Hungarian Motorways / Autópálya

[Bikes]

Summary by RawLee:

This is the current motorway/expressway network we have
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9807/autopcy7.jpg
Currently, the network is ~1017,5kms long.
Vague final plan is this:
http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/37/autplykyr8.png
Progress on the Hungarian motorway network
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15459349&postcount=680

Fully completed motorways/expressways

M1
The M1 is the oldest completed motorway in Hungary. Construction started in 1964 with the M1-M7 common section and finished in 1996. It connects Budapest with Austria (A4 at Hegyeshalom). It is 108km long.
Posts about M1
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9840142&postcount=45
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9832554&postcount=29
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12228634&postcount=139
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13277365&postcount=307
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15052026&postcount=601
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16085636&postcount=820
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17298192&postcount=1160
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17367295&postcount=1181

M15
The M15 is completed in the sense that it’s finished until the Slovak border, although its half profile. It was built in 1998. It is 15 km long, from Levél (M1) to Rajka, where it meets Slovak D2.
Posts about M15
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16085636&postcount=820

M5
M5 was the third motorway to reach the border. Constructions started in 1985 on it, and it was finished in 2006. It is 158km long, and Budapest with Serbia (at Röszke)
Posts about M5
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9832502&postcount=28
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9832554&postcount=29
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9891154&postcount=80
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15383825&postcount=671
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17346998&postcount=1165

M70
M70’s sole purpose is to provide motorway connection to Slovenia. M70 is a branch of M7, branching off just before the border. It is 20km long, and was inaugurated in 2004. It is half-profile.
Posts about M70
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9851141&postcount=57

Partially completed and under construction projects

M0
M0 is the expressway ting around Budapest. It is still not completed, although its construction started in 1988. Currently, the southern section, the southern half of the eastern section and half of the northern section are completed, and the northern half of the eastern section and the other half of northern section are under construction. The completion of the western part is unknown, because it would need very long tunnels and it would cross protected areas, and locals also object it. Currently, 42km is ready, 49,7km is under construction. This year will see the completion of these sections, and will see the beginning of widening works on the southern section to 2x3.
Posts about M0
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9818364&postcount=8
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9839849&postcount=44
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9832554&postcount=29
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=11789985&postcount=111
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12215941&postcount=135
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12385065&postcount=181
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12580705&postcount=191
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13010186&postcount=219
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13171175&postcount=239
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13171336&postcount=240
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13223153&postcount=263
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13253513&postcount=302
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13383009&postcount=366
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13567762&postcount=393
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13636915&postcount=402
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13647387&postcount=406
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13672548&postcount=410
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13672636&postcount=411
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13817358&postcount=423
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15052173&postcount=604
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15129902&postcount=627
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15347393&postcount=666
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15383825&postcount=671
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15426358&postcount=679
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15471706&postcount=682
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15513438&postcount=686
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15546938&postcount=691
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15637576&postcount=704
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15642053&postcount=708
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15675901&postcount=725
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15689276&postcount=728
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15763507&postcount=740
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15776502&postcount=745
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15854306&postcount=797
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16106262&postcount=832
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16249082&postcount=840
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16380224&postcount=845
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16658428&postcount=927
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16677034&postcount=933
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16747542&postcount=966
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16845746&postcount=1002
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17037441&postcount=1085
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17048491&postcount=1086
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17156967&postcount=1117
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17287666&postcount=1151
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17289595&postcount=1155
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17364770&postcount=1180
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17414932&postcount=1205
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17417061&postcount=1207
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17498207&postcount=1235

M2
M2 connect Budapest with Vác, although it is full profile only from Fót. It is 30km long currently, and is an expressway. It was built in 1999.
Posts about M2
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17261459&postcount=1141

M3
The M3 motorway is the longest motorway in the country, it is 242km long, and currently ends at Nyíregyháza. Constructions started in 1978, and the last section was finished in 2007. It will reach Ukraine in the future.
Posts about M3
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9863701&postcount=68
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13171175&postcount=239
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14637948&postcount=541
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15096304&postcount=612
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15117308&postcount=614
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15118063&postcount=617
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15644285&postcount=709
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15644285&postcount=709
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15888417&postcount=800
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15898847&postcount=807
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17287666&postcount=1151

M30
M30 is a branch of M3, it connects the city of Miskolc to the M3 motorway. It is 25km long. It will be extended in the future to the Slovak border. Works on this section finished in 2004.
Posts about M30
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9866009&postcount=70
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14759919&postcount=553

M31
M31 will be a shortcut between M3 and M0,and will be 15 km long. Construction works on it should start this year.
Posts about M31

M35
The M35 is an other branch of M3. It connects the city of Debrecen to it. It is 48 km long currently. In the future, it will be connected with M4. It was completed in 2006.
Posts about M35
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=11565656&postcount=87
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15644285&postcount=709
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15888417&postcount=800
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17287666&postcount=1151

M43
M43 is currently the shortest motorway in Hungary. It is 3 km long, and currently serves only as the bypass of Szeged. The continuation of it was brought sooner in this year, because freight traffic tripled on main road 43 from Romania and Bulgaria after they joined the EU. Construction works on it will start this year, all the way to the border. This short section was inaugurated in 2005,along with the M5 when it reached Szeged.
Posts about M43
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13228138&postcount=280
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15056524&postcount=605
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16602008&postcount=916
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17207839&postcount=1132
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17346998&postcount=1165

M6
M6 currently is the biggest priority of the country. It is currently 56 km long. 7,7km is missing between M0 and M6. Construction works on it until Bóly will commence this year, which is another 114km. It will reach the Croatian border at Ivánvárda, but the date is uncertain. The motorway will be finished by the march of 2010,along with M60. Construction works on it will start this year. The section Érdi-tető – Dunaújváros was finished in 2006.
M6 will be the first motorway in the country to have tunnels. There are 4 planned on it, the longest will be slightly over 1km long.
Posts about M6
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9830655&postcount=19
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9839107&postcount=36
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12426644&postcount=185
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13043345&postcount=228
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13788288&postcount=421
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15031729&postcount=590
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15051417&postcount=593
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15328549&postcount=662
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15383825&postcount=671
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15517273&postcount=689
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16106096&postcount=831

M60
M60 will be a short motorway, connecting Pécs to M6. It will be finished by the march of 2010,because Pécs will be the Cultural Capitol of Europe in that year. Construction works will start on it this year. It will be 55km long.
Posts about M60
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15051417&postcount=593
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15051759&postcount=599

M7
The M7 motorway is the oldest motorway in Hungary. The first separate section of it (because the section inside Budapest of it is common with the M1’s) was inaugurated in 1966,with half-profile. It was (and still is) important for the country, because this leads to the largest lake in Hungary, the Balaton. It was completed to the lake’s northernmost 1970,half-profile all the way.
The M7 has currently the biggest motorway viaduct in Hungary. It is 1872m long. The only uncompleted sections on it are the Nagykanizsa-Balatonkeresztúr section and 1km on the Croatian border with the Mura-bridge. Currently 204 km is completed out of 242,3km,while the rest is under construction, and the whole motorway will be finished in 2008.
The section Székesfehérvár-M0 has 2+3 lanes,3 going to Budapest.
Posts about M7
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9818342&postcount=6
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9850826&postcount=55
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=11568284&postcount=93
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=11654745&postcount=94
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=11661127&postcount=96
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12590655&postcount=194
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12939955&postcount=212
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13228970&postcount=285
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13277365&postcount=307
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13312840&postcount=328
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13936257&postcount=427
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14253727&postcount=446
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14567105&postcount=536
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14688919&postcount=543
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14689654&postcount=544
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14728567&postcount=551
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16785644&postcount=976
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17364687&postcount=1179

M8
M8 is also a very short expressway. It was built because there are not very much bridges on the Danube outside Budapest. So it only consists of a bridge, and a few kms of motorway. It was built with the first section of M6. M8 will form a large half-ring in the country that wont touch Budapest. Probable route is Rábafüzes-Veszprém-Dunaújváros-Szolnok.
It is currently 10,2 km long, while it will be 330,2km when it will be finished. The lone bridge was inaugurated in 2007.
Posts about M8
Construction pics about the Pentele bridge
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9818355&postcount=7
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9891154&postcount=80
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=11565810&postcount=88
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13203336&postcount=242
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14393649&postcount=461
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14427388&postcount=473
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15383825&postcount=671
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17380548&postcount=1193

M9
The M9 is also a short expressway, built with the very same intention as M8, but farther from Budapest. It is 21km long now, and has no connection with the rest of the network. It will be 335 km long, with the approximate route of Sopron-Nagykanizsa-Szekszárd-Szeged. This short segment was inaugurated in 2003.
Posts about M9
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9875216&postcount=74

Off-topic or planned roads

Main road 44
It is not clear whether this will be expressway M44 in the future or not.
Posts about main road 44
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12580418&postcount=190

M10
M10 is a planned expressway to Esztergom from Budapest
Posts about M10
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13295367&postcount=314
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13244170&postcount=295
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17361070&postcount=1172

Planned bridge and bypass at Komárom
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13303634&postcount=320
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13672450&postcount=409
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17357521&postcount=1171

Main road 3
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14759919&postcount=553

Main road 4(future M4)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15383825&postcount=671
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15546938&postcount=691

M86 and M85
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=15818641&postcount=769

[Bikes]

M0 Motorway
http://www.ekm-m3.hu/m0.JPG

The circular motorway that goes around Budapest, it is currently half finished. It has 2 lanes, but built to have the possibility to extend to 3 lanes in the future. Also it connects motorways, it connects M1 to M5, and soon it will connect to M3 as well.

http://www.autopalya.hu/resource.aspx?ResourceID=hid

The Northern Bridge:
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/583.jpg
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/584.jpg
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/588.jpg
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/593.jpg
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/2531.jpg

Construction of the Western sector:

http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/476.jpg
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/485.jpg
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/491.jpg
http://www.nart.hu/multimedia/512.jpg

[Qwert]

Can someone post some plans to the future. For example map of proposed Hungarian highways and expressways.

