June 11, 2018	2018-2021	336 million zlotys (76 million euros)	November 2021
Node Szemud - node Gdynia -Wielki Kack	020.1 km	March 26, 2018	2016-2020	817 million zloty (186 million euros)	November 2021
total	40.8 km			1.49 billion zlotys (339 million euros)

Planned sections

section	length	planned construction time	estimated construction costs
Node Szczecin -Zachód - node Goleniów -Północ	051.6 km	unknown
Sianów-Wschód node - Sławno- Bobrowice node	021.6 km	2016-2020	1.8 billion zlotys (450 million euros)
Sławno-Bobrowice Knot - Wrześnica Knot	012.0 km	2016-2020
Wrześnica Knot - Słupsk -Zachód Knot	011.7 km	2016-2020
Node Słupsk -Zachód - node Redzikowo ⁽²⁾	016.3 km	2016-2019	2.28 billion zlotys (575 million euros)
Node Redzikowo - node Bobrowniki	016.0 km	2016-2020
Node Bobrowniki - node Skórowo	013.0 km	2016-2020
Skórowo node - Lębork -Zachód / Leśnice node	011.1 km	2016-2020
Lębork-Zachód / Leśnice junction - Bożepole Wielkie junction	023.5 km	2016-2020
Chwaszczyno knot - Żukowo knot	015.7 km	2017-2020	2.65 billion zlotys (663 million euros)
Node Żukowo - node Gdańsk -Południe	015.1 km	2017-2020	2.65 billion zlotys (663 million euros)
total	207.6 km		6.73 billion zlotys (1.69 billion euros)

Web links

Commons : Expressway S6 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Course of the S6 at motorways-exitlists.com (accessed on April 1, 2016)
↑ ^a ^b Decision of the Council of Ministers of October 13, 2015 (Polish)
↑ Thu końca 2020 powstanie 130 km S6 (Polish)
↑ Eugeniusz Buszma: "Przegląd komunikacyjny" No. 3-4 September-October 1945th ( Memento of 18 December 2007 at the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
↑ Eugeniusz Buszma: "Drogowiec" No. 1 and 2 from 1946 ( Memento from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
↑ Eugeniusz Buszma: "Drogowiec" No. 8 from 1971 ( Memento from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
↑ Decision of the regional council of January 23, 1976 ( memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
↑ Decision of the regional council of June 14, 1985 ( memento of December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
^ Resolution of the Council of Ministers of September 28, 1993 (Polish)
↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of January 23, 1996 (Polish)
↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of September 29, 2001 (Polish)
↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of August 26, 2003 (Polish)
↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of May 15, 2004 (Polish)
↑ New route leads via Kołobrzeg GDDKiA (Polish)
↑ Trasa Lęborska - TAK !, ale którędy? (Polish)
↑ ^a ^b Overview map of all motorways and expressways GDDKIA
↑ Slupsk bypass opened to traffic (GDDKiA) (Polish)
↑ Scheme of the planned road network around the Tricity
↑ Obwodnica Nowogardu w ciągu S6 w całości otwarta (GDDKiA) (Polish)

[1] Course of the S6 at motorways-exitlists.com (accessed on April 1, 2016)

[isap.sejm.gov.pl-2] Decision of the Council of Ministers of October 13, 2015 (Polish)

[3] Thu końca 2020 powstanie 130 km S6 (Polish)

[4] Eugeniusz Buszma: "Przegląd komunikacyjny" No. 3-4 September-October 1945th ( Memento of 18 December 2007 at the Internet Archive ) (Polish)

[5] Eugeniusz Buszma: "Drogowiec" No. 1 and 2 from 1946 ( Memento from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)

[6] Eugeniusz Buszma: "Drogowiec" No. 8 from 1971 ( Memento from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)

[7] Decision of the regional council of January 23, 1976 ( memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)

[8] Decision of the regional council of June 14, 1985 ( memento of December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)

[9] Resolution of the Council of Ministers of September 28, 1993 (Polish)

[10] Decision of the Council of Ministers of January 23, 1996 (Polish)

[11] Decision of the Council of Ministers of September 29, 2001 (Polish)

[12] Decision of the Council of Ministers of August 26, 2003 (Polish)

[13] Decision of the Council of Ministers of May 15, 2004 (Polish)

[14] New route leads via Kołobrzeg GDDKiA (Polish)

[15] Trasa Lęborska - TAK !, ale którędy? (Polish)

[Übersicht-16] Overview map of all motorways and expressways GDDKIA

[17] Slupsk bypass opened to traffic (GDDKiA) (Polish)

[18] Scheme of the planned road network around the Tricity

[obnowo-19] Obwodnica Nowogardu w ciągu S6 w całości otwarta (GDDKiA) (Polish)


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