National roads in Poland

Category of public roads in Poland

Map of national roads network in Poland

Standard national roads plates.

According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland, a national road (Polish: Droga krajowa) is a public trunk road controlled by the Polish central government authority, the General Directorship of National Roads and Motorways (Polish: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad). All motorways and expressways in Poland are classified as part of the national roads network.

Other types of roads in Poland are under the control of entities at voivodeship, powiat and gmina levels: voivodeship roads, powiat roads and gmina roads.

National roads network

National roads include:

• motorways and expressways and other roads that are planned to be upgraded to motorways or expressways
• International E-road network, almost all of which has been upgraded to either Motorway or Expressway by late 2023.
• roads connecting the national road network
• roads to or from border crossings
• roads which are alternatives to toll roads
• beltways of major cities and metropolitan areas
• roads of military importance

Currently, there are 96 national roads in Poland (1–68, 70–97). Since 1 January 2014, there are new national roads: 89, 95, 96 and 97. In 2011 the total length was 18,801 km (11,680 mi).^[1] According to national roads state report of 2008 by GDDKiA 1/4 of national roads are capable of handling 11,5 tonnes per axle loads.^[2] Due to new regulation of General Director of National Roads and Motorways in August 2016 there is no longer national road 69.^[3] In January 2020, national road 98 was downgraded and removed from the national roads network.

List of national roads

Polish national roads network consist of following roads, as of April 3, 2024:^[4]

1. Discontinuity of the route course
2. currently road 90 is signed on stretch Kwidzyn () – Korzeniewo – bridge over Wisła – Jeleń ()

See also

• Highways in Poland
• Transport in Poland

References

1. Transport – activity results in 2011 Archived 19 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine Główny Urząd Statystyczny
2. [1] GDDKiA (in Polish)
3. Regulation 13 of General Director of National Roads and Motorways, July 22, 2016 (in Polish)
4. "Zarządzenie nr 6 Generalnego Dyrektora Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad z dnia 3 kwietnia 2024 roku w sprawie nadania numerów drogom krajowym" [Ordinance No. 6 of the General Director for National Roads and Motorways of April 3, 2024, on assigning numbers to national roads.] (PDF). Dziennik Urzędowy Generalnej Dyrekcji Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (in Polish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
5. "UCHWAŁA NR LVI/1319/18 RADY MIEJSKIEJ WROCŁAWIA z dnia 24 maja 2018 r. w sprawie opinii o pozbawieniu kategorii drogi krajowej odcinków drogi krajowej nr 98" [Resolution No. LVI/1319/18 of the City Council of Wrocław of 24 May 2018 on the opinion on declassification of national road sections of national road No. 98] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

External links

• Map of national roads in Poland (GDDKiA)