The M43 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 ...

that runs from the junction with the

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west of

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

to the

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n border at

Nagylak Nagylak ( or ) is a village in Csongrád-Csanád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and in 2023 had a population of 365. As of 2022 83.2% were of Hungarian nationality, 13.7% of romani ...

via

Makó Makó (, , Makowe, or , ) is a town in Csongrád County, in southeastern Hungary, from the Romanian border. It lies on the Maros River. Makó is home to 21,913 people and it has an area of , of which is arable land. Makó is the fourth-larges ...

. Since 2015 it connects Hungary with Romania as the first border crossing on a motorway between the two countries.

Timeline

Route description

*The route is full length ''motorway''. The maximum speed limit is 130 km/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 ...

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...

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Röszke Röszke is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The nearest town is Szeged . Sándor Rózsa, the legendary Hungarian bandit was born here in 1813. History The village was first mentioned in wri ...

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Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

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SRB Srb ( sr-Cyrl, Срб) is a village located in the southeastern part of Lika, in Croatia, till 2011 administratively divided into Donji Srb (population 255, census 2001) and Gornji Srb (population 79, census 2001). Srb lies in the Una River va ...

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

motorway, and E68 route. ---- Kilometrage starting point ----

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, Main road 5 –

-Rókus /

Kistelek Kistelek is a town in Csongrad-Csanád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 7020 people (2012). History In the early Middle Ages, the town was a Cuman settlemen ...

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, Szegedi pihenőhely , parking, and wc ---- ''pihenőhely'' means

Rest area A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, Limited-access road, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names ...

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, Szeged észak /

Sándorfalva Sándorfalva is a town in Csongrád-Csanád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia ...

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, Main road 47 –

-Felsőváros /

Hódmezővásárhely Hódmezővásárhely (; also known by other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisz ...

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, Móra Ferenc híd (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 ...

) , Length: 661 m ---- ''híd'' means

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Maroslele Maroslele is a village in Csongrád-Csanád County, southern Hungary. It covers an area of between the southeastern part of the Tisza River and Maros River and in 2009 had a population of 2,084. The village was first mentioned in records datin ...

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, Main road 430 –

/
Hódmezővásárhely,

Földeák Földeák is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography The village covers an area of and has a population of 3318 people (2002). History The village first appears in writing in 1332. The n ...

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, Apátfalva /

Királyhegyes Királyhegyes is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern 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. Govern ...

Kövegy Kövegy is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 362 people (2015). History In 1764 it was still mentioned as a wasteland, in 1843 more than ...

, , - , align=center , 49 , align=center , Hungary road sign E-046

, Kövegyi Szent Gellért pihenőhely , parking, petrol station ( MOL), café, restaurant, and shower facilities , - , align=center , 55 , align=center , AB-AS-blau

, Main road 448 –

Tótkomlós Tótkomlós () is a town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic cha ...

Csanádpalota Csanádpalota (in ) is a town in the Makó-region of Csongrád county, in Hungary's Southern Great Plain. Geography Csanádpalota covers an area of and has a population of 3286 people (2002). It is located close to the Romanian state border about ...

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, style="background:#dfd;", Csanádpalota (H) –

Nădlac Nădlac (; ; ) is a town in Arad County, western Romania. A former part of the town lies across the border with Hungary; this village is called Nagylak. An international border town, Nădlac is the main border crossing into western Romania from H ...

II. (RO)

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crossing
– Arad,

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

towards to

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, style="background:#dfd;", Csanádpalota border crossing to Romania → A1 motorway. ---- The eastern terminus of the motorway, and E68 concurrency.

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road b
Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co.
This activity is provided by this highway engineer. * near

, kilometre trench 35

Payment

From February 1, 2016, the M43 motorway is fully charged. 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 , - , Csongrád-Csanád , full length (0 km – 59 km)

European Route(s)

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, align="right", 59 km , , junction (0) – A1-RO

''Autostrada A1''

Significant artifacts

; Bridge * Ferenc Móra Bridge (; ) over

river

References

External links

Exit list of M43

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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