Classes and categories of public roads in Poland
In Poland, public roads are classified into two kinds of road hierarchies: road classes (according to technical and functional parameters) and road categories (according to the function in the road network).
Classes
[edit]The March 2, 1999 Decree of the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy (now Ministry of Infrastructure) on technical conditions and operational requirements for public roads,[1] introduced the following road classes and their hierarchy, starting from the road type with the highest parameters:
- motorway (Polish: autostrada) (marked with the symbol A)
- expressway (Polish: droga ekspresowa) (marked with the symbol S), a limited-access road
- main road of accelerated traffic or class GP road (Polish: droga główna ruchu przyspieszonego, droga klasy GP), informally: droga szybkiego ruchu, "fast traffic road" (marked with the symbol GP)
- main road (Polish: droga główna) (marked with the symbol G)
- collector road (Polish: droga zbiorcza) (marked with the symbol Z)
- local road (Polish: droga lokalna) (marked with the symbol L)
- local access road (Polish: droga dojazdowa) (denoted by the symbol D)
Categories
[edit]The classification of roads into categories according to their functions was introduced by the March 21, 1985 act "On Public Roads" of the Sejm.[2] The allowable road classes for particular categories were specified in the March 2, 1999 Decree.[1]
- National roads - classes A, S, GP
- Voivodeship roads - classes GP or G
- Powiat roads (pl:Droga powiatowa) - classes GP, G, Z
- Gmina roads (pl:Droga gminna) - classes GP, G, Z, L, D
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Obwieszczenie Ministra Infrastruktury i Budownictwa z dnia 23 grudnia 2015 r. w sprawie ogłoszenia jednolitego tekstu rozporządzenia Ministra Transportu i Gospodarki Morskiej w sprawie warunków technicznych, jakim powinny odpowiadać drogi publiczne i ich usytuowanie
- ^ Obwieszczenie Marszałka Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 3 października 2018 r. w sprawie ogłoszenia jednolitego tekstu ustawy o drogach publicznych