
The M3 motorway ( hu, M3-as autópálya) is a
Hungarian motorway connecting
Budapest to
Nyíregyháza. It will eventually connect Budapest to the
Ukrainian border. Two other motorways branch off it, the
M30 (connecting the M3 to
Miskolc) and the
M35 (connecting the M3 to
Debrecen). The M3 follows the route of route 3, and, later, route 4. The section of the motorway between Görbeháza and Nyíregyháza was opened to the public in August 2007. The latest section of the motorway, the one between Highway 49 and
Vásárosnamény was opened to the public in 2014. The total length of the motorway now is 281 km.
Openings timeline
*
Budapest –
Gödöllő (14 km): 1978.10.16.
*Gödöllő –
Hatvan (29 km): 1980.10.31.
*Hatvan –
Gyöngyös-west (15 km): 1983
*Gyöngyös-west –
Füzesabony (44 km): 1998.09.01.
*Füzesabony –
Polgár (61 km): 2002
*Polgár –
Görbeháza; M35 (11 km): 2004.10.
*Görbeháza; M35 –
Nyíregyháza (41 km): 2007.08.31.
*Nyíregyháza bypass (8 km): 2006.08.05.
*
Nagykálló –
Őr (33,8 km): 2013.01.16.
*Őr –
Vásárosnamény (11,9 km): 2014.10.10.
List of junctions, exits and rest area
Distance from
Zero Kilometre Stone (Adam Clark Square) in Budapest in kilometres.
*

The route is full length ''motorway''. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with

(2x2 lane road with stop lane).
* ''Under construction'', ''Planned section''
Maintenance
The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by these highway engineers.
* near
Gödöllő, kilometre trench 23
* near
Kál, kilometre trench 103
* near
Emőd
Emőd is a very small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 25 kilometers from county capital Miskolc.
History
The area has been inhabited since the Conquest of Hungary. Its name comes from an old Hungarian personal name. The ...
, kilometre trench 151
* near
Hajdúnánás, kilometre trench 204
* near
Újfehértó, kilometre trench 254
Payment
Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:
1, ''time-based fee'' vignettes (E-matrica); with a validity of either 10 days (3500
HUF), 1 month (4780 HUF) or 1 year (42980 HUF).
2, ''county'' vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:
:
Significant artifacts
From Budapest to the Ukrainian border, the M3 motorway features the following
bridges,
tunnels or covered cuts:
; Bridge
* Tisza Bridge of Polgár (; ) over
Tisza river
; Landscape history memorial park
*
M3 Arcehopark
M3, M-3 or M03 may refer to:
Computing and electronics
* Intel m3, a brand of microprocessors
* M.3 (aka NF1/NGSFF), a specification for internally mounted expansion cards
* Leica M3, a landmark 35mm rangefinder camera
* Modula-3 (M3), a prog ...
– Open-air museum near this motorway
; Outlet center
* M3 Outlet Center
European Route(s)
See also
*
Roads in Hungary
*
Transport in Hungary
*
International E-road network
References
External links
National Toll Payment Services Plc.(in Hungarian, some information also in English)
Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.)National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.
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