[Qtya]

Niceeee!

Bikes you are good... :nocrook:

[Bikes]

Can someone post some plans to the future. For example map of proposed Hungarian highways and expressways.

Will try to find a jpg map, but on this page: http://www.nart.hu/ you can see all the motorways and highways that are going to be constructed till 2015.

[Qtya]

These photos that I've shot recently are about the viaduct built at Köröshegy on the M7 motorway/highway. With its 1872 meters lengh this viaduct will be the longest in Central Europe. 23,80 meters wide and the longest pillar will be 80 meters tall when its finished.


http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/8391/151820291gj0.jpg

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/9591/151820441oh4.jpg

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/9681/151825351hj4.jpg

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5272/151827061iz7.jpg

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/1113/151827101ix7.jpg

[Qtya]

Actually there are two more large bridges that are being built right now over tha Danube river in Hungary.

This is the first one just south of Dunaújváros on the planned M8 motorway.

Here are some facts and pictures about the bridge:

Total lengh: 1,7 km

The bridge when it will be finsihed:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/10/dunajvrosihd1wa0.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8123/dunajvrosihd3td2.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5967/dunajvrosihd4xb9.jpg

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/610/dunajvrosihd5xu4.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9514/dunajvrosihd8ms4.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8233/dunajvrosihd6xs3.jpg

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/6742/dunajvrosihd7nw9.jpg

And the present status through a webcam:

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7082/webcam1kw8.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/5336/webcam2bd9.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8333/webcam3zc8.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2407/webcam4nf8.jpg

The bridge will be finished some time durring the summer of 2007 or a bit earlier.

[Qtya]

This is the other one. The bridge will be the north Danube bridge on the M0 ring motorway around Budapest. As you can see on the pictures this is a quite new development. I will try to update you on the project in the future.

The planned bridge:

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5030/m01jd6.jpg

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/246/m02uk4.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4513/m0hidja9.jpg

And the actual status:

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/4676/m04vx6.jpg

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/3024/img8444bs5.jpg

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/4775/img8619mn2.jpg

The Northern Danube bridge is going to be finished in 2008 August.

[kokpit]

You're doing great job guys, just keep updating :okay:

[Qtya]

The existing and future highway-system of Hungary:

http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/37/autplykyr8.png

Blue: finished
Green: being built
Green dots: finished by 2015 maybe earlier
Orange dots: finished by 2007.12
Yellow dots: finished by 2020 maybe earlier

[Dziggy]

^^ That's a really nice map. I like that large viaduct up there. It's amazing! Where is iT?

[Qtya]

^^ That's a really nice map. I like that large viaduct up there. It's amazing! Where is iT?

If you look at the map I uploaded last you can see a town named Zamardi on the south shore of lake Balaton. After it you can see a little green part on the highway. You can find the viaduct there above a little village named Köröshegy.

[Qtya]

^^ That's a really nice map. I like that large viaduct up there. It's amazing! Where is iT?

Of course Köröshegy is not shown on the map. :)

[Qwert]

Will try to find a jpg map, but on this page: http://www.nart.hu/ you can see all the motorways and highways that are going to be constructed till 2015.
Great site unfortunately I don't understand a word.


BTW why this bridge:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5967/dunajvrosihd4xb9.jpg
looks almost the same like the Apollo bridge in Bratislava:
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6932/km1lv2.jpg

[Bikes]

M1 Motorway
http://www.aak.hu/SysRes/AAKSkin/shield_m1.gif

The M1 motorway leads from Budapest to the border of Austria, then in Austria it continues as A4 to get you to Wien. The first parts were built in 1964, this is the oldest motorway in Hungary along with M7. Now S1 is built in Austria, which is a bypass that avoids Wien and goes straight to Germany. So basically you can go from Budapest to Düsseldorf or even further only on motorways. The quality of the surface of M1 is top notch, better than A4 in Austria, but it is true for all the Hungarian motorways, they get fixed annually. As for a logistic center for Europe it is inevitable to have good infrastructure that is good in quality.

Okay, so some photos that i found on the net:

http://www.vendegvaro.hu/kimg/2ya/27_1xx__tatabanya_autopalya.jpg

The bridges for animals:
http://telnet.datanet.hu/~uvaterv2/pic3.jpg

Qtya, youve got any more photos? Thats all i found..

[Bikes]

BTW why this bridge:
looks almost the same like the Apollo bridge in Bratislava:

Haha, well, im sure you can find plenty bridges in the world that looks the same.

[Qtya]

looks almost the same like the Apollo bridge in Bratislava:


Actually Qwert you have quite an eye. The bridge is being built totally the same way the Apollo bridge in Bratislava was. Probably that's the cheapest way at a bridge like this. But the similarity is way beyond any accident. I dont even remember a conducted competition/tender on the blueprints of that bridge. Perhaps someone in our government liked Bratislava's new bridge very much! ;)

[Qwert]

^^
So I hope it will have at least different colour :)

[Qtya]

The M6 Motorway Project

The M6 Highway Project from Budapest,Érdi Tető to Dunaújváros is the latest finished infrastructure project in Hungary. The construction works of the M6 started in October 2004 and was completly finished by September 2006. M6, the part of Corridor 5c is planned to be finished through Szekszárd and until the boarder town of Ivándárda by 2007.12. Personally I'm not so optimistic about it. There are quite a lot of problems with the development. But that's another story... :ohno: So the M6 highway is part of the 5c Corridor which comes from Kaliningrad, through Vilnius, Minsk, Kiev, Budapest, Osijek, Sarajevo and ends at Ploce, Croatia.
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4565/corridor5cxo2.jpg
I think Bosmal plans to build the Bosnian part, but I havent't heard anything about that part of the project.

The M6 from a Technical Point of View
The Concession Area of the M6 Project includes the section of the M6 from Érdi Tető to Dunaújváros plus a stretch of the M8 motorway from the motorway interchange with the M6 towards the new Danube bridge south of Dunaújváros. On total these are:

- 58,6 km of motorway
- ten interchanges
- one motorway cross between M6 and the M8
- 60 bridges
- one Operation and Maintenance Centre
- two complex and two simple rest areas in each direction
- numerous side roads
- 15 round abouts, 5 along national road 10 along local roads in order to enable the access to the motorway


Here are some not so entertaining pictures of the M6 Highway:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9154/m6lb2.jpg
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/8679/m62ko1.jpg
http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/108/m63kb4.jpg
http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/8417/m64qq5.jpg
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/7374/m65yq3.jpg
http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/8002/m66ay4.jpg
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/9841/m67xg6.jpg
http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/4171/m69tx5.jpg

If you have any other pictures please upload them!

[x-type]

i must dissapoint you and say Köröshegy is not going to be the longest in this part of Europe, Austrian Krems (2607 m), Scönberg-Matrei (2107) and Croatian Drežnik (2485 m) are longer. but Köröshegy is impressive, indeed! I'm really hardly waiting you to finish M7!

there is no many photos from Hungarian motorways on internet, so you could publish some of them, right?!

i didn't know that you are working on M6, it's good! and the large surprise is that it is finished to Dunaújváros allready! btw, Ploče is in Croatia, not Bosnia.

and can someone say what is with toll on M5, is it still working, or it is also under vignette system?

[Qtya]

I found only this not too professional map of the finished M6 Highway section! Its in the circle...

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/204/m6trkpah9.jpg

Other hungarian highways/motorways are coming up... Be perpared! :nocrook:

[x-type]

Other hungarian highways/motorways are coming up... Be perpared! :nocrook:
Várok!!! :banana2:
Cheers!

[Qtya]

i must dissapoint you and say Köröshegy is not going to be the longest in this part of Europe, Austrian Krems (2607 m), Scönberg-Matrei (2107) and Croatian Drežnik (2485 m) are longer. but Köröshegy is impressive, indeed! I'm really hardly waiting you to finish M7!

there is no many photos from Hungarian motorways on internet, so you could publish some of them, right?!

i didn't know that you are working on M6, it's good! and the large surprise is that it is finished to Dunaújváros allready! btw, Ploče is in Croatia, not Bosnia.

and can someone say what is with toll on M5, is it still working, or it is also under vignette system?

That information about the viaduct was in the pressinfo... So they lied again... :bash:
About Ploce you are absolutly right, it is in Croatia. I have no idea why I typed Bosnia. Sorry Mate! :nuts: But I corrected it!

Thank's God M5 is under the vignette system now. I almost payed even my soul away on that highway... :puke:

[Bikes]

The construction works of the M6 started in October 2004 and was completly finished by September 2006. M6, the part of Corridor 5c is planned to be finished through heard anything about that part of the project.


Damn Corridor 5c... Now i know why it took me to get from Budapest to Kraków in 8 hours (driving, 390km)... They were building this motorway everywhere...

