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[[File:HighwaysMapPoland.svg|thumb|Polish highway network:
{{legend|green|Completed}}
{{legend|#00F000|Opened with lower speed limits}}
{{legend|red|Construction}}
{{legend|#DC00DC|Design (as part of [[design-build]])}}
{{legend|#b78d4d|Tender}}
{{legend|#9aafff|Environmental decision obtained}}
{{legend|#C7C7C7|Planned}}]]
[[File:Docelowy_uklad_drog.svg|thumb|Planned network defined by the ministry ordinance{{efn|Note: it does not include some sections in the preplanning phase which are not officially included in the ordinance.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sip.lex.pl/akty-prawne/dzu-dziennik-ustaw/siec-autostrad-i-drog-ekspresowych-17100420|title=LEX|website=sip.lex.pl|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>]]
[[File:Historia budowy autostrad i dróg ekspresowych.gif|thumb|Development of the highway network in Poland since 1932:
{{legend|green|Completed}}
{{legend|red|Under construction}}
{{legend|#C7C7C7|Planned}}]]
[[File:PL-Motorways-en.svg|thumb|Total length of highways by year]]
[[File:Węzeł Łódź Północ.jpg|thumb|[[Autostrada A1 (Poland)|A1]]/[[Autostrada A2 (Poland)|A2]] [[Łódź]] Północ interchange]]
[[File:Wezelsosnicafromthesky.JPG|thumb|[[Autostrada A1 (Poland)|A1]]/[[Autostrada A4 (Poland)|A4]] [[Gliwice]] [[Sośnica (district)|Sośnica]] interchange]]

Controlled-access '''highways in Poland''' are part of the [[National roads in Poland|national roads network]] and they are divided into [[motorways]] and [[Controlled-access highway|expressways]]. Both types of highways feature grade-separated [[Interchange (road)|interchanges]] with all other roads, [[Shoulder (road)|emergency lanes]], feeder lanes, [[wildlife crossing]]s and dedicated roadside [[rest area]]s. Motorways differ from expressways in their technical parameters like designated speed, permitted road curvature, lane widths or minimal distances between interchanges. Moreover, expressways might have single-carriageway sections in case of low traffic densities (as of 2025, such sections constitute 3.5% of the highway network).

The development of modern highways began in the 1970s, but proceeded very slowly under the [[Polish People's Republic|communist rule]] and for the first years afterwards: between 1970 and 2000 only 434&nbsp;km of highways were constructed in total (5% of the planned network).<ref>Here and in the following figures, construction of 1st or 2nd carriageway is accounted as half-length for consistency of the summed results. Sections constructed by Nazi Germany are accounted for the dates of their reconstruction to modern highways.</ref> Further 1050&nbsp;km (13% of the network) were opened from 2001 to 2010, followed by 2773&nbsp;km (34% of the network) constructed between 2011 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/mapa-stanu-budowy-drog4|title=Wybierz województwo - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref> It is planned to open about 2500&nbsp;km (31%) in the 2020s, while the last about 1400 km (17%) would be completed in the 2030s.<ref name="pbdk_2033"/>

{{As of|June 2025}}, there are 5205.5&nbsp;km<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/|title=Autostrady :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Strona Główna|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}}</ref> of motorways and expressways in operation (62% of the intended network), while contracts for construction of further 1349&nbsp;km<ref>Including [[design–build]] contracts; see the [[Highways in Poland#List of motorways and expressways|List of motorways and expressways]] for details on the phases of construction and design.</ref><ref name="gddkia_contracts'_completion_dates"/> (16% of the network) are ongoing.

Except for the single-carriageway expressways, both types of highways fulfill the definition of a [[Controlled-access highway#Definition standards|motorway]] as specified by [[OECD]], [[World Road Association|WRA]] or [[Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals|Vienna Convention]]. Speed limits in Poland are 140&nbsp;km/h on motorways and 120&nbsp;km/h on expressways (100&nbsp;km/h for single-carriageway expressway sections). Some motorway stretches are [[Highways in Poland#Tolls|tolled]].

== Technical parameters ==
* [[File:Znak D9.svg|frameless|38x38px]] '''Motorways''' are public roads with [[Controlled-access highway|controlled access]] which are designated for motor vehicles only, and feature two carriageways with at least two continuous lanes each, divided by a [[Median strip|median]]. They have no single-level intersections with any roads or other forms of land and water transport, and have [[wildlife crossing]]s constructed above the road. They feature [[Shoulder (road)|emergency lanes]] and feeder lanes, and are equipped with dedicated roadside rest areas. Motorways are the only roads in Poland which use blue background on road signs; others use green road signs.<ref name="rozp2022">https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20220001518</ref>
* [[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|frameless|38x38px]] '''Expressways''' share most of the characteristics of motorways, differing mainly in that:

# Expressways are designated for lower speed than motorways. For example, the road curvature can be more severe and the lanes are usually narrower (3.5{{nbsp}}m vs 3.75{{nbsp}}m). Emergency lanes are also narrower (2.5{{nbsp}}m vs 3{{nbsp}}m) and in exceptional situations expressways might not have them at all.
# Expressways can have a single carriageway on sections with low traffic density.
# Motorways can have interchanges only with main roads, and the distance between interchanges is typically not less than 15&nbsp;km (or 5&nbsp;km near major cities), while expressways typically have more frequent interchanges. In exceptional situations, expressways might not have dedicated feeder lanes on interchanges.<ref name="rozp2022"/>

== List of motorways and expressways ==

In 2004, the government published the ordinance defining the planned highway network of length about {{cvt|7200|km|mi|0}}.<ref name="rozp2004">{{Cite web |url=http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20041281334 |title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 15 maja 2004 r. w sprawie sieci autostrad i dróg ekspresowych |website=prawo.sejm.gov.pl |access-date=29 April 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605161820/http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20041281334 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Notable changes introduced in later amendments include re-routing [[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]] and adding [[Expressway S61 (Poland)|S61]] instead (a change related to the [[Rospuda#The Via Baltica controversy of 2006-2009|Rospuda Valley conflict]]),<ref name="rozp2009">{{Cite web |url=http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20091871446 |title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 20 października 2009 r. zmieniające rozporząsdzenie w sprawie sieci autostrad i dróg ekspresowych|website=prawo.sejm.gov.pl}}</ref> introducing [[Expressway S16 (Poland)|S16]], [[Expressway S52 (Poland)|S52]] and A/S50,<ref name="rozp2019">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU/2019/1819|title=Dziennik Ustaw 2019 r. poz. 1819|website=www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl}}</ref> as well as extending [[Expressway S5 (Poland)|S5]],<ref>to [[Ostróda]] in 2015 and to [[Bolków]] in 2019</ref> [[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]]<ref>to [[Kłodzko]] in 2019</ref> and [[Expressway S10 (Poland)|S10]],<ref>to [[Wołomin]] in 2015</ref> raising the total length to about {{cvt|8200|km|mi|0}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mib.gov.pl/2-514324a4ec938-1797152-p_2.htm|title=Zmiany w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sieci autostrad i dróg ekspresowych - Ministerstwo Infrastruktury i Budownictwa|website=mib.gov.pl|access-date=2016-07-05|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817005043/http://mib.gov.pl/2-514324a4ec938-1797152-p_2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="rozp2019"/>

