Roads in Hungary
Hungarian road categories are as follows:
- Gyorsforgalmi út (controlled-access highway):
- Autópálya (motorway): 2+2 travel lanes and 1+1 emergency lane, central reservation, no at-grade intersections, speed limit: 130 kilometers per hour (81 mph)
- Autóút (expressway): 2+2, 2+1 or 1+1 travel lanes, central reservation, some at-grade intersections, speed limit: 110 kilometers per hour (68 mph)
- Gyorsút (high-speed highway): 2+2 travel lanes, central reservation, few at-grade intersections, speed limit: 110 kilometers per hour (68 mph)
- Elsődrendű főút (primary arterial road or primary main road) (with one digit in their name, e.g.: 6-os főút)
- Másodrendű főút (secondary main road) (with two or three digits, e.g.: 57-es főút)
- Helyi út (local road) (with three or more digits)
Some of the national roads are part of the European route scheme.
European routes passing through Hungary: E60; E65; E66; E68; E71; E73; E75; E77; E79 (Class A); E573; E653; E661 (Class B).
Highways
They have one lane in each direction, signs are white-on-blue and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h, in expressways 110 km/h. According to the Állami Autópályakezelő Zrt. ("State Motorway Management Plc."), the total length of the Hungarian motorway system was 1,400.6 kilometers in 2013.[1] The construction of the Hungarian motorway system started in 1964 with M7, which finished in 1975 between Budapest and Lake Balaton. The total length of the system reached 200 km in 1980, 500 km in 1998, and 1000 km in 2007.
Motorways in Hungary:
M1 | M3 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M15 | M30 | M31 | M35 | M43 | M44 | M60 | M70
Expressways in Hungary (M - expressways, and R - fast roads):
M0 | M2 | M4 | M9 | M10 | M19 | M25 | M34 | M49 | M51 | M85 | M86 | M87
R11 | R21 | R23 | R67 | R76 | R83
History
Development of the overall length (at the end of):
Year | 1964 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2016 |
Length in km | 7 | 85 | 136 | 213 | 302 | 361 | 440 | 638 | 967 | 1.290 | 1.382 | 1.481 |
Main roads
They have one lane in each direction, signs are white-on-green and the normal speed limit is 90 km/h.
Primary main road
Roads categorized as state roads, class IIa are 2,224 km in total length and are marked with one, two, or some three-digit numbers.
Secondary main road
Roads categorized as state roads, class IIb are 2,224 km in total length and are marked with one, two, or some three-digit numbers.
Sign | Number | Route | Length |
---|---|---|---|
101 | Hegyeshalom (Intersection with Main road 1) - Motorway M1 | km | 1|
102 | Main road 1 - Zsámbék - Main road 10 | km | 23|
106 | Óbuda - Angyalföld - Ferencváros - Albertfalva | km | 18|
11 | Óbuda - Szentendre - Esztergom - Main road 117 | km | 72|
12 | Vác - Szob | km | 27|
13 | Kisbér - Border with Slovakia at Komárom | km | 29|
132 | Komárom - Border with Slovakia at Komárom (old section of Main road 13) | km | 4|
14 | Győr - Border with Slovakia at Vámosszabadi | km | 13|
211 | Salgótarján (old section of Main road 21) | km | 3|
22 | Rétság - Balassagyarmat - Salgótarján (old section of Main road 2) | km | 67|
222 | Main road 22 - Border with Slovakia at Balassagyarmat | km | 2|
23 | Bátonyterenye - Tarnalelesz | km | 33|
24 | Gyöngyös - Recsk - Eger | km | 60|