[Qtya]

This is a nother map of the existing Hungarian Highway-system

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3103/magyarthlzatfv5.jpg

[Verso]

Does anyone have any idea if the M70 expressway (Letenye - Tornyiszentmiklós/Slovenia), which as far as I know is 2-laned, is planned to be widened into a motorway? After 2008 it will namely be the only 2-lane part of the Budapest - Ljubljana - Italy highway.

[Qtya]

Does anyone have any idea if the M70 expressway (Letenye - Tornyiszentmiklós/Slovenia), which as far as I know is 2-laned, is planned to be widened into a motorway? After 2008 it will namely be the only 2-lane part of the Budapest - Ljubljana - Italy highway.

As far as I know the government will enounce the result of the tender on that project this fall, so the winner can finish that little highway-section by 2007.12.

[Qtya]

M5 Motorway

The M5 was our second higyhway/motorway after the M1 that reached a boarder. This time at Röszke-Horgos, the Hungarian-Serb boarder. The project was finished on 11th of March this year, just days before the elections...

You'll find some photos here taken from the air!

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/476/m54tj3.jpg
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5961/m541hq3.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7673/m542qx3.jpg
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/3695/m543ry7.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6342/m541la3.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5770/m545na5.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5158/m546xp4.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6813/m547na2.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1133/m548wc7.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1573/m549hc1.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1719/m550qr3.jpg

And my favorites, the demolishing of the toll-gates: :nocrook:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3628/m5kapukmb0.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4334/m5kapuk2gh3.jpg

[idvd_]

Hu did a great job with extended M5 direct to HU-SRB border crossing, both sides have now a brand new a real full-highway border crossings so it looks very cool :okay: Unfortunately behind the serbian border there is no real highway to Belgrade (just "half" highway) but this will change very soon, in about two weeks we ll know who is gonna to build full highway from HU-Border to Novi Sad, from Novi Sad to BGD about 75% of highways is constructed, rest is U/C right now. (about 70km) (participators are Bouyguess, Strabag, Alpine and one more company i don't know its name).
Here are some my pics of M5:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0610.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0612.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0614.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0615.jpg

M0 (i hate it, it shall be wider and upgarded to fully highway, BDP deserves much better bypass highway)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0617.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0619.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0621.jpg

and M1

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0622.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0626.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0630.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0635.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Mix/PICT0639.jpg

In this post u can see how does new Serbian border crossing Horgos /Röszke looks like, direct behind M5 starts (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9547610&postcount=231)

[Qtya]

Fantastic pics! :applause: :bow: :okay:

[Qwert]

Excellent thread.
Are there some plans of building expressway form Miskolc to Košice or when it will start? Slovak prime minister said the expressway from Košice to Hungarian borders is on of the priorities of Slovak highways.

[Qtya]

Excellent thread.
Are there some plans of building expressway form Miskolc to Košice or when it will start? Slovak prime minister said the expressway from Košice to Hungarian borders is on of the priorities of Slovak highways.

I've checked even the local news-portals and forums of Miskloc and Borsod Abauj Zemplén county but I haven't found any information. It's insane... But if its a priority for Slovakia I hope Hungary will see the light and do something, because the only dead-line I found for the M30 was 2015, but tht's way to sad... Sorry...
:badnews:

[Verso]

As far as I know the government will enounce the result of the tender on that project this fall, so the winner can finish that little highway-section by 2007.12.
Thanks for the answer! And wow, I had no idea you'd widen it before we finish the entire section between Hungary and Maribor (well, the section by the border's gonna be opened this year).
Sth from the 21st post bothers me: is the Slovenian capital in Hungarian language really called 'Ljubjana' or it's a mistake? (nothing new :D )
And also sth from the last photo in the 29th post: what does 'EWR' stand for?

[Qwert]

I've checked even the local news-portals and forums of Miskloc and Borsod Abauj Zemplén county but I haven't fount any information. It's insane... But if its a priority for Slovakia I hope Hungary will see the light and do something, because the only dead-line I found for the M30 was 2015, but tht's way to sad... Sorry...
:badnews:
You don't have to be sorry for me I don't live in Košice. You know from Košice to border it is about 25 km but from Miskolc to border it is about 60 km so it could be reason why. I think Hungary has more important priorities in highways because there isn't expressway between Košice and Warszaw. I know there are some parts of expressway R4 U/C e.g. near Svidník but I don't know what is the current status of this expressway in Poland.

[Qtya]

Thanks for the answer! And wow, I had no idea you'd widen it before we finish the entire section between Hungary and Maribor (well, the section by the border's gonna be opened this year).
Sth from the 21st post bothers me: is the Slovenian capital in Hungarian language really called 'Ljubjana' or it's a mistake? (nothing new :D )
And also sth from the last photo in the 29th post: what does 'EWR' stand for?

Yupp! You won the grand prize Dude! :okay:
Ljubjana is Ljubjana in Hungarian as well!
As far as I know EWR stands for Europäische Wirtschaftsraum in German. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's almost the same as European Union but in German.

[Qtya]

I found some information about the planed sections of the M6 Highway . There will be some tunnels there. Finally in Hungary too!!! :nocrook: Here are the pictures, naturally only computer animated photos... M6 highway Szekszárd – Bóly section, tunnels near Bátaszék:

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6599/m6alagtci8.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4194/m6alagt2pi4.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3852/m6alagt3ty5.jpg

[Verso]

Yupp! You won the grand prize Dude! :okay:
Ljubjana is Ljubjana in Hungarian as well!
Err, as well? As well as what? In Slovenian it's called Ljubljana, not Ljubjana, that's why I'm asking.

As far as I know EWR stands for Europäische Wirtschaftsraum in German. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's almost the same as European Union but in German.
I thought of it too, but had no idea it'd be in German. Yeah, I think it's EU + Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

[Qtya]

[QUOTE=Verso]Err, as well? As well as what? In Slovenian it's called Ljubljana, not Ljubjana, that's why I'm asking.[QUOTE]

Ohh sh*t... Sorry! I've missed the spelling! Ye, we put an extra 'L' there!

[Bikes]

I found some information about the planed sections of the M6 Highway . There will be some tunnels there. Finally in Hungary too!!!

Yippie! :D Finally something exciting!

[Qtya]

By the way! About yesterday's UEFA 2008 Qualifying round-up!
Nice going and Cheers, in the region for Bosnia,the Czech Republic, Serbia and especially to Lithuania for hangin' on in Italy and Slovakia for demolishing Cyprus! :nocrook:

I didn't wanted to mention, but what Hungary and Poland played yesterday night was way too disgraceful for their citizens and the region! :mad2:

[idvd_]

Tunnels and hungary, that sounds so unlogical :D

[Qtya]

Tunnels and hungary, that sounds so unlogical :D

Haha! Very funny... The landscape demands that type os solution at the ominous part of Hungary!

[idvd_]

^^ it was only good meaning joke :) For me it s great for HU to have such highway system which is, IMO one of the best i ve saw in Europe :okay: I just hope that upgarding of M0 will get faster, it s really uncomfortable to drive thru it. but rest is very good ;)

[Qtya]

The M0 experssway-highway is a crucial part of the Hungarian highway-system. This belt or beltway connects and will connect the main highways and roads entering and leaving Budapest (M1, M7, M6, M5, M3...). The belt is not finished yet and at some parts its way to old and absolutly doesn't fulfil the needs or demands of a modern transportation-system. But its improving. As you can see the expressway parts are turning into a highway and the belt is developing with the eastern, northern sections and also the M31 "shortcut".

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/6109/m0trkpcn9.jpg

Today only the north-western part is untouched. Its a very complicated zone. Urban ares,a national park, envionmental questions and personal intrests are in the way of the project. So this is why the deadline for the completion of the M0 belt is somewhere in 2015.

Here are some pictures of the U/C eastern and northern sections:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4941/m05by8.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3580/m06qg3.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1827/m07rg8.jpg
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2584/m0szakiszektorme3.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/8315/m0szakiszektor1bg8.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1074/m0szakiszektor3ik6.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1686/m0keletiszektorvp8.jpg
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7369/m0keletiszektor1sp8.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7821/m0keletiszektor2ff6.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9942/m0keletiszektor3el3.jpg

The M0 between Main road 4 and M3 highway is 26.5 km long, the M31 is 12 km and both projects are going to be finished next year.

[Qtya]

The "Circle-bridge" at Budaörs, above the joint section of the M1-M7 highways connecting a Tesco, an Auchan, a KIKA, an IKEA and other heavy players. I like this one very much!

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9620/krhdta5.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5479/krhd2hi2.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3669/krhd3fb4.jpg
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/3595/krhd5cs6.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2554/krhd4su2.jpg

[Mimar]

Yippie! :D Finally something exciting!

The tunnels are exciting to us but they cost a lot, so I prefer a highway without tunnels although its impossible in a hilly area :D

[kokpit]

Great work Qtya, I was always curious about constructions and infrastructure projects going on in Hungary.
BTW don't you know what's the total length of current motorway network in HU? And are there distinguished motorways from expressways or is it all marked as motorways?

[Qtya]

Great work Qtya, I was always curious about constructions and infrastructure projects going on in Hungary.
BTW don't you know what's the total length of current motorway network in HU? And are there distinguished motorways from expressways or is it all marked as motorways?

