S1 (Poland)

Expressway S1
Expressway S1
Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polish)
Route information
	Part of E75
	Maintained by GDDKiA
Length	93.1 km (57.8 mi) 132.81 km (82.52 mi) planned
Major junctions
From	A1 near Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice
	86 near Podwarpie ; 94 in Dąbrowa Górnicza ; 79 in Mysłowice ; A4 near Mysłowice ; 86 near Tychy ; S52 near Bielsko-Biała
To	D3 motorway, border with Slovakia
Location
Country	Poland
Major cities	Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec, Mysłowice, Tychy, Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec
Highway system
	National roads in Poland; Voivodeship roads;

Expressway S1 or express road S1 is a Polish highway under construction with a planned length of 130 km (81 mi), 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 late 2025.^[1]

Route

The section from A1 motorway to A4 motorway and further to Tychy forms the Eastern beltway of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region. This section is open to traffic, except that the interchange in Dąbrowa Górnicza is under reconstruction to modern standard, set to be finished by the end of 2024. For the time of reconstruction, only one lane per direction is open to traffic and an at-grade roundabout exists in place of the interchange, causing major traffic disruptions.

From Tychy to Bielsko-Biała, the existing dual-carriageway national road 1 serves the traffic. New parallel expressway route is under construction, planned to be finished in late 2025 or early 2026.

From Bielsko-Biała to Żywiec, the expressway is completed.

The section from Żywiec to the Slovak border in Zwardoń is a single-carriageway expressway, which is partially completed and partially under construction, set to be finished in the 2nd half of 2025. At the border it connects to the partially completed and partially planned 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)^[2]	Exits, facilities^[3]	Mileage from beginning	1st carriageway	History of construction	Notes
1)	Pyrzowice	0 km	Done	Opened in June 2012	Terminus
2)	Pyrzowice-Lotnisko	1.9 km (1.18 mi)		Was the terminus till June 2012	2nd carriageway opened in May 2021
3)	Mierzęcice	5.5 km (3.42 mi)		Opened in November 2006	2nd carriageway opened in May 2021
4)	Podwarpie (southbound) (northbound)	12.8 km (7.95 mi)
5)	Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice	20.2 km (12.55 mi)	Reconstruction		1 lane per direction at the moment
6)	Dąbrowa Górnicza Pogoria	22.6 km (14.04 mi)	Done	Completed 1978-1983
7)	Dąbrowa Górnicza Gołonóg	24.3 km (15.10 mi)
8)	Dąbrowa Górnicza Sulno	25.2 km (15.66 mi)
9)	Sosnowiec Porąbka	28.9 km (17.96 mi)
(1)	Petrol station	31.8 km (19.76 mi)			Koniczyna
10)	Sosnowiec Dańdówka	33.2 km (20.63 mi)		Completed 1978-1983	Entrance/exit northbound only
11)	Sosnowiec Jęzor	36.9 km (22.93 mi)
12)	Brzęczkowice (E462 starting from the interchange eastbound)	39.2 km (24.36 mi)
13)	Mysłowice Brzezinka	41.2 km (25.60 mi)			Droga wójewodzka 934 goes parallel with S1
14)	Dziećkowice	42.1 km (26.16 mi)
15)	Imielin Other name: Kosztowy-II(passing the stages to achieve the environmental decision)	43.3 km (26.91 mi)			Exit only southbound, entrance only northbound
16)	Olszyce	46.2 km (28.71 mi)
(2)	MOP Lędziny	48.8 km (30.32 mi)			Petrol station, restaurant
17)	Tychy	54.8 km (34.05 mi)			Terminus

Kosztowy-II – Bielsko-Biała

As of the end of May 2016 six options for the route were proposed.

Route variants

Five 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.^[4]

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.^[4]^[5]

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.^[5]

Number of exit(facility)	Name	Mileage from beginning	State	Notes
1)	Kosztowy-II	0 km	With environmental decision	Connection with S1 to Tychy
2)	Lędziny	ca. 6 km (3.73 mi)
(1)	MOP	7.5 km (4.66 mi)
3)	Bieruń	ca. 12.3 km (7.64 mi)

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, facilities^[6]	Mileage from beginning	History of construction	Notes
1)	Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice	0 km	Works from here to Hałcnów interchange were allowed in May 2009	To Hałcnów interchange concurrency with , western terminus
2)	Bielsko-Biała-Rosta	2.9 km (1.80 mi)		To Hałcnów interchange concurrency with , western terminus
3)	Hałcnów (planned)	4.5 km (2.80 mi)	Contract was signed in October 2008 to the Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II interchange	planned have an interchange here
4)	Bielsko-Biała-Lipnik	6.8 km (4.23 mi)
5)	Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-I	11 km (6.84 mi)
6)	Bielsko-Biała-Mikuszowice-II	11.5 km (7.15 mi)
7)	Wilkowice	14.2 km (8.82 mi)	From 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)	Buczkowice	17.7 km (11.00 mi)
9)	Łodygowice	21 km (13.05 mi)
10)	Żywiec Soła	26.5 km (16.47 mi)	From here to Przybędza interchange: signed in June 2005, done by November 2006
11)	Żywiec Browar	29 km (18.02 mi)
12)	Przybędza	33.7 km (20.94 mi)	Section to be completed in August 2023
13)	Milówka	45.5 km (28.27 mi)	Section to be completed in August 2023
14)	Laliki	50.1 km (31.13 mi)		No exit of eastbound traffic on the road
15)	Rajcza	52.9 km (32.87 mi)
16)	Zwardoń	55.5 km (34.49 mi)		Last interchange before border
17)	Country border	56.7 km (35.23 mi)		Entrance to Slovakia

References

^ "Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl".
^ "Mapy Google". Mapy Google. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
^ "Mapa Polski z nazwami węzłów, stan na 27.06.2022 r."
^ ^a ^b Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polska)
^ ^a ^b "S-1 od w. "Kosztowy II" w Mysłowicach do w. "Suchy Potok" w Bielsku-Białej :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny". www.gddkia.gov.pl. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
^ "Mapa Polski z nazwami węzłów, stan na 27.06.2022 r."

[1] "Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl".

[2] "Mapy Google". Mapy Google. Retrieved 2015-11-20.

[3] "Mapa Polski z nazwami węzłów, stan na 27.06.2022 r."

[:0-4] Droga ekspresowa S1 (Polska)

[:1-5] "S-1 od w. "Kosztowy II" w Mysłowicach do w. "Suchy Potok" w Bielsku-Białej :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny". www.gddkia.gov.pl. Retrieved 2015-11-20.

[6] "Mapa Polski z nazwami węzłów, stan na 27.06.2022 r."

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S1 (Poland)

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