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Roads in Hungary

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Border road sign with general speed-limits in Hungary.

Public roads in Hungary are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows:

  • controlled-access highway (gyorsforgalmi út – pl. gyorsforgalmi utak) – colour: blue; designation: M followed by one or two digits. It has two categories: motorways and expressways.
    • motorways (autópálya – pl. autópályák): 2+2 travel lanes and emergency lane, central reservation, no at-grade intersections
    • expressway (autóút – pl. autóutak): mostly 2+2 travel lanes without emergency line, central reservation, some at-grade intersections
  • main roads (főút – pl. főutak) – colour: green; designation: one, two or three digits
    • primary main roads (elsődrendű főút – pl. elsőrendű főutak): national importance roads
    • secondary main roads (másodrendű főút – pl. másodrendű főutak): regional importance roads
  • side roads (mellékút - pl. mellékutak) – colour: green; designation: with four or five digits
  • municipal roads (önkormányzati út- pl. önkormányzati utak)

Some of the national roads are part of the European route scheme.
European routes passing through Hungary: E60; E65; E66; E68; E71; E73; E75; E77; E79 (Class A); E573; E653; E661 (Class B).

Highways

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Highways in Hungary in December 2023.
  in service
  under construction or proposed
M7 motorway near Balatonfőkajár junction.

They have one lane in each direction, signs are white-on-blue and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h, in expressways 110 km/h. According to the Állami Autópályakezelő Zrt. ("State Motorway Management Plc."), the total length of the Hungarian motorway system was 1,400.6 kilometers in 2013.[1] The construction of the Hungarian motorway system started in 1964 with M7, which finished in 1975 between Budapest and Lake Balaton. The total length of the system reached 200 km in 1980, 500 km in 1998, and 1000 km in 2007.

Road signs are white shield on blue and the abbreviation for both types of highways is M.

The main differences are that motorways feature emergency lanes and the maximum allowed speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph), while expressways may be built without them and the speed limit is 110 km/h (68 mph).

  • Motorways are public roads with controlled access which are designated for motor vehicles only, and feature two carriageways with at least two continuous lanes each with paved emergency lanes, divided by a median. They have no one-level intersections with any roads or other forms of land and water transport. They are equipped with roadside rest areas, which are intended only for the users of the motorway.
  • Expressways share most of the characteristics of motorways, differing mainly in that:
  1. Expressways may be built without paved emergency lanes.
  2. Expressways are designated for lower speed than motorways. For example, the road curvature can be higher and the lanes are usually narrower (3.5 m vs 3.75 m).
  3. Expressways can have a single carriageway on sections with low traffic density.

Development of the overall length (at the end of):

Total length of highways in use in Hungary
Year 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 dec 2023
Length [km] 7 85 132 213 302 347 384 531 777 1,241 1,399 1,745 1,880

List of highways

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  • Highways in service:
Motorways:

M1 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M15 | M30 | M31 | M35 | M43 | M60 | M70

Expressways:

M0 | M2 | M4 | M9 | M19 | M25 | M44 | M49 | M51 | M76 | M85 | M86

  • Proposed Highways:

M10 | M32 | M34 | M71 | M87 | M100 | M200

Main roads

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Main roads in Hungary.
it symbolizes the starting point of the kilometer numbering of the main roads starting from the capital city.
Main road 3 near Encs.
Main road 21 near Zagyvaszántó.
Main road 22 near Őrhalom.
Main road 31 near Maglód.
Main road 34 in Kunhegyes.
Main road 38 in Rakamaz.
Signs of the main road 45 in Szentes.
Signs of the main road 51 near Apsotag.

They have one lane in each direction, signs are white-on-green and the normal speed limit is 90 km/h.

Primary main roads

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Roads categorized as state roads, primary main roads are 2,169 km in total length as of December 2022.[2] The routes are marked with one, two, or three-digit numbers.

