The M3 motorway () is a Hungarian

motorway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...

connecting

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 ...

Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, ) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in the Northern Great ...

. It will eventually connect Budapest to the Ukrainian border. Two other motorways branch off it, the M30 (connecting the M3 to

Miskolc Miskolc ( , ; ; Czech language, Czech and ; ; ; ) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 as of 1 January 2014, Miskolc is the List of cities and towns in Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, ...

) and the

M35 M35, M.35 or M-35 may refer to: Military * M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck, a US Army truck * , a Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessel launched in 1982 * ADGZ or ''M35 Mittlere Panzerwagen'', a 1930s Austrian Army heavy armored car * Cannone ...

(connecting the M3 to

Debrecen Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...

). The M3 follows route 3, and, later, route 4. The section of the motorway between Görbeháza and Nyíregyháza was opened to traffic in August 2007. The latest section of the motorway, between Highway 49 and Vásárosnamény, was opened to the public in 2014. The total length of the motorway now is 281 km.

Openings timeline

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Gödöllő Gödöllő, officially the City of Gödöllő, is a city in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can b ...

(14 km): 1978.10.16. *Gödöllő –

Hatvan Hatvan ( German: ''Hottwan)'' is a town in Heves County, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is the county's third most populous town following Eger and Gyöngyös. Etymology Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a com ...

(29 km): 1980.10.31. *Hatvan –

Gyöngyös Gyöngyös is a town in Heves County, Hungary, beside of the Gyöngyös creek, under the Mátra mountain ranges. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 27,957 (see Demographics). The town is located 8.4 km from the M3 motorway and 80.8 km ...

-west (15 km): 1983 *Gyöngyös-west –

Füzesabony Füzesabony is a town in Heves (county), Heves County, Hungary. References External links

* in Hungarian Populated places in Heves County {{Heves-geo-stub ...

(44 km): 1998.09.01. *Füzesabony – Polgár (61 km): 2002 *Polgár –

Görbeháza Görbeháza is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Location It is located in the north-western part of the county, about 50 kilometres north-west of Debrecen, and a similar distance from Mi ...

; M35 (11 km): 2004.10. *Görbeháza; M35 –

(41 km): 2007.08.31. *Nyíregyháza bypass (8 km): 2006.08.05. *

Nagykálló Nagykálló () is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Before World War II it belonged to Szabolcs (county), Szabolcs county. Location from county seat Nyíregyháza. History Nag ...

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Őr Őr is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Go ...

(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. * Hungary road sign E-016

The route is full length ''motorway''. The maximum speed limit is 130 km/h, with 2 active lanes and 1 emergency

(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

, kilometre trench 23 * near Kál, kilometre trench 103 * near Emőd, kilometre trench 151 * near Hajdúnánás, kilometre trench 204 * near

Újfehértó Újfehértó (Yiddish, ) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. History By 1920, the Jewish population had reached 1,303 people, 11% of the total population. On 17 May 1944, the ...

, 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

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

tunnel A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...

s or covered cuts: ; Bridge * Tisza Bridge of Polgár (; ) over

Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...

river ; Landscape history memorial park * M3 Arcehopark – Open-air museum near this motorway ; Outlet center * M3 Outlet Center

European Route(s)

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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