Expressway S1 (Poland)

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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Expressway S1
Droga ekspresowa S1
Route information
Part of E75 E75
Maintained by GDDKiA
Length93.1 km (57.8 mi)
132.81 km (82.52 mi) planned
Major junctions
From A1 near Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice
Major intersections 86 near Podwarpie

94 in Dąbrowa Górnicza
79 in Mysłowice
A4 near Mysłowice
86 near Tychy

S52 near Bielsko-Biała
To D3 motorway, border with Slovakia
Location
CountryPoland
Major citiesDąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec, Mysłowice, Tychy, Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec
Highway system
← S 86→ S 2

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 2024.[1]

Expressway route description

Pyrzowice-Tychy[2]
Number of exit (facility) Exits, facilities Mileage from beginning 1st carriageway state 2nd carriageway state History of construction/preparation Notes
1) Pyrzowice 0 km Done Opened in June 2012 Terminus
2) Pyrzowice-Lotnisko 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)

(northbound)

 12.8 km (7.95 mi) 4-laned starting 1 km before interchange
5) Ząbkowice 20.2 km (12.55 mi) With environmental decision Planned, 4-laned road at the moment
6) No name (Dąbrowa-Górnicza-Laski) 22.6 km (14.04 mi) Done Completed 1978-1983
7) No name (Dąbrowa-Górnicza-Golonóg) 24.3 km (15.10 mi)
8) No name 25.2 km (15.66 mi)
9) No name(Dąbrowa-Górnicza-Porąbka) 28.9 km (17.96 mi)
(1) Petrol station 31.8 km (19.76 mi) Koniczyna
10) No name 33.2 km (20.63 mi) Completed 1978-1983 Entrance/exit northbound only
11) Brzęczkowice-I 36.9 km (22.93 mi)
12) Brzęczkowice-II(E462 starting from the interchange eastbound) 39.2 km (24.36 mi) Entrance to toll road
13) Brzezinka 41.2 km (25.60 mi) Droga wójewodzka 934 goes parallel with S1
14) No name(Mysłowice-Kosztowy-I) 42.1 km (26.16 mi)
15) No name (Imielin)

Other name: Kosztowy-II(passing the stages to achieve the environmental decision)

 43.3 km (26.91 mi) Exit only southbound, entrance only northbound
16) No name(Lędziny) 46.2 km (28.71 mi)
(2) MOP Lędziny 48.8 km (30.32 mi) Petrol station, restaurant
17) Tychy 54.8 km (34.05 mi) Terminus

Kosztowy-II – Bielsko-Biała

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.[3]

Counties through which the road would have passed according to the option VI
    • Mysłowice (Kosztowy)
    • Lędziny
    • Bieruń
    • Oświęcim (Stare Stawy)
    • Brzeszcze
    • Dankowice
    • Stara Wieś
    • Bielsko-Biała (Suchy Potok) 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.
Counties through which the road would have passed according to the option V
    • Mysłowice (Kosztowy)
    • Lędziny
    • Bieruń
    • Międzyrzecze
    • Gilowice
    • Miedźna
    • Bestwinka
    • Kaniów
    • Dankowice
    • Stara Wieś
    • Bielsko-Biała (Suchy Potok)

The project will cost approximately 1.437 bln złotych.[4]

Interchanges
  • „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"
  • „Suchy Potok"

4 options from 2012
  • 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:
    • Mysłowice
    • Lędziny
    • Imielin
    • Bieruń
    • Bojszowy
    • Oświęcim
    • Bestwina
    • Brzeszcze
    • Wilamowice
    • Bielsko-Biała.[3][4]

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
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)

Route description
Number of exit (facility) Name Mileage from beginning History of construction Notes
1) Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice 0 km Works from here to Suchy Potok interchange were allowed in May 2009 To Suchy Potok interchange concurrency with , western terminus
2) Bielsko-Biała-Rosta 2.9 km (1.80 mi)
3) Suchy Potok (planned) 4.5 km (2.80 mi) Contract was signed in October 2008 to the Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II interchange planned have an interchange here
4) Bielsko-Biała-Lipnik 6.8 km (4.23 mi)
5) Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-I 11 km (6.84 mi)
6) Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II 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 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 50.1 km (31.13 mi) No exit of eastbound traffic on the road
15) Laliki II 52.9 km (32.87 mi)
16) Zwardoń 55.5 km (34.49 mi) Last interchange before border
17) Country border

56.7 km (35.23 mi) Entrance to Slovakia

See also

References
  1. "Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl".
  2. "Mapy Google". Mapy Google. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  3. Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polska)
  4. "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.
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