Designation Route Length
1 Budapest - Budaörs - Bicske - Tatabánya - Tata - Komárom - Győr - Mosonmagyaróvár - Hegyeshalom / Border with Austria 177 km
2 Budapest - Dunakeszi - Vác - Rétság - Parassapuszta (Hont) / Border with Slovakia 78 km
3 Budapest - Gödöllő - Aszód - Hatvan - Gyöngyös - Füzesabony - Mezőkövesd - Emőd - Nyékládháza - Miskolc - Szikszó - Encs - Tornyosnémeti / Border with Slovakia 247 km
4 Budapest - Monor - Cegléd - Szolnok - Törökszentmiklós - Kisújszállás - Karcag - Püspökladány - Hajdúszoboszló - Debrecen - Téglás - Hajdúhadház - Újfehértó - Nyíregyháza - Kisvárda - Záhony / Border with Ukraine 352 km
5 Budapest - Dabas - Lajosmizse - Kecskemét - Kiskunfélegyháza - Szeged - Röszke / Border with Serbia 185 km
6 Budapest - Érd - Százhalombatta - Dunaújváros - Dunaföldvár - Paks - Tolna - Bonyhád - Pécsvárad - Pécs - Szentlőrinc - Barcs / Border with Croatia 262 km
7 Budapest - Érd - Kápolnásnyék - Székesfehérvár - Siófok - Balatonföldvár - Balatonlelle - Balatonboglár - Fonyód - Zalakomár - Galambok - Nagykanizsa - Letenye / Border with Croatia 233 km
8 Székesfehérvár (M7 motorway) - Várpalota - Veszprém - Herend - Városlőd - Devecser - Jánosháza - Vasvár - Körmend - Rábafüzes (Szentgotthárd) / Border with Austria 190 km
10 Óbuda - Dorog - Tát - Nyergesújfalu (Main road 1) 75 km
15 Mosonmagyaróvár (Main road 1) - Rajka / Border with Slovakia 15 km
21 Hatvan (Main road 3) - Pásztó - Bátonyterenye - Salgótarján (Somoskőújfalu) / Border with Slovakia 65 km
41 Nyíregyháza (Main road 4) - Baktalórántháza - Vásárosnamény - Beregsurány / Border with Ukraine 73 km
42 Püspökladány (Main road 4) - Berettyóújfalu - Biharkeresztes - Ártánd / Border with Romania 59 km
43 Szeged (Main road 5) - Makó - Nagylak / Border with Romania 55 km
44 Kecskemét (Main road 5) - Kunszentmárton - Szarvas - Békéscsaba - Gyula / Border with Romania 144 km
354 Northern bypass of Debrecen (M35 motorway - Main road 4) 12 km
403 Eastern bypass of Nyíregyháza (M3 motorway - Main road 4) 14 km
405 Albertirsa (M4 expressway) - Újhartyán (M5 motorway) 15 km
502 Western bypass of Szeged 6 km

Secondary main road

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Roads categorized as state roads, class IIb are 4,849 km in total length as of December 2022.[2] The routes are marked with two or three-digit numbers.