The planned network consists of 16 major highways (over 200&nbsp;km of intended length): [[Autostrada A1 (Poland)|A1]], [[Expressway S3 (Poland)|S3]], [[Expressway S5 (Poland)|S5]], [[Expressway S7 (Poland)|S7]], [[Expressway S11 (Poland)|S11]], [[Expressway S17 (Poland)|S17]], [[Expressway S19 (Poland)|S19]], [[Expressway S61 (Poland)|S61]] running north to south and [[Autostrada A2 (Poland)|A2]]/[[Expressway S2 (Poland)|S2]], [[Autostrada A4 (Poland)|A4]], [[Expressway S6 (Poland)|S6]]/[[Autostrada A6 (Poland)|A6]], [[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]]/[[Autostrada A8 (Poland)|A8]], [[Expressway S10 (Poland)|S10]], [[Expressway S12 (Poland)|S12]], [[Expressway S16 (Poland)|S16]],  [[Expressway S74 (Poland)|S74]] running west to east, as well as 9 shorter highways:{{efn|name="last_full_update"|Major changes in the network (e.g. opening new fragments of roads, signing all contracts for a planned road section) are accounted continuously, while a general update including all the details is done once per year (last: 15 November 2024). 'In total' length statistic is kept consistent as of the last general update, and might hence not be the exact sum of the current state of the table.}}{{efn|Some highways can overlap. The table shows data without overlapping sections such that each fragment is counted exactly once, in accordance with how they are attributed in the ministry ordinance,<ref name="rozp2016">http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20180000741: Appendix 2, footnote 1 (in Polish)</ref> i.e. each common section is attributed to the road with the lower number (in case of two expressways overlapping) or to a motorway (in case of a motorway and an expressway overlapping), except for S12/S17 west of [[Lublin]] which is recorded as S17 in the sources.<ref name="gpr2015_wyniki">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-w-2015_15598//SYNTEZA/WYNIKI_GPR2015_DK.pdf|title=Wayback Machine|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>}}
<ref name="ongoing_gddkia's_contracts">
{{Cite web
 |title = Zestawienie realizacji autostrad i dróg ekspresowych w Polsce
 |url = https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/dsi21pe36qagzj7/Zestawienie_kophew.png
 |access-date = 2019-12-26
}}</ref><ref name="map_of_ongoing_constructions">
{{Cite web
 |title = Mapa budowy dróg ekspresowych i autostrad
 |url = https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/hklowukui4pepx6/mapka-igorsel.png
 |access-date = 2019-12-26
}}</ref><ref name="map_of_ongoing_constructions_english">
{{Cite web
 |title = Map of construction of Polish highways - SISKOM & SSC
 |url = http://ssc.siskom.waw.pl/eng.html
 |website = ssc.siskom.waw.pl
 |access-date = 2019-12-26
}}</ref><ref name="gddkia_planned_construction_dates">
{{Cite web
 |title = Map of construction of Polish highways - GDDKiA
 |url = https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/mapa-stanu-budowy-drog4
 |website = gov.pl
 |access-date = 2021-07-31
}}</ref><ref name="pbdk_2033">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/rzadowy-program-budowy-drog-krajowych-do-2030-r-z-perspektywa-do-2033-r|title=Rządowy Plan Budowy Dróg do 2030 roku|website=www.gov.pl}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; align:center; text-align:center;"
|+[[File:Znak D9.svg|34px]][[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|34px]]<br />1) Highways and major sections completed
!Sign
!Route
!Location
!Total length
!colspan="2" | Existing
!Years of opening
|-
| [[File:A1-PL.svg|40px|A1|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]]
| [[Gdańsk]] (S6) - [[Grudziądz]] (S5) - [[Toruń]]&nbsp;(S10) - {{nowrap|[[Łódź]] (A2/S8)}} - {{nowrap|[[Katowice Airport]] (S1)}} - {{nowrap|[[Gliwice]] (A4)}} - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} ([[Ostrava]])}}
| [[File:NowaMapaA1.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |566.6&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |566.6&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |{{nowrap|2007 – 2022}}<br />{{efn|First sections opened in 1976 as a dual carriageway road with at-grade intersections and pedestrian crossings (65 km) and 1989 as a short motorway fragment (17 km). In 2019 – 2022, they were reconstructed into a modern motorway.}}
|- 
| [[File:A2-PL.svg|40px|A2|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]]<br />[[File:S2-PL.svg|40px|S2|link=Expressway S2 (Poland)]]
| '''Main section''':<br />{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} ([[Berlin]])}} - S3 - [[Poznań]] {{nowrap|(S5/S11)}} - {{nowrap|[[Łódź]] (A1/S14)}} - {{nowrap|[[Warsaw]] (S7/S8/S17)}}
| [[File:NowaMapaA2.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |489.7&nbsp;km{{efn|Aggregate length for '''A2''': 622.1&nbsp;km (Completed: 78%, construction commenced: 16%)}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |[[File:Znak D9.svg|18px]] 454.9&nbsp;km<br />[[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|18px]] 34.8&nbsp;km&nbsp;&nbsp;
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |mainly<br />{{nowrap|2003 – 2013}}<br />{{efn|First 48 km opened {{nowrap|1985 – 1988}}, reconstructed to modern standard in 2003.<br />Eastern half of S2 in [[Warsaw]] was opened in 2020 and 2021.}} 
|-
|[[File:S3-PL.svg|40px|S3|link=Expressway S3 (Poland)]]
| '''Main section''':<br />[[Szczecin]] (A6) - {{nowrap|[[Gorzów Wielkopolski|Gorzów Wlkp.]]}} - A2 - [[Zielona Góra]] - [[Legnica]]&nbsp;(A4) - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} ([[Prague]])}}
|[[File:NowaMapaS3.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |368.7&nbsp;km{{efn|Aggregate length for '''S3''': 454.9&nbsp;km (Completed: 85.8%, construction commenced: 14.2%)}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |368.7&nbsp;km<br /><small>of which 3&nbsp;km near the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] border remain closed until connecting [[D11 motorway (Czech Republic)|D11]] is constructed</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2010 – 2024<br />{{efn|The 1st carriageway on three sections (62 km in total) was opened in 1995 – 2008.}}
|-
| [[File:A4-PL.svg|40px|A4|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} ([[Dresden]])}} - {{nowrap|[[Legnica]] (S3)}} - {{nowrap|[[Wrocław]] (A8)}} - [[Opole]] - {{nowrap|[[Gliwice]] (A1)}} - {{nowrap|[[Katowice]] (S1)}} - {{nowrap|[[Kraków]] (S7)}} - {{nowrap|[[Rzeszów]] (S19)}} - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}} ([[Lviv]])}}
| [[File:NowaMapaA4.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |669&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |669&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|of&nbsp;which 103&nbsp;km&nbsp;[[Highways in Poland#Substandard highways|substandard]]:}} {{nowrap|no [[shoulder (road)|hard shoulder]]}}</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |1983 – 2016
|-
| [[File:S5-PL.svg|40px|S5|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]]
| '''Main section''':<br />{{nowrap|[[Grudziądz]] (A1) - [[Bydgoszcz]] (S10)}} - {{nowrap|[[Poznań]] (A2/S11) - [[Wrocław]] (A8)}}
| [[File:NowaMapaS5.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |340.3&nbsp;km{{efn|name="s5_total"|Aggregate length for '''S5''' including Ostróda and Bolków extensions (added to the plans in 2015/2019): 508&nbsp;km (Completed: 70.3%)}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |340.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2012 – 2022<br />{{efn|The 1st carriageway on three short sections (town bypasses) was opened in 1998 – 2006.}}
|-
| [[File:S8-PL.svg|40px|S8|link=Expressway S8 (Poland)]]<br />[[File:A8-PL.svg|40px|A8|link=A8 autostrada (Poland)]]
| '''Main section''':<br />[[Wrocław]] (A4) - [[Łódź]] (A1) - {{nowrap|[[Piotrków Trybunalski|Piotrków T.]]}} - [[Warsaw]] {{nowrap|(A2/S7)}} - {{nowrap|[[Ostrów Mazowiecka|Ostrów M.]] (S61) - [[Białystok]] (S19)}}
| [[File:NowaMapaS8.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |548.2&nbsp;km{{efn|Aggregate length for '''S8''' including Kłodzko extension (added to plans in 2019): 616&nbsp;km (Completed: 87.5%)}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |[[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|18px]] 525.5&nbsp;km<br />[[File:Znak D9.svg|18px]] 22.7&nbsp;km&nbsp;&nbsp;
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2008 – 2019<br />{{efn|name="bypasses_2000s"|Short fragments (town bypasses) constructed earlier in the 2000s.}}
|-
| [[File:S14-PL.svg|40px|S14|link=Expressway S14 (Poland)]]
| [[Łódź]] western bypass {{nowrap|(S8 – A2)}}
| [[Łódź]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |40.2&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |40.2&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|of which 0.5 km&nbsp;[[Highways in Poland#Substandard highways|substandard]]:}} {{nowrap|an at-grade roundabout}}</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| 2012 – 2023
|-
| [[File:S17-PL.svg|40px|S17|link=Expressway S17 (Poland)]]
| '''Main section:'''<br />[[Warsaw]] (A2) – [[Lublin]] (S12/S19)
| [[File:NowaMapaS17.svg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |150&nbsp;km{{efn|name="s17_aggregate"|Aggregate length for  '''S17''': 322.5&nbsp;km (Completed: 57%, construction commenced: 28.5%)}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |150&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |2013 – 2020<br />{{efn|name="bypasses_2000s"}}
|-
| [[File:A18-PL.svg|40px|A18|link=A18 autostrada (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} ([[Berlin]])}} – {{nowrap|[[Krzyżowa, Bolesławiec County|Krzyżowa]] (A4)}}
| [[File:NowaMapaA18.svg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |76.5&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |76.5&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|of&nbsp;which 5.6&nbsp;km&nbsp;[[Highways in Poland#Substandard highways|substandard]]:}} {{nowrap|no [[shoulder (road)|hard shoulder]]}}</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |100%
| 2006, 2022/2023<br />{{efn|The southern carriageway was constructed between 1935 and 1938 by Nazi Germany. The northern carriageway was constructed alongside it between 2004 and 2006, but the road was not marked as a motorway (except for a short fragment with both carriageways reconstructed), as only the west-bound traffic could use the motorway-quality carriageway, while the east-bound traffic kept using the old carriageway with concrete slabs from the 1930s. The southern carriageway was reconstructed to modern motorway standard between 2020 and 2023 and the whole route was then designated as a motorway.}} 
|-
| [[File:S22-PL.svg|40px|S22|link=Expressway S22 (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|[[Elbląg]] – {{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/[[Kaliningrad Oblast]]}}
| [[File:NowaMapaS22.svg|25px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 52.2&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | {{nowrap|52.2&nbsp;km}} <small>single&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 50%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | <small>2008{{efn|In place of a largely destroyed Nazi German motorway (also single-carriageway) from the 1930s.}}</small>
|-
| [[File:S51-PL.svg|40px|S51|link=Expressway S51 (Poland)]]
| [[Olsztyn]] (S16) – [[Olsztynek]] (S7)
| [[File:NowaMapaS51.svg|25px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 20.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 20.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | <small>2012, 2019</small>
|-
| [[File:S52-PL.svg|40px|link=Expressway S52 (Poland)]]
| [[Kraków]] northern bypass {{nowrap|(A4 – S7)}}
| [[Kraków]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5"|18.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|18.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|100%
| <small>1986 – 2024</small>
|-
| [[File:S79-PL.svg|40px|S79|link=Expressway S79 (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|[[Warsaw]] – [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|airport]] – S2}}
| [[Warsaw]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 4.8&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 4.8&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | <small>2013</small>
|-
| [[File:S86-PL.svg|40px|S86|link=Expressway S86 (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|[[Katowice]] – [[Sosnowiec]]}}
| [[Katowice urban area|Upper Silesia]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | 5.9&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 5.9&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 100%
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | <small>1985</small>
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; align:center; text-align:center;"
! colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" |[[File:Znak D9.svg|34px]][[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|34px]]<br />2) Highways in development
|-
! scope="col" width="3%"  | Sign
! scope="col" width="18%" | Route
! scope="col" width="8%"  | Location
! scope="col" width="4%"  | Total length
! scope="col" width="17%" colspan="2" | Existing
! scope="col" width="12.5%"  | Construction commenced{{efn|name=commenced|Sections under active construction and sections under a joint [[Design–build|Design & Build]] contract.}}
! scope="col" width="12.5%"  | <small>Of which under active construction</small>
! scope="col" width="7%" colspan="2" | Scheduled years of&nbsp;opening<ref name="gddkia_contracts'_completion_dates">{{Cite web|title = List of ongoing road contracts signed by GDDKiA|url = https://www.dropbox.com/s/9bimiauhh76qoqh/odliczanie-hetman.png?raw=1}}</ref>
! scope="col" width="9%" | Tender
! scope="col" width="9%" colspan="2" | In preparation{{efn|name=predesign_legend}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:S1-PL.svg|40px|S1|link=Expressway S1 (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Katowice Airport]] (A1) - [[Mysłowice]] (A4) - [[Bielsko-Biała]] (S52) - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=x12px}} ([[Žilina]])}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:NowaMapaS1.svg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |144&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|79&nbsp;km}}<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 17&nbsp;km single&nbsp;carriageway}}</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |59%<small><br />(64.9%)</small>
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |4.8&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;3.7&nbsp;km&nbsp;single&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| colspan="2" | 2025
|
| colspan="2" | 
|-
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(+ 39.5&nbsp;km)</small><br /><small>dual&nbsp;carriageway&nbsp;road</small>
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(94.1%)</small>
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |+ 39.5&nbsp;km<br /><small>(new route)</small>
| colspan="2" | 2026
|
| colspan="2" | 
|-
| [[File:A2-PL.svg|40px|A2|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]]
| '''Eastern section:'''<br />{{nowrap|[[Warsaw]] (S17) – {{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Belarus|size=x12px}} ([[Minsk]])}}
| [[File:NowaMapaA2.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |168.2&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |72.1&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |42.9%
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" colspan="2" |63.8&nbsp;km
| colspan="2" | 2025, <small>2029?</small>
| bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |25.5&nbsp;km
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#155f6a" |6.8&nbsp;km
|-
|[[File:S3-PL.svg|40px|S3|link=Expressway S3 (Poland)]]
|'''Northern section:'''<br />{{nowrap|[[Świnoujście]] ([[File:Ferry Sign.svg|16px|Ferry]]/{{flagicon|Sweden|size=x12px}} [[Ystad]])}} – {{nowrap|[[Szczecin]] (A6)}}
|[[File:NowaMapaS3.svg|100px]]
|bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |85.4&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |50.9&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;5.4&nbsp;km 1st&nbsp;carriageway<br /></small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |62.8%
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |29.1&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;5.4&nbsp;km 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| colspan="2"| 2025
|
| colspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:S6-PL.svg|40px|S6|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]]<br />[[File:A6-PL.svg|40px|A6|link=A6 autostrada (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Germany|size=x12px}} ([[Berlin]])}} - [[Szczecin]]{{efn|name="S6S6"|The national road 6 is currently routed through the Szczecin Southern Bypass (motorway A6) and then through expressway S6. Ultimately, after completion of the Szczecin Western Bypass, this new route will become S6 (it is not clear if A6 then retains its number and there will be two parallel routes with number 6, or if renumbering takes place). Until S6 gets rerouted, the existing route 6 is accounted jointly in the table.}} - [[Goleniów]] (S3) - [[Koszalin]] (S11) - [[Słupsk]] - [[Gdańsk]] (A1)
| rowspan="2"|[[File:NowaMapaS6.svg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |412&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |[[File:Znak D9.svg|18px]] 28.1&nbsp;km&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />[[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|18px]] 221.4&nbsp;km<br /><small>+ 9.4&nbsp;km&nbsp;1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |64.9%
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |102.3&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;9.4&nbsp;km 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| colspan="2"|2025, 2026
|
| colspan="2" |
|-
| '''[[Szczecin]] western bypass'''
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0%
|
|
| colspan="2" | <small>2028?, 2032?</small>
| bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |50.8&nbsp;km
| colspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="7"|[[File:S7-PL.svg|40px|S7|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Gdynia]] - [[Gdańsk]] (A1) - [[Elbląg]] (S22) - [[Olsztynek]] (S51) - {{nowrap|[[Warsaw]] (S8)}}
| rowspan="7"| [[File:NowaMapaS7.svg|100px]]
| rowspan="7" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 750&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|301.2&nbsp;km}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |82.7%<br /><!-- 375 km -->
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |45&nbsp;km<br /><small>({{nowrap|reconstruction of the 2x2 road to 2x3 highway;}} {{nowrap|2 lanes per each direction}} are open to traffic on the whole length of the reconstruction site)</small>
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |2025, 2026,<br/>2027, <small>&nbsp;2032?</small>
| rowspan="2" |
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#155f6a" |{{nowrap|13&nbsp;km}} <small>(reconstruction<br />{{nowrap|+ new route)}}</small>
|-
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(+ 58&nbsp;km)</small><br /><small>{{nowrap|dual carriageway road}}</small>
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(96%)</small>
|-
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(+ 12&nbsp;km)</small><br /><small>{{nowrap|auxiliary route through [[Expressway S6 (Poland)|S6]]{{efn|name="S6S7"|Until the remaining part of the Tricity 2nd bypass (S7) is complete, the transit traffic between Gdynia and Gdańsk is carried by the 1st [[Tricity, Poland|Tricity]] bypass (S6).}}}}</small>
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(100%)</small>
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |+ 15&nbsp;km<br/><small>(new route)</small>
| colspan="2"|2025
|
| colspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Warsaw]] {{nowrap|(S2)}} - [[Radom]] (S12) - [[Kielce]]&nbsp;(S74) - [[Kraków]] (A4)
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|276&nbsp;km}}<br /><small>+&nbsp;0.4&nbsp;km 1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |98% <!-- 281.7 km -->
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |5.3&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;0.4&nbsp;km 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" |2025, 2026
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2"  colspan="2" |
|-
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(+ 12.5&nbsp;km)</small><br /><small>{{nowrap|auxiliary route through [[Expressway S52 (Poland)|S52]]{{efn|For the time of construction of the Kraków eastern bypass, S7 is temporarily signposted on the route through the northern (S52) and western (A4) Kraków bypass. After the completion of the works, it will get signposted on its planned final route through the eastern and southern bypass.}}}}</small>
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(100%)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Kraków]] (A4) - [[Rabka-Zdrój]] - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=x12px}} ([[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]])}}{{efn|The road is planned to be constructed with expressway parameters and dual-carriageway profile at least up to Jabłonka (8 km away from the Slovak border). It is being considered whether the last 8 kilometers would also be constructed with expressway parameters or in a lower standard (with at-grade intersections and/or single-carriageway profile), which might depend on the traffic forecasts and the decisions regarding the planned standard of the cross-border connection to [[R3 expressway (Slovakia)|R3]] in [[Slovakia]].<ref name="rabka_chyzne">{{Cite web |url=https://dk7-rabka-chyzne.pl/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Spotkanie-informacyjne-DK7-Gmina-Jablonka_v2.pdf|title=Spotkania konsultacyjne w sprawie budowy odcinka Rabka - Chyżne}}</ref>}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|31.8&nbsp;km}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |34.6%<!-- 91.8 km -->
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |<small>partial reconstruction to grade-separated {{nowrap|(2 lanes per direction}} are open to traffic)</small>
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |<small>2030?, 2032?, 2038?{{efn|The section from Rabka-Zdrój (current terminus of S7) to the Slovak border is planned to get completed by 2032.<ref name="rabka_chyzne"/> From Kraków (A4) to Myślenice (current beginning of S7) the existing dual-carriageway DK7 is gradually geting upgraded with the aim of removing all at-grade intersections and pedestrian crossings by 2030. A separate expressway route would be constructed on this section by 2038, as the last fragment of the currently-planned highway network.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/s7-krakow---myslenice-w-oczekiwaniu-na-wariant-spoleczny | title=Nowa Zakopianka - w oczekiwaniu na wariant społeczny - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl }}</ref>}}</small>
| rowspan="2" |
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |{{nowrap|approx. 60&nbsp;km}} {{nowrap|<small>(new route)</small>}}
|-
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(+ 25&nbsp;km)</small><br /><small>{{nowrap|dual carriageway road}}</small>
| bgcolor="#C2D0C1" |<small>(62%)</small>
|-
| [[File:S12-PL.svg|40px|S12|link=Expressway S12 (Poland)]]
| '''Eastern section:'''<br />[[Lublin]] (S17/S19) - [[Chełm]] - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}} ([[Kyiv]])}}
| [[File:NowaMapaS12.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |103.7&nbsp;km{{efn|Aggregate length for '''S12''': 328.6&nbsp;km (Completed: 27.6%, construction commenced: 14.2%)}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |29.2&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |28.2%
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |68.8&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |14&nbsp;km
| colspan="2" |2026,&nbsp;2027, <small>2032?</small>
| 
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |5.7&nbsp;km
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[File:S17-PL.svg|40px|S17|link=Expressway S17 (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2" | '''Eastern section''':<br />[[Lublin]] (S12/S19) - [[Zamość]] - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}} ([[Lviv]])}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:NowaMapaS17.svg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |126&nbsp;km{{efn|name="s17_aggregate"}}
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |9.6&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;2&nbsp;km 1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |8.4%
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |92&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |17&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 2027, 2028, 2030?,<br/><small>2nd c/w: 2032?</small>
| rowspan="2" | 
| colspan="2" bgcolor="2491a3" |22.3&nbsp;km
|-
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |<small>+ 2&nbsp;km 2nd c/w</small>
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[File:S19-PL.svg|40px|S19|link=Expressway S19 (Poland)]]<br />'''<small>Via Carpatia</small>'''
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Belarus|size=x12px}} ([[Minsk]])}} - [[Białystok]] (S8) - [[Lublin]] (S12/S17)
| rowspan="3"|[[File:NowaMapaS19.svg|100px]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |572.5&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |<small>18.5&nbsp;km<br />1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |2.9% <!--317.8 km-->
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |229.9&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 18.5 km}} 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small><!--13.7 on A2-Lublin, 4.8 north of Bialystok-->
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |87.8&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 13.7 km}} 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| colspan="2"|2025, 2026, 2027,<br/>2028, <small>2029?, 2030?</small>
| 
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3" |69.4&nbsp;km<br /> <!--40.2 km: DŚU re-issued--> 
|-
| {{nowrap|[[Lublin]] (S12/S17) – [[Rzeszów]] (A4)}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |141.7&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 16.3&nbsp;km 1st&nbsp;carriageway}}<br />{{nowrap|with interchanging 2+1 lanes}}</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |94.8%<small><br />(100%)</small> <!--158 km-->
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |<small>16.3&nbsp;km<br />2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| colspan="2" |<small>2026</small>
|
| colspan="2" |
|-
| [[Rzeszów]] (A4) – {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia|size=x12px}} ([[Košice]])}}
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |11.4&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |11.8% <!-- 96.6 km-->
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |85.2&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |42.6&nbsp;km
|  colspan="2" |2026, 2027,<br /><small>{{nowrap|tunnels: 2028, 2030, 2031}}</small>
|
| colspan="2" |
|-
| [[File:S61-PL.svg|40px|S61|link=Expressway S61 (Poland)]]<br /><small>'''Via Baltica'''</small>
| [[Ostrów Mazowiecka]] (S8) - [[Łomża]] - [[Ełk]] (S16) - [[Suwałki]] - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Lithuania|size=x12px}} ([[Kaunas]])}}
| [[File:NowaMapaS61.svg|100px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |210.7&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |197.8&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;12.9&nbsp;km 1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |93.9%<br /><small>(100%)</small>
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |<small>12.9&nbsp;km<br />2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| colspan="2" |2025
|
| colspan="2" |
|-
! colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" |[[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|34px]]<br />3) Highways partially in development
|-
! scope="col" width="3%"   | Sign
! scope="col" width="18%"  | Route
! scope="col" width="8%"   | Location
! scope="col" width="4.5%"   | Total length
! scope="col" width="17%" colspan="2" | Existing
! scope="col" width="11%" | Construction commenced
! scope="col" width="11%" | <small>Of which under active construction</small>
! scope="col" width="5%"  | Tender
! scope="col" width="5%"  | <small>{{nowrap|Predesign}} complete</small>
!  colspan="2" scope="col" width="11%"  | In preparation{{efn|name=predesign_legend}}
! scope="col" width="4%"   | <small>Planned {{shy|comple|tion}} <ref name="gddkia_planned_construction_dates"/><ref name="pbdk_2033_progress">{{cite web |url=https://orka.sejm.gov.pl/zapisy10.nsf/0/30E0DE27BF736B55C1258B04004BE804/%24File/0036010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426184331/https://orka.sejm.gov.pl/zapisy10.nsf/0/30E0DE27BF736B55C1258B04004BE804/%24File/0036010.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2024 |title=PEŁNY ZAPIS PRZEBIEGU POSIEDZENIA Komisji infrastruKtury (nr 20) z dnia 9 kwietnia 2024 r |language=pl |trans-title=FULL RECORD OF THE MEETING OF the Infrastructure Committee (No. 20) of April 9, 2024 |date=9 April 2024 |publisher=KANCELARIA SEJMU Biuro Komisji Sejmowych}}</ref></small>
|-
|[[File:S8-PL.svg|40px|S8|link=Expressway S8 (Poland)]]
|'''Southern extension:'''<br />[[Wrocław]] (A8) - [[Kłodzko]] - {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} ([[Brno]])}}
|[[File:NowaMapaS8.svg|75px]]
|bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 127.4&nbsp;km
|bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |5.1&nbsp;km
|bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |4%
|bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |59.5&nbsp;km
|
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |9.3&nbsp;km
|
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |approx. 53.5&nbsp;km
|<small>2028, 2038</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:S10-PL.svg|40px|S10|link=Expressway S10 (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Main section:'''<br />{{nowrap|[[Szczecin]] (A6) - [[Piła]] (S11)}} - [[Bydgoszcz]] (S5) - {{nowrap|[[Toruń]] (A1)}}
| rowspan="2"|[[File:NowaMapaS10.svg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |297&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |{{nowrap|50.2&nbsp;km}}<br /><small>+ 17.5&nbsp;km<br />1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |19.8%
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |153&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;10.9&nbsp;km 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |45.4&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |<small>{{nowrap|6.6 km}} 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| rowspan="2"|
|  colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3" |37.8&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" |<small>2031</small>
|-
|  colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |+ 39.5&nbsp;km
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[File:S11-PL.svg|40px|S11|link=Expressway S11 (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2"|{{nowrap|[[Koszalin]] (S6) - [[Piła]] (S10)}} - {{nowrap|[[Poznań]] (A2/S5) -}} {{nowrap|[[Kępno]] (S8) -}} {{nowrap|[[Piekary Śląskie]] (A1)}}
| rowspan="2"|[[File:NowaMapaS11.svg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |556.5&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |154.4&nbsp;km<br /><small>+ 10.5&nbsp;km<br />1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |28.7%
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |92.1&nbsp;km<br /><small>+ 4.2&nbsp;km<br />2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |25&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |30&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" |
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3" |47&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" | <small>2031</small>
|-
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |{{nowrap|+ 222.5&nbsp;km}}<small><br />+&nbsp;6.3&nbsp;km&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;c/w</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:S74-PL.svg|40px|S74|link=Expressway S74 (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Łódź]] (A1) - [[Sulejów]] (S12) - [[Kielce]]&nbsp;(S7) - [[Nisko]]&nbsp;(S19)
| rowspan="2" |[[File:NowaMapaS74.svg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | approx. 261&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 6.7&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 2.6%
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 108.6&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 28.7&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" | 92&nbsp;km
| rowspan="2" | <small>2032, 2035</small>
|-
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |+ approx. 54&nbsp;km
|-
! colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" |[[File:Znak D9.svg|34px]][[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|34px]]<br />4) Planned highways
|-
! scope="col" width="2%"  | Sign
! scope="col" width="17%" | Route
! scope="col" width="8%"   | Location
! scope="col" width="4%"  | Total length
! scope="col" width="15%" colspan="2" | Existing
! scope="col" width="9%"  | Construction commenced
! scope="col" width="9%"  | <small>Of which under active construction</small>
! scope="col" width="5%"  | Tender
! scope="col" width="5%"  | <small>{{nowrap|Predesign}} complete</small>
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="10%" | In preparation{{efn|name=predesign_legend|
{{legend|#155f6a|Design phase, if it is being conducted as a part of the predesign process rather than as a part of a design-build contract.}}
{{legend|#2491a3|Late predesign phase, i.e. after having obtained environmental decision (0–2 years to finish).}}
{{legend|#4fcde3|In the process of obtaining environmental decision (including if a non-final decision has been issued and is being appealed from).}}
{{legend|#ccf8ff|Early predesign phase aimed to determine the highway's route (Polish: Studium Korytarzowe, [[:pl:Studium techniczno-ekonomiczno-środowiskowe|STEŚ]]).}}
}}
! scope="col" width="4%"  | <small>Planned {{shy|comple|tion}} <ref name="gddkia_planned_construction_dates"/><ref name="pbdk_2033_progress"/></small>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:S5-PL.svg|40px|S5|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]]
| '''Eastern extension:'''<br />{{nowrap|[[Ostróda]] (S7) – [[Grudziądz]] (A1)}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:NowaMapaS5.svg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 104.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |14.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |13.7%
|
|
|
|
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |approx. 90&nbsp;km
|<small>2033</small>
|-
| '''Western extension:'''<br />[[Bolków]] (S3) – [[Świdnica]] – S8
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 50&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |0&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |0%
|
|
|
|
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |approx. 50&nbsp;km
|<small>2032</small>
|-
| [[File:S10-PL.svg|40px|S10|link=Expressway S10 (Poland)]]
| '''Eastern section:'''<br />{{nowrap|[[Włocławek]] (A1) - [[Płock]]}} - {{nowrap|[[Warsaw Modlin Airport|Warsaw]] (S7)}}
| [[File:NowaMapaS10.svg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 120&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0%
|
|
|
|
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |{{nowrap|approx. 120&nbsp;km}}
| <small>2033</small>
|-
| [[File:S12-PL.svg|40px|S12|link=Expressway S12 (Poland)]]
| '''Western section:'''<br />{{nowrap|[[Piotrków Trybunalski|Piotrków Tryb.]] (A1) - [[Sulejów]] (S74)}} - [[Radom]] (S7) - [[Lublin]] (S17)
| [[File:NowaMapaS12.svg|75px]]
|  bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |185&nbsp;km
|  bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |16.4&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;6.0&nbsp;km<br />1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
|  bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |10.7%
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |29.1&nbsp;km
| 
| 
| 
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |133.5&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;6.0&nbsp;km&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;c/w</small>
| <small>2033</small>
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[File:S16-PL.svg|40px|link=Expressway S16 (Poland)]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Olsztyn]] (S51) - [[Ełk]] (S61) - {{nowrap|[[Białystok]] (S19)}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:NowaMapaS16.svg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |approx. 245&nbsp;km
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |46.2&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 20.1&nbsp;km}}<br />1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
|rowspan="2"  bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |23%
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCBCB" |19.7&nbsp;km<br /><small>+&nbsp;20.1&nbsp;km 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
|rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2" |
|rowspan="2" |
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#4fcde3" |77.5&nbsp;km
|rowspan="2" | <small>2037</small>
|-
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |+ approx. 81.5&nbsp;km
|-
| [[File:S17-PL.svg|40px|S17|link=Expressway S17 (Poland)]]
| [[Warsaw]] eastern bypass {{nowrap|(S8 – S2)}}
| [[Warsaw]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |17.3&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |3.5&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" |20.2%
|
|
|
|
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |13.8&nbsp;km
| <small>2036</small>
|-
| [[File:A50-PL.svg|40px|A50|link=A50 autostrada (Poland)]]<br />[[File:S50-PL.svg|40px|A50|link=Expressway S50 (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|[[New Central Polish Airport|CPK]] (A2) - [[Mińsk Mazowiecki|Mińsk M.]] (A2)}} {{nowrap|- [[New Central Polish Airport|CPK]]}}
| [[Warsaw]]<br /><small>'''(2nd ring road)'''</small>
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | approx. 265&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 0%
|
|
|
|
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccf8ff" |{{nowrap|[[File:Znak D9.svg|18px]] approx. 100 km}}<br />{{nowrap|[[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|18px]] approx. 165 km}}<!-- S50 length excluding the part that is planned to be joint with S10 !-->
|<small>2038</small>
|-
| [[File:S52-PL.svg|40px|link=Expressway S52 (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x12px}} ([[Olomouc]]) -}} {{nowrap|[[Cieszyn]] - [[Bielsko-Biała]] (S1)}} - {{nowrap|[[Wadowice]] - [[Głogoczów]] (S7)}}
| [[File:NowaMapaS52.svg|75px]]
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5"|98&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|37&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5"|37.8%
|
|
|
|
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#2491a3"|61&nbsp;km
| <small>2032</small>
|-
! colspan="13" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | [[File:Znak D9.svg|34px]][[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|34px]]<br />In total{{efn|name="last_full_update"}}
|-
! scope="col" width="12%" colspan="4" | Planned length
! scope="col" width="18%" colspan="2" | Existing
! scope="col" width="10%" | Construction commenced{{efn|name=commenced}}
! scope="col" width="10%" | <small>Of which under active construction</small>
! scope="col" width="10%" | Tender
! scope="col" width="10%" | <small>Predesign complete</small>
! scope="col" width="10%" colspan="2" | In preparation
! scope="col" width="8%"  | No progress
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| Total
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" | approx. {{cvt|8250|km|mi|0}}
| bgcolor="#F5F5F5" colspan="2" |{{nowrap|[[File:Znak D9.svg|18px]] approx. 2086 km}}<br />[[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|18px]] approx. 6164&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 4955.1&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 177.6 km}}<br />1st&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#B9FFC5" | 61.14%
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 1324.3&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 3.7&nbsp;km 1st c/w}}<br />{{nowrap|+ 84.8&nbsp;km 2nd c/w}}</small>
| bgcolor="#FFCBCB" | 574.6&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 3.7&nbsp;km 1st c/w}}<br />{{nowrap|+ 57.7&nbsp;km 2nd c/w}}</small>
| bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | 121.6&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 6.6 km}} 2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#339966" | 0&nbsp;km
| bgcolor="#2491a3" colspan="2" | approx.<br />1667.6&nbsp;km<br /><small>{{nowrap|+ 14.3 km}}<br />2nd&nbsp;carriageway</small>
| bgcolor="#808080" | <small>{{nowrap|73 km}}<br />2nd&nbsp;c/w{{efn|Single carriageway expressways which are currently not planned for widening to dual carriageways: 52.2 km of S22, 20.8 km of S1}}</small>
|}