Thank you! I saw you guys are doing a great job at your threads, so we, hungarians should keep up!
About your questions: There are 522 km highway (M1, M3, M30, M35, M43, M7, parts of M0) and 130 km expressway (M15, M70, 2/A, parts of M0, M9) in the hands of the hungarian state. Concession own the M6 (58,6 km) and M5 (173,9) highways with a total length of 232,5 km.

Highways: 754,5 km
Expressways: 130 km

They are distinguished on the maps, they are usually shown with thiner lines as the highways.

[Bikes]

Qtya, hands down for the information about the M0, i always wanted to know more about it, and that detailed map is perfect, thanks!

[kokpit]

Thanks for info Qtya :okay: One more question: do you know what is the final planned length of entire highway network (Motorways & Expressways) in HU?

[SinCity]

Great stuff guys. Thanks for the info on Hungarian motorways. :okay:

[Qtya]

Thanks for info Qtya :okay: One more question: do you know what is the final planned length of entire highway network (Motorways & Expressways) in HU?

Probably 5000 km, like in Poland... ;)

[Qtya]

Thanks for info Qtya :okay: One more question: do you know what is the final planned length of entire highway network (Motorways & Expressways) in HU?

Seriously, I dont know... But I'll sniff around...

[Qtya]

Morning I've read in one of the daily newspapers , that our government has only one month left to smoothen its "sweetheart" the Second National Development Plan which is mainly based on the Europen Union's budget benefits. Between 2007-2013 Hungary can call down 8000 billion Forints which is an estimated 30 billion Euros (on today's exchange rates). I'm keenly interested what the finished Second National Development Plan will contain. I'm pretty sure that the development of the transit-network is going to get a huge boost. I'll keep you informed about this as well.

[Qtya]

The M7 Motorway

The M7 Motorway/Highway is probably one of the oldest developments of the World. It was started in 1964... And it will be finished in 2008. 44 years... No comment... Today the M7 is a none consecutive highway. Its finished between Budapest and Zamardi (90 km). This section was completely modernized durring 2001-2002.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9618/m7rgikp8.jpg
From Zamardi until Balatonszárszó with the viaduct at Köröshegy (pics in the 6th post and here:)
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4698/m7krshegydl7.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/827/m7krshegy2qt3.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2938/m7krshegy3co5.jpg
is going to be finished just before next Christmas if the constructor can work as planned. This section is 14 kms long.
After Balatonszárszó the highway is finished on 46 kms until it reaches Balatonkersztúr. The sector between Balatonkeresztúr and Nagykanizsa (36 kms) is way behind schedule. The government will enounce the winner of that tender this Wednesday. Hopefully...
From Nagykanizsa until Becsehely (17 kms) the highway is in a very advanced condition. Its near completion. We can drive on it from this December.
Here are some photos of this section from the mid-summer:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7717/m71xc7.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1126/m72hr0.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4353/m73zj8.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7240/m74kl4.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/962/m7plkm6.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5647/m7pl2sk3.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9849/m78ll3.jpg
The highway between Becsehely and Letenye (9 kms) is again finished, construczions ended 2004.11.
Some pictures of this section with the M70 expressway connection:
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/6623/m7ah0.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3224/m77hy3.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4919/m7kszbe1.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2130/m7ksz2mi5.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6026/m7ksz3uz6.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7070/m7ksz4nk4.jpg
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6967/m7ksz5dg7.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7342/m7ksz7rg9.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7286/m7ksz8ky1.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6479/m7finished2bb4.jpg

There is one little piece of the M7 highway left. 1 km at the Croatian border with the bridge over the Mura river. This part of the development is under international public procurement, and I know nothing about it.

Please help me on this one if somebody knows more!

Now the summery of M7:

90+14+46+36+17+9+1 (kms) = 213 kms
The complete highway hopefully will be finished in 2008.

[Bikes]

And the M7 is the only motorway in Hungary which has 3 lanes (from Balaton to Budapest)

[Qtya]

The M70 Expressway

This mainroad was built in 2003-2004. Its a 20 km long 2-laned road connecting Hungary and Slovenia. The M70 starts from the M7 highway at Letenye and ends at the boarder town of Tornyiszentmiklós. As far as I know the government will enounce the result of the widening tender to this development this fall, so the winner can finish this little highway-section by 2007.12.

Some pictures of the existing expressway:

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3985/m70eo2.jpg
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4442/m701wa5.jpg
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5388/m702zl5.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/1276/m703nr8.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9185/m704wk5.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8202/m705yx2.jpg

[Qtya]

Thanks for info Qtya :okay: One more question: do you know what is the final planned length of entire highway network (Motorways & Expressways) in HU?

Until 2015 if all the development plans go through from the today's 880 kms (highways + expressway) Hungary's transit-network will rise to 2800-3000 kms.

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9219/autplykqz4.png

[NEWWORLD]

great picks. Location of Hungary in the region and Budapest within the country are perfect. Not to mention geographical features all together make Hungary perfect place for high-speed highways. I enjoy seeing progress and this is definately it. Keep up the good work

[alien]

i am curious about who designed hungarian bridge. if it design were bought from architect of apollo bridge.
or are in architecture also some rules to protect architect like other authors (musicians/writers/programmers)...

on the left is apollo, on the right hungarian highway bridge
http://www.metroba.sk/sk/images/projects/kosicka/jun04/32_jun.jpghttp://img160.imageshack.us/img160/5336/webcam2bd9.jpg
http://www.most.pokorny.sk/03_after_fl/foto_v/481.jpghttp://img483.imageshack.us/img483/610/dunajvrosihd5xu4.jpg
http://www.most.pokorny.sk/04_final/foto_v/664.jpghttp://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8123/dunajvrosihd3td2.jpg
http://www.most.pokorny.sk/03_after_fl/foto_v/513.jpghttp://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8233/dunajvrosihd6xs3.jpg

[SaRaJeVo-City]

nice I love these highways, they looks hella awesome....

[kokpit]

Until 2015 if all the development plans go through from the today's 880 kms (highways + expressway) Hungary's transit-network will rise to 2800-3000 kms.


That quite surprises me, Czech highway network is planned in length only 2157 km, completion till 2020 (today we have 954km). It's probably because Hungary is bigger by some 15ths km2.

[Qtya]

I am curious about who designed hungarian bridge. if it design were bought from architect of apollo bridge.
or are in architecture also some rules to protect architect like other authors (musicians/writers/programmers)...

I made a comment upon the subject above, on the first page as well. You are completely right. Its quite suspicious... I'll try to find out something about it for the thread.

[Qtya]

That quite surprises me, Czech highway network is planned in length only 2157 km, completion till 2020 (today we have 954km). It's probably because Hungary is bigger by some 15ths km2.

2800-3000 kms were just estimated numbers, correct info commin' up shortly...

[Qtya]

That quite surprises me, Czech highway network is planned in length only 2157 km, completion till 2020 (today we have 954km). It's probably because Hungary is bigger by some 15ths km2.

Total: 2551 kms by 2015 and 2576 kms by 2020

[kokpit]

Cool! It's more then 160km per year till 2015, it'll be real highway boom in Hungary :okay:

[Qtya]

i am curious about who designed hungarian bridge. if it design were bought from architect of apollo bridge.
or are in architecture also some rules to protect architect like other authors (musicians/writers/programmers)...


Until I get the information little info about the two bridges. Actually by building the crossing at Dunaújváros (unfortunately it hasn't been named yet) the Apollo bridge recives a Big Brother :). The new Hungarian bridge will be wider and also longer then Bratislava's One. While it is going to have a span of 307,9 meters at the Main part, the Slovakian has a span of 230 meters.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4315/dunajvrosihd0nn5.png
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6150/dunajvrosihd01ne4.png

[Qtya]

The M3 Motorway

The M3 Highway connects Budapest with the major cities of eastern Hungary like Miskolc, Nyíregyháza and Debrecen. Somewhere in the future between 2007 and 2013 itt will reach the Ukranian border at Záhony and through the M35 Romania at Bors but this connection is mainly based on the U/C nortern Transylvania highway built by the american company Bechtel which will hopefully be completed by 2012. Today the M3 highway is finished on 186 kms until the town of Görbeháza where it is divided into two separate highways, the original M3 leading to the direction of Nyíregyháza and Záhony, and the other one is M35 going to Debrecen and Bors.

Pictures of the finished M3 highway:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4547/m3yo1.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1184/m30ac4.jpg
http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/959/m31kx0.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8707/m301mi9.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2071/m302hu5.png
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1899/m32vr0.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8485/m303bz2.png
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8563/m33ms4.jpg
http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/7439/m34lw5.jpg
http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/4015/m35bf0.jpg
http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/8329/m36gn0.jpg
http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/8977/m311kl4.jpg
http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/8274/m38vl5.jpg
http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/8379/m39rn7.jpg
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/4882/m310lp8.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4849/m3012pu8.png
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1747/m312cc1.jpg

The M3-M30 connection at Emőd:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4289/m3m30nc5.jpg

Few pictures of the Tisza bridge of M3 highway:
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/55/m313zr3.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3853/m3tiszahdnv4.png
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/949/m3tiszahd2nx6.png

From Görbeháza until both Nyíregyháza (39 kms) and Debrecen (35 kms) the highway sections are U/C and will be finished this December. The development of the bypass roads of Nyíregyháza (24 kms) and Debrecen (13 kms) have already been completed. Deadline for the complition of the last parts of the higways to the borders is the year 2013.