25 | Main road 3 - Eger - Tarnalelesz - Ózd - Main road 26 | km | 82|
252 | Main road 25 - Motorway M25 | km | 1|
253 | Main road 3 at Mezőkövesd - Motorway M25 at Andornaktálya (old section of side road 2502) | km | 12|
26 | Miskolc - Kazincbarcika - Putnok - Border with Slovakia at Bánréve | km | 45|
27 | Sajószentpéter - Szendrő - Border with Slovakia at Tornanádaska | km | 55|
302 | Motorway M30 - Emőd (Intersection with Main road 3) | km | 8|
304 | Miskolc south bypass (Main road 3 - Motorway M30) | km | 4|
306 | Miskolc north bypass (Motorway M30 - Main road 26) | km | 6|
31 | Budapest - Gyömrő - Nagykáta - Jászberény - Jászapáti - Heves - Füzesabony (Intersection with Main road 33) | 126 km | |
311 | Nagykáta - Farmos - Cegléd | km | 34|
32 | Hatvan (Intersection with Motorway M3) - Jászberény - Újszász - Szolnok | km | 80|
33 | Füzesabony (Intersection with Main road 3) - Tiszafüred - Hortobágy - Debrecen | 111 km | |
331 | Mezőkövesd west bypass (Motorway M3 - Main road 3) | km | 6|
338 | Nyíregyháza west bypass (Motorway M3 - Main road 38) | km | 7|
34 | Tiszafüred - Kunmadaras - Kunhegyes - Fegyvernek (Intersection with Main road 4) | km | 55|
35 | Nyékládháza - Tiszaújváros - Polgár - Hajdúböszörmény - Debrecen | km | 86|
36 | Polgár (Intersection with Main road 35) - Tiszavasvári - Nyíregyháza | km | 50|
37 | Felsőzsolca (Intersection with Main road 3) - Szerencs - Sárospatak - Border with Slovakia near Sátoraljaújhely | km | 76|
38 | Tarcal (Intersection with Main road 37) - Tokaj - Rakamaz - Nyíregyháza | km | 37|
381 | Sátoraljaújhely - Cigánd - Kisvárda (Intersection with Main road 4) | km | 47|
39 | Encs - Abaújszántó - Mád (Intersection with Main road 37) | km | 36|
401 | Main road 4 - Main road 40 | km | 1|
404 | M4 Motorway – Main road 4 (old section of Main road 4) | km | 2|
406 | M4 Motorway – Main road 4/Main road 32 | km | 4|
427 | Berettyóújfalu (old section of Main road 42) | km | 3|
430 | Makó - Hódmezővásárhely | km | 8|
431 | Border with Romania near Kiszombor | km | 6|
441 | Cegléd - Nagykőrös - Kecskemét | km | 31|
442 | Szolnok - Martfű - Kunszentmárton (Intersection with Main road 44) | km | 43|
443 | Szarvas (Intersection with Main road 44) - Gyomaendrőd | km | 19|
444 | Békéscsaba (old section of Main road 44) | km | 2|
445 | Kecskemét east and north bypass (Main road 44 - Motorway M5) | km | 13|
45 | Kunszentmárton - Szentes - Hódmezővásárhely | km | 53|
451 | Szentes (Intersection with Main road 45) - Csongrád - Kiskunfélegyháza (Intersection with Main road 5) | km | 42|
46 | Törökszentmiklós - Mezőtúr - Gyomaendrőd - Mezőberény | km | 66|
47 | Debrecen - Berettyóújfalu - Szeghalom - Mezőberény - Békéscsaba - Orosháza - Hódmezővásárhely - Szeged | 215 km | |
470 | Mezőberény - Békéscsaba (old section of Main road 47) | km | 21|
471 | Debrecen - Nyíradony - Nyírbátor - Mátészalka | km | 73|
472 | Hódmezővásárhely (old section of Main road 47) | km | 7|
474 | Orosháza (old section of Main road 47) | km | 13|
48 | Debrecen - Vámospércs - Border with Romania near Nyírábrány | km | 30|
481 | Debrecen southern bypass | km | 6|
49 | Vaja (Intersection with Main road 41) - Mátészalka - Border with Romania near Csengersima | km | 57|
493 | Baktalórántháza - Nyírbátor | km | 20|
50 | km | 16||
