The S50 expressway is a planned expressway in
Poland
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, in
Masovian Voivodeship
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Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
. It will run as a circle road north to the
Warsaw metropolitan area
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to take over the transit traffic from the existing expressway ring around the city, mainly from the
S8 and
S17 expressways, as well as will be one of the road connectors to the planned
Solidarity Transport Hub. It was added to the motorway and expressway index by Polish government on 24 September 2019.
Previous route
In 1996, the S50 designation was applied to a route from Elbląg to the Russian border at Grzechotki, along with an unrealized section from the A1 at Tczew to Elbląg. This was changed to
S22 in 2001 with the route to Elbląg shortened.
See also
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National road 50 (Poland)
National road 50 () is a route belonging to the National roads in Poland, Polish national road network. The highway forms a part of bypass of Warsaw metropolitan area, running from 29 to 84 km away from centre of Warsaw. The route has two ...
References
Expressways in Poland
Proposed roads in Poland
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