National road 1 (Poland)

Template: Infobox trunk road / Maintenance / PL -DK

Province:

• Kujawy
• Łódź
• Silesia

• In construction
• In planning

The Droga Krajowa 1 ( DK1 short, pol. For, National Road 1 'or' country road 1 ' ) is a country road in Poland. It currently runs from Toruń to Bielsko- Biała and provides an important north -south axis in the Polish road represents the total length is 280 kilometers. Meanwhile, she has been replaced in some parts by the A1 motorway and expressway S1. After the completion of the A1 motorway and the S1 motorway take the road will disappear from the road network.

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Importance

The country road has both nationally and internationally a great traffic engineering importance: Firstly, it is part of the Fifth Pan-European transport corridor and is accompanied along its entire route of the European Route 75, between the border with the Czech Republic and node Mysłowice ( A4 ) is part of European route 462 Secondly, it is an important national transit route from the industrial areas of Silesia in the metropolitan regions of Łódź and Warsaw, as well as to the seaports in Gdansk and Gdynia, due to their fast road -like expansion between the Czech border and Łódź.

History

The reform of the numbering of all state roads the route of the main road on 9 May 2001 was set. Even before 2001, some of today's sections were designated as national road 1 and signposted. At the time of the People's Republic of Poland today, four-lane sections of Piotrków about Częstochowa to Podwarpie as part of the so-called Gierkówka and of Podwarpie about Dąbrowa Górnicza been to Tychy completed as part of the eastern bypass of the Upper Silesian industrial district and designated as national road 1.

The plans of the section of Piotrków about Częstochowa after Podwarpie were launched in 1972. They saw before that the new road led past all the villages and should be expanded highway-like. The road cross-section should be composed of two lanes with two lanes. Following the decision, rather than height free nodes to build crossings, the road was not reported as a motorway. In the late 1980s, the entire track was released. The old parallel route was rededicated in 2001 from national road 91.

With the completion of the running parallel to the main road 1 sections of the A1 motorway, the route of the main road was reclassified from national road 91 as an alternative to toll motorway. This happened in 2011 completely between Gdansk and Torun and 2012 between Kowal and the node Lodz Polnoc. 2007, the section between Bielsko- Biała and Cieszyn was graded on local roads, as parallel to highways extending sections of state roads receive no alternative.

Traffic Safety

The street has several so-called Black dots (Polish: czarne punkty; czarny singular point). These are places where it is particularly prevalent in accidents. You are at Otłoczyn, Bielsko- Biała, between Bogusławice and Grabowa between Łódź and Piotrków in Podwarpie, Brudzowice, Dolna and Gorna Grupa and Łęgowo. The preparation of the black dots began in 1998. Early as 2003, the drivers were not set new signs more due to lack of attention. In contrast, the program was Drogi Zaufania (Eng. about " trust streets " ) prepared by the GDDKiA. As part of this program took place from 2008 on points with increased risk of accidents along the country road various traffic safety measures. For example, new crossings were decorated with lights and new pedestrian crossings.

Sections in the modernization

District-free city of Wloclawek

Within the city limits of Wloclawek an approximately 11.5 km long section of the main road is 1 The objectives of this project are to improve traffic flow, shortening the travel time in transit and on the link between the major cities of the country ( Tri-City - Toruń - Wloclawek - Łódź - Katowice ), improving road safety and negotiability of the city with the country road.

The investment was divided into three stages:

• The first stage involves a two- kilometer section of the junction with the road to the Lunewil - Powstanie Styczniowe Square. Besides the complete renewal of the road drains were laid, built footpaths and cycle paths and set up new traffic lights. The work began with the signing of the contract between the city and the consortium consisting of Aprivia SA, Hydrobudowa Polska SA, Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Inzynieryjno - Drogowych SA and Husar Budownictwo Inżynieryjne Sp z o.o. January 26, 2010. costs amounted to about 40 million zloty.

• The second stage includes the renewal of the road on a nine- kilometer stretch of the main road from the city limits to the intersection with the Lunewil Street. The contract was signed on 17 November 2010 with a consortium consisting of the construction company PBG SA, Hydrobudowa Polska SA, Aprivia SA, Husar Budownictwo Inżynieryjne Sp SRB Civil Engineering Ltd. , John Sisk & Son Ltd.. and Road Bridge. The work was started on March 10, 2011. The construction costs were set at 110 million zlotys. Completion was scheduled for November 2013. However, there were delays in construction. Now the stage is to be completed by August 2014.

• In the third stage, a 500 -meter stretch between the junction of the main road with the main road 62 and a viaduct was modernized south of the intersection on a track. Both the intersection and the viaduct were renewed. The construction work began after the signing of the contract with the construction companies Gotowski Budownictwo Komunikacyjne i Przemysłowe, Drogi i Mosty and Mosty Kujawy of 25 October 2011 in December 2011. Completion was on November 7, 2012. The construction costs amounted to 10.2 million zloty.

District-free city of Tychy

Within the city limits of Tychy a 5.6 km long section of the national road 1 is modernized between nodes Tychy Tychy Tychy and and a 1.2 km long section of the national road 86 from the northern city limits to the intersection Tychy. The objectives of this project are to improve traffic flow, increase capacity, reduce travel time, improve the safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the separation of local and transit traffic and reduce the negative impact on the environment and the inhabitants. These objectives are, inter alia, be achieved through the construction of three underground pedestrian tunnel, the construction of noise barriers along the country roads and the reconstruction of the intersection with Niepodległości Avenue into a knot. In addition, the roadways are to be renewed.

The construction contract between the City of Tychy and the construction company Polimex - Mostostal SA was signed on August 31, 2011. Construction began in December 2011. Completion was scheduled for late 2013. Due to construction delays, the completion is now scheduled for 2014. The construction costs were set at 150 million zlotys. The total cost of the investment amounted to 189 million zloty, of which 85 % ( 157 million zloty ) are supported by the European Union and 32 million zloty from the city.

Expansion of state

The state of development of the national road 1 is structured as follows:

Major towns along the route

• Toruń
• Wloclawek
• Kowal
• Łódź
• Tuszyn
• Piotrków
• Kamieńsk
• Radomsko
• Częstochowa
• Koziegłowy
• Siewierz
• Dąbrowa Górnicza
• Sosnowiec
• Jaworzno
• Mysłowice
• Tychy
• Pszczyna
• Czechowice- Dziedzice
• Bielsko- Biała
• Cieszyn

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