Expressway S1 (Poland)

Expressway S1
Droga ekspresowa S1
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Route information
Part of E75
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 94 in Dąbrowa Górnicza 79 in Mysłowice A4 near Mysłowice 86 near Tychy S69 near Bielsko-Biała 1 near Bielsko-Biała 81 near Cieszyn
To:	R48, border with Czech Republic
Location
Major cities:	Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec, Mysłowice, Tychy, Bielsko-Biała, Cieszyn
Highway system
National roads in Poland

Express road S1 in Bielsko-Biała

Expressway S1 or express road S1 is an expressway under construction in Poland with a planned length of 130 km (81 mi), which is located in the Silesian and Lesser Poland voivodeships. Upon completion it will connect the A1 motorway with the A4 motorway and the border of the Czech Republic in Cieszyn-Boguszowice along with the Expressway R48 in the Czech Republic. The main part of the route is Eastern beltway of Upper Silesian Industrial Region.

Expressway route description

Pyrzowice-Tychy

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	Done	Opened in June 2012	Terminus
2)	Pyrzowice-Lotnisko40x40px	1.9 km (1.18 mi)			Was the terminus till June 2012	From here to Podwarpie one-carriageway
3)	Mierzęcice	5.5 km (3.42 mi)		Tendered	Opened in November 2006
4)	Podwarpie(southbound) (northbound)	12.8 km (7.95 mi)				4-laned starting 1 km before interchange
5)	Ząbkowice40x40px	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)	Brzezinka40x40px	41.2 km (25.60 mi)				Droga wójewodska 934 goes parallel with S1
14)	No name(Mysłowice-Kosztowy-I)	42.1 km (26.16 mi)
15)	No name 40x40px(Imielin) Other name: Kosztowy-II(passing the stages to achieve the environmetal 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 there were 5 road options. At that time option IV(D) was preferable. It had to go parallel to Brzeszcze – Oświęcim railway tracks. However, UNESCO protested against the choice, as, in their opinion, it would have crossed the quietness line around the former German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, and, as the result, UNESCO would have put the camp into the endangered list.

At the beginning of August the head of Miedźna commune has announced to media his option of the S1 (option VI), that would have gone on the borders of the Miedźna i Bojszowy communes, through the forest. In November 2009 it was accepted by all the local communes. However, GDDKiA rseignated from option VI because of environmental issues. The road would have passed through "Stawy w Brzeszczach" reserve for birds conservation, which was not acceptable.

Option VI

Communes 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.

Option V

Communes 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.

Interchanges

• „Kosztowy II"(after construction the road to Tychy will br signed as S1A)
• „Lędziny"
• „Bieruń"
• „Oświęcim"(future connection to Oświęcim bypass)
• „Wola”
• „Brzeszcze"40x40px
• „Stara Wieś"
• „Suchy Potok"

4 options from 2013

• Option A [39,7 km] would have run through the next communes:
  • Mysłowice
  • Lędziny
  • Imielin
  • Bieruń
  • Bojszowy
  • Miedźna
  • Bestwina
  • Wilamowice
  • Bielsko-Biała
• Option B (40.4 km)would have run through the next communes:
  • Mysłowice
  • Lędziny
  • Imielin
  • Bieruń
  • Bojszowy
  • Oświęcim
  • Bestwina
  • Brzeszcze
  • Wilamowice
  • Bielsko-Biała
• Option C (40.8 km)would have run through the next communes:
  • Mysłowice
  • Lędziny
  • Imielin
  • Bieruń
  • Bojszowy
  • Oświęcim
  • Bestwina
  • Brzeszcze
  • Wilamowice
  • Bielsko-Biała
• Option D (42.1 km)would have run through the next communes:
  • Mysłowice
  • Lędziny
  • Imielin
  • Bieruń
  • Bojszowy
  • Oświęcim
  • Bestwina
  • Brzeszcze
  • Wilamowice
  • Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała-Cieszyn

Number of exit(facility)	Name	Mialeage from beginning	History of construction	Notes
1)	Suchy Potok(planned)	0 km	Preparation of environmental decision	To the Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice interchange parallel to , eastern terminus
2)	Bielsko-Biała-Rosty	1.6 km (0.99 mi)	The contract was signed in October 2008, works started in 2009.
3)	Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice	4.5 km (2.80 mi)	Works from Bielsko-Biała-Rosty to this interchange were allowed on 5.05.2009
4)	No name	7.0 km (4.35 mi)	Constructed 06.2003-10.2006
5)	No name	8.3 km (5.16 mi)		Exit to the shopping center
6)	No name40x40px	9.6 km (5.97 mi)
7)(1)	No name	13.9 km (8.64 mi)		Exit to rest area(westbound)(restaurant, petrol station); interchange both ways
8)(2)	No name(Świętoszówka)	16.4 km (10.19 mi)	Constructed 11.2004-11.2006	Exit to rest area(eastbound)(restaurant, petrol station); exit eastbound only
9)(3)	No name	20.7 km (12.86 mi)		Exit to rest area(eastbound)(restaurant, petrol station); exit eastbound only, exit to Grodziec via a gravel road
10)	No name(Skoczów-I)	22.4 km (13.92 mi)	Constructed 06.2003-11.2007	Construction was delayed because of the bankruptcy of the first contractor
11)	No name(Skoczów-II)	23.3 km (14.48 mi)
12)	Ogródzona	31.7 km (19.70 mi)	Constructed 10.2002-10.2005	Rest area(restaurant, petrol station)
13)	No name(Krasna)	33.0 km (20.51 mi)	Constructed 1991-1995, renovation 11.2006-10.2007
(4)	No name	35.3 km (21.93 mi)		Rest area(restaurant, petrol station, motel)
14)	Cieszyn40x40px	36.3 km (22.56 mi)
15)	No name	36.8 km (22.87 mi)		Last interchange before border control, exit only westbound, entrance only eastbound.
	Border control "Cieszyn"	37.4 km (23.24 mi)		Entrance to Czech Republic
	40x40px	38.3 km (23.80 mi)		Bridge over the Olza river

See also

• European route E75