Expressway S17 or express road S17 ( pl. ''Droga ekspresowa S17'') is a Polish highway which, when completed, will run from

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

through

Lublin Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...

to the border crossing with

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

at Hrebenne/

Rava-Ruska Rava-Ruska (, ; ; ) is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is a border town between Ukraine and Poland. The Rava-Ruska (border checkpoint), border checkpoint is situated west of the city, along the international autoroute Warsa ...

. As of 2024, out of planned are opened to traffic: the main section running from

through

to Piaski, as well as bypasses of

Tomaszów Lubelski Tomaszów Lubelski is a town in south-eastern Poland with 19,365 inhabitants (2017). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, near Roztocze National Park, it is the capital of Tomaszów Lubelski County. History The town was founded at the end of the ...

and Hrebenne. The section from Piaski to the border with

is planned to get completed by 2028.

History

The joint section of S12 and S17, including the bypass of

, was constructed in years 2011 – 2014. The section between Warsaw and Lublin was to be finished by 2015, but with subsequent reductions in government spending on infrastructure, the investment was delayed. The section was constructed in the design-build system starting late 2015 and early 2016, and the road was opened to traffic in 2019 and 2020. The road southeast of Lublin has smaller traffic density and received a lower priority, except for the bypass of Tomaszów Lubelski which was opened in 2021 (first carriageway only). Opening of the expressway between Piaski and

's border is expected from 2026 until 2028 depending on the section. In January 2024 contractors were selected to build two sections of the segment between Piaski and

Zamość Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...

(16,6 km Piaski - Łopiennik ; 18,8 km Krasnystaw - Izbica ) with completion planned for 2027. Three sections between Zamość and Hrebenne are currently in the design stage of the design-build projects (Zamość Wschód - Zamość Południe, Zamość Południe - Tomaszów Lubelski, Tomaszów Lubelski - Hrebenne), with completion planned for 2026.

Sections of the expressway

Lublin bypass

In December 2009, the bidding process was started for the contracts to build the section of the road around Lublin, from Kurów to Piaski, which includes the city's east–west bypass road. The construction of this section started in 2010, with the first 13 km section to be opened to traffic in late 2012 and the rest in 2014. On this section, S17 overlaps with S12. WschodniaObwodnicaWarszawy

Warsaw eastern bypass

In Warsaw, the S17 expressway will serve as the eastern bypass of the city. Apart from the southernmost section from Lubelska to Zakręt, which was opened in 2022, the construction timetable is not yet set due to the environmental permit having been challenged in the courts.

References

{{Polish Expressways Expressways in Poland Proposed roads in Poland

History

Sections of the expressway

Lublin bypass

Warsaw eastern bypass

See also

References