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Expressway S2
Droga ekspresowa S2
Route information
Part of E30
Maintained by GDDKiA
Length34.1 km (21.2 mi)
Major junctions
From A2 west of Warsaw
Major intersections S8 SW of Warsaw

S79 near Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
S7 near Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport

S17 east of Warsaw (under construction)
To A2 east of Warsaw
Location
CountryPoland
Major citiesWarsaw
Highway system
← S 1→ S 3
Puławska Exit in 2016 before the construction of the Ursynów tunnel
The S2 south of Warsaw-Okecie Airport,Interchange "Opacz", view on S7 in Kraków direction, September 2013

Expressway S2 is a short highway in Poland, serving as the southern section of the (partially completed) Warsaw Express Ring Road. Conceptually forming one continuous route with motorway A2, it was initially planned (since 1970s) as a part of it, however after local Warsaw residents objected to the plans of an inner-city motorway, the proposed road was downgraded to an expressway (though the actual route was not changed). The western half of the road was opened to traffic in 2013, while the eastern half was opened in 2020 and 2021.

History of construction

Construction of the first phase of the project was divided into two sections. Work on a 3.9 km stretch between Warszawa Lotnisko junction (linking to expressway S79) and Puławska junction at the eastern end of this phase of the project began in September 2009,[1] while construction of the other, 11.1 km long section between the western Konotopa junction (linking the motorway A2 and the western portion of the ring road, expressway S8) and Warszawa Lotnisko junction, began in the Summer of 2010.[2]

Both sections were scheduled to be completed in mid 2012 in time for the Euro 2012 football championships, however this deadline was not met.[3] The S2 Expressway was eventually opened in a number of stages, beginning in the west at Konotopa junction in August 2013, with further sections opening in September 2013, linking the road with expressway S79 leading to Warsaw Chopin Airport. The final part of this phase of the project up to Puławska junction was opened in late September 2013.

The second phase of the project took the expressway S2 east of Puławska across the Vistula river, through the Anna Jagiellon Bridge, connecting the route with the eastern part of the Warsaw Express Ring Road and the continuation of the motorway A2 eastwards. The design-and-build tender for this section (divided into 3 separate contracts) was announced on December 18, 2013, with completion date specified as 41 months from the date contract is signed (not counting 3 winter months).[4] The contract was signed in December, 2015, with completion planned for December, 2020.[5] The final section including the Ursynów Tunnel opened on December 20, 2021.[6]

The contracts were:

Route description

CountryVoivodeshipLocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
PolandMasovian VoivodeshipKonotopa, Warsaw West County455.7283.2—Konotopa interchange A 2 / E30 – Poznań, Łódź
S 7 / E77 – Gdańsk
S 8 / E67 – Białystok, Warszawa-Centrum, Praga Północ		• West end of S2 road designation, expressway continues as motorway A2 towards Poznań

• Kilometrage continues from motorway A2

• Centrum means center

• North-west end of S8 and E 67 overlap
• West end of E 30 overlap
Opacz-Kolonia459.2285.3—Opacz DW 719 – ŻyrardówPart of Opacz interchange, accessible only from collector-distributor road

Incomplete junction, the only exit/entry ramps:

  • Lubelska interchange → Żyrardów
  • Żyrardów → Lubelska interchange
461.4286.7—Opacz S 7 / E77 – Kraków
S 8 / E67 – Wrocław, Katowice

Warszawa-Centrum		Part of Opacz interchange, accessible only from collector-distributor road

Centrum means center

South-east end of S8 and E 67 overlap
Warsaw463288—Opaczal. Krakowska – Centrum / Raszyn, JankiPart of Opacz interchange, accessible only from collector-distributor road

Centrum means center

Access to Krakowska Avenue (Polish: Aleja Krakowska)
468.2290.9—Warszawa Lotnisko interchange S 7 – (under construction)
S 79 – Mokotów, Warsaw Chopin Airport, ul. Marynarska		S7 under construction; access to Marynarska Street (Polish: ulica Marynarska) through expressway S79
West end of S79 overlap
470.2292.2R12Puławska DK 79 – Piaseczno / SandomierzEast end of S79 overlap; access to Puławska Street (Polish: ulica Puławska)
470.7292.5R13Ursynów Zachódlocal road – Ursynów, Instytut Onkologii, ul. Gandhi, ul. PłaskowickiejIncomplete junction, the only exit/entry ramps:
  • Konotopa interchange → Ursynów
  • Ursynów → Konotopa interchange
access to Institute of Oncology, Gandhi Street (Polish: ulica Gandhi) and Płaskowickiej Street (Polish: ulica Płaskowickiej)
474295R13Ursynów Wschódlocal road – UrsynówIncomplete junction, the only exit/entry ramps:
  • Lubelska interchange → Ursynów
  • Ursynów → Lubelska interchange
Access to Branickiego Street (Polish: ulica Branickiego)
475.5295.5R14Warszawa Wilanów DW 724 – Wilanów, Centrum / Góra KalwariaAccess to Przyczółkowa Street (Polish: ulica Przyczółkowa)
Centrum means center
477.1296.5—Czerniakowska-bislocal road – MokotówProposed junction with planned section of Polski Walczącej Avenue (Polish: Aleja Polski Walczącej), known informally as Czerniakowska-bis Street (Polish: ulica Czerniakowska-bis)
481299R15Wał Miedzeszyński DW 801 – Wawer, Praga Południe / PuławyAccess to Wał Miedzeszyński Street (Polish: ulica Wał Miedzeszyński)
483.5300.4R16Patriotówul. Patriotów – OtwockAccess to westbound Patriotów Street (Polish: ulica Patriotów)
484.1300.8R16Patriotówul. Patriotów – Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, RembertówAccess to eastbound Patriotów Street (Polish: ulica Patriotów)
Majdan, Otwock County489.7304.3R17Lubelska DK 17 – Warszawa
S 17 / E372 – Lublin		Upgrade works on national road 17
Izabela, Masovian Voivodeship490.7304.9— A 2 / E30 – TerespolEast end of S2 road designation, expressway continues as motorway A2

• Kilometrage continues on motorway A2

• East end of E 30 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi


See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.drogi.waw.pl/index.php?p=odcinek&nr=9
  2. ↑ http://www.drogi.waw.pl/index.php?p=odcinek&nr=8
  3. ↑ "Wszystkie ekspresówki opóźnione. Kiedy skończą budowy?". Gazeta Wyborcza. April 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ GDDKiA document for tender
  5. ↑ www.gddkia.gov.pl
  6. ↑ Poland’s longest road tunnel opens in Warsaw
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