Expressway S1 or express road S1 is a Polish highway under construction with a planned length of 130 km (81 mi), in the Silesian and Lesser Poland voivodeships. Upon completion, it will connect the A1 motorway near the Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice, with the border of Slovakia in Zwardoń, where it will connect to the D3 Motorway.
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| Droga ekspresowa S1 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
Part of  E75 | ||||
| Maintained by GDDKiA | ||||
| Length | 93.1 km (57.8 mi) 132.81 km (82.52 mi) planned | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| From |  A1 near Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice | |||
 86 near Podwarpie
 S52 near Bielsko-Biała | ||||
| To |  D3 motorway, border with Slovakia | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Poland | |||
| Major cities | Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec, Mysłowice, Tychy, Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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A major part of the route is the Eastern beltway of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region between the A1 and A4 motorway.
The S1 originally was routed from Bielsko-Biała via Cieszyn to the Czech border. This section was renumbered to Expressway S52 in 2016 and the S1 was rerouted over the former Expressway S69.
The route is expected to be completed by 2025.[1]
Expressway route description edit
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=== Pyrzowice-Tychy ===
| Number of exit (facility)[2] | Exits, facilities[3] | Mileage from beginning | 1st carriageway state | 2nd carriageway state | History of construction/preparation | Notes |
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| 1) | Pyrzowice
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0 km | Done | Opened in June 2012 | Terminus | |
| 2) | Pyrzowice-Lotnisko 
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1.9 km (1.18 mi) | Was the terminus till June 2012 | 2nd carriageway opened in May 2021 | ||
| 3) | Mierzęcice | 5.5 km (3.42 mi) | Opened in November 2006 | |||
| 4) | Podwarpie (southbound)
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12.8 km (7.95 mi) | 4-laned starting 1 km before interchange | |||
| 5) | Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice
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20.2 km (12.55 mi) | With environmental decision | Planned, 4-laned road at the moment | ||
| 6) | Dąbrowa Górnicza Pogoria | 22.6 km (14.04 mi) | Done | Completed 1978-1983 | ||
| 7) | Dąbrowa Górnicza Gołonóg | 24.3 km (15.10 mi) | ||||
| 8) | Dąbrowa Górnicza Sulno
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25.2 km (15.66 mi) | ||||
| 9) | Sosnowiec Porąbka | 28.9 km (17.96 mi) | ||||
| (1) | Petrol station | 31.8 km (19.76 mi) | Koniczyna | |||
| 10) | Sosnowiec Dańdówka | 33.2 km (20.63 mi) | Completed 1978-1983 | Entrance/exit northbound only | ||
| 11) | Sosnowiec Jęzor 
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36.9 km (22.93 mi) | ||||
| 12) | Brzęczkowice    (E462 starting from the interchange eastbound)
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39.2 km (24.36 mi) | Entrance to toll road | |||
| 13) | Mysłowice Brzezinka 
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41.2 km (25.60 mi) | Droga wójewodzka 934 goes parallel with S1 | |||
| 14) | Dziećkowice | 42.1 km (26.16 mi) | ||||
| 15) | Imielin
Other name: Kosztowy-II |
43.3 km (26.91 mi) | Exit only southbound, entrance only northbound | |||
| 16) | Olszyce | 46.2 km (28.71 mi) | ||||
| (2) | MOP Lędziny | 48.8 km (30.32 mi) | Petrol station, restaurant | |||
| 17) | Tychy
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54.8 km (34.05 mi) | Terminus | |||
Kosztowy-II – Bielsko-Biała edit
As of the end of May 2016 six options for the route were proposed, five of which were already available by June 2008.
At first option IV(D) was preferable. It would have gone parallel to Brzeszcze – Oświęcim railway tracks (PKP rail line 93). However, UNESCO protested against the choice, as, in their opinion, the traffic would have disrupted the zone of silence around the former German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, and, as the result, UNESCO would have put the camp onto the endangered list.
At the beginning of August 2009, the head of Miedźna county has announced to the media his option of the S1 (option VI), that would have gone through a forest on the borders of the Miedźna and Bojszowy county. In November 2009, it was accepted by all the local counties. However, GDDKiA turned down this option due to environmental issues. The road would have passed through the "Stawy w Brzeszczach" reserve for birds conservation, which was not acceptable.[4]
Option VI edit
Counties through which the road would have passed according to the option VI edit
- Mysłowice (Kosztowy)
- Lędziny
- Bieruń
- Oświęcim (Stare Stawy)
- Brzeszcze
- Dankowice
- Stara Wieś
- Bielsko-Biała (Hałcnów) In 2013 the Economical, Technical and Environmental Institution has proposed 4 choices (A, B, C, and D), of which choices A and C were preferred. However, the mining company "Brzeszcze" was against choice C, and "SILESIA" mining enterprise against A. As a compromise, GDDKIA promised to work on the additional option "E". Preparatory works for DŚU were done by 7 January 2015. In March 2015 choice "E" was chosen as preferred. In June the same year Regional Directorate of the Environment Protection in Katowice has asked GDDKiA to give out the environmental decision for the section.