=== Cross-sections ===
[[File:Autostrada A4 w Zabrzu-Makoszowach (Nemo5576).jpg|thumb|A4 in [[Zabrze]]: section with 2x3 lanes]]
[[File:Droga_ekspresowa_S5S10_Stryszek-Białe_Błota_a.jpg|thumb|[[Expressway S5 (Poland)|S5]] near [[Bydgoszcz]] with 2x2 lanes: the most common highway type]]
[[File:Most_Banówka.jpg|thumb|[[Expressway S22 (Poland)|S22]] near [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] border: a&nbsp;single-carriageway&nbsp;expressway; space reservation for the 2nd carriageway can be seen on the right]]
As of January 2025, the operational sections of highways utilize the following cross-sections:
* 7% (367&nbsp;km) – motorways and expressways with 2x3 or (occasionally) 2x4 or 2x5 lanes,
* '''89.5% (4660&nbsp;km) – motorways and expressways with 2x2 lanes,'''
* 3.5% (178&nbsp;km) – single-carriageway expressways, of which 69&nbsp;km with dual-carriageway fragments (2x2) around the interchanges.<!-- 20 km S16 Biskupiec, 14.5 km S6 Słupsk, 6.5 km S10 Wyrzysk, 7 km S11 Ostrów, 5 km S19 Wasilków, 16 km S19 Stobierna.-->

