Droga ekspresowa S8

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	Droga ekspresowa S8 in Poland
	Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r.
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	In operation In planning
	Basic data
Operator:
Start of the street:	Kłodzko ; ( 50 ° 27 ′ N , 16 ° 38 ′ E )
End of street:	Białystok ; ( 53 ° 9 ′ N , 23 ° 3 ′ E )
Overall length:	649 km / 624.4 km without ; common sections
of which in operation:	563 km / 538.7 km
of which in planning:	86 km
Voivodeship :	Lower Silesia; Greater Poland; Łódź; Mazovia; Podlaskie;
Requirement for use:	Truck route toll
Development condition:	2 × 2 or 2 × 3 lanes
	The S8 at Oleśnica .
	Lower Silesian Voivodeship
	Greater Poland Voivodeship
	Łódź Voivodeship
	Masovian Voivodeship

The Expressway S8 ( Pol. For, expressway S8 '), also Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej r the 1920s. (Polish for "The Route of the Heroes of the Battle of Warsaw 1920 "), is a partly completed or under construction expressway in Poland . It leads from Wroclaw via Łódź and Warsaw to Białystok . The S8 is part of the European route 67 , the so-called "Via Baltica". Its total length will be 565 kilometers.

Planning history

The network plans of Poland from 1945 and 1946 contained a connection Prague - Wroclaw - Łódź - Warsaw - Białystok - Vilnius , with a joint route with the connection Poznan - Warsaw planned between Łódź and Warsaw . In 1963 the Prague - Wroclaw route was also planned. However, there were two route variants between Wroclaw and Łódź: a V solution with the Wroclaw - Łódź and Poznan - Łódź routes and a Y solution with the Poznan - Kalisz , Łódź - Kalisz and Kalisz - Wroclaw routes (shared route). The route should then be led from Łódź via Warsaw, Białystok in the direction of Hrodna . In 1971 the route from Prague via Wroclaw to the north of Łódź was planned, where it should meet the Poznan - Wroclaw route. A branch line was to branch off from Kalisz to Łódź. An expressway was also planned from Piotrków Trybunalski to Warsaw along today's national road 8 . Two expressways were then to be built from Warsaw: one to Białystok along today's national road 8, the other to Augustów along today's national road 61 . Cross-border routes were no longer planned. In 1976 the connection between Prague and Wroclaw was planned directly to Łódź. The network plan also contained only the Piotrków Trybunalski - Warsaw - Białystok - Augustów route. In 1985 the entire route was also included, but it was planned to continue via Suwałki to Kaunas . In 1993, the Prague - Wroclaw - Łódź line was planned as the A8 motorway . The section Piotrków Trybunalski - Warsaw was deleted. The plan now contained two routes from Warsaw, namely along the national road 8 via Białystok to Vilnius and branching from this line along the provincial road 677 and the national road 61 a connection via Suwałki to Riga . In 1996 the only thing that changed was that the route Piotrków Trybunalski - Warsaw was now included again. In 2001, the status of the Wroclaw - Łódź line was changed from a motorway to an expressway . The Prague - Wroclaw connection was omitted, as was the Piotrków Trybunalski - Warsaw route and the branch line along the 677 provincial road and the 61 national road to Augustów. The S8 should now be led to Riga via Białystok, Augustów. In 2003 the bypass of Wroclaw was again planned as the A8. The remainder of the S8 route was given its current route. In 2004 nothing changed about this. In October 2009 planning for the S61 expressway was resumed. With the decision to build the S61 after all, the S8 will only be built as far as Białystok. There it should meet the S19 expressway . Planning for the S8 from Wroclaw to Glatz began in September 2018 .