Designation Route Length
101 Hegyeshalom (Main road 1) - M1 motorway 1 km
102 Herceghalom (Main road 1) - Zsámbék - Pilisjászfalu (Main road 10) 23 km
11 Óbuda (Main road 10) - Szentendre - Esztergom - Main road 117 72 km
111 Esztergom (Main road 11) - Dorog (Main road 10) 8 km
117 Bypass of Dorog 16 km
12 Vác (M2 epressway) - Nagymaros - Szob 27 km
13 Border with Slovakia / Bypass of Komárom - Nagyigmánd - Kisbér (Main road 81) 29 km
132 Old Komárom section of Main road 13 (Border with Slovakia / Komárom - Main road 13) 4 km
14 Győr (Main road 81) - Vámosszabadi / Border with Slovakia 13 km
211 Old Salgótarján section of Main road 21 3 km
22 Rétság (Main road 2) - Balassagyarmat - Szécsény - Salgótarján (Main road 21)
Old section of Main road 2
67 km
222 Balassagyarmat (Main road 22) / Border with Slovakia 2 km
23 Bátonyterenye (Main road 21) - Pétervására - Tarnalelesz (Main road 25) 33 km
24 Gyöngyös (Main road 3) - Recsk - Sirok - Eger (Main road 25) 60 km
25 Kerecsend (Main road 3) - Eger - Tarnalelesz - Ózd - Bánréve (Main road 26) 82 km
251 Maklár (M25 expressway) - Füzesabony (Main road 3) 4 km
252 Part of the southern bypass of Eger (Main road 25 - M25 expressway) 1 km
253 Mezőkövesd (Main road 3) - Andornaktálya (M25 expressway)
Old section of Side road 2502
12 km
26 Miskolc (Main road 3) - Kazincbarcika - Putnok - Bánréve / Border with Slovakia 45 km
260 Bypass of Sajószentpéter and Berente 11 km
27 Sajószentpéter (Main road 26) - Edelény - Szendrő - Tornanádaska / Border with Slovakia 55 km
302 Emőd (Main road 3) - M3 motorway 8 km
304 Southern bypass of Miskolc (Main road 3 - M30 motorway) 4 km
306 Northern bypass of Miskolc (M30 motorway - Main road 26) 6 km
31 Budapest - Gyömrő - Nagykáta - Jászberény - Jászapáti - Heves - Füzesabony (Main road 33) 126 km
311 Nagykáta (Main road 31) - Farmos - Cegléd (Main road 4) 34 km
32 Hatvan (M3 motorway) - Jászberény - Újszász - Szolnok (Main road 4) 80 km
33 Füzesabony (Main road 3) - Tiszafüred - Hortobágy - Debrecen (Main road 4) 111 km
331 Western bypass of Mezőkövesd (Main road 3 - M30 motorway) 6 km
338 Western bypass of Nyíregyháza (M3 motorway - Main road 38) 7 km
34 Tiszafüred (Main road 33) - Kunmadaras - Kunhegyes - Fegyvernek (Main road 4) 55 km
35 Nyékládháza (Main road 3) - Tiszaújváros - Polgár - Hajdúböszörmény - Debrecen (Main road 4) 86 km
351 Introduction road of Tiszaújváros (Main road 35 - M3 motorway) 8 km
36 Polgár Main road Main road 35) - Tiszavasvári - Nyíregyháza (Main road 38) 50 km
37 Felsőzsolca (Main road 3) - Szerencs - Sárospatak - Sátoraljaújhely / Border with Slovakia 76 km
38 Tarcal (Main road Main road 37) - Tokaj - Rakamaz - Nyíregyháza (Main road 4) 37 km
381 Sátoraljaújhely (Main road 37) - Cigánd - Kisvárda (Main road 4) 47 km
39 Encs (Main road 3) - Abaújszántó - Mezőzombor (Main road 37) 36 km
401 M4 expressway - Main road 4 near Abony 1 km
402 Southern Introduction road of Szolnok (Main road 4 - Main road 32) 6 km
404 Eastern bypass of Üllő (M4 expressway – Main road 4); Old section of Main road 4 2 km
406 Abony (M4 expressway) – Szolnok (Main road 4-32) 4 km
427 Berettyóújfalu
Old section of Main road 42
3 km
430 Eastern bypass of Makó (M43 motorway - Main road 43) 8 km
431 Kiszombor (Main road 43) / Border with Romania 6 km
441 Cegléd (Main road 4) - Nagykőrös - Kecskemét (Main road 5) 31 km
442 Szolnok (Main road 4) - Martfű - Kunszentmárton (Main road 44) 43 km