The Nyíregyháza bypass road:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7841/m305yv5.png
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1424/m3nyregyhza1va9.jpg

[kokpit]

I become very interested in this thread. Thank you Qtya for all photos and info :okay:

[Qtya]

The M30 Motorway

This highway is not really long, only 29 kms from the M3, but its very important for the economy of Hungary and the region. Miskolc, Hungary's third largest city and its industrial zone is still as highly important today as it was in the commie era. It was essential for this region to have a highway connection especially when the M3 is in a so obvious proximity. So when the M3 reached Emőd in 2002, the government started to build the M30 which consisted the bypass road of Miskolc as well.
Constructions ended in 2004. The M30 highway from Miskolc is planned as 4-laned expressway so not higway until the Slovakian border. The border-town's name is Tornyosnémeti. This section will be 62 kms long when finished somewhere in the future between 2010-2013.
Here you'll find some pictures of the completed parts of the M30 highway with the bridge over the Sajó river:

The M3-M30 connection again:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/2082/m3m30dv2.jpg

The M30 highway:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1562/m30oe2.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/8356/m301fk5.jpg
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5158/m302xr7.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/8248/m303ee6.jpg

The M30 bridge over the Sajó river:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9422/m30sajbridgetu5.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6317/m30sajbridge2aj2.png

[Qtya]

Sorry about the huge photos guys! Next time I upload smaller ones.
BTW other hungarian highway/expressway developments are on the "assembly line"... ;)

[Bikes]

Excellent work Qtya, i cant express how glad i am, that you have registered to this forum! :) :cheers:

[Qtya]

Excellent work Qtya, i cant express how glad i am, that you have registered to this forum! :) :cheers:

Thank's Bikes! My pleasure!

[Qtya]

The M9 Expressway

Constructions ended on this 2-laned Expressway in 2003. The M9 with its 21 kms,is not really long today, but its part of a long way development, the "Southern Highway" project which will be finished hopefully in 2020. I hope a lot earlier. The reason why this little expressway section was built between the 6th and 51st main roads is the bridge of M9, named after Szent (St.) László who reigned in Hungary between 1077-95 as our 9th Christian king. This bridge was very important because there were no other Danube crossings within 50 kms. The closest bridges are at Baja and Dunaföldvár.
The completed M9 highway will start at the city of Sopron on the Austrian border, and passing Zalaegerszeg, Nagykanizsa, Kaposvár, joining the completed M9 section at Szekszárd which will be widened to a 4-laned highway by that time, and then passing Szeged, Békéscsaba and ending at Debrecen connecting into the M35. Through that and the M3, you can travel further to Slovakia or Ukraine in the future. So Kokpit, actually our completed highway-network - hopefully - will be about 200 kms longer than the 2576 kms I recently mentioned. Unfortunately the Szeged - Debrecen part is not shown on the earlier uploaded map. I don't exactly know why.

Some pictures of the M9 Szent László Danube bridge:
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3731/m9xq2.jpg
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9527/m9dunahdrh5.jpg
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1112/m9dunahd2qs6.jpg
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/9724/m9dunahd4bn9.jpg

The map of this section:
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/7387/m9trkpgl5.jpg

[Qtya]

Sziasztok!

Biztosan tudjátok, hogy a Kormány nemrég elkezdte végre építeni az M0 körgyűrű északi hídját. Talán két hónapja pedig úgy döntöttek Kóka Jánossal az élen, hogy nevezze el a nép az új hidat, foglalkozzunk inkább ezzel mint a konvergencia programmal, a késő Euroval, vagy egyéb számukra kínos kérdésekkel.
Ha így gondolják, akkor foglalkozzunk ezzel'

Amit a szavazásról tudni érdemes, azt megtalálhatjátok az alábbi linken (http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/informaciok), de ide is másolom:

A szavazás menete
A szavazás szakaszai:

Az első, nominációs időszakban (július 21- augusztus 21.) várjuk az Önök névadó ötleteit. A beérkezett javaslataikra egyben szavazhatnak is. Ennek az időszaknak a végén a nevek beküldése lezárul. (Már le izs zárult. Qtya)
A második periódusban(augusztus 21- szeptember 8.) a nominációs szakaszban beérkezett szavazatok alapján az első 10 helyre rangsorolt ötletre lehet a továbbiakban is szavazni. Nagyon fontos időszak ez, hiszen ekkor dől el, melyik három név kapja a legtöbb szavazatot, melyik három név lesz a befutó!
A legnépszerűbb javaslatok további sorsa:

A híd elnevezését is széles körű társadalmi egyeztetés előzi meg. Ennek egy nagyon fontos eleme az Ön javaslata.

Az M0-ás Északi-híd nevére javaslatot tesznek továbbá az érintett települések önkormányzatai, térképészek, nyelvészek, és további szervezetek képviselői is. A javaslatokat a tárcaközi Földrajzinév-bizottság véleményezi, majd meghozza döntését. A második szavazási periódus első három helyezettje kerül a bizottság elé, ahol a többi javaslattal együtt mérlegelik majd.

Az Ön javaslatának is jó esélye van tehát, hogy az MO Északi-híd új nevéül szolgáljon

Ennyit a hivatalos közleményről.

Én még a szavazás kezdeti szakaszában jelöltem a Bethlen Gábor - híd nevet és amint majd látni fogjátok elég szépen teljesített... 1,73 millió szavazattal a negyedik lett az első fordulóban!

A második fordulóban viszont elég rosszul áll. Van még 2,5 nap, kérlek Benneteket segítsetek, ha éppen nem vagytok elkötelezve valamelyik másik név irányába! Szavazni minden nap egyszer lehet, szerintem 10 mp az egész, vagy még annyi sincs, szóval nem nagy idő (max a regisztráció jelent egy kis időt), ha nap mint nap egyszer meglátogatjátok a honlapot. Küldjétek el ismerőseiteknek is és buzdítsátok Őket is a szavazásra! Bethlen Gábor erdélyi fejedelem történelmünk egyik meghatározó alakja. Bemutatnom aligha kell egy igazi magyarnak! Mutassuk meg az erdélyieknek, hogy ha már a Kormány nem, mi megemlékezünk Róluk, bármilyen kicsiny is ez a cselekedet!

SZAVAZZUK MEG A BETHLEN GÁBOR - HIDAT!

SZAVAZNI EZEN A LINKEKEN KERESZTÜL TUDTOK: http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/

A honlap néha elég lassú, néha nem jön be, nyílván a magas látogatottságtól. Ez ne rettentsen el senkit!

Üdvözlettel: Qtya

Translation commin' up...

[Qtya]

Sziasztok!

Biztosan tudjátok, hogy a kormány nemrég elkezdte végre építeni az M0 körgyűrű északi hídját. Talán két hónapja pedig úgy döntöttek Kóka Jánossal az élen, hogy nevezze el a nép az új hidat, foglalkozzunk inkább ezzel mint a konvergencia programmal, a késő Euroval, vagy egyéb számukra kínos kérdésekkel.
Ha így gondolják, akkor foglalkozzunk ezzel'

Amit a szavazásról tudni érdemes, azt megtalálhatjátok az alábbi linken (http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/informaciok), de ide is másolom:

A szavazás menete
A szavazás szakaszai:

Az első, nominációs időszakban (július 21- augusztus 21.) várjuk az Önök névadó ötleteit. A beérkezett javaslataikra egyben szavazhatnak is. Ennek az időszaknak a végén a nevek beküldése lezárul. (Már le izs zárult. Qtya)
A második periódusban(augusztus 21- szeptember 8.) a nominációs szakaszban beérkezett szavazatok alapján az első 10 helyre rangsorolt ötletre lehet a továbbiakban is szavazni. Nagyon fontos időszak ez, hiszen ekkor dől el, melyik három név kapja a legtöbb szavazatot, melyik három név lesz a befutó!
A legnépszerűbb javaslatok további sorsa:

A híd elnevezését is széles körű társadalmi egyeztetés előzi meg. Ennek egy nagyon fontos eleme az Ön javaslata.

Az M0-ás Északi-híd nevére javaslatot tesznek továbbá az érintett települések önkormányzatai, térképészek, nyelvészek, és további szervezetek képviselői is. A javaslatokat a tárcaközi Földrajzinév-bizottság véleményezi, majd meghozza döntését. A második szavazási periódus első három helyezettje kerül a bizottság elé, ahol a többi javaslattal együtt mérlegelik majd.

Az Ön javaslatának is jó esélye van tehát, hogy az MO Északi-híd új nevéül szolgáljon

Ennyit a hivatalos közleményről.

Én még a szavazás kezdeti szakaszában jelöltem a Bethlen Gábor - híd nevet és amint majd látni fogjátok elég szépen teljesített... 1,73 millió szavazattal a negyedik lett az első fordulóban!

A második fordulóban viszont elég rosszul áll. Van még 2,5 nap, kérlek Benneteket segítsetek, ha éppen nem vagytok elkötelezve valamelyik másik név irányába! Szavazni minden nap egyszer lehet, szerintem 10 mp az egész, vagy még annyi sincs, szóval nem nagy idő (max a regisztráció jelent egy kis időt), ha nap mint nap egyszer meglátogatjátok a honlapot. Küldjétek el ismerőseiteknek is és buzdítsátok Őket is a szavazásra! Bethlen Gábor erdélyi fejedelem történelmünk egyik meghatározó alakja. Bemutatnom aligha kell egy igazi magyarnak! Mutassuk meg az erdélyieknek, hogy ha már a Kormány nem, mi megemlékezünk Róluk, bármilyen kicsiny is ez a cselekedet!