51 | Expressway M0 - Solt - Kalocsa - Baja - Border with Serbia near Hercegszántó | 191 km | |
510 | Budapest - Dunaharaszti - Main road 51 (old section of Main road 51) | km | 11|
511 | Baja east bypass (Main road 51 - Main road 55) | km | 4|
512 | Kalocsa western bypass | km | 4|
513 | Dunavecse (old section of Main road 51) | km | 8|
52 | Kecskemét - Solt - Dunaföldvár | km | 64|
53 | Solt (Intersection with Main road 52) - Kiskőrös - Soltvadkert - Kiskunhalas - Border with Serbia near Tompa | km | 89|
54 | Kecskemét (Intersection with Main roads 5 and 44) - Bugacpusztaháza - Soltvadkert - Sükösd | km | 92|
541 | Kecskemét (Main road 5 - Main road 54) | km | 4|
542 | Kiskunfélegyháza west bypass | km | 9|
55 | Szeged - Mórahalom - Mélykút - Baja - Bátaszék (Intersection with Motorway M6) | 122 km | |
551 | Baja east bypass - Main road 55 | km | 2|
56 | Szekszárd (Intersection with Main road 6) - Bátaszék - Mohács - Border with Croatia near Udvar | km | 61|
57 | Pécs - Bóly - Mohács | km | 38|
578 | Pécs east bypass (Main road 6 - Motorway M6) | km | 9|
58 | Pécs - Harkány - Border with Croatia near Drávaszabolcs | km | 33|
61 | Dunaföldvár - Cece - Simontornya - Tamási - Dombóvár - Kaposvár - Nagykanizsa (Intersection with Motorway M7) | 195 km | |
610 | Kaposvár (old section of Main road 61) | km | 16|
611 | Dombóvár - Sásd | km | 14|
62 | Dunaújváros (Intersection with Main road 6) - Seregélyes - Székesfehérvár | km | 47|
63 | Szekszárd (Intersection with Main road 6) - Cece - Sárbogárd - Székesfehérvár (Intersection with Motorway M7) | km | 90|
631 | Motorway M6 - Main road 63 | km | 5|
64 | Simontornya - Enying (Intersection with Main road 7) | km | 37|
65 | Szekszárd (Intersection with Main road 6) - Tamási - Siófok | km | 85|
651 | Tamási bypass (Main road 65 - Main road 61) | km | 10|
66 | Pécs - Sásd - Kaposvár (Intersection with Main roads 61 and 610) | km | 54|
67 | Szigetvár - Kaposvár - Balatonlelle | km | 90|
68 | Barcs - Nagyatád - Marcali - Balatonszentgyörgy (Intersection with Main roads 7 and 76) | km | 95|
681 | Nagyatád (Intersection with Main road 68) - Border with Croatia near Berzence | km | 24|
682 | Marcali (old section of Main road 68) | km | 6|
71 | Lepsény (Intersection with Main road 7) - Balatonfűzfő - Balatonalmádi - Balatonfüred - Balatonederics - Keszthely (Intersection with Main road 76) | 116 km | |
710 | Balatonakarattya (Intersection with Main road 71) - Balatonfűzfő (Intersection with Main road 72) | km | 17|
72 | Balatonfűzfő - Litér - Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) | km | 7|
73 | Csopak (Intersection with Main road 71) - Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) | km | 13|
74 | Nagykanizsa (Intersection with Main road 7) - Bak - Zalaegerszeg - Vasvár (Intersection with Main road 8) | km | 75|
75 | Keszthely (Intersection with Main road 71) - Pacsa - Bak - Rédics | km | 69|
76 | Balatonszentgyörgy (Intersection with Main roads 7 and 68) - Sármellék - Zalaegerszeg - Nádasd (Intersection with Main road 86) | km | 82|
760 | Main road 75 - Hévíz - Main road 76 | - km | |
761 | Zalaegerszeg north bypass (Main road 74 - Main road 76) | - km | |
762 | Zalaegerszeg (old section of Main road 76) | - km | |
