The M15 motorway () is a Hungarian

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connects the

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Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

, the capital of

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

. The Hungary-Slovakia border crossing is at

Rajka Rajka (, , ) is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary. The village has large Slovak and German minorities. Etymology The name comes from the Slavic personal name ''Rajko'', ''Rajka'' (derived from rajь: paradise). 1297 ''Royka''. ...

(Hungary) and

Čunovo Čunovo (, , ) is a small part of Bratislava, Slovakia, in the southern area near the Hungary, Hungarian border. It is located close to the Gabčíkovo - Nagymaros Dams. History Čunovo was first mentioned as a village in 1232 under the name ''C ...

(Slovakia). Until 2019, the M15 motorway featured

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akin to all motorways, but did not feature four lanes. The M15 has been widened to four lanes by December 2019, a few months ahead of schedule.

Timeline

Route description

*The route is full length

. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with 2 active lanes and 1 emergency

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Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

Mosonmagyaróvár Mosonmagyaróvár (; ; also known by other alternative names) is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in northwestern Hungary. It lies close to both the Austrian and Slovak borders and has a population of 32,752 (). Mosonmagyaróvár used ...

----- Main road 86

Szombathely } Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...

, style="background:#dfd;", The southern terminus of the Hungary road sign E-016

motorway, and E65, E75 concurrency. ---- Kilometrage starting point ---- modified trumpet interchange ---- no exit ramp to M1

Hegyeshalom Hegyeshalom (; ) is a village of roughly 3750 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary, on the border with Austria and less than 15 km from the border with Slovakia. Etymology The name of Hegyeshalom originates from the two Hungar ...

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, Main road 1 – Levél /

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, Lajta híd , ''híd'' means

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, Main road 15 –

, , - , align=center , Hungary road sign E-046

, Pihenőhely , parking, restaurant, shower facilities, and Slovakian vignette ---- ''pihenőhely'' means

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(SK)

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crossing
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, style="background:#dfd;", Rajka border crossing to Slovakia → D2 motorway. ---- The northern terminus of the motorway, and E65, E75 concurrency.

Maintenance

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Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc.
This activity is provided by this highway engineer. * near

Lébény Lébény ( or ) is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, midway between Mosonmagyaróvár and Győr, Hungary. It has a Romanesque monastic church commenced in 1208. Similar family or clan-financed medieval Hungarian monastic churches can be foun ...

( M1), kilometre trench 142

Payment

The M15 motorway is fully tolled road. Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary: 1, ''time-based fee'' vignettes (E-matrica); * Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024. 2, ''county'' vignettes (vármegyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers: :{, class="wikitable" , - !Type of county vignette !! Available section , - , Győr-Moson-Sopron , full length (0 km – 15 km)

European Route(s)

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References

External links

Exit list of M15

National Toll Payment Services Plc.
(in Hungarian, some information also in English)
National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.
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