All single-carriageway expressways are constructed with allocated space for a possible upgrade to dual-carriageway and all bridges above such highways are prepared to accommodate the second carriageway. Most of those sections are planned to be widened to full profile by 2033, the exceptions being S1 (near the [[Slovakia|Slovak]] border) and S22 (near the border with [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]) where widening is currently not expected.<ref name="pbdk_2033"/>

=== Substandard highways ===
[[File:A4,legnickie_pole,Poland.jpg|thumb|right|The substandard section of A4 west of [[Wrocław]]]]
Motorways and expressways constructed before 1999 do not have to fulfill technical parameters defined by the ministry ordinance. As of 2025, one notable case of a substandard highway remains:
* [[Autostrada A4 (Poland)|A4]] on the section [[Krzyżowa, Bolesławiec County|Krzyżowa]] – [[Wrocław]] (103&nbsp;km) was constructed in years 1934 – 1937 (then the territory of [[Nazi Germany]]) and renovated in years 2002 – 2006. The road received new high quality surface but the geometry was kept unchanged and many overpasses above the motorway were kept. In effect, this part has no emergency lanes and the speed limit is decreased to 110&nbsp;km/h. Its full reconstruction (and widening to three lanes per direction) is scheduled for years 2027 – 2031.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/33640/Umowa-na-analize-dla-rozbudowy-A4-Wroclaw-Krzyzowa-podpisana|title=Umowa na analizę dla rozbudowy A4 Wrocław – Krzyżowa podpisana! :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}}</ref>

Notable historical cases are:
<div style="line-height:1.6;border:0.6px solid grey;"><div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">Historical cases
<div class="mw-collapsible-content mw20-collapsed-content">
* Expressways were formerly allowed to admit an at-grade intersection with a minor public road in exceptional cases. The last such section which remained operational past 1999 was [[Expressway S3 (Poland)|S3]] near [[Szczecin]] (19&nbsp;km), opened in 1979, which featured two at-grade road intersections until the reconstruction conducted in years 2019 – 2020.<ref name="rzesnica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/7815/s3-miekowo-rzesnica|title=S3 Miękowo - Rzęśnica :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}}</ref><ref name="Miekowo Rześnica">{{Cite web|url=https://s3.miekowo-rzesnica.pl/|title=Miekowo Rześnica|website=Miekowo Rześnica}}</ref><ref name="dabie_goleniow_opening">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia|title=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad}}</ref> Since 2020, all expressways (as well as motorways) in Poland have grade-separated intersections, which became a formal requirement by 2022, when the provision allowing at-grade intersections on expressways was removed from the ordinance.<ref name="rozp2022"/>
* [[Autostrada A6 (Poland)|A6]] near [[Szczecin]] (29&nbsp;km) was constructed by [[Nazi Germany]] and kept using the original surface made of concrete slabs until the reconstruction conducted in years 1996 – 1999 and (easternmost fragment) 2017 – 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/7804/a6-kijewo-rzesnica|title=A6 Szczecin Dąbie - Rzęśnica :: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Serwis informacyjny|website=www.gddkia.gov.pl}}</ref>
* [[Autostrada A18 (Poland)|A18]] (70&nbsp;km) had its southern carriageway constructed by [[Nazi Germany]]. The northern carriageway was constructed in 2004 – 2006, while the southern carriageway kept using the original concrete slabs until the reconstruction conducted in years 2020 – 2023.
</div></div></div>

== Speed limits ==
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan=2| Maximum speed (km/h) by vehicle type
! rowspan=2| [[File:Znak D9.svg|22x22px|frameless]]&nbsp;Motorway 
! colspan=2| [[File:PL road sign D-7.svg|frameless|22x22px]]&nbsp;Expressway
|-
! dual-carriageway 
! single-carriageway
|-
| Private car, motorbike, van up to 3.5{{nbsp}}t (does not apply if towing trailer)
| style="text-align:center;" | 140
| style="text-align:center;" | 120
| style="text-align:center;" | 100
|-
| Bus meeting additional technical requirements
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 100
|-
| Bus; a vehicle over 3.5{{nbsp}}t or towing trailer or carrying dangerous materials
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 80
|-
| Vehicle having equipment more than 1.5{{nbsp}}m forward of the driver's seat
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 60
|-
| Motorbike (including towing trailer) carrying a child up to 7 years old
| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 40
|}

===Other restrictions===
*Pedestrians, bicycles, mopeds, and agricultural vehicles are not allowed on motorways.
*Minimum speed on motorways is 40&nbsp;km/h except in extraordinary circumstances (e.g. snow, ice, or a car broken down).
*It is forbidden to stop except in extraordinary circumstances, or to travel backwards.
*Towing is not allowed on motorways, but is permitted on expressways.

== Tolls ==
[[File:Punkty poboru opłat.svg|thumb|Motorways with tolled sections]]
[[File:PL road sign T-34.svg|thumb|right|120x80px|E-toll sign for {{nowrap|vehicles '''over 3.5 t'''}}]]
Since 2023, '''all state-owned highways are free''' for vehicles up to 3.5 tons of permissible maximum weight<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://etoll.gov.pl/en/abolition-of-toll-collection-for-light-vehicles/ |title= Toll-free travel on motorway sections managed by GDDKiA (A2 Konin-Stryków and A4 Wrocław-Sośnica) for light vehicles from 1 July 2023. |access-date= 2023-07-01 |publisher= e-TOLL |language= pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura/cala-autostrada-a1-bezplatna-dla-samochodow-osobowych-i-motocykli | title=Cała autostrada A1 bezpłatna dla samochodów osobowych i motocykli - Ministerstwo Infrastruktury - Portal Gov.pl }}</ref> (for a passenger car with a trailer, the joint permissible maximum weight of the car and the trailer must not exceed 3.5 tons<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.viatoll.pl/en/trucks/viatoll-system/vehicles-subject-to-compulsory-electronic-toll-settlement|title=Vehicles subject to compulsory electronic toll settlement - viaTOLL|website=www.viatoll.pl|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>). On some sections, old inactive infrastructure for toll collection is still in place.

The '''privately owned sections of A1, A2 and A4 are tolled'''.  These sections are indicated by the motorway sign accompanied by the word '''Płatna'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; align:center; text-align:left; font-size: 90%;""
|+Tolled sections
!colspan="2" |Sign
!Section
!Manager
!Length
!Price{{efn|For a private car up to 3.5 tons, for the whole distance}}
!Manual toll collection
!Electronic toll collection
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[File:Znak D9+Tabliczka T28.svg|55xpx]]
| [[File:A1-PL.svg|40px|A1|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]]
| ''[[Gdańsk]]'' – ''[[Toruń]]''
| {{abbr|GTC|Gdańsk Transport Company}}
| 152&nbsp;km
| 30 PLN (${{To USD|30|POL|round=yes}})
| rowspan="2" | Closed system: there are toll stations on every interchange; the driver receives a ticket upon entering the motorway and pays on the exit, with the price dependent on the distance driven.
| '''Electronic toll collection''' through the Autopay mobile app<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://autopay.pl/eng|title = Autopay - Comfortable automatic payments - Autopay}}</ref><ref name="autopay.pl">{{Cite web|url=https://autopay.pl/aktualnosci/koniec-stania-przy-bramkach-autopay-na-panstwowych-autostradach-od-1-grudnia|title = Koniec stania przy bramkach. Autopay na państwowych autostradach od 1 grudnia - Autopay}}</ref> allows one to choose the "fast gates" instead of waiting in the queue to the regular gates.
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:A2-PL.svg|40px|A2|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]]
|''[[Rzepin]]'' – ''[[Poznań]]-West''
| rowspan="2" | {{abbr|AWSA|Autostrada Wielkopolska}}
| 133&nbsp;km
| 50 PLN (${{To USD|50|POL|round=yes}})
| {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nowrap|Poznań bypass}}, including the common sections with S5 and S11, is&nbsp;free.
|-
| ''[[Poznań]]-East'' – ''[[Sługocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship|Sługocin]]''
| 85&nbsp;km
| 64 PLN (${{To USD|60|POL|round=yes}})
| rowspan="2" | Open system: two toll stations are located at the ends of the section; a person driving the whole distance pays at both gates, while a person entering or leaving the motorway mid-section pays only at one gate.
| rowspan="2" | '''Electronic toll collection''' through the Autopay mobile app<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="autopay.pl"/> allows one to choose the "fast gates" instead of waiting in the queue to the regular gates.
|-
| [[File:A4-PL.svg|40px|A4|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]
| ''[[Mysłowice]]'' – {{nowrap|''[[Kraków]]-Balice''}}
| Stalexport
| 52&nbsp;km
| 32 PLN (${{To USD|26|POL|round=yes}})
| {{nowrap|Kraków bypass}}, including the common sections with S7 and S52, is&nbsp;free.
|-
|}

=== Vehicles over 3.5 tons and buses ===
Using e-Toll is obligatory for buses as well as all vehicles with maximum permissible weight exceeding 3.5 tons (including the trailer) while driving on the Polish roads (not just the highways). More details can be found on the e-Toll website.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://etoll.gov.pl/en/heavy-vehicles/e-toll-system/what-is-e-toll/types-of-vehicles-for-which-toll-is-collected/ | title=Types of vehicles for which toll is collected }}</ref>

