M2 expressway (Hungary)

The M2 expressway () is a toll highway in northern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Vác and Banská Bystrica. The first section of the highway opened in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 2 one-lane highway. The total length of the motorway now is 30 km.

Timeline SectionLengthOpenedNotesBudapest (M0) – Vác északSingle carriageway: 1998Second carriageway: 1 October 2019Built between 1996 – 1998.Originally the name of the route was 2A, and 2B.Both carriageways were fully built between 2017 – 2019 until Vác dél junction.Vác észak – Hont-Parassapuszta (border) Planned

Route description The route is expressway. The maximum speed limit is 110km/h, with (2x2 lane road) until Vác dél junction.

CountykmTypeDestinationNotesBudapest 17 – Budapest, towards to + /

– Main road 2 Újpest, Megyeri Bridge, and Main road 11 EsztergomThe southern terminus of the expressway, and E77 route.

Distance is measured from the Zero Kilometre Stone monument in Budapest.

trumpet interchangePest 21Dunakeszi / Fót 23Dunakeszi-Tóváros / Fót-Kisalag 25 Main road 2 – Dunakeszi-Révdűlő Alagi pihenőhely parking, petrol station (Shell), motel, café and restaurant

pihenőhely means Rest area 27Göd-Iparterület Ipaterület means Industrial area 29Göd 34Sződliget / Sződ 37Vác dél / Gödöllő, Vácrátót The northern terminus of the expressway.

dél means South 39Vác-Alsóváros, toward to Tahitótfalu / Rád, Vácduka 1-lane expressway, planned expansion 42Vác-Centrum, Deákvár / Kosd Centrum means center 48Vác észak, toward to Tahitótfalu / Main road 12 – Szob Northern side of the road.

észak means North

1-lane expressway, planned expansionNógrád 56 Nőtincs / Nógrád Planned 59 Main road 2 – Rétság dél dél means South 61Rétsági pihenőhely 65 Main road 22 – Rétság észak / Balassagyarmat, Érsekvadkert észak means South 83Drégelypalánki pihenőhely planned petrol station Main road 2 – Drégelypalánk 88Hont-Parassauszta (H) – Šahy (SK) border crossing – Banská Bystrica towards to Kraków (PL) Planned

Maintenance The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by this highway engineer. near Gödöllő (M3), kilometre trench 27

Payment Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica)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 (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers: {| class="wikitable"Type of county vignette Available sectionPest full length (17 km – 48 km)

European Route(s) Name Route71 km Rýchlostná cesta R3 – junction (16)

M2 expressway (Hungary)

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