Completed sections

section	length	construction time	building-costs	Traffic transfer
Node Magnice - node-Wrocław Południe	004.5 km	2008-2010	⁽¹⁾	December 30, 2010
Node Wrocław -Pawłowice - node Oleśnica -Zachód	022.6 km	2009–2012	565 million zloty (135 million euros)	October 8, 2012
Node Oleśnica -Zachód - node Oleśnica-Wschód	014.3 km	2004-2006	-	November 28, 2006
Node Oleśnica-Wschód - node Syców -Wschód	025.1 km	2009–2012	468 million zlotys (112 million euros)	November 30, 2012
Node Syców -Wschód - node Kępno -Krążkowy	015.3 km	2011-2013	325 million zloty (81 million euros)	December 21, 2013
Node Kępno -Krążkowy - node Wieruszów	016.6 km	2011-2013	528 million zlotys (132 million euros)	December 21, 2013
Node Wieruszów - node Wieluń	013.1 km	2011-2013	234 million zlotys (59 million euros)	December 21, 2013
Wieluń node	002.0 km	2011-2013	118 million zloty (30 million euros)	December 21, 2013
Node Wieluń - node Złoczew	019.0 km	2012-2014	710 million zlotys (178 million euros)	October 29, 2014
Node Złoczew - node Sieradz -Południe	019.6 km	2012-2014	683 million zlotys (171 million euros)	October 29, 2014
Node Sieradz -Południe - node Łask	033.6 km	2012-2014	1.4 billion zlotys (350 million euros)	November 29, 2014
Node Łask - node Róża	009.2 km	2011-2014	550 million zlotys (138 million euros)	August 8, 2014
Node Róża - node Rzgów	017.3 km	2011-2014	848 million zlotys (212 million euros)	April 11, 2014
Node Rzgów - node Łódź -Południe	002.1 km	2011-2016	848 million zlotys (212 million euros)	July 1, 2016
Łódź-Południe junction ( A1 )	001.3 km	2011-2016	198 million zloty (50 million euros)	July 1, 2016
Łódź-Południe node - Tuszyn node ⁽²⁾	012.9 km	Realization as a section of the A1 motorway
Node Tuszyn - node Piotrków -Zachód ⁽²⁾	005.6 km	Realization as a section of the A1 motorway
Node Piotrków Tryb.-Zachód - node Rawa Mazowiecka -Północ	061.2 km	2009–2012	1.7 billion zloty (405 million euros)	October 26, 2012
Rawa Mazowiecka-Północ node - W. Łódź / W. Mazovia border	022.8 km	2010–2012	466 million zlotys (111 million euros)	17th October 2012
Border W. Łódź / W. Masovia - Radziejowice junction	011.3 km	2010-2013	190 million zloty (48 million euros)	August 24, 2013
Node Radziejowice - node Siestrzeń	009.9 km	2016-2019	307 million zlotys (77 million euros)	15th July 2019
Node Siestrzeń - node Paszków	011.6 km	2015-2018	437 million zlotys (109 million euros)	October 12, 2018
Node Paszków - node Warszawa -Janki	003.6 km	2013-2015	566 million zlotys (142 million euros)	December 14, 2015
Node Warszawa -Janki - node Warszawa-Opacz	006.3 km	2013-2015	566 million zlotys (142 million euros)	17th July 2015
Warszawa-Opacz knot - Konotopa knot ⁽³⁾	005.8 km	Realization as a section of the S2 expressway
Konotopa knot - Warszawa- Powązkowska knot	010.4 km	2008-2010	2.7 billion zloty (659 million euros)	January 19, 2011
Warszawa-Powązkowska node - Warszawa-Modlińska node	004.6 km	2013-2015	796 million zlotys (199 million euros)	September 11, 2015
Warszawa-Modlińska Knot - Marki Knot	007.0 km	2009–2012	869 million zlotys (207 million euros)	June 6, 2012
Marki Knot - Kobyłka Knot	008.1 km	2014-2017	332 million zlotys (83 million euros)	23rd December 2017
Kobyłka Knot - Radzymin -Południe Knot	007.3 km	2014-2017	406 million zlotys (102 million euros)	23rd December 2017
Node Radzymin -Południe - node Mostówka	021.1 km	2006-2009	448 million zlotys (114 million euros)	July 31, 2009
Mostówka node - Wyszków-Północ node	012.4 km	2006-2008	261 million zlotys (68 million euros)	November 14, 2008
Node Wyszków -Północ - node Poreba	013.0 km	2016-2018	335 million zlotys (84 million euros)	19th October 2018
Poręba node - Ostrów Maz node . -Brok	016.1 km	2016-2018	404 million zloty (101 million euros)	17th September 2018
Node Ostrow Mazowiecka -Brok - node Ostrow Maz.-Podborze	006.8 km	2001-2003	33 million zloty (8 million euros)	December 16, 2003
Ostrów Maz.-Podborze node - W. Mazovia / W. Podlachia border	009.4 km	2016-2018	249 million zlotys (63 million euros)	July 27, 2018
Border W. Mazovia / W. Podlasie - node Zambrów -Zachód	014.9 km	2015-2017	455 million zlotys (114 million euros)	22nd December 2017
Node Zambrów -Zachód - node Zambrów-Wschód	011.1 km	2009–2012	325 million zloty (78 million euros)	2nd July 2017
Zambrów-Wschód Knot - Mężenin Knot	015.4 km	2014-2016	435 million zlotys (109 million euros)	December 22, 2016
Mężenin knot - Jeżewo knot	014.3 km	2014-2017	441 million zlotys (110 million euros)	September 12, 2012
Node Jeżewo - node Białystok -Zachód	024.5 km	2009–2012	675 million zloty (161 million euros)	September 12, 2012
total	562.6 km 538.7 km ^*		18.4 billion zloty (4.3 billion euros)