== Traffic volumes ==
[[File:POL_Warszawa_S8_07.jpg|thumb|right|S8 in [[Warsaw]]]]
Traffic volumes in Poland note rapid increase since the fall of communism in 1989: the [[annual average daily traffic]] recorded in 2020 amounts to over 360% of the average traffic recorded in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/GENERALNY_POMIAR_RUCHU_2000/0.1.3.3_Raport_GPR_2000.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127170718/https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/GENERALNY_POMIAR_RUCHU_2000/0.1.3.3_Raport_GPR_2000.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="gpr2020_synteza">https://www.gov.pl/attachment/f49c90ff-eb1c-469c-8ab4-04bf91ac7db0 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> With the increasing traffic, the length of overburdened single-carriageway [[National roads in Poland|national roads]]<ref name="gpr2015_synteza">The measurement analysis defines a regular single-carriageway road as overburdened if recorded average annual traffic exceeds 15'000 vehicles per day, see {{Cite web |url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-w-2015_15598//SYNTEZA/Synteza_GPR2015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127173253/https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-w-2015_15598/SYNTEZA/Synteza_GPR2015.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> had also been steadily increasing until reaching the maximum of 1389&nbsp;km in 2010.<ref>https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/userfiles/articles/g/GENERALNY_POMIAR_RUCHU_2010/0.1.1.5_Synteza_GPR_2010.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> Due to the large number of highway sections opened between 2010 and 2020, in that decade the length of overburdened roads has fallen down for the first time in history, from 1389&nbsp;km in 2010 to 1121&nbsp;km in 2020.<ref name="gpr2020_synteza"/>

The latest general measurement was conducted in 2020, although some measurement days were moved to 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Poland|COVID-19 pandemic]] which would have caused the results from 2020 to be unreliable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gddkia.gov.pl/pl/a/36989/Przesuniety-pomiar-GPR2020M|title = Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl}}</ref> The following highways recorded the highest volumes:<ref name="gpr2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/generalny-pomiar-ruchu-20202021|title = Generalny Pomiar Ruchu 2020/2021 - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 80%; font-size:100%; text-align:left;"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest highways in Poland (absolute numbers)
|-
! scope="col"   | No
! scope="col"   | Section
! scope="col"   | {{nowrap|Vehicles / day}}
! scope="col"   | Notes
|-
| 1
|[[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]] in [[Warsaw]]
| 198,000
| {{nowrap|Highest AADT on sections with 5 lanes per direction: 198k.}}<br />Highest AADT on sections with 3 lanes per direction: 179k.<br />S8 in [[Warsaw]] serves both the transit and local traffic, and long jams form on it during rush hours. {{nowrap|Partially joint with [[Expressway S7 (Poland)|S7]].}}
|-
| 2
| {{nowrap|[[Expressway S2 (Poland)|S2]]: [[Warsaw]] southern bypass}}
| 143,000 
| Data from 2023 – the results from 2020 were not considered reliable because the tunnel section was missing.<ref>https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/frontend/web/userfiles/articles/s/stacje-ciaglych-pomiarow-ruchu-d_41706/WARSZAWA/2023/14018_2023.pdf</ref> {{nowrap|Partially joint with [[Expressway S7 (Poland)|S7]] and [[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]]}}. {{nowrap|3 lanes per direction.}}
|-
| 3
| [[Expressway S86 (Poland)|S86]]
| 113,000
| S86 serves mainly local traffic between [[Sosnowiec]] and [[Katowice]] and is not part of Poland's transit network. 3 lanes per direction.
|-
| 4
| [[A4 autostrada (Poland)|A4]] in [[Katowice]]
| 105,000
| A4 serves both the transit traffic (2 lanes per direction) and local traffic (2 lanes per direction).
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest highways in Poland (per number of lanes)
|-
! scope="col"   | No
! scope="col"   | Section
! scope="col"   | {{nowrap|Vehicles / day}} {{nowrap|/ number of lanes}}
! scope="col"   | Notes
|-
| 1
| [[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]] in [[Warsaw]]
| {{nowrap|179,000 / 2×3 lanes}}
| rowspan="2" | See above.
|-
| 2
| [[Expressway S2 (Poland)|S2]]: [[Warsaw]] southern bypass
| 143,000 / 2×3 lanes
|-
| 3
| [[Expressway S6 (Poland)|S6]]: [[Gdańsk]], [[Sopot]] and [[Gdynia]] bypass
| 93,000 / 2×2 lanes
| Some decrease in traffic on S6 is expected after Tricity Outer Bypass (S7) is opened in late 2025.
|-
| 4
| [[A4 autostrada (Poland)|A4]]: [[Kraków]] western bypass
| 85,000 / 2×2 lanes
| Some decrease in traffic on A4 is expected after Kraków eastern bypass (S7) is opened in mid-2026. Widening to 3 lanes per direction is planned in the future (after 2030).
|-
|}

The other highest and lowest recorded AADT values were:
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 80%; font-size:100%; text-align:left;"
! scope="col"   | Category
! scope="col"   | Section
! scope="col"   | {{nowrap|Vehicles / day}}
! scope="col"   | Notes
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest regular national roads<br /><small>Note: Measurements are not performed on national roads within the borders of major cities</small>
|-
| Busiest dual-carriageway national road
| [[National road 7 (Poland)|DK7]] north of [[Warsaw]]
| 63,000
| {{nowrap|2 lanes per direction with at-grade intersections and traffic lights.}} New parallel route of S7 is planned to be opened in the future (around 2032).
|-
| {{nowrap|Busiest single-carriageway national road}}
| [[National road 44 (Poland)|DK44]] west of [[Kraków]]
| 36,000
| Widening to 2 lanes per direction is planned in the future (after 2030).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lovekrakow.pl/aktualnosci/w-kwietniu-przetarg-w-sprawie-drogi-miedzy-ruczajem-a-skawina-co-z-tramwajem_45134.html | title=W kwietniu przetarg w sprawie drogi między Ruczajem a Skawiną. Co z tramwajem? | date=25 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| {{nowrap|Busiest single-carriageway national road}} within the planned highway network
| [[National road 19 (Poland)|DK19]] north of [[Lublin]]
| 28,500
| S19 is under construction, expected to be opened in mid-2027.
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Busiest single-carriageway highways
|-
| Busiest single-carriageway highway
| [[Expressway S1 (Poland)|S1]] near [[Żywiec]]
| 17,000
|
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | Least busy highways
|-
| Least busy single-carriageway highway
| {{nowrap|[[Expressway S22 (Poland)|S22]] near {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/[[Kaliningrad Oblast]]}}}}
| 800
| rowspan="2"| Data from 2023 – the results from 2020 were not considered reliable due to restrictions in crossing the external EU borders during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Poland|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="gpr2020_synteza"/><ref>https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/frontend/web/userfiles/articles/s/stacje-ciaglych-pomiarow-ruchu-d_41706/OLSZTYN/2023/28802_2023.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.archiwum.gddkia.gov.pl/frontend/web/userfiles/articles/s/stacje-ciaglych-pomiarow-ruchu-d_41706/RZESZOW/2023/18804_2023.pdf</ref>
|-
| Least busy dual-carriageway highway
| [[A4 autostrada (Poland)|A4]] near {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Poland|size=x12px}}/{{flagicon|Ukraine|size=x12px}}}}
| 2,200
|-
| Least busy highway excluding near-border sections
| {{nowrap|[[Expressway S11 (Poland)|S11]] [[Szczecinek]] bypass}}
| 3,900 – 6,400
|
|}

The new general measurement is being conducted throughout 2025.

==History==
=== Before World War II ===
[[File:Uklad Drog II RP.png|thumb|right|The network planned prior to WWII]]
[[File:DK3_DK6_Szczecin_Kijewo.jpg|thumb|right|Pre-WWII surface on A6 before the reconstruction (photo from 2009)]]
[[File:DK_18_(Reichsautobahn_RAB_9).JPG|thumb|right|Pre-WWII surface on the southern carriageway of A18 before the reconstruction (photo from 2012)]]
The first plans of creation of a national highway network in Poland were conceived in the [[Second Polish Republic|interwar period]]:
<div style="line-height:1.6;border:0.6px solid grey;"><div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">'''Plans'''<div class="mw-collapsible-content mw20-collapsed-content">
The main promoter of this concept was Professor [[Melchior Wladyslaw Nestorowicz]] of the [[Warsaw University of Technology]], who organized three [[Road Congress]]es, during which a group of specialists discussed the creation of the network. On 5 March 1939, in the trade magazine [[Drogowiec]], Professor Nestorowicz proposed a very ambitious plan for the construction of almost 5,000 kilometres of category I and II roads, based on similar programmes in Germany and Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://domains24.pl/oferta?ref=nowedrogi.pl&ref2=450.zl|title=Zamów domenę|website=domains24.pl}}</ref> Nestorowicz sketched a map of the future system with the following routes:

First class roads would, according to the plans, consist of the following motorways (totalling some {{cvt|2500|km|mi|1}}:
* [[Warsaw]] - [[Łódź]] - 100&nbsp;km
* [[Warsaw]] – [[Poznań]] - Polish-German border - 350&nbsp;km
* [[Warsaw]] [[beltway]] - 130&nbsp;km
* [[Poznań]] beltway - 80&nbsp;km
* [[Gdynia]] – [[Bydgoszcz]] – [[Łódź]] – 500&nbsp;km
* [[Łódź]] beltway - 90&nbsp;km
* [[Bytow]] - [[Free City of Danzig]] border - 50&nbsp;km
* [[Katowice]] – [[Kraków]] – [[Lwów]] - 375&nbsp;km
* [[Warsaw]] – [[Lublin]] - Lwów – [[Sniatyn]] - Polish-Romanian border - 550&nbsp;km
* [[Puławy]] – [[Sandomierz]] – [[Przemyśl]] - 175&nbsp;km

Second class roads would consist of the following motorways, totalling another {{cvt|2295|km|-1}}:
* [[Piotrków Trybunalski]] - [[Kielce]] - [[Sandomierz]] - 180&nbsp;km
* [[Warsaw]] – [[Kielce]] – [[Kraków]] - 180&nbsp;km
* [[Łódź]] - [[Kalisz]] - Polish-German border north of [[Wrocław]] - 130&nbsp;km
* [[Warsaw]] – [[Grodno]] – [[Vilnius]] – Polish - Lithuania - Latvian border near [[Daugavpils]] - 575&nbsp;km
* [[Grodno]] - [[Nowogrodek]] - Polish-Soviet border near [[Minsk]] - 190&nbsp;km
* [[Bydgoszcz]] – [[Poznań]] – [[Częstochowa]] - 350&nbsp;km
* [[Katowice]] – [[Cieszyn]] – Polish-Czechoslovak border - 60&nbsp;km
* [[Ostrołęka]] - Polish-East Prussian border - 50&nbsp;km
* [[Grodno]] - Polish-Lithuanian border - 40&nbsp;km
* [[Grodno]] - [[Brzesc nad Bugiem]] - [[Krasnystaw]] - 300&nbsp;km
* [[Warsaw]] – [[Brzesc nad Bugiem]] - 170&nbsp;km
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In 1934, [[Nazi Germany]] started the construction of their motorway system, parts of which today form A18 and A4 to [[Wrocław]] (Breslau), as well as A6 ([[Szczecin]] bypass) and S22 (parts of the planned [[Berlinka|motorway to Königsberg]]). About half of them were constructed as single-carriageway with the intention of adding a second carriageway in later years. However, after 1938, warfare expenses meant little money would be invested into any infrastructure and only one 9&nbsp;km single-carriageway piece west of Gliwice (now A4) was constructed.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections constructed by Nazi Germany}} 
|-
! Signage
! Section
! Length
! Start of construction
! Opening
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]
| Krzyżowa ([[File:A18-PL.svg|frameless|26x26px|link=A18 autostrada (Poland)]]) – Krzywa
| {{cvt|12.3|km|mi|1}}
| rowspan="3" | {{dts|format=dmy|1934}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1937|10|17}}
|
|-
| Krzywa – [[Wrocław]]
| {{cvt|91|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1936|09|27}}
|
|-
| [[Wrocław]] – Brzeg (Owczary)
| {{cvt|34.1|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}
| rowspan="3" | Southern carriageway only
|-
| Ujazd (Nogowczyce) – Łany
| {{cvt|9.1|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1940}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1942}}
|-
| Łany – Kleszczów ([[Gliwice]])
| {{cvt|8.8|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1936}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:A6-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A6 autostrada (Poland)]]
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|frameless|32x32px]] – Szczecin-Zachód
| {{cvt|2.6|km|mi|1}}
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|1934}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1936|09|27}}
|
|-
| {{nowrap|Szczecin-Zachód – Rzęśnica}}
| {{cvt|26.6|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[File:A18-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A18 autostrada (Poland)]]
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|frameless|32x32px]] – Iłowa
| {{cvt|37.2|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1936}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}
| rowspan="2" | Southern carriageway only
|-
| [[Iłowa]] – [[Golnice]]
| {{cvt|32|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1935}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1937|10|17}}
|-
| {{nowrap|[[Golnice]] – Krzyżowa ([[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|26x26px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]])}}
| {{cvt|5.9|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1936}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}
|
|-
| [[File:S22-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S22 (Poland)]]
| Elbląg – Grzechotki
| {{cvt|51.4|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1934}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1938}}
| Western carriageway only
|-
| colspan=2 | Total
| '''{{cvt|316.9|km|mi|1}}'''<br />of which {{cvt|178.5|km|mi|1}} single carriageway
| colspan="3" |'''Note:''' Signage of the roads at the time of opening was different.
|}

In Poland, a 28&nbsp;km stretch between [[Warlubie]] and [[Osiek, Starogard County|Osiek]] (now [[Voivodeship road 214 (Poland)|DW214]]) was constructed in 1937 – 1939 in the motorway standard of the time (today not considered a highway) with a concrete surface, which was designed by Italian engineer [[Piero Puricelli]]. The motorway was planned to reach [[Gdynia]], but the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]] halted the plans.

