Expressway S52 (Poland)

Expressway S52 is a Polish highway under construction with a planned length of 116 km (72 mi), located in the Silesian and Lesser Poland voivodeships. Upon completion it will connect the border of the Czech Republic in Cieszyn (along with the D48 motorway) with Kraków.

Expressway S52
Droga ekspresowa S52
Route information
Part of E75
Maintained by GDDKiA
Length	60.1 km (37.3 mi) 116 km (72 mi) planned
Major junctions
West end	D 48 at the Czech border
Major intersections	DK 81 near Cieszyn S 1 near Bielsko-Biała
East end	S 7 in Kraków
Location
Country	Poland
Major cities	Cieszyn, Bielsko-Biała, Kraków
Highway system
National roads in Poland Voivodeship roads
← S 51 → S 61

Express road S52 in Bielsko-Biała

The section from the border with the Czech Republic to Bielsko-Biała is completed. From Bielsko-Biała to Głogoczów (joining with the dual-carriageway national road 7 towards Kraków) the road is in preparation, planned to get completed in 2031.^[1]

The separate section also numbered S52 is the northern bypass of Kraków, which is completed since 2024.

Road numbering

Before 2016, the section from Bielsko-Biała to the state border in Cieszyn was part of the expressway S1. This section was renumbered to S52 when the S1 was rerouted over expressway S69.

From 1999 to 2004, the first constructed section of Kraków northern bypass (from interchange with A4 in Balice to Modlniczka) was designated as the A41 motorway,^[2] although the route number was not shown on maps and road atlases at that time.^[3]

Route description

Cieszyn - Bielsko-Biała

Number of exit(facility)	Name	Mileage from beginning	History of construction	Notes
1)	Suchy Potok(planned)	0 km	With environmental decision	To the Bielsko-Biała-Komorowice interchange parallel to , eastern terminus
2)	Bielsko-Biała - Rosta	1.6 km (0.99 mi)	The contract was signed in October 2008, works started in 2009.[4]
3)	Bielsko-Biała Komorowice	4.5 km (2.80 mi)	Works from Bielsko-Biała-Rosta to this interchange were allowed on 5.05.2009[4]
4)	Bielsko-Biała - Andersa	7.0 km (4.35 mi)	Constructed 06.2003-10.2006[5]
5)	Bielsko-Biała - Francuska	8.3 km (5.16 mi)		Exit to the shopping center[6]
6)	Bielsko-Biała - Wapienica	9.6 km (5.97 mi)
7)(1)	Jasienica	13.9 km (8.64