Expressway S2 (Poland)

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

S79-PL.svg S79 near Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
S7-PL.svg S7 near Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport

Contents

S17-PL.svg S17 east of Warsaw (under construction)
To A2-PL.svg A2 east of Warsaw
Location
Country Poland
Major cities Warsaw
Highway system
S1-PL.svg S 1 S3-PL.svg S 3
Pulawska Exit in 2016 before the construction of the Ursynow tunnel Warszawa-Pulawska-AB.jpg
Puławska Exit in 2016 before the construction of the Ursynów tunnel
The S2 south of Warsaw-Okecie Airport,Interchange "Opacz", view on S7 in Krakow direction, September 2013 Aerial of Opacz Junction.jpg
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.

Chronology

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. The final section including the Ursynów Tunnel opened on 20 December 2021. [5]

The contracts were:[ citation needed ]

Future developments

From 2025, on the section between Wilanow and Lubelska junctions, average speed measurement devices will be installed to reduce noise pollution. [6]

Route description

CountryVoivodeshipLocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
Poland Masovian Voivodeship Konotopa, Warsaw West County 455.7283.2Konotopa interchangeA2-PL.svgE30-PL.svg A 2  / E30Poznań, Łódź
S7-PL.svgE77-PL.svg S 7  / E77Gdańsk
S8-PL.svgE67-PL.svg S 8  / E67Białystok, 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-Kolonia 459.2285.3OpaczDW719-PL.svg DW 719Żyrardów Part of Opacz interchange, accessible only from collector-distributor road

Incomplete junction, the only exit/entry ramps:

  • Lubelska interchange → Żyrardów
  • Żyrardów → Lubelska interchange
461.4286.7OpaczS7-PL.svgE77-PL.svg S 7  / E77Kraków
S8-PL.svgE67-PL.svg S 8  / E67Wrocław, 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
Warsaw 463288Opaczal. Krakowska – Centrum /  Raszyn, Janki Part of Opacz interchange, accessible only from collector-distributor road

Centrum means center


Access to Krakowska Avenue (Polish: Aleja Krakowska)
468.2290.9Warszawa Lotnisko interchangeS7-PL.svg S 7 – (under construction)
S79-PL.svg S 79Mokotów, Warsaw Chopin Airport, ul. Marynarska
S7 under construction; access to Marynarska Street (Polish: ulica Marynarska) through expressway S79
West end of S79 overlap
470.2292.2R12PuławskaDK79-PL.svg DK 79Piaseczno  /  Sandomierz East end of S79 overlap; access to Puławska Street (Polish: ulica Puławska)
470.7292.5R13 Ursynów 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)
475.5295.5R14 Warszawa Wilanów DW724-PL.svg DW 724 – Wilanów, Centrum /  Góra Kalwaria Access to Przyczółkowa Street (Polish: ulica Przyczółkowa)
Centrum means center
477.1296.5Czerniakowska-bislocal road – Mokotów Proposed junction with planned section of Polski Walczącej Avenue (Polish: Aleja Polski Walczącej), known informally as Czerniakowska-bis Street (Polish: ulica Czerniakowska-bis)
481299R15Wał MiedzeszyńskiDW801-PL.svg DW 801Wawer, Praga Południe  /  Puławy Access to Wał Miedzeszyński Street (Polish: ulica Wał Miedzeszyński)
483.5300.4R16Patriotówul. Patriotów – Otwock Access to westbound Patriotów Street (Polish: ulica Patriotów)
484.1300.8R16Patriotówul. Patriotów – Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Rembertów Access to eastbound Patriotów Street (Polish: ulica Patriotów)
Majdan, Otwock County 489.7304.3R17LubelskaDK17-PL.svg DK 17 – Warszawa
S17-PL.svgE372-PL.svg S 17  / E372Lublin
Upgrade works on national road 17
Izabela, Masovian Voivodeship 490.7304.9A2-PL.svgE30-PL.svg A 2  / E30Terespol East 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

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