=== 1945 – 1972 ===

The [[Potsdam Conference|Potsdam conference]] defined the borders for [[Polish People's Republic|communist Poland]], which were very different from the pre-1939 ones. It received the so-called [[Recovered Territories|Regained Territories]] from the former [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]] with the aforementioned motorway sections (some of them with first carriageway only). Most of the motorway bridges were destroyed by the warfare, but only a few were repaired or rebuilt in the first post-war years. The bridge over [[Ina (river)|Ina river]] was reconstructed in 1972, and those on S22 only between 1996 and 2003.

Apart from the bridges, almost all the motorways were left in the same condition as they were in 1945 until the mid-1990s. The only road left from Nazi times that was completed by the [[Polish People's Republic|People's Republic of Poland]] was a one-carriageway small section between [[Łęczyca, West Pomeranian Voivodeship|Łęczyca]] and [[Lisowo, Stargard County|Lisowo]] (15&nbsp;km of what is now DW142), which was built on the previous works of Nazis.

<div style="line-height:1.6;border:0.6px solid grey;"><div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">'''Plans'''<div class="mw-collapsible-content mw20-collapsed-content">
At the post-war year there were very ambitious plans to make a motorway network for the whole Poland. For example, engineer [[Eugeniusz Buszma]] has published his propositions to the network in the magazine "Drogowiec" (1946, issue 1):
# East – West ([[Słubice]] – [[Warsaw]] – [[Białystok]]) – 680&nbsp;km
# North – South ([[Gdynia]] – Warsaw – [[Balkans]]) – 650&nbsp;km
# Silesia – Baltic I ([[Gdańsk]] – [[Łódź]] – [[Katowice]]) – 460&nbsp;km
# Pomeranian (Gdańsk – [[Szczecin]]) – 280&nbsp;km
# Silesian ([[Wrocław]] – Katowice – [[Kraków]]) – 190&nbsp;km
# Mazurian (Kaliningrad – [[Elbląg]] – [[Malbork]]) – 20&nbsp;km
# Silesia – Baltic II ([[Bydgoszcz]] – Wrocław) – 260&nbsp;km
# Łódź – Wrocław – ([[Prague]]) – 310&nbsp;km
# Katowice – ([[Vienna]]) – 60&nbsp;km
# [[Poznań]] – Szczecin – 200&nbsp;km
# [[Radom]] – [[Lublin]] – ([[Lviv]]) – 220&nbsp;km
In total, the mileage, according to the proposal, would total more than {{cvt|3300|km|-1}}.

After the addition of the sections built by the Third Reich the total network length had to be approx. 3700&nbsp;km. In 1963 the Motorization Council at the Council of Ministers had presented the similar plan plus the motorways: Warsaw-Kraków-[[Zakopane]], Kraków-[[Przemyśl]], Warsaw-Bydgoszcz-[[Koszalin]], Poznań-Koszalin i Warsaw-[[Terespol]] (approx. 1250&nbsp;km).
</div></div></div>
Despite announcing such pompous plans, no motorway was opened in the meantime.

=== In the 1970s ===
[[File:POL.Gdynia.Pustki Cisowskie.jpg|thumb|right|[[Expressway S6 (Poland)|S6]] in [[Gdynia]], part of [[Tricity, Poland|Tricity]] bypass: the oldest expressway in Poland (1st carriageway opened in 1977).]]
Only in the 1970s did any works start.
<div style="line-height:1.6;border:0.6px solid grey;"><div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">'''Plans'''<div class="mw-collapsible-content mw20-collapsed-content">
In 1972 it was planned to build:
* the [[Gliwice]]-Kraków motorway (now A4)
* the second carriageway of the Wrocław-Gliwice motorway (also A4)
* the Warsaw-Katowice motorway (so-called "[[Gierkówka]]", now the S8/A1 road), in the near future

The plans were expanded in 1976 by the following sections:
* [[Tarnów]] – Kraków (now A4),
* eastern GOP ([[Upper Silesian Industrial Region|Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy]]) bypass (now S1, northern part),
* [[Bielsko-Biała]] – Cieszyn (now S52, southern part),
* Warszawa – [[Poznań]] (so-called [[Olimpijka]], now A2),
* Łódź – [[Piotrków Trybunalski]] (now A1).
</div></div></div>

In 1973 – 1976, "Gierkówka" dual carriageway from Warsaw to Katowice ({{cvt|281|km|mi|0}}) was built. Originally planned as a motorway, it was in the end constructed by adding another carriageway to the existing road, hence going through many villages and crossing with local roads. The part from [[Piotrków Trybunalski]] to [[Częstochowa]] (78&nbsp;km) was constructed on a new route in a motorway alignment, but nonetheless the majority of the crossings between the highway and the other roads were constructed as one-level intersections with no viaducts or overpasses.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Highway sections opened in the 1970s
! Signage
! Section
! Length
! Start of construction
! Opening
|-
| style="font-size: 110%" | [[File:DK1-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=National road 1 (Poland)]]
| Piotrków Trybunalski – Częstochowa<br /><small>substandard (multiple at-grade intersections), constructed on motorway alignment, not signed as a highway</small>
| {{cvt|78|km|mi|0}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1973}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1976}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:S6-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]]
| [[Obwodnica Trójmiejska|Tri-city bypass]] (eastern carriageway)<br /><small>substandard (two at-grade intersections, then reconstructed when adding a second carriageway in the 1980s) </small>
| {{cvt|37.7|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1973}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1977}}
|-
| [[Szczecin]]-Rzęśnica (end of post-German A6 motorway) – [[Goleniów]]<br /><small>substandard (two at-grade intersections)</small>
| {{cvt|19.3|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1976}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1979}}
|-
| colspan="2" | Total
| colspan="3" | '''{{cvt|57|km|mi|1}}'''<br /><small>of which {{cvt|37.7|km|mi|1}} single carriageway</small>
|}

=== In the 1980s ===
[[File:A4_Zalas_04.jpg|thumb|A4 near Zalas, opened in 1983 (photo after renovation in 2000)]]
Near the end of the 1970s the first construction of motorways started and continued to the next decade. The roads opened in the 1980s were the first motorways and expressways which generally meet the contemporary standards (at least with respect to their more important attributes), although in multiple cases the poor quality of their construction forced major renovations to be performed as soon as within the first 20 years of operation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autostrada-a2.pl/corporate/about/history/|title=Historia - Autostrada Wielkopolska SA|access-date=31 December 2021|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702112310/https://www.autostrada-a2.pl/corporate/about/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autostrada-a4.com.pl/pl/o-nas/historia-przedsiewziecia|title=Historia przedsięwzięcia|website=Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A.}}</ref>

The major routes planned as motorways were A1, A2 and A4, while other main routes were planned as expressways. The implementation of these plans, however, came at a very slow pace: throughout the 1980s, only an average of {{cvt|21|km|mi|0}} of highways in the whole country were being opened per year.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in the 1980s}}<br /><small>average: 21&nbsp;km / year</small>
|-
! Signage
! Section
! Length
! Start of construction
! Opening
! Notes
|-
| [[File:A1-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|Tuszyn - Piotrków Trybunalski}}
| {{cvt|16.1|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1989|12|18}}
| Reconstructed 2019 – 2021
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:A2-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2" |Września - [[Konin]]
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|35.7|km|mi|1}} (to [[Sługocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship|Sługocin]])}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1977}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1985|10|9}}
| rowspan="2"| Renovated 2002 – 2003
|-
| {{cvt|13.5|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1986}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1988|11|10}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Jaworzno]] - Kraków (Tyniec)
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|29.6|km|mi|1}} ([[Chrzanów]] - Kraków / Balice I)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1976}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1983|1|3}}
| rowspan="2"| Renovated 1999 – 2000
|-
| {{cvt|6.1|km|mi|1}} ([[Jaworzno]] - Chrzanów)
| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1986|11|22}}
|-
| {{cvt|7.8|km|mi|1}} (1st section of [[Kraków]] bypass: {{nowrap|Balice I - [[Tyniec]])}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1979}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1988|12|8}}
|
|-
| [[File:S1-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S1 (Poland)]]
| [[Dąbrowa Górnicza]] - [[Tychy]]
| {{cvt|34.7|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1983}}
|
|-
| [[File:S6-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]]
| [[Obwodnica Trójmiejska|Tri-city bypass]] (to [[Straszyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship|Straszyn]])
| {{cvt|32.4|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1984}}
| Second carriageway
|-
| [[File:S7-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]
| [[Kielce]] bypass
| {{cvt|22.9|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1974}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1984}}
| First carriageway
|-
| [[File:S52-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S52 (Poland)]]
| [[Kraków]] northern bypass: fragment Balice - Zabierzów
| {{cvt|3.5|km|mi|1}}
| 
| {{dts|format=dmy|1986}}
| Then signed as motorway A4a
|-
| [[File:S86-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S86 (Poland)]]
| Katowice - Sosnowiec
| {{cvt|6.8|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1978}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1985}}
| First completely done expressway
|-
| colspan=2 | Total
| colspan=4 | '''{{cvt|209.1|km|mi|1}}''' of which {{cvt|55.3|km|mi|1}} single carriageway
|}

=== In the 1990s ===
[[File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_1990.svg|thumb|The highway network in 1990]]

In the [[History of Poland (1989–present)|III Republic of Poland]], planned S3 was promoted to motorway A3 (the decision was later reversed) and a plan was introduced (also later reversed) of constructing motorway A8 Łódź – Wrocław – [[Bolków]] (now S8/A8/S5). Szczecin bypass (A6) and section Olszyna – Krzywa (then named A12, now A4/A18) were promoted to motorways, even though at that time the majority of their lengths was in bad shape, laid with the original concrete surface from the 1930s with no significant works having been performed on any of them throughout the whole communist period.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in the 1990s}}<br /><small>average: 15&nbsp;km / year</small>
|-
! Signage
! Section
! Length
! Start of construction
! Opening
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Katowice]] - [[Jaworzno]]
| {{cvt|15.9|km|mi|1}} ([[Mysłowice]] - Jaworzno)
| {{dts|format=dmy|1986}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1991|09|4}}
| Northern carriageway was opened on {{dts|format=dmy|1990|11|29}}
|-
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|11.1|km|mi|1}} (Katowice - Mysłowice)}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1989}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1996|10|30}}
|
|-
| {{cvt|1.9|km|mi|1}} (in Katowice)
| ?
| {{dts|format=dmy|1999|11|10}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| Kraków bypass (section Tyniec - ul.Kąpielowa)
| {{cvt|3.5|km|mi|1}} (to Skawina)
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1988}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1993}}
|
|-
| {{cvt|5.4|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1993}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1995|10|27}}
| A4 had a crossroad with ul. Kąpielowa till 2002, when the bridge was built over it.
|-
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|frameless|40x40px]] - [[Zgorzelec]]
| {{cvt|1.8|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1992}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1994|07|15}}
|
|-
| Krzyżowa - Krzywa
| {{cvt|10.2|km|mi|1}}
| ?
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}
| Renovated
|-
| [[File:A6-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A6 autostrada (Poland)]]
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|frameless|40x40px]] - Podjuchy
| {{cvt|12.7|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1996}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1999}}
| Renovated
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:A18-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A18 autostrada (Poland)]]
| Olszyna[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|frameless|40x40px]] - [[Królów]]
| {{cvt|9.6|km|mi|1}}
| rowspan="2" | ?
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1993}}
| Northern carriageway added {{nowrap|and border bridges renovated}}
|-
| Golnice - Krzyżowa
| {{cvt|5.9|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}
| Renovated both carriageways
|-
| [[File:S1-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S1 (Poland)]]
| [[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|Flag of the Czech Republic|border|40x40px]] - Cieszyn-East
| {{cvt|5.2|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1991}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}
|
|-
| [[File:S3-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S3 (Poland)]]
| [[Sulechów]] - [[Zielona Góra]]
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|26.8|km|mi|1}}}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1985}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}
| Western carriageway only
|-
|[[File:S5-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]]
| [[Świecie]] bypass
| {{cvt|13|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1994}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}
| Single carriageway; dual carriageway near the interchanges
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:S7-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]
| {{nowrap|[[Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]] bypass}}
| {{cvt|14.6|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1990}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1999}}
|
|-
| [[Miłomłyn]] bypass
| {{cvt|5.1|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1995}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1997}}
| Eastern carriageway only
|-
| [[File:S8-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S8 (Poland)]]
| [[Radzymin]] bypass
| {{cvt|8.1|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1996}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}
|
|-
| colspan=2 | Total
| colspan=4 | '''{{cvt|151.8|km|mi|1}}''' of which {{cvt|28.8|km|mi|1}} reconstructed, {{cvt|48.4|km|mi|1}} single carriageway
|}

=== In the 2000s ===
[[File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_2000.svg|thumb|The highway network in 2000]]
As of the beginning of 2000, the vast majority of national and international traffic routes were served by regular [[national roads in Poland|national roads]] with at-grade intersections and pedestrian crossings, most of them leading through the centres of cities, towns and villages, and most of them single carriageway. Only the following number of highways was present:
:* about {{cvt|275|km|mi|0}} of modern dual-carriageway motorways and expressways (3.5% of the network as planned nowadays),
:* about {{cvt|90|km|mi|0}} of single-carriageway expressways,
:* about {{cvt|125|km|mi|0}} of not-resurfaced Nazi German motorways from the 1930s,
:* about {{cvt|150|km|mi|0}} of not-resurfaced Nazi German motorways on sections where only the first carriageway had been constructed.