Option V edit
Counties through which the road would have passed according to the option V edit
- Mysłowice (Kosztowy)
- Lędziny
- Bieruń
- Międzyrzecze
- Gilowice
- Miedźna
- Bestwinka
- Kaniów
- Dankowice
- Stara Wieś
- Bielsko-Biała (Hałcnów)
The project will cost approximately 1.437 bln złotych.[5]
Interchanges edit
- „Kosztowy II" (after construction the road to Tychy will be designated as S1A)
- „Lędziny"
- „Bieruń"
- „Oświęcim" (future connection to Oświęcim bypass)
- „Wola”
- „Brzeszcze"
- „Stara Wieś"
- „Hałcnów"
4 options from 2012 edit
- Option A (39.7 km) would have run through the following counties:
- Mysłowice
- Lędziny
- Imielin
- Bieruń
- Bojszowy
- Miedźna
- Bestwina
- Wilamowice
- Bielsko-Biała
- Option B (40.4 km) would have run through the following counties:
- Mysłowice
- Lędziny
- Imielin
- Bieruń
- Bojszowy
- Oświęcim
- Bestwina
- Brzeszcze
- Wilamowice
- Bielsko-Biała
- Option C (40.8 km) would have run through the following counties:
- Mysłowice
- Lędziny
- Imielin
- Bieruń
- Bojszowy
- Oświęcim
- Bestwina
- Brzeszcze
- Wilamowice
- Bielsko-Biała
- Option D (42.1 km) would have run through the following counties:
In 2013 a new option, presented by the mining companies "SILESIA" and "Brzeszcze" and by Miedźna, Brzeszcze and Bestwina counties, was proposed. The option "H"(or hybrid), as it is known, was an initial compromise between the companies and counties and GDDKiA. However it wasn't implemented.
| Number of exit(facility) | Name | Mileage from beginning | State | Notes |
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| 1) | Kosztowy-II | 0 km | With environmental decision | Connection with S1 to Tychy |
| 2) | Lędziny | ca. 6 km (3.73 mi) | ||
| (1) | MOP | 7.5 km (4.66 mi) | ||
| 3) | Bieruń | ca. 12.3 km (7.64 mi) | ||
Bielsko-Biała-Zwardoń edit
Route description edit
| Number of exit (facility) | Exits, facilities[6] | Mileage from beginning | History of construction | Notes |
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| 1) | Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice 
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0 km | Works from here to Hałcnów interchange were allowed in May 2009 | To Hałcnów interchange concurrency with , western terminus
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| 2) | Bielsko-Biała-Rosta 
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2.9 km (1.80 mi) | ||
| 3) | Hałcnów (planned)
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4.5 km (2.80 mi) | Contract was signed in October 2008 to the Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II interchange | planned have an interchange here
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| 4) | Bielsko-Biała-Lipnik
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6.8 km (4.23 mi) | ||
| 5) | Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-I
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11 km (6.84 mi) | ||
| 6) | Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II
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11.5 km (7.15 mi) | ||
| 7) | Wilkowice | 14.2 km (8.82 mi) | From here to Żywiec interchange: first contract signed in 2010, which was cancelled two years later, and signed with other company in July 2014. Done in July 2015. | |
| 8) | Buczkowice | 17.7 km (11.00 mi) | ||
| 9) | Łodygowice | 21 km (13.05 mi) | ||
| 10) | Żywiec Soła 
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26.5 km (16.47 mi) | From here to Przybędza interchange: signed in June 2005, done by November 2006 | |
| 11) | Żywiec Browar | 29 km (18.02 mi) | ||
| 12) | Przybędza | 33.7 km (20.94 mi) | Section to be completed in August 2023 | |
| 13) | Milówka | 45.5 km (28.27 mi) | ||
| 14) | Laliki 
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50.1 km (31.13 mi) | No exit of eastbound traffic on the road | |
| 15) | Rajcza | 52.9 km (32.87 mi) | ||
| 16) | Zwardoń
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55.5 km (34.49 mi) | Last interchange before border | |
| 17) | Country border 
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56.7 km (35.23 mi) | Entrance to Slovakia |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl".
- ^ "Mapy Google". Mapy Google. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
- ^ "Mapa Polski z nazwami węzłów, stan na 27.06.2022 r."
- ^ a b Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polska)
- ^ a b "S-1 od w. "Kosztowy II" w Mysłowicach do w. "Suchy Potok" w Bielsku-Białej :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny". www.gddkia.gov.pl. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
- ^ "Mapa Polski z nazwami węzłów, stan na 27.06.2022 r."