SZAVAZZUK MEG A BETHLEN GÁBOR - HIDAT!

SZAVAZNI EZEN A LINKEKEN KERESZTÜL TUDTOK: http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/

A honlap néha elég lassú, néha nem jön be, nyílván a magas látogatottságtól. Ez ne rettentsen el senkit!

Üdvözlettel: Qtya

Translation commin' up...

So this letter in english, but briefly because I unfortunately I have to run...

In the mid-summer our government decided that the people can give the name of the new M0 bridge on the Danube. In the begining of the voting everyone could propose a name. I suggested the name of Bethlen Gábor who was a Prince of Transylvania. This name made it into the second round with a 1,73 million votes in forth place! But since than it hasn't got so many votes. So please help me if you dont mind.

You can vote until September 8, so we only got 2,5 days left. Everyone can vote once a day with one e-mail address.

You can vote on this homepage: www.m0hid.gov.hu
Unfortunately this is a Hungarian page so I have to lead You.

First, You have to go to this page:

When its loaded you'll see a 'REGISZTRÁCIÓ' word which meens Registration in the left corner.
Click on it.
When You clicked on it, the middle of the page changes and You'll see 3 boxes.
In the first You'll have to type your e-mail address as it is shown, then Your password twice in the 'JELSZÓ', and 'JELSZÓ AGAIN' boxes.
After You filled the 3 boxes, click on the 'REGISZTRÁCIÓ' button under the 3 boxes.
A text typed with red will show up. Now You can close the whole window.
You'll get a reply letter to Your mailbox shortly.
When You get the letter from: info@gkm.gov.hu open it. In the letter you'll find one sentence and your password. In the sentence there will be a word link in blue.
Click on it.
A new window will open. Find the name of Bethlen Gábor. Vote on it.
Then on the bottom of the page You'll find a button 'ELKÜLD' (Send), click on it.

You are finished! Thank You!

:nocrook:

[Qtya]

I'm runnin' out of highways... :(

[kokpit]

2776km of Highways? That is what I call "Benelux way". That will be really dense highway network in HU :okay:
Qtya, moderators of SSC created among others new local forum for Central Europe which is assigned to Czech republic, Slovakia and Hungary so you can create new thread about Hungarian highways there if you want http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=744

[Qtya]

2776km of Highways? That is what I call "Benelux way". That will be really dense highway network in HU :okay:
Qtya, moderators of SSC created among others new local forum for Central Europe which is assigned to Czech republic, Slovakia and Hungary so you can create new thread about Hungarian highways there if you want http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=744

Thank's for the advice Kokpit!

[Qtya]

Some photos about the finished M5 highway and the U/C Dunaújvárosi Danube Bridge that I've shot today.

(I'm not a photo expert, so... Keep your critiques... :) )

This is where it all (the M5) begins...
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3884/071253421uq6.jpg
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6295/071253511zl5.jpg

The highway itself:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/86/071254241ge2.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5594/071320031tk7.jpg
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/6411/071320221um8.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8602/071322251fo8.jpg
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3488/071323231bi8.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8197/071324081wn8.jpg
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3113/071327521nl5.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3103/071328111wp0.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8614/071328321ej5.jpg

:)
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8509/071333391uc6.jpg

It definitely needs a 3rd lane...
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/6758/071341501py3.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7748/071343461rv4.jpg

The bypass road of Kecskemét:
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2885/071348411ht7.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1976/071350261cg8.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/192/071350341yn6.jpg
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/171/071350401rv2.jpg

The U/C bridge at Dunaújváros and the U/C M8 highway:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3272/071722311aa7.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8898/071725291on3.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9017/071726311wj8.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/739/071726501vu8.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/601/071728331hf6.jpg
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5206/071729131dp2.jpg
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/351/071730051bg5.jpg
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9353/071730091xn6.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/2451/071732511xl9.jpg

[Bikes]

Is that you in the passat doing 2k? :D Yesterday i was going 220kmh on the M1, but just for a few seconds to test it.. Btw, now im in Germany, so its all legal :D

[Qtya]

Is that you in the passat doing 2k? :D Yesterday i was going 220kmh on the M1, but just for a few seconds to test it.. Btw, now im in Germany, so its all legal :D


Yuppp! Its me allright! :nocrook: 208 km/h is the top speed, but on the M7 from Budapest I drove with a top speed of 212-4 km/h (Iff it shows the right speed) downhill... You are lucky Germany is beautiful, but in Austria I hate the A1 Autobahn... So boring... That's why I rather fly...

[Bikes]

Hehe, but this time i flew to Germany, because im in Duisburg now. Last time i drove to Frankfurt (1000km), it took me 9,5 hours... Btw, that topspeed you are getting should be around 200kmh max in reality, i have checked how much some cars cheat with GPS, its funny.. If you are interested i can provide with some data. Btw, A1 is boring, but S1 that they have finished not long ago is amezing!!

[kokpit]

Wanted:

Hungarian people
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Hng2_2.jpg

[Qtya]

Wanted:

Hungarian people
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Hng2_2.jpg

I totally agree with that...

[Qtya]

Yesterday our National Highway Inc announced the building contractor for the final section of the M7 highway between the city of Letenye and the croatian border. The Betonút-Mota-Engil consortium will construct this little 1,1 km section with the bridge over the Mura river for 4,264 million euros. Development will start this spring.

[Qtya]

On December 15th, 2006 the hungarian higway projects reached a new stage. Another important and probably our most developing city, Debrecen was connected into the hungarian highway-system with the new 35 km long M35 branched form main-highway M3. So now you can get from Budapest to Debrecen within an hour.

Here are some pictures of the new highway-section:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1391/m3513vw1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Our "beloved" leaders...

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/9461/m351nl7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9342/m352pq9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6286/m353ya2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6429/m354ma3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3682/m355ie3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2456/m356gy6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8412/m357hd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4642/m358rd6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7421/m359fi5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/7696/m3510rx8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/7444/m3511rp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/903/m3512tk3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Qtya]

The bridge at Dunaújváros is hopefully going to be finished in June, this year.

Here are some pictures from an online webcam:

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/9889/m8hdyh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/8659/m8hd1kq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1539/m8hd2pz3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9025/image070131113217kk8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2676/m8hd3yv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9366/m7mf7.png (http://imageshack.us)

[kokpit]

Great progress in Hungary, thank you for update Qtya :bow:
Have you got any up-to-date pics of Köröshegy viaduct? I guess frameworks have to be done already.

[Qtya]

Great progress in Hungary, thank you for update Qtya :bow:
Have you got any up-to-date pics of Köröshegy viaduct? I guess frameworks have to be done already.

The Viaduct at Köröshegy is going to be finished in mid-summer. Pictures commin' up (from me) on Monday afternoon. I'll visit the conctruction-site early morning.

[Qtya]

Now I'll give you a quick forecast on the hungarian highway-projects that will be finished in 2007. Unfortunately the last years higway-development boom is going to loose speed this year, but still 102 km of new vital highway-sections will be added to our highway-system. The extended length is going to be 1044 kms at the end of the year.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/82/trkpcr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

2007. June 15th: The day the new Danube-bridge at Dunaújváros as part of M8 highway opens. (apx 10 kms)
2007. July: M7 highways section between Sormás and Nagykanizsa will be finished. (12,5 kms)
2007. August: The Viaduct at Köröshegy with its highway connecting Zamárdi and Balatonszárszó as the part of the M7. (14 kms)
2007. October: M3 reaches Nyíregyháza. (39 kms)
2007. December: Finally the eastern-section of M0 between Main-road 4 and M3 highway will be completed. (26,5 kms)

[kokpit]

The Viaduct at Köröshegy is going to be finished in mid-summer. Pictures commin' up (from me) on Monday afternoon. I'll visit the conctruction-site early morning.

Thank you! It's great to have hungarian forumer here again. :)

[Qtya]

As you can see, opening ceremony on the 11th of December 2006 of this little (only 6 kms long) highway section between Becsehely and Sormás had a huge prestige among the leading elite of Hungary...

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1216/m7ps8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[Qtya]

As I promised...

These photos were taken today morning...

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6373/im000011jj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/1977/im000020hm1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Ooo sh*t! I've being followed! :rofl:

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/1806/im000031py3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[Dziekan]

Hungary keep up the good work, great job there

[Qtya]

A bit larger picture:

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1021/06085901vd8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[kokpit]

That's it! Supercool viaduct, thank you for photos, I'm going to visit it myself when it will be finished. :okay:

[Qtya]

That's it! Supercool viaduct, thank you for photos, I'm going to visit it myself when it will be finished. :okay:

Come to Hungary in July. Progress is pretty slow... :ohno:

[semi-dry]

Very impressive construction.
What is the lenght and high (in the highets point) of the viaduct?

[x-type]

I'm going to visit it myself when it will be finished. :okay:

hehe me too! i'm lucky that it's quite near Croatia so it won't be hard for me to sit in a car and drive 2 h to see it :)
btw, M7 is so funny motorway: it runs threw easy area, not many objects, but then in the middle of it giant viaduct!:)

[Qtya]

Very impressive construction.
What is the lenght and high (in the highets point) of the viaduct?