^* Kilometers without common sections

⁽¹⁾This section was realized as part of the A8 motorway , but later rededicated.

⁽²⁾ Section shared with the A1 motorway

⁽³⁾ Common section with the S2 expressway

particularities

Between the motorway junctions Lodz -Południe and Piotrków -Zachód S8 runs on a common section with the A1 highway . Between the Warsaw-Opacz and Konotopa nodes , the S8 runs together with the S2 and S7 expressways on the same route. From the Konotopa junction to the Warsaw-Trasa NS junction, the S7 and S8 continue to run on the same route.

Planning conflicts and protests

Routing in the Łódź Voivodeship

For the section of the S8 between Kępno and the A1 , a total of three route variants have been developed.

The first, also known as the Łódź variant or northern variant, was to lead from Kępno via Sieradz , Zduńska Wola , Łask , Pabianice to the A1 and at the same time form the southern part of the motorway ring around Łódź. Between Wieluń and Róża, the route ran parallel to what was then DK14 .

The second, also known as the southern variant, was to run from Kępno via Wieluń , Bełchatów to Piotrków Trybunalski , parallel to the previous DK8.

A third variant was planned from Kępno via Złoczew directly to Łask and then further on the north variant to the A1, i.e. without connecting the cities of Sieradz and Zdunska Wola.

In June 2007, the planning company GDDKiA decided on the southern variant. The reason given was that only the southern route could be financed with EU funding, that the north route ran through the Natura 2000 protected area Grabia Valley, that the proximity to the toll A2 would lead to alternative traffic on the north variant, that charging on the joint route of the S8 with the A1 between Łódź and Piotrków Trybunalski is also problematic and the route directly to Piotrków Trybunalski is cheaper due to the S12 and S74 routes that are integrated there .

This led to major protests by the population in the cities of Sieradz, Zdunska Wola and Łask, who had promised that their region would be connected to the Polish expressway network. In some cases, road blockades were even carried out in order to emphasize the demand for a northern variant. Proponents of the northern route stated that the most important regional cities were located on it, that ten times the population of the areas opened up with the southern route lived here and that an important NATO airport would be connected in Łask. As a result, the GDDKiA changed its plans: In May and June 2009, hearings were held on the plans for the S8 for the north variant. Ultimately, the decision was made to implement the north variant, which was completed in 2014 after five years of planning and construction.