==== Before Poland received the EU membership ====
[[File:A4 Krakow 20070815 1026.jpg|thumb|A4, [[Kraków]] southern bypass, opened in 2003]]

At the beginning of the 21st century, the tempo of highway construction started to increase. The main focus was on the west–east motorways A4 and A2. In 2002, a long-awaited renovation of the A4 from [[Krzywa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Krzywa]] to [[Wrocław]] (93&nbsp;km) has started, which included laying new high quality surface in place of the Nazi German concrete slabs, reconstruction of all the pre-WWII bridges on the motorway and renovation of the viaducts above the motorway.

This is also the period when Poland started introducing motorway tolls, first in 2000 for the A4 section between [[Mysłowice]] and [[Kraków]].

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in 2000 – 2003}}<br /><small>average: 57&nbsp;km / year</small>
|-
! Signage
! Section
! Length
! Start of construction
! Opening
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:A2-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2" | Poznań Komorniki - [[Września]]
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|11.2|km|mi|1}} (to Poznań Krzesiny)}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|09|13}}
|
|-
| {{cvt|37.3|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|11|27}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Wrocław]] (Bielany) - {{nowrap|[[Gliwice]]-West (Kleszczów)}}
| {{cvt|34.1|km|mi|1}} (to Brzeg)
| rowspan="3" | {{dts|format=dmy|1997}}
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|2000|12|16}}
| {{nowrap|Southern carriageway reconstructed,}} {{nowrap|northern carriageway constructed}}
|-
| {{cvt|56.6|km|mi|1}} (to [[Opole]]-East)
|
|-
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|34.3|km|mi|1}} (to Nogowczyce)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2001|07|26}}
|
|-
| {{cvt|17.9|km|mi|1}} (to Kleszczów)
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2001}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|12|4}}
| {{nowrap|Southern carriageway reconstructed,}} {{nowrap|northern carriageway constructed}}
|-
| Chorzów - Katowice Mikołowska
| {{cvt|4.4|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|1998}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2001}}
|
|-
| Kraków bypass (section ul.Kąpielowa - [[Wieliczka]])
| {{cvt|7|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2000}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|09|3}}
| 
|-
| [[File:S5-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]]
| [[Śmigiel]] bypass
| {{cvt|4.1|km|mi|1}}
| ?
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}
| First carriageway
|-
| [[File:S6-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]]
| [[Straszyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship|Straszyn]] - [[Rusocin, Pomeranian Voivodeship|Rusocin]]
| {{cvt|5.4|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2000}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2001}}
| Second carriageway
|-
| [[File:S7-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]
| [[Białobrzegi]] bypass
| {{cvt|7.7|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2001}}
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|2003}}
|
|-
| [[File:S8-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S8 (Poland)]]
| [[Ostrów Mazowiecka]] bypass
| {{cvt|7.6|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2000}}
|
|-
| colspan=2 | Total
| colspan=4 | '''{{cvt|227.6|km|mi|1}}''' of which {{cvt|9.5|km|mi|1}} single carriageway
|}

==== Poland in European Union ====
[[File:PL A2 Poznan Komorniki.JPG|thumb|right|A2, [[Poznań]] bypass, opened in 2004 (then widened to 2x3 in 2019)]]
[[File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_2010.svg|thumb|The highway network in 2010]]
1 May 2004 was a crucial day for the history of motorway construction and that is when the length of highway constructions increased the most. One of the major advantages of signing the [[European Union]] access document was that Poland could get access to large funds for co-financing the construction of new roads and upgrades of the existing road infrastructure.

These years, the existing scattered pieces of highways began to converge into the basis of the future network:
* until 2004, [[Katowice]] and [[Kraków]] (linked by A4) were the '''only''' pair of Poland's largest cities connected by a highway;
* in 2005, A4 connected [[Wrocław]] with [[Katowice]] and [[Kraków]], while in 2009 – with [[Germany]];
* in 2006, A2 connected [[Poznań]] with [[Łódź]].
A large number of expressway bypasses of towns were also constructed at this time. On many of them, only one carriageway was built, with the allocated space prepared for easy construction of the second carriageway later.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="6" style="font-size: 110%" |{{nowrap|Highway sections opened in 2004 – 2010}}<br /><small>average: 151&nbsp;km / year</small>
|-
! Signage
! Section
! Length
! Start of construction
! Opening
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[File:A1-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]]
| rowspan="2"| {{nowrap|[[Gdańsk]] (Rusocin) - Grudziądz}}
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|24.2|km|1}}}}
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|format=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
|
|-
| {{cvt|64.7|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Gliwice|Sośnica]] - [[Żory]]
| {{cvt|15.6|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007|01|22}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|10|20}}
|
|-
| {{cvt|7.5|km|1}}
| 2007
| {{dts|format=dmy|2010|12|15}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[File:A2-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]]
| Nowy Tomyśl - [[Poznań]] Komorniki
| {{cvt|50.4|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2004|10}}
|
|-
| Konin - Łódź (Stryków)
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|103.7|km|1}}}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|07}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]
| Krzywa - [[Wrocław]] (Bielany)
| {{cvt|93|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}–2006<br /><small>(in sections)</small>
| Renovated both carriageways
|-
| [[Gliwice]] (Sośnica) - Chorzów Batory
| {{cvt|15.7|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2005|01}}
|
|-
| [[Gliwice]] bypass ([[Kleszczów, Silesian Voivodeship|Kleszczów]] - Sośnica)
| {{cvt|19.1|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2003}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2005|October}}
|
|-
| Zgorzelec [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|frameless|36x36px]] - Krzyżowa
| {{cvt|49.7|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|08}}
|
|-
| [[Wieliczka]] - [[Targowisko, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Targowisko]]
| {{cvt|19.5|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
|
|-
| [[File:A6-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A6 autostrada (Poland)]]
| [[Szczecin]] Klucz - Szczecin Kijewo
| {{cvt|7.7|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
| Renovated both carriageways
|-
| [[File:A18-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=A18 autostrada (Poland)]]
| Olszyna [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|frameless|36x36px]] - Golnice
| {{cvt|71.5|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}
| Constructed the northern carriageway alongside the pre-WWII southern carriageway
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[File:S1-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S1 (Poland)]]
| [[File:Flag of Slovakia.svg|border|36x36px]] - Zwardoń - [[Milówka, Silesian Voivodeship|Milówka]]
| {{cvt|12.0|km|1}}
| 2002 - 2007
| 2004 - 2010<br /><small>{{nowrap|(in sections)}}</small>
| rowspan="2"|{{nowrap|Single carriageway;}} then signed [[Expressway S69 (Poland)|S69]]
|-
| Żywiec - Przybędza
| {{cvt|7.7|km|1}}
| 2005
| 2007
|-
| Pyrzowice airport - Podwarpie
| {{cvt|12.0|km|1}}
| 2005
| 2006
| Single carriageway
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[File:S3-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S3 (Poland)]]
| [[Szczecin]] – [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]]
| {{cvt|81.6|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2010}}
|-
| {{nowrap|[[Gorzów Wielkopolski]] bypass}}
| {{cvt|11.9|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2003}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
| rowspan="3" | Single carriageway
|-
| [[Międzyrzecz]] bypass
| {{nowrap|{{cvt|6.3|km|1}}}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}
|-
| [[Nowa Sól]] bypass
| {{cvt|18|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
|-
| [[File:S5-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]]
| [[Szubin]] bypass
| {{cvt|4.5|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}
| Single carriageway
|-
| [[File:S6-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]]
| [[Słupsk]] bypass
| {{cvt|16.3|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2010}}
| Single carriageway; dual carriageway near the interchanges
|-
| rowspan="10" | [[File:S7-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]
| [[Jędrzejów]] bypass
| {{cvt|5.8|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2003}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}
| Partially (2.7&nbsp;km) single carriageway
|-
| [[Nowy Dwór Gdański]] bypass
| {{cvt|2.5|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}
|
|-
| [[Elbląg]] bypass
| {{cvt|4.2|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}
|
|-
| [[Grójec]] bypass
| {{cvt|8.3|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|10|18}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|09|19}}
|
|-
| Białobrzegi - [[Jedlińsk]]
| {{cvt|15.7|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|07|06}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|06|30}}
|
|-
| [[Myślenice]] - [[Lubień, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Lubień]]
| {{cvt|16.2|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
|
|-
| [[Kielce]] bypass (northern part)
| {{cvt|7.1|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
|
|-
| [[Płońsk]] bypass
| {{cvt|4.7|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007|09|28}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|06|03}}
|
|-
| [[Skurów]] – [[Białobrzegi]]
| {{cvt|17.8|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2010}}
|
|-
| [[Kraków]] eastern bypass (first fragment)
| {{cvt|2.8|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2010}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[File:S8-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S8 (Poland)]]
| [[Oleśnica]] bypass
| {{cvt|7.2|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}
|
|-
| [[Wyszków]] bypass
| {{cvt|12.8|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|02|27}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|14}}
|
|-
| Wyszków - [[Radzymin]]
| {{cvt|17.3|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|12|08}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|07|31}}
|
|-
| [[Wrocław]] - [[Kobierzyce]]
| {{cvt|7|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2010|12|31}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[File:S10-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S10 (Poland)]]
| [[Toruń]] bypass (fragment)
| {{cvt|12.4|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}
| Single carriageway
|-
| [[Kobylanka, West Pomeranian Voivodeship|Kobylanka]] bypass
| {{cvt|13.8|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
| Partially (7&nbsp;km) single carriageway
|-
| [[Stargard]] bypass
| {{cvt|13.5|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
|
|-
| [[Bydgoszcz]] bypass (fragment)
| {{cvt|10.4|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
|
|-
| [[Wyrzysk]] bypass
| {{cvt|7.8|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
| Single carriageway
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:S11-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S11 (Poland)]]
| [[Poznań]] - Kórnik
| {{cvt|14.1|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2006}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
|
|-
| [[Ostrów Wielkopolski|Ostrów Wlkp.]] bypass (northern part)
| {{cvt|6.1|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2009}}
| Single carriageway
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[File:S12-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S12 (Poland)]]
| [[Piaski, Świdnik County|Piaski]] bypass
| {{cvt|4|km|mi|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2002}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2004}}
|
|-
| [[Puławy]] bypass
| {{cvt|12.7|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
| Partially (8.7&nbsp;km) single carriageway
|-
| [[File:S16-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S16 (Poland)]]
| [[Barczewo]] – [[Biskupiec]]
| {{cvt|20.1|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2010}}
| Single carriageway
|-
| [[File:S17-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S17 (Poland)]]
| [[Garwolin]] bypass
| {{cvt|12.8|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2007}}
|
|-
| [[File:S19-PL.svg|frameless|40x40px|link=Expressway S19 (Poland)]]
| [[Międzyrzec Podlaski]] bypass
| {{cvt|6.3|km|1}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2005}}
| {{dts|fmt=dmy|2008}}
| Single carriageway
|-
| [[File:S22-PL.svg|frameless|39x39px|link=Expressway S22 (Poland)]]
| [[Elbląg]] - Grzechotki / [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]
| {{cvt|51.6|km|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|04}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|12}}
| Single carriageway; constructed in place of a partially destroyed motorway from the 1930s
|-
| [[File:S52-PL.svg|frameless|39x39px|link=Expressway S52 (Poland)]]
| [[Cieszyn]] [[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|frameless|36x36px]] - [[Bielsko-Biała]] ([[Komorowice, Bielsko-Biała|Komorowice]])
| {{cvt|28|km|1}}
| 2002 - 2005
| 2005 - 2007<br /><small>{{nowrap|(in sections)}}</small>
| Then signed [[Expressway S1 (Poland)|S1]]
|-
|colspan="2"|Total
| colspan=4 | '''{{cvt|1055.6|km|mi|1}}''' <small>of which {{cvt|276.6|km|1}} single carriageway, {{cvt|100.7|km|mi|1}} reconstructed</small>
|}

===2011 – 2015===
[[File:AOW - Most Rędziński od północnego wschodu.jpg|thumb|right|Rędziński bridge on A8, [[Wrocław]] bypass, opened in 2011]]
In the five years from 2011 to 2015, 1563 kilometers of motorways and expressways were opened – about as much as in the whole prior history of highway construction combined. The main 
focus was on developing connections between Poland's largest cities, especially those serving as host venues of [[UEFA Euro 2012]], as well as on extending A4 towards [[Ukraine]]. 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
|+Length of highways opened in 2011 – 2015
|-
! Year
! Length
! Notes
|-
| 2011
| '''{{cvt|313|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| 2012
| '''{{cvt|639|km|0}}'''
| style="text-align: left;" | <small>Of which {{cvt|195|km|0}} were opened before [[Euro 2012]] championship</small>
|-
| 2013
| '''{{cvt|298|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| 2014
| '''{{cvt|279|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| 2015
| '''{{cvt|34|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | '''Total'''
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | '''{{cvt|1563|km|mi|0}}'''
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" style="text-align: left;" | <small>Of which 26&nbsp;km first carriageway, 23&nbsp;km second carriageway</small>
|}