77 | Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 71) - Nagyvázsony - Tapolca - Lesencetomaj (Intersection with Main road 84) | km | 54|
81 | Székesfehérvár (Intersection with Main road 8) - Mór - Kisbér - Győr | km | 81|
811 | Székesfehérvár - Lovasberény - Felcsút - Bicske (Intersection with Main road 1) | km | 42|
813 | Győr northeast bypass (Intersection with Motorway M1 - Main road 14) | km | 13|
82 | Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) - Zirc - Pannonhalma - Győr | km | 80|
821 | Győr (Main road 83 - Main road 1) | km | 3|
83 | Városlőd (Intersection with Main road 8) - Pápa - Tét - Győr | km | 76|
830 | Veszprém north bypass (Main road 82 – Main road 8) | km | 7|
832 | Pápa (Intersection with Main road 83) - Pápateszér - Veszprémvarsány (Intersection with Main road 82) | km | 30|
834 | Pápa (Intersection with Main road 83) - Celldömölk - Sárvár-Hegyközség (Intersection with Main road 84) | km | 41|
84 | Balatonederics (Intersection with Main road 71) - Sümeg - Sárvár - Hegyfalu - Border with Austria near Sopron | 132 km | |
85 | Győr (Intersection with Main road 1) - Csorna - Kapuvár - Nagycenk (Intersection with Main road 84) | km | 72|
86 | Mosonmagyaróvár - Csorna - Répcelak - Szombathely - Körmend - Zalalövő - Border with Slovenia near Rédics | 159 km | |
861 | Border with Austria near Kópháza | km | 2|
87 | Kám - Rum - Szombathely - Border with Austria near Kőszeg | km | 49|
88 | Sárvár (Intersection with Main road 84) - Vát (Intersection with Main road 86) | km | 12|
89 | Szombathely (Intersection with Main road 87) - Torony - Border with Austria near Bucsu | km | 18
Local roads
Minor, local roads in the country are designated as "local roads". The total length of these roads is 23,780 km and are marked with four or some five-digit numbers, while the rest have consisted of macadam and earthen roads.
European routes
The following European routes pass through Hungary:
Class A:
- E60: Nickelsdorf, Austria – Hegyeshalom – Győr – Tatabánya – Budapest – Szolnok – Püspökladány – Ártánd - Borș, Romania
- E65: Čunovo, Slovakia – Rajka – Csorna – Szombathely – Körmend – Zalaegerszeg – Nagykanizsa – Letenye - Goričan, Croatia
- E66: Heiligenkreuz, Austria – Rábafüzes – Körmend – Ajka – Veszprém – Székesfehérvár – Dunaújváros – Kecskemét – Cegléd – Szolnok
- E68: Szeged – Makó – Csanádpalota – Nădlac, Romania
- E71: Milhosť, Slovakia – Tornyosnémeti – Miskolc – Füzesabony – Hatvan – Budapest – Székesfehérvár – Siófok – Nagykanizsa – Letenye – Goričan, Croatia
- E73: Budapest – Dunaújváros – Szekszárd – Mohács – Udvar – Duboševica, Croatia
- E75: Čunovo, Slovakia – Rajka – Győr – Tatabánya – Budapest – Kecskemét – Szeged – Röszke - Horgoš, Serbia
- E77: Šahy, Slovakia – Parassapuszta – Vác – Budapest
- E79: Miskolc – Polgár – Debrecen – Berettyóújfalu – Ártánd - Borș, Romania
Class B:
- E573: Püspökladány – Debrecen – Nyíregyháza – Záhony – Chop, Ukraine
- E575: Medveďov, Slovakia – Vámosszabadi – Győr
- E579: Nyíregyháza – Vásárosnamény – Beregsurány – Astey, Ukraine
- E653: Letenye – Tornyiszentmiklós – Pince, Slovenia
- E661: Lake Balaton – Nagyatád – Barcs – Terezino Polje, Croatia
See also
References
- Állami Autópályakezelő Zrt. (ÁAK) (2013). "Az ÁAK által kezelt úthálózat részletes adatai (2013)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-05-14.