Bypassing Augustów and crossing the Rospuda Valley

As part of the planning of the S8 Warsaw – Riga, work has been carried out on a bypass for Augustów in north-eastern Poland since 1992 . Several variants were examined and finally a route was approved for construction that intersects the Rospuda Valley Natura 2000 protected area . There was widespread resistance to the building. In February 2007, the European Union Commission intervened and ordered an immediate construction stop. In the chosen route, a considerable risk for the habitats of protected plant and animal species, in particular a considerable disturbance for many bird species, was seen, which violates European law. The water ecosystem and water quality were also seen as endangered by the project. It was submitted that the ecological compensation measures envisaged in the project did not comply with EU law. On September 16, 2008, the Supreme Administrative Court in Poland stopped the construction of the Via Baltica through the Rospuda Valley. A change in the planning was therefore necessary. The GDDKiA branch responsible for planning had submitted a new report on the environmental impact assessment for the so-called Raczki variant on July 8, 2009, which envisaged the construction of the S8 along the provincial roads 664 and 665 via Raczki . With the resumption of planning for the S61 expressway in October 2009, the Augustów bypass became part of the S61 and the S8 expressway was shortened to Białystok .

photos

End of bypassing Radzymin

Radzymin-Wyszków section

Start of the Wyszków bypass

Lucynów motorway junction

Skuszew node

Bridge over the River Bug

Ostrów Mazowiecka bypass

Web links

Commons : Expressway S8 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

GDDKiA (Polish, English)

Individual evidence

↑ Course of the S8 at motorways-exitlists.com (accessed on April 2, 2016)
^ Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad : S8 - Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. ( pl ) August 15, 2020. Accessed August 15, 2020.
↑ 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)
↑ Network plans from 1939 to 2004
↑ 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)
↑ Decision of the Council of Ministers of July 13, 2007 (Polish)
^ Resolution of the Council of Ministers of October 20, 2009 (Polish)
↑ Overview map of all motorways and expressways GDDKIA
↑ Wroclaw now has a new bypass GDDKiA (Polish)
↑ S8 Konotopa - Powązkowska opens GDDKiA (Polish)
↑ The most expensive street in the country finally opened ( Memento from January 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) TVN Warszawa (Polish)
↑ S8 from the border of the Masovian Voivodeship to the Zambrów bypass opened GDDKiA (Polish)
↑ S8 Zambrów - Mężenin opens GDDKiA (Polish)
↑ Samorządowcy w sprawie S8 i S12 ( Memento of March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) September 18, 2006
↑ Gazeta Wiadomości ( Memento of 24 May 2009 at the Internet Archive )
↑ Gazeta Wiadomosci
↑ Nasze Miasto
↑ the daily newspaper , May 25, 2007

[1] Course of the S8 at motorways-exitlists.com (accessed on April 2, 2016)

[2] Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad : S8 - Trasa Bohaterów Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. ( pl ) August 15, 2020. Accessed August 15, 2020.

[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 from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)

[5] Network plans from 1939 to 2004

[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] Decision of the Council of Ministers of July 13, 2007 (Polish)

[15] Resolution of the Council of Ministers of October 20, 2009 (Polish)

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

[17] Wroclaw now has a new bypass GDDKiA (Polish)

[18] S8 Konotopa - Powązkowska opens GDDKiA (Polish)

[19] The most expensive street in the country finally opened ( Memento from January 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) TVN Warszawa (Polish)

[20] S8 from the border of the Masovian Voivodeship to the Zambrów bypass opened GDDKiA (Polish)

[21] S8 Zambrów - Mężenin opens GDDKiA (Polish)

[22] Samorządowcy w sprawie S8 i S12 ( Memento of March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) September 18, 2006

[23] Gazeta Wiadomości ( Memento of 24 May 2009 at the Internet Archive )

[24] Gazeta Wiadomosci

[25] Nasze Miasto

[26] the daily newspaper , May 25, 2007


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