443 Szarvas (Main road 44) - Gyomaendrőd (Main road 46) 19 km
444 Western bypass and Southern Introduction road of Békéscsaba 2 km
445 Northeastern bypass of Kecskemét (Main road 44 - Hetényegyháza) 13 km
446 Old Békéscsaba section of Main road 44 2 km
45 Kunszentmárton (Main road 44) - Szentes - Hódmezővásárhely (Main road 47) 53 km
451 Szentes (Main road 45) - Csongrád - Kiskunfélegyháza (Main road 5) 42 km
46 Törökszentmiklós (Main road 4) - Mezőtúr - Gyomaendrőd - Mezőberény (Main road 47) 66 km
47 Debrecen (Main road 4) - Berettyóújfalu - Szeghalom - Mezőberény - Békéscsaba - Orosháza - Hódmezővásárhely - Szeged (Main road 5) 215 km
470 Mezőberény (Main road 47) - Békés - Békéscsaba (Main road 446)
Old section of Main road 47
21 km
471 Debrecen (Main road 4) - Nyíradony - Nyírbátor - Mátészalka (Main road 49) 73 km
472 Old Hódmezővásárhely section of Main road 47 7 km
474 Old Orosháza section of Main road 47 13 km
48 Debrecen (Main road 4) - Vámospércs - Nyírbátor / Border with Romania 30 km
481 Southern bypass of Debrecen (Main road 47 - M35 motorway) 6 km
49 Vaja (Main road 41) - Mátészalka - Csenger - Csengersima / Border with Romania 57 km
491 Győrtelek (Main road 49) - Fehérgyarmat - Tiszabecs / Border with Ukraina 20 km
493 Baktalórántháza (Main road 41) - Nyírbátor (Main road 471) 20 km
51 Soroksár (M0 expressway) - Solt - Kalocsa - Baja - Hercegszántó / Border with Serbia 191 km
510 Old Soroskár, Dunaharaszti and Taksony section of Main road 51 11 km
511 East bypass of Baja (Main road 51 - Main road 55) 4 km
512 Western bypass of Kalocsa 4 km
513 Old Dunavecse and Apostag section of Main road 51 8 km
52 Kecskemét (Main road 5) - Solt - Dunaföldvár (Main road 6) 64 km
53 Solt (Main road 52) - Kiskőrös - Soltvadkert - Kiskunhalas - Tompa / Border with Serbia 89 km
54 Kecskemét (Main roads 5-44) - Bugacpusztaháza - Soltvadkert - Sükösd (Main road 51) 92 km
541 Southern Introduction road of Kecskemét (Main road 5 - Main road 54) 4 km
542 Western bypass of Kiskunfélegyháza 9 km
55 Szeged (Main road 5) - Mórahalom - Mélykút - Baja - Bátaszék (M6 motorway) 122 km
551 Introduction road of Baja (Old section of Main Road 55) 2 km
56 Szekszárd (Main road 6) - Bátaszék - Mohács - Udvar / Border with Croatia 61 km
57 Pécs (Main road 6) - Bóly - Mohács 38 km
578 Eastern bypass of Pécs (Main road 6 - M60 motorway) 9 km
58 Pécs (Main road 6) - Harkány - Drávaszabolcs / Border with Croatia 33 km
Sign Number Route Length
61 Dunaföldvár - Cece - Simontornya - Tamási - Dombóvár - Kaposvár - Nagykanizsa (Intersection with Motorway M7) 195 km
610 Kaposvár (old section of Main road 61) 16 km
611 Dombóvár - Sásd 14 km
62 Dunaújváros (Intersection with Main road 6) - Seregélyes - Székesfehérvár 47 km
63 Szekszárd (Intersection with Main road 6) - Cece - Sárbogárd - Székesfehérvár (Intersection with Motorway M7) 90 km
631 Motorway M6 - Main road 63 5 km
64 Simontornya - Enying (Intersection with Main road 7) 37 km
65 Szekszárd (Intersection with Main road 6) - Tamási - Siófok 85 km
651 Tamási bypass (Main road 65 - Main road 61) 10 km
66 Pécs - Sásd - Kaposvár (Intersection with Main roads 61 and 610) 54 km
67 Szigetvár - Kaposvár - Balatonlelle 90 km
68 Barcs - Nagyatád - Marcali - Balatonszentgyörgy (Intersection with Main roads 7 and 76) 95 km
681 Nagyatád (Intersection with Main road 68) - Border with Croatia near Berzence 24 km
682 Marcali (old section of Main road 68) 6 km
