Classes and categories of public roads in Poland

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In Poland, public roads are classified into two kinds of road hierarchies: road classes (according to technical and functional parameters) and road categories (according to the function in the road network).

Classes[]

The March 2, 1999 Decree of the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy (now Ministry of Infrastructure) on technical conditions and operational requirements for public roads,[1] introduced the following road classes and their hierarchy, starting from the road type with the highest parameters:

  • motorway (Polish: autostrada) (marked with the symbol A)
  • expressway (Polish: droga ekspresowa)(marked with the symbol S), a limited-access road
  •  [pl] or class GP road (Polish: droga główna ruchu przyspieszonego, droga klasy GP), informally: droga szybkiego ruchu, "fast traffic road" (marked with the symbol GP)
  •  [pl] (Polish: droga główna) (marked with the symbol G)
  • collector road (Polish: droga zbiorcza) (marked with the symbol Z)
  • local road (Polish: droga lokalna) (marked with the symbol L)
  • (Polish: droga dojazdowa) (denoted by the symbol D)

Categories[]

The classification of roads into categories according to their functions was introduced by the March 21, 1985 act "On Public Roads" of Sejm[2] The allowable road classes for particular categories were specified in the March 2, 1999 Decree.[1]

See also[]

  • Roads and expressways in Poland
  • Transport in Poland § Road transport

References[]

  1. ^ a b Obwieszczenie Ministra Infrastruktury i Budownictwa z dnia 23 grudnia 2015 r. w sprawie ogłoszenia jednolitego tekstu rozporządzenia Ministra Transportu i Gospodarki Morskiej w sprawie warunków technicznych, jakim powinny odpowiadać drogi publiczne i ich usytuowanie
  2. ^ Obwieszczenie Marszałka Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 3 października 2018 r. w sprawie ogłoszenia jednolitego tekstu ustawy o drogach publicznych
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