G D A Ń S K

Have a Good Journey
Gdańsk lies on the crossroads of three international routes
of key importance for the Polish economy. These are: national
road No. 6 from Gdańsk through Słupsk, Koszalin, Szczecin,
and onwards to Berlin; national road No. 7 linking Gdańsk
to the routes heading to the eastern state border (national
road No. 16) and onwards to Warsaw, Kraków, and up to the
Czech/ Slovak border. Finally, there is national road No. 1
which starts in Gdańsk, then goes through Toruń, Łódź,
Częstochowa, and Katowice up to the Czech border on the
one hand, and via Bydgoszcz, Poznań, and Wrocław (national
road No. 5) leads on to the Czech and German border in the
south-western corner of the country. The city is but a rough
dozen kilometers from the A-1 motorway. Currently in
construction, it will communicate the Gdańsk agglomeration
via the Tri-City Ring Road with the southern Polish border.
Appreciating the advantages of the city’s geographic location
its authorities do their best to improve the standard of the
existing roads and expand the city’s transport network so
as to bring it up to the European standards.
Main road transport routes
D
3
Szczecin
3
6
10
2
Zielona Góra
18 12
4
3
11
Poznań
Wrocław
CZ
11
8
5
6
Gdańsk
Bydgoszcz
5
10
15
8
15
2
Toruń
12
11
Opole
4
14
1
Katowice
1
8
16
1
The investments made to improve the city’s transport
accessibility and its inner traffic in the years 2002-2006 add
up to more than PLN 400 million.
The major road projects in progress include the W-Z [East-
West] route that will pertain substantially to facilitating transit
along the city’s key national roads Nos. 1, 6, and 7. Thanks
to the subsidy obtained from the EU funds a subsequent
section of the road is now in construction (the section
completion is planned for autumn 2007). The last stretch to
link the route with the Tri-City Ring Road is included in the
plans for 2007-11.
The year 2004 also marked the completion of stage one in
the road revamp project along Słowackiego Street. This
route will facilitate traffic between the city centre, Gdańsk
Airport, and the Tri-City Ring Road.
1
7
10
7
14
8
Łódź
7
7
2
Kraków
Olsztyn
7
SK
7
RUS
Kielce
4
16
8
Warszawa
9
17
Białystok
19
8
19
8
4
Rzeszów
9
2
19
Lublin
17
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