71 Lepsény (Intersection with Main road 7) - Balatonfűzfő - Balatonalmádi - Balatonfüred - Balatonederics - Keszthely (Intersection with Main road 76) 116 km
710 Balatonakarattya (Intersection with Main road 71) - Balatonfűzfő (Intersection with Main road 72) 17 km
72 Balatonfűzfő - Litér - Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) 7 km
73 Csopak (Intersection with Main road 71) - Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) 13 km
74 Nagykanizsa (Intersection with Main road 7) - Bak - Zalaegerszeg - Vasvár (Intersection with Main road 8) 75 km
75 Keszthely (Intersection with Main road 71) - Pacsa - Bak - Rédics 69 km
76 Balatonszentgyörgy (Intersection with Main roads 7 and 68) - Sármellék - Zalaegerszeg - Nádasd (Intersection with Main road 86) 82 km
760 Main road 75 - Hévíz - Main road 76 - km
761 Zalaegerszeg north bypass (Main road 74 - Main road 76) - km
762 Zalaegerszeg (old section of Main road 76) - km
77 Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 71) - Nagyvázsony - Tapolca - Lesencetomaj (Intersection with Main road 84) 54 km
81 Székesfehérvár (Intersection with Main road 8) - Mór - Kisbér - Győr 81 km
811 Székesfehérvár - Lovasberény - Felcsút - Bicske (Intersection with Main road 1) 42 km
813 Győr northeast bypass (Intersection with Motorway M1 - Main road 14) 13 km
82 Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) - Zirc - Pannonhalma - Győr 80 km
821 Győr (Main road 83 - Main road 1) 3 km
83 Városlőd (Intersection with Main road 8) - Pápa - Tét - Győr 76 km
830 Veszprém north bypass (Main road 82 – Main road 8) 7 km
832 Pápa (Intersection with Main road 83) - Pápateszér - Veszprémvarsány (Intersection with Main road 82) 30 km
834 Pápa (Intersection with Main road 83) - Celldömölk - Sárvár-Hegyközség (Intersection with Main road 84) 41 km
84 Balatonederics (Intersection with Main road 71) - Sümeg - Sárvár - Hegyfalu - Border with Austria near Sopron 132 km
85 Győr (Intersection with Main road 1) - Csorna - Kapuvár - Nagycenk (Intersection with Main road 84) 72 km
86 Mosonmagyaróvár - Csorna - Répcelak - Szombathely - Körmend - Zalalövő - Border with Slovenia near Rédics 159 km
861 Border with Austria near Kópháza 2 km
87 Kám - Rum - Szombathely - Border with Austria near Kőszeg 49 km
88 Sárvár (Intersection with Main road 84) - Vát (Intersection with Main road 86) 12 km
89 Szombathely (Intersection with Main road 87) - Torony - Border with Austria near Bucsu 18 km

Local roads

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Minor, local roads in the country are designated as "local roads". The total length of these roads is 23,780 km and are marked with four or some five-digit numbers, while the rest have consisted of macadam and earthen roads.

European routes

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The following European routes pass through Hungary:

Class A

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Class B

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Állami Autópályakezelő Zrt. (ÁAK) (2013). "Az ÁAK által kezelt úthálózat részletes adatai (2013)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. ^ a b "Az állami közúthálózatról - Országos közúthálózat hossza 2005-2022". magyarkozut.hu. 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. ^ "UNECE document ECE/TRANS/SC.1/2016/03/Rev1 "European Agreement On Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR)"" (PDF). The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.