Expressway S52 is a Polish highway under construction with a planned length of , located in the Silesian and

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voivodeships. Upon completion it will connect the border of the

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Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Repu ...

(along with the D48 motorway) with

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. The section from the border with the

Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...

is completed. From Bielsko-Biała to Głogoczów (joining with the dual-carriageway national road 7 towards

) the road is in preparation, planned to get completed in 2031. The separate section also numbered S52 is the northern bypass of

, which is completed since 2024.

Road numbering

Before 2016, the section from Bielsko-Biała to the state border in

was part of the expressway S1. This section was renumbered to S52 when the S1 was rerouted over expressway S69. From 1999 to 2004, the first constructed section of Kraków northern bypass (from interchange with A4 in Balice to

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Villages in ...

) was designated as the A41 motorway, although the route number was not shown on maps and road atlases at that time.This section was usually shown as an unnumbered motorway or as part of Expressway S7, although in some studies it was assigned to national road 94.

Route description

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Repu ...
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Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...

Bielsko-Biała - Kraków

References

{{Polish Expressways Expressways in Poland

Road numbering

Route description

Bielsko-Biała - Kraków

See also

References