Expressway S1 or express road S1 is a Polish highway under construction with a planned length of , located in the Silesian Voivodeship. Upon completion, it will connect the A1 motorway near the Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice with the border of Slovakia in Zwardoń, linking to the D3 motorway.

The route is expected to be completed in 2027.https://www.gov.pl/attachment/de5791f3-b0cf-4c83-8c44-5a059a34f3b4

Route

The section from A1 motorway to A4 motorway and further to Tychy is open to traffic. It forms the eastern beltway of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region.

From Tychy to Bielsko-Biała, the existing dual-carriageway national road 1 serves the traffic.https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia-katowice/tunelami-przez-gory-estakadami-nad-dolinami New parallel expressway route is under construction, planned to be finished in 2027.

From Bielsko-Biała to the Slovak border in Zwardoń, the expressway is completed. The section from Żywiec to Zwardoń is a single-carriageway expressway, with the exception of the 5-kilometer long fragment including two pairs of tunnels, which was already constructed in a dual-carriageway profile to avoid lost costs in case of adding the second carriageway in the future. At the border the road connects to the single-carriageway D3 motorway in Slovakia.

Road numbering The S1 originally was routed from Bielsko-Biała via Cieszyn to the Czech border. This section was renumbered to Expressway S52 in 2016 and the S1 was rerouted over the former Expressway S69.

Expressway route description

Pyrzowice-Tychy Number of exit (facility)Exits, facilitiesMileage from beginningStatusHistory of constructionNotes1)Pyrzowice0 kmDoneOpened in June 2012Terminus2)Pyrzowice-LotniskoWas the terminus till June 20122nd carriageway opened in May 20213)MierzęciceOpened in November 20064)Podwarpie(southbound) (northbound) 5)Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice 1 lane per direction at the moment6)Dąbrowa Górnicza PogoriaCompleted 1978–19837)Dąbrowa Górnicza Gołonóg8)Dąbrowa Górnicza Sulno9)Sosnowiec Porąbka(1)Petrol stationKoniczyna10)Sosnowiec DańdówkaCompleted 1978–1983Entrance/exit northbound only11)Sosnowiec Jęzor 12)Mysłowice Brzęczkowice (E462 starting from the interchange eastbound)13)Mysłowice Brzezinka Droga wójewodzka 934 goes parallel with S114)Mysłowice Dziećkowice15)Imielin Other name: Kosztowy-II(passing the stages to achieve the environmental decision)Exit only southbound, entrance only northbound16)Olszyce(2)MOP LędzinyPetrol station, restaurant17)Tychy Terminus

Kosztowy-II – Bielsko-Biała As of the end of May 2016 six options for the route were proposed. Route variantsFive of them were already available by June 2008. At first option IV(D) was preferable. It would have gone parallel to Brzeszcze – Oświęcim railway tracks (PKP rail line 93). However, UNESCO protested against the choice, as, in their opinion, the traffic would have disrupted the zone of silence around the former German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, and, as the result, UNESCO would have put the camp onto the endangered list.

At the beginning of August 2009, the head of Miedźna county has announced to the media his option of the S1 (option VI), that would have gone through a forest on the borders of the Miedźna and Bojszowy county. In November 2009, it was accepted by all the local counties. However, GDDKiA turned down this option due to environmental issues. The road would have passed through the "Stawy w Brzeszczach" reserve for birds conservation, which was not acceptable.Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polska)

Option A (39.7 km) would have run through the following counties: Mysłowice Lędziny Imielin Bieruń Bojszowy Miedźna Bestwina Wilamowice Bielsko-Biała Option B (40.4 km) would have run through the following counties: Mysłowice Lędziny Imielin Bieruń Bojszowy Oświęcim Bestwina Brzeszcze Wilamowice Bielsko-Biała Option C (40.8 km) would have run through the following counties: Mysłowice Lędziny Imielin Bieruń Bojszowy Oświęcim Bestwina Brzeszcze Wilamowice Bielsko-Biała Option D (42.1 km) would have run through the following counties: Mysłowice Lędziny Imielin Bieruń Bojszowy Oświęcim Bestwina Brzeszcze Wilamowice Bielsko-Biała.

Counties through which the road would have passed according to the option V: Mysłowice (Kosztowy) Lędziny Bieruń Międzyrzecze Gilowice Miedźna Bestwinka Kaniów Dankowice Stara Wieś Bielsko-Biała (Hałcnów)

Counties through which the road would have passed according to the option VI: Mysłowice (Kosztowy) Lędziny Bieruń Oświęcim (Stare Stawy) Brzeszcze Dankowice Stara Wieś Bielsko-Biała (Hałcnów) In 2013 the Economical, Technical and Environmental Institution has proposed 4 choices (A, B, C, and D), of which choices A and C were preferred. However, the mining company "Brzeszcze" was against choice C, and "SILESIA" mining enterprise against A. As a compromise, GDDKIA promised to work on the additional option "E". Preparatory works for DŚU were done by 7 January 2015. In March 2015 choice "E" was chosen as preferred. In June the same year Regional Directorate of the Environment Protection in Katowice has asked GDDKiA to give out the environmental decision for the section.

In 2013 a new option, presented by the mining companies "SILESIA" and "Brzeszcze" and by Miedźna, Brzeszcze and Bestwina counties, was proposed. The option "H"(or hybrid), as it is known, was an initial compromise between the companies and counties and GDDKiA. However it wasn't implemented.

The project was expected to cost approximately 1.437 bln złotych. Number of exit(facility)NameMileage from beginningStateNotes1)Kosztowy-II0 kmWith environmental decisionConnection with S1 to Tychy2)Lędzinyca. (1)MOP3)Bieruńca.

Interchanges „Kosztowy II" (after construction the road to Tychy will be designated as S1A) „Lędziny" „Bieruń" „Oświęcim" (future connection to Oświęcim bypass) „Wola” „Brzeszcze" „Stara Wieś" „Hałcnów"

Bielsko-Biała-Zwardoń Route description Number of exit (facility)Exits, facilitiesMileage from beginningHistory of constructionNotes1)Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice0 kmWorks from here to Hałcnów interchange were allowed in May 2009To Hałcnów interchange concurrency with , western terminus2)Bielsko-Biała-Rosta 3)Hałcnów (planned)Contract was signed in October 2008 to the Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II interchange planned have an interchange here4)Bielsko-Biała-Lipnik5)Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-I6)Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II7)WilkowiceFrom here to Żywiec interchange: first contract signed in 2010, which was cancelled two years later, and signed with other company in July 2014. Done in July 2015.8)Buczkowice9)Łodygowice10)Żywiec Soła From here to Przybędza interchange: signed in June 2005, done by November 200611)Żywiec Browar12)PrzybędzaSection to be completed in August 202313)Milówka14)Laliki No exit of eastbound traffic on the road15)Rajcza16)Zwardoń Last interchange before border17)Country border Entrance to Slovakia

See also Highways in Poland European route E75

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