The sections opened in 2011 – 2015 belonged to the following highways:
* [[File:A1-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]]: + 273&nbsp;km ([[Autostrada A1 (Poland)|A1]] on the section [[Gdańsk]] – [[Łódź]] was completed in 2014)
* [[File:A2-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]][[File:S2-PL.svg|frameless|36px|link=Expressway S2 (Poland)]]: + 234&nbsp;km ([[Autostrada A2 (Poland)|A2]] on the section [[Germany]] – [[Warsaw]] was completed in 2012)
* [[File:S3-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S3 (Poland)]]: + 88&nbsp;km ([[Expressway S3 (Poland)|S3]] on the section [[Szczecin]] – [[Autostrada A2 (Poland)|A2]] – [[Zielona Góra]] was completed in 2013, except that its older single-carriageway parts remained so until 2017)
* [[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]]: + 183&nbsp;km
* [[File:S7-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]: + 138&nbsp;km
* [[File:A8-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A8 autostrada (Poland)]][[File:S8-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S8 (Poland)]]: '''+ 365&nbsp;km''' ([[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]] on the section [[Wrocław]] – [[Łódź]] was completed in 2014)
* [[File:S1-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S1 (Poland)]][[File:S5-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]][[File:S6-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]][[File:S11-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S11 (Poland)]][[File:S12-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S12 (Poland)]][[File:S17-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S17 (Poland)]][[File:S19-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S19 (Poland)]][[File:S51-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S51 (Poland)]][[File:S61-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S61 (Poland)]][[File:S74-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S74 (Poland)]][[File:S79-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S79 (Poland)]]: + 282&nbsp;km in total

===2016 – 2020===
[[File:Most_S7_niebieski.jpg|thumb|right|Bridge over Vistula on S7, [[Kraków]] eastern bypass, opened in 2017]]
[[File:HighwaysMapPoland_31_12_2020.svg|thumb|The highway network in 2020]]

After the peak of investments before [[Euro 2012]], very few new contracts for road construction were signed in 2012 and 2013. This resulted in a small number of sections being opened in 2015 and 2016, a large share of which were the last delayed fragments originally scheduled for a Euro 2012 opening. In particular:
* In 2016, the last delayed fragment of [[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]] between [[Kraków]] and [[Ukraine]] was opened, making [[A4 autostrada (Poland)|A4]] the first major Polish highway completed on its whole length, as well as the first complete border-to-border highway connection.
* Also in 2016, the delayed bypass of [[Łódź]] was finished, making [[File:A1-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]] completed on its whole route except for those sections where [[National road 1 (Poland)|national road 1]] had already been a dual carriageway (see [[#In the 1970s|In the 1970s]]), allowing for a significantly lower priority of constructing the remaining stretch compared to other highways.

Since 2014, the number of signed contracts has risen again, resulting in the number of road openings having risen again since 2017.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
|+Length of highways opened in 2016 – 2020
! Year
! Length
! Notes
|-
| 2016
| '''{{cvt|123|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| 2017
| '''{{cvt|295|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| 2018
| '''{{cvt|318|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| 2019
| '''{{cvt|410|km|0}}'''
|
|-
| 2020
| '''{{cvt|135|km|0}}'''
| style="text-align: left" |
|-
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | '''Total'''
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | '''{{cvt|1281|km|mi|0}}'''
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" style="text-align: left;" | <small>Of which 13&nbsp;km first carriageway, 81&nbsp;km second carriageway</small>
|}

The sections opened in 2016 – 2020 belonged to the following highways:
* [[File:S3-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S3 (Poland)]]: + 173&nbsp;km
* [[File:S5-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]]: '''+ 227&nbsp;km''' ([[Expressway S5 (Poland)|S5]] on the section [[Poznań]] – [[Wrocław]] was completed in 2019)
* [[File:S6-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]]: + 128&nbsp;km ([[Expressway S6 (Poland)|S6]] on the section [[Szczecin]] – [[Koszalin]] was completed in 2019)
* [[File:S7-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]: + 213&nbsp;km
* [[File:S8-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S8 (Poland)]]: + 128&nbsp;km ([[Expressway S8 (Poland)|S8]] on its originally intended route from [[Wrocław]] to [[Białystok]] was completed in 2019; an extension to [[Kłodzko]] was later added to the plans)
* [[File:S17-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S17 (Poland)]]: + 97&nbsp;km ([[Expressway S17 (Poland)|S17]] on the section [[Warsaw]] – [[Lublin]] was completed in 2020)
* [[File:A1-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]][[File:A2-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]][[File:S2-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S2 (Poland)]][[File:A4-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]][[File:S11-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S11 (Poland)]][[File:S12-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S12 (Poland)]][[File:S19-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S19 (Poland)]][[File:S51-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S51 (Poland)]][[File:S61-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S61 (Poland)]]: + 315&nbsp;km in total ([[A4 autostrada (Poland)|A4]] was completed in 2016)

===2021 – 2025===
[[File:Tunel_pod_Ursynowem_08.2021.jpg|thumb|right|The tunnel section of S2 in [[Warsaw]], opened in 2021]]
[[File:HighwaysMapPoland2025.svg|thumb|right|The highway network on 1.06.2025]]

The high tempo of highway development continued in the 2020s. The main focus was on construction of new highways in the less populated eastern Poland, including the international routes [[Via Carpatia]] and [[Via Baltica]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
|+ {{nowrap|Length of highways opened, or to be opened, in 2021 – 2025}}
! Year
! Length
! Notes
|-
| 2021
| '''{{cvt|375|km|0}}''' <!--5.4 km of single-carriageway opening of S17 has been excluded, as the 2nd carriageway remained under construction until 2023-->
| style="text-align: left" |
|-
| 2022
| '''{{cvt|267|km|0}}'''
| style="text-align: left" |
|-
| 2023
| '''{{cvt|245|km|0}}'''<!--Including 5.4 km of S17 – see comment above-->
| style="text-align: left" |
|-
| 2024
| '''{{cvt|123|km|0}}'''
| style="text-align: left" |
|-
| 2025
| '''{{cvt|280|km|0}}'''
| style="text-align: left" | Opened sections and planned openings in 2025<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/ponad-400-km--tyle-drog-planujemy-oddac-do-ruchu-w-2025-roku|title=Ponad 400 km – tyle dróg planujemy oddać do ruchu w 2025 roku - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | '''Total'''
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | '''{{nowrap|{{cvt|1290|km|mi|0}}}}'''
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" style="text-align: left;" | <small>Of which 7&nbsp;km first carriageway, 101&nbsp;km second carriageway</small>
|}

The sections opened, or planned to get opened, in 2021 – 2025 belong to the following highways:
* [[File:A1-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A1 autostrada (Poland)]]: + 81&nbsp;km ([[A1 autostrada (Poland)|A1]] was completed in 2022)
* [[File:A2-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A2 autostrada (Poland)]][[File:S2-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S2 (Poland)]]: + 106&nbsp;km
* [[File:S3-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S3 (Poland)]]: + 104&nbsp;km ([[Expressway S3 (Poland)|S3]] is scheduled to get completed in 2025)
* [[File:S6-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S6 (Poland)]]: + 106&nbsp;km <!--([[Expressway S6 (Poland)|S6]]/[[A6 autostrada (Poland)|A6]] is scheduled to get completed in 2026 on its original route from [[Germany]] to [[Gdańsk]]; western bypass of [[Szczecin]] will be constructed later as an alternative route)-->
* [[File:S7-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S7 (Poland)]]: '''+ 191&nbsp;km''' <!-- of which 147 km opened until 2024, 12 km under construction on original route, 32 km of OMT -->([[Expressway S7 (Poland)|S7]] on the section [[Warsaw]] – [[Kraków]] was completed in 2024; a temporary detour through Kraków north-western bypass will be in use until Kraków eastern bypass is completed in 2026)
* [[File:S11-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S11 (Poland)]]: + 80&nbsp;km
* [[File:A18-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=A18 autostrada (Poland)]]: + 70&nbsp;km (reconstruction of the second carriageway of [[A18 autostrada (Poland)|A18]] was completed in 2023)
* [[File:S19-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S19 (Poland)]]: + 163&nbsp;km ([[Expressway S19 (Poland)|S19]] "[[Via Carpathia]]" on the section [[Lublin]] – [[Rzeszów]] was completed in 2022, except that its older fragment with 2+1 lanes will remain so until 2026)
* [[File:S61-PL.svg|frameless|x18px|link=Expressway S61 (Poland)]]: '''+ 183&nbsp;km''' ([[Expressway S61 (Poland)|S61]] "[[Via Baltica]]" was opened on the whole length in 2024, the second carriageway is scheduled to get completed in 2025)
* [[File:S1-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S1 (Poland)]][[File:S5-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S5 (Poland)]][[File:S12-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S12 (Poland)]][[File:S14-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S14 (Poland)]][[File:S16-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S16 (Poland)]][[File:S17-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S17 (Poland)]][[File:S52-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S52 (Poland)]][[File:S74-PL.svg|frameless|x15px|link=Expressway S74 (Poland)]]: + 206&nbsp;km in total ([[Expressway S5 (Poland)|S5]] was completed in 2022 except its newly planned extensions to [[Ostróda]] and [[Bolków]])

== Total length of highways by year==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Length of motorways and expressways (end of the year)
|-
| 1936 (then Nazi Germany) || 92&nbsp;km
|-
| 1937 (then Nazi Germany) || 104&nbsp;km and 38&nbsp;km&nbsp;first&nbsp;carriageway
|-
| 1938–1945 (then Nazi Germany) || 133&nbsp;km and 135&nbsp;km&nbsp;first&nbsp;carriageway (further below not considered as a motorway until addition of the second carriageway)
|-
| 1939–1945 (Poland) || 28{{nbsp}}km (today not considered as a highway)
|-
| '''1945–1976''' || '''133&nbsp;km'''
|-
| 1977 || 169&nbsp;km
|-
| 1978 || 169&nbsp;km
|-
| 1979 || 190&nbsp;km
|-
| 1980 || 190&nbsp;km
|-
| 1981 || 190&nbsp;km
|-
| 1982 || 190&nbsp;km
|-
| 1983 || 255&nbsp;km
|-
| 1984 || 278&nbsp;km
|-
| 1985 || 321&nbsp;km
|-
| 1986 || 327&nbsp;km
|-
| 1987 || 327&nbsp;km
|-
| 1988 || 348&nbsp;km
|-
| 1989 || 366&nbsp;km
|-
| 1990 || 381&nbsp;km
|-
| 1991 || 399&nbsp;km
|-
| 1992 || 399&nbsp;km
|-
| 1993 || 403&nbsp;km
|-
| 1994 || 405&nbsp;km
|-
| 1995 || 440&nbsp;km
|-
| 1996 || 453&nbsp;km
|-
| 1997 || 456&nbsp;km
|-
| 1998 || 490&nbsp;km
|-
| 1999 || 502&nbsp;km
|-
| 2000 || 592&nbsp;km
|-
| 2001 || 630&nbsp;km
|-
| 2002 || 639&nbsp;km
|-
| 2003 || 727&nbsp;km
|-
| 2004 || 781&nbsp;km
|-
| 2005 || 848&nbsp;km
|-
| '''2006''' || '''1013&nbsp;km'''
|-
| 2007 || 1083&nbsp;km
|-
| 2008 || 1282&nbsp;km
|-
| 2009 || 1454&nbsp;km
|-
| 2010 || 1560&nbsp;km
|-
| 2011 || 1865&nbsp;km
|-
| '''2012''' || '''2495&nbsp;km'''
|-
| 2013 || 2805&nbsp;km
|-
| '''2014''' || '''3100&nbsp;km'''
|-
| 2015 || 3131&nbsp;km
|-
| 2016 || 3252&nbsp;km
|-
| 2017 || 3510&nbsp;km
|-
| 2018 || 3811&nbsp;km
|-
| '''2019''' || '''4214&nbsp;km'''
|-
| 2020 || 4337&nbsp;km
|-
| 2021 || 4690&nbsp;km
|- 
| 2022 || 4933&nbsp;km
|-
| '''2023''' || '''5116&nbsp;km'''
|-
| 2024 || 5206&nbsp;km
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| 2025 || 5486&nbsp;km (forecast<ref name="gddkia_contracts'_completion_dates"/>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| 2026 || 5937&nbsp;km (forecast<ref name="gddkia_contracts'_completion_dates"/>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| '''2027''' || '''6148&nbsp;km''' (forecast<ref name="gddkia_contracts'_completion_dates"/>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| 2028 || 6545&nbsp;km (forecast<ref name="gddkia_contracts'_completion_dates"/>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| 2029 || approx. 6630&nbsp;km (plans<ref name="przetargi_2025">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gddkia/przetargi-planowane-do-ogloszenia-w-2025-r|title=Przetargi planowane do ogłoszenia w 2025 r. - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl|website=Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| 2030 || approx. 6800&nbsp;km (plans<ref name="przetargi_2025"/>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| '''2031''' || '''approx. 7000&nbsp;km''' (plans<ref name="pbdk_2033"/><ref name="gddkia_planned_construction_dates"/>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| '''2035''' || '''approx. 8000&nbsp;km''' (plans<ref name="pbdk_2033"/><ref name="gddkia_planned_construction_dates"/>)
|- style="background-color:#D8D8D8;"
| 2040 || approx. 8250&nbsp;km – full network (plans<ref name="pbdk_2033"/>)
|}

== See also ==
* [[Classes and categories of public roads in Poland]]
* {{Section link|Transport in Poland|Road transport}}
* [[List of controlled-access highway systems]]
* [[Evolution of motorway construction in European nations]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commonscatinline}}
* [http://www.gddkia.gov.pl General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways] (in Polish, some information also in English)

{{Motorways and expressways in Poland}}
{{Motorways in Europe}}
{{Roads in Europe}}

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