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Expressway S1 or express road S1 is an expressway under construction in
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
with a planned length of , which is located in the Silesian and
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voivodeships. Upon completion, it will connect the
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near the
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in
Pyrzowice Pyrzowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ożarowice, within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Ożarowice, east of Tarnowskie Góry, and north of the regional ...
, with the A4 motorway and the border of
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Zwardoń Zwardoń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in the Żywiec Beskids mountain range in southern Poland, on the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Rajcza ...
, where it will connect to the D3 Motorway. A major part of the route is the Eastern beltway of
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protested against the choice, as, in their opinion, it would have crossed the quietness line around the former German concentration camp
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, and, as the result, UNESCO would have put the camp into the endangered list. At the beginning of August 2009, 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
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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 the "Stawy w Brzeszczach" reserve for birds conservation, which was not acceptable.Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polska)


Option VI


= Communes through which the road would have passed according to the option VI

= ** Mysłowice (Kosztowy) ** Lędziny **
Bieruń Bieruń (german: Berun, szl, Bieruń) is a town in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, seat of the Bieruń-Lędziny County in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is located about south of Katowice. Geography It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on ...
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Oświęcim Oświęcim (; german: Auschwitz ; yi, אָשפּיצין, Oshpitzin) is a city in the Lesser Poland ( pl, Małopolska) province of southern Poland, situated southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (''Wisła'') and Soła rive ...
(Stare Stawy) **
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** 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" * „Stara Wieś" * „Suchy Potok"


4 options from 2012

* Option A 9.7 kmwould 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. In 2013 a new option, presented by the mining companies "SILESIA" and "Brzeszcze" and by Miedźna, Brzeszcze and
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communes, was proposed. The option "H"(or hybrid), as it is known, was an initial compromise between the companies and communes and GDDKiA. It didn't come into life, however.


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Zwardoń Zwardoń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in the Żywiec Beskids mountain range in southern Poland, on the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Rajcza ...


Route description


See also

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European route E75 European route E 75 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe. The E 75 starts at the town of Vardø in Norway by the Barents Sea and it runs south through Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, S ...


References

{{Polish Expressways Expressways in Poland