You should read the earlier renders... :)

Anyway, here is the answer "With its 1872 meters lengh this viaduct will be the longest in Central Europe. 23,80 meters wide and the longest pillar will be 80 meters tall when its finished."

[Qtya]

hehe me too! i'm lucky that it's quite near Croatia so it won't be hard for me to sit in a car and drive 2 h to see it :)
btw, M7 is so funny motorway: it runs threw easy area, not many objects, but then in the middle of it giant viaduct!:)

The joke is, that it would have been a lot cheaper if the constructers led the highway around the valley instead of going over it... This way the bill is triple... :hammer:
But now we'll have something to show around...

[Qwert]

You should read the earlier renders... :)

Anyway, here is the answer "With its 1872 meters lengh this viaduct will be the longest in Central Europe. 23,80 meters wide and the longest pillar will be 80 meters tall when its finished."

The longest Slovak viaduct over town Považská Bystrica (population 43 000) on highway D1 will be "only" 1 786 m long but it is necessary - it will cross the town, railway and river Váh all in very narrow valey.
BTW I like your viaduct. It is simple and elegant. I hope the Slovak one will be similar.

[Qtya]

The longest Slovak viaduct over town Považská Bystrica (population 43 000) on highway D1 will be "only" 1 786 m long but it is necessary - it will cross the town, railway and river Váh all in very narrow valey.
BTW I like your viaduct. It is simple and elegant. I hope the Slovak one will be similar.

I know its not the longest in the region! :) We already discussed it long time ago. When I copied this sentence to the render, I forgot to correct it. Sorry! Could you post a photo of your Viaduct here to compare, or just the link? Thanks!

[Qwert]

These are the best "visualisations." It's from prapagation buletin but I'm not sure if they are still actual:
http://povazska-bystrica.otvorene.sk/dialnica-a-prelozky/mestsky-estakadovy-variant-v2a/01.jpg/image
http://povazska-bystrica.otvorene.sk/dialnica-a-prelozky/mestsky-estakadovy-variant-v2a/03.jpg/image

Highway D1 Sverepc - Vrtižer will be the most complicated part of Slovak highway system. There will be 20 bridges which will have together 7 kilometres. There will be also two crossings one of them will be whole on bridges because it's behind the river Váh (second largest Slovak river after Danube) embankment.

[Qtya]

^^ Niiiiceeee... Is it really going to be built? How tall will it be?

[x-type]

The joke is, that it would have been a lot cheaper if the constructers led the highway around the valley instead of going over it... This way the bill is triple... :hammer:
But now we'll have something to show around...

i know, i've been at Balaton and i was really, but really surprised when i saw that you were going to build a giant viaduct there. i asked mayself "where and why the hell?! have they made artificiall hills to make a viaduct?? :) :) ) at each case - interesting and attractive

btw, isn't D1 around Považska Bystrica finished few weeks ago?

[Qwert]

Construction should start in April 2007. The viaduct will be 30 metres high. Present highway D1 ends before Považská Bystrica and new parts have been opened after Považská Bystrica few weeks ago. There is still gap and the traffic have to go through Považská Bystrica which is still only a second before collapse. Highway is not built yet because of some local inhabitants who were against it.

[Qtya]

Highway is not built yet because of some local inhabitants who were against it.

It happens all the time! The new subway line of Budapest (M4) is half year (+20) behind schedule because some maniac planed to sell its few square metre property for 1 million Euros. Now they had to move the project with 100 meters because of this individual... This little thing took away half a year...

[Qwert]

Yes, it's ridiculous. For example Kia factory in Teplička nad Váhom near Žilina is producing cars but some buildings still don't have even building permission because some owners don't want to sell their land. The same problem in Považská Bystrica, the same in most of Slovakia and probably in whole Europe.

[Qtya]

Still to be finished in 2008 summer, but You might be interested in the progress of the development. Some photos of the u/c northern M0 bridge.

(The weather is very kind to the constructors, so they are way ahead of schedule.)

Webcam's down, and I have no aerial support, so U must be satisfied with these:

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5579/im000025ft0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6875/im000026ws7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/4774/im000027uo1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Some pictures are dark because of the car's windows... Sorry!

[Qtya]

Latest news: Governmental decision, the M0 freeway around Budapest must be completed by year 2014. (Inculding the very complicated north-western sector between main road 11 and M1 freeway.)

[Ataman]

Governmental decision, the M0 freeway around Budapest must be completed by year 2014. (Inculding the very complicated north-western sector between main road 11 and M1 freeway.)


So that means we will finally have longer than 1 km tunnels. :) I know there are planned extensions of the Hungaria ring road, so there will be tunnels for that as well. Still, 2014 is too optimistic, but the ring road will probabbly be completed around 2018 or so.

I found a masterplan for the roads that are to be built.
http://demszky.hu/assets/doc/aquincum1.jpg

-Ataman

[Qtya]

I know there are planned extensions of the Hungaria ring road, so there will be tunnels for that as well. Still, 2014 is too optimistic, but the ring road will probabbly be completed around 2018 or so.


Yeah! I know, but I heard it on Kossuth radio today 12:00... I think if the northern section reaches main road 10 by that time, we could be very happy.
However, I don't even want to imagine what would happen if the ring ends at that point... Main road 10 with its two lains, and traffic jams 24-7... Horror...Its not an option stopping there... BTW, I'm aganst of carrying out the M10 freeway project under the present circumstances... Build a recents "Schnell-bahn" or put the whole thing underground!

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6323/m10xi5.png (http://imageshack.us)

[kokpit]

Nice progress, thank you for updates guys :okay:

Do you know how long will be outer bypass of Budapest after completion?

BTW, Qtya, I like you car ;)
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5672/im000038uz6.jpg

[Qtya]

Do you know how long will be outer bypass of Budapest after completion?

The total lenght of the M0 bypass road will be 105,9 kms when completed.

M0 northern sector: Main road 10 - M3 highway: 17,7 kms
M0 eastern sector: M3 highway - Main road 4: 26,0 kms
M0 eastern sector: Main road 4 - M5 highway: 12,7 kms
M0 southern sector: M5 highway - M1 highway: 29,5 kms
M0 western sector: M1 highway - Main road 10: 20,0 kms
Total: 105,9 kms

BTW, Qtya, I like you car ;)
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5672/im000038uz6.jpg

Thank U! :)

[kokpit]

The total lenght of the M0 bypass road will be 105,9 kms when completed.

M0 northern sector: Main road 10 - M3 highway: 17,7 kms
M0 eastern sector: M3 highway - Main road 4: 26,0 kms
M0 eastern sector: Main road 4 - M5 highway: 12,7 kms
M0 southern sector: M5 highway - M1 highway: 29,5 kms
M0 western sector: M1 highway - Main road 10: 20,0 kms
Total: 105,9 kms


That's pretty long! Prague outer bypass will be only 83 km long.

[Ataman]

Prague is smaller than Budapest. :)

-Ataman

[Qtya]

Ataman has a good point there! ^^

[kokpit]

^^ Guys I know it, no doubt here ;)

According to Eurostat, Larger Urban Zone of Budapest have 2.45 mio inhabitants, Prague only 1.94 mio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larger_Urban_Zones_(LUZ)_in_the_European_Union

[Qtya]

In the 60s-70s an insane goal of an insane government was to create a monumental Budapest... Now You can see the outcome... And this is not only shown by the 105,9 kms long bypass road.

[kokpit]

^ IMO it's rather economically advantegous to have big city, more intensive concentration of people on one place speeds up the economy.

[Qtya]

Future plans of the Hungarian highway developments.

:gaah: In 2008, only 40 kms of highways will be completed. :cry:
Both the northern sector of M0 bypass road with the new Danube bridge and the remaining 36 kms of the M7 highway between Nagykanizsa and Balatonkeresztúr is going to be finished in the mid summer of 2008. Probably earlier if the weather continues to be so gracious. So its not much... :ohno:
BTW we'll finally have another completed highway. :cheers: :banana:

But this year, works on 158(+23?) kms are going to start mainly based on the M6 highway. Preliminary works have already ended almost everywhere. The outcome of the tenders will be announced soon, so the projects will be finished in 2009 or worst case, just days before the 2010 elections. Not to mention that Pécs is going to be the European Capital of Culture in 2010, so its vital to have a highway connection, without that the city is totaly unreachable.

The projects:

- M31 expressway between M0 bypass road and the city of Gödöllő located on the M3 highway. (12 kms)
- M6 highway section between Dunaújváros and Szekszárd. (67 kms)
- M6 highway section between Szekszárd and Bóly. (48 kms)
- M6 highway section between Bóly and Pécs. (31 kms)
- M56 highway section between Bóly and Ivándárda (border crossing to Croatia). (23 kms) In this case unfortunatelly I found no information, so I/We could only hope... That last 23 kms is really not to much, isn't it? :dunno: Or I ask to much?

[Qtya]

^ IMO it's rather economically advantegous to have big city, more intensive concentration of people on one place speeds up the economy.

This is true, but in case of small countries like Hungary the balance between the capital and the other regions could be desperately moved in favor of the capital. And without a proper regional alliance these regions can't really represent their interests. Naturally in an economy/system that functions well this wouldn't be a problem, but where the governments main supporters/voters are in the capital city, it is.

[Qtya]

In Europe, naturally the most expensive one year valid vignette is in Hungary.
Prices shown in euros...

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9239/hvgna4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Marek.kvackaj]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9239/hvgna4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I cant see that pic is too small.. what si that pic about?

