Expressway S19 (Poland)
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Province:
- Podlasie
- Mazovia
- Lublin
- Subcarpathian
The Droga ekspresowa S19 ( ger. for, expressway S19 ') is planned along the eastern border of Poland as a north- south connection between Belarus and Slovakia. You should connect Grodno, Białystok, Lublin, Rzeszów and Košice with each other. In the southern course from the node, Rzeszów - Południe to the border of Slovakia they will be a part of the European Route 371.
Planning history
In the network of Poland from 1939, the route Bialystok - Grodno was as part of the line Warsaw - provided Daugavpils - Vilnius. The connection Bialystok - Lublin - Košice was totally absent. The plans of 1945 and 1946 still contain the section of Białystok Vilnius direction and a distance that should be maintained by Warszawa on Radom to Kosice. On the other hand still lacked a direct connection from Białystok Lublin on to Kosice. Also in the plan of 1963, it remained in this project, the route Warsaw - Radom was now provided only to continue to Rzeszow. Finally, in 1971 were also related to the route Bialystok towards Vilnius and Moscow respectively, so that in this network, a single section of today's S19 route was not included. Only at the junction Warsaw - Radom - Rzeszów was recorded. For the first time in 1976 appeared in the plans on a route that is planned today S19 connection between Białystok, Lublin, Rzeszów and the border very similar and should be continued to Budapest. In contrast, the portion of Białystok lacked direction in Vilnius. Since 1985 is found in the network plans ( 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004) the route in its present form unchanged.
Completed sections
Avoidance of Kock
The avoidance of Kock includes a 7.9 km stretch of road which is signposted first as part of the S19. The section is equipped with only one lane and two lanes, but has two height- free motorways. The construction contract with the construction company Strabag was signed on August 4, 2009. It was agreed a 32 -month construction period. The completion date had been set for the 4th of April 2012. However, the construction was accelerated so that the road could be completely released on 21 December 2011 for the traffic. The last work outside the roadway were still continued until the date specified in the construction contract. The construction costs amounted to 223 million zloty, of which 176 million zloty were supported by the European Union.