[Qtya]

I figured it could be a problem. The original picture is the almost unusuable...

Highway fees in Euros/one year valid vignette:

Hungary: 138€
Austria: 73€
Bulgaria: 65€
Czech Republic: 32€
Slovakia: 29€
Switzerland: 27€
Romania: 21€

(If I see them right.)

The other one show the countries and prices (in eurocents)where Toll gates are used.

Spain: 8,0 eurocents/km
France: 7,8 eurocents/km
Portugal: 5,8 eurocents/km
Italy: 5,7 eurocents/km
Croatia: 5,3 eurocents/km
Slovenia: 5,0 eurocents/km

(If I see them right.)

[kokpit]

This is true, but in case of small countries like Hungary the balance between the capital and the other regions could be desperately moved in favor of the capital. And without a proper regional alliance these regions can't really represent their interests. Naturally in an economy/system that functions well this wouldn't be a problem, but where the governments main supporters/voters are in the capital city, it is.

But you live in Budapest so what's the problem. :) If anybody from regions wants to, he can move there as well. I see quite big advantage with big populous Budapest in the middle of the country, it's probably economically better than smaller cities hundreds kilometres far away from each other.

[Ataman]

In the long term, decentralized economy works best. It is a bit like comparing Germany and Switzerland with Britain and France.

One of the reasons Czech economy is stronger than ours is that we have little else other than Budapest, while you have Brno and Ostrava. So geographically, the wealth distribution is more even there.

-Ataman

[Bikes]

This is true, but in case of small countries like Hungary the balance between the capital and the other regions could be desperately moved in favor of the capital. And without a proper regional alliance these regions can't really represent their interests. Naturally in an economy/system that functions well this wouldn't be a problem, but where the governments main supporters/voters are in the capital city, it is.

This is true, and basically this thread is kind of dedicated to this problem. A better infrastructure reaching important cities like Debrecen is inevitable. Connecting the cities via high-speed motorways is a way to speed to up the economy.

Btw, what do you think, will the new part of M0 be built on time? They were lucky with the weather, hopefully it continues to be so, but if they wont be able to finish it, thats big trouble.

[Qtya]

Btw, what do you think, will the new part of M0 be built on time? They were lucky with the weather, hopefully it continues to be so, but if they wont be able to finish it, thats big trouble.

You know last year, around october works on the eastern sector stopped for nearly two months, because of some mistakes in the Environmental authorization... You might remember the "huge" mistake. There were more intersections displayed in the final authorization instead of the the actual quantity that is being built... During the authorization process because of ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS the National Freeway Developer Inc. (Na Rt) removed one intersection from the program but forgot to erase it from the final paperwork... :bash:
So they had to carry through the whole process again!
Yeah, You are right they were lucky with the weather, so I hope they earned enough time to catch up.
The northern sector with the new bridge is on or ahead of schedule.

[Bikes]

Oh dear, didnt know about this. They were all claiming that the Greens are responsible for the delay. Anyways, good news, GO M0!!

[Qtya]

Oh dear, didnt know about this. They were all claiming that the Greens are responsible for the delay. Anyways, good news, GO M0!!

You probably were abroad till yesterday, because itt was all around the news. m))
I was out for some time too, but the Index Portal , and mno online focused pretty much attention to this "little" accident.

Sometimes the Greens are right but on the oder side they can be a hell of a pain in the ass...

[Bikes]

Actually i just came back from London not so long ago. Agreed about the greenies

[Qtya]

A part of the main road 11 - M0 intersection is slowly nearing complition...

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/495/im000017go7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Ady]

I know it's too late, for example the M6 is already being built. I think the principal flaw in the Hungarian (two lane) main road system was that all main roads were centered towards Budapest. Of course the reason for this was that the capital is an agglomeration of 2,5-3 million in a country of merely 10 million. But this infrastructure makes the countryside even more dependent on the capital. What is currently being done, is laying the highway grid parallel to the main road system, at 10-20 km max, save a few exceptions. This only reinforces the current situation, with all it's deficiencies. The M8 and M9 are positive exceptions. I'll point out the highways, which I think could have been planned more efficiently, and why:

-With the highways in black I largely agree, although here too, I could imagine improvements, for example the M7 would be more efficient if it would run at 20-30 km from lake Balaton, because it could serve a much larger area (~30 km to both sides), than it currently does, because, well, not many people live in the water of lake Balaton, at least not permanently ;)
-The M86 in green is OK untill Szombathely, but it puzzles me why it should not be connected to Graz, Austria. Of course, there is the M8, but it is much longer, so it will take years before Budapest and the Steiermark region have a direct connection, instead the M86 provides a quicker solution.
-The M15 in orange should be prolonged to connect with the M86
-The M9 in Red needs some major adjustments. First of all, it should connect Sopron with Vienna, which is only logical, since in the Austrian side the A3 already almost reaches the Hungarian border. From Kaposvar it should not go straight to Szekszard, but connect to Pecs, which is the main city of southern Transdanubia. Furthermore, it should connect Szeged with Debrecen, thus creating a direct link between 3 of Hungary's 5 largest cities: Debrecen, Szeged and Pecs.
-The biggest planning error of all is the M6 in purple. It should not start in Budapest, but in Gyor! Because it crosses the M7 near Szekesfehervar, there is still a direct connection from Budapest to southern Transdanubia, which is hardly longer, than the currently built M6. But, and this is a huge bonus, there is also a direct connection from the Vienna/Bratislava/Gyor triangle to Pecs and Eastern Croatia/Slavonia, and, this is very important, because even if the M0/south is widened to 2x3lanes, it will be overburdened in 5-10 more years, an alternative route from Vienna to Belgrade, bypassing Budapest, via the M6/M9.
-The M8 in yellow should be extended to Eger, thus creating a second ring, at ~50-100 km around Budapest, consisting of parts of the M6 and M8. This also creates a direct highway link between the northeast (Miskolc, Nyiregyhaza, Eger) and the center and south of the country.
-The M43 in pink should connect to Timisoara, which is by far the largest and most important city in Southwest Romania/Banat, not Arad.
-Finally, the M3x in brown should connect Nyireghaza with Satu Mare and Baia Mare, two major cities in northwest Transylvania.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n6/adorjan_2006/Autopalya.png

[Qtya]

^^ WELCOME MY FRIEND!!!
:drunk: :drunk: :drunk: :drunk:

[Ady]

Thank you for the warm welcome :) When you sobered out :bash: I'm also very curious if you have any comments on my post :lol: I hope to get drunk :cheers: only next weekend :nuts: when I have a date with a hot Russian chick :banana:
Sorry, had to try out all the smilies :ohno:

[Qtya]

Two photos of the common section of the M1-M7 highway.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3699/im000018kz2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5355/im000019kc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Qtya]

I know it's too late, for example the M6 is already being built. I think the principal flaw in the Hungarian (two lane) main road system was that all main roads were centered towards Budapest. Of course the reason for this was that the capital is an agglomeration of 2,5-3 million in a country of merely 10 million. But this infrastructure makes the countryside even more dependent on the capital. What is currently being done, is laying the highway grid parallel to the main road system, at 10-20 km max, save a few exceptions. This only reinforces the current situation, with all it's deficiencies. The M8 and M9 are positive exceptions. I'll point out the highways, which I think could have been planned more efficiently, and why:

-With the highways in black I largely agree, although here too, I could imagine improvements, for example the M7 would be more efficient if it would run at 20-30 km from lake Balaton, because it could serve a much larger area (~30 km to both sides), than it currently does, because, well, not many people live in the water of lake Balaton, at least not permanently ;)
-The M86 in green is OK untill Szombathely, but it puzzles me why it should not be connected to Graz, Austria. Of course, there is the M8, but it is much longer, so it will take years before Budapest and the Steiermark region have a direct connection, instead the M86 provides a quicker solution.
-The M15 in orange should be prolonged to connect with the M86
-The M9 in Red needs some major adjustments. First of all, it should connect Sopron with Vienna, which is only logical, since in the Austrian side the A3 already almost reaches the Hungarian border. From Kaposvar it should not go straight to Szekszard, but connect to Pecs, which is the main city of southern Transdanubia. Furthermore, it should connect Szeged with Debrecen, thus creating a direct link between 3 of Hungary's 5 largest cities: Debrecen, Szeged and Pecs.
-The biggest planning error of all is the M6 in purple. It should not start in Budapest, but in Gyor! Because it crosses the M7 near Szekesfehervar, there is still a direct connection from Budapest to southern Transdanubia, which is hardly longer, than the currently built M6. But, and this is a huge bonus, there is also a direct connection from the Vienna/Bratislava/Gyor triangle to Pecs and Eastern Croatia/Slavonia, and, this is very important, because even if the M0/south is widened to 2x3lanes, it will be overburdened in 5-10 more years, an alternative route from Vienna to Belgrade, bypassing Budapest, via the M6/M9.
-The M8 in yellow should be extended to Eger, thus creating a second ring, at ~50-100 km around Budapest, consisting of parts of the M6 and M8. This also creates a direct highway link between the northeast (Miskolc, Nyiregyhaza, Eger) and the center and south of the country.
-The M43 in pink should connect to Timisoara, which is by far the largest and most important city in Southwest Romania/Banat, not Arad.
-Finally, the M3x in brown should connect Nyireghaza with Satu Mare and Baia Mare, two major cities in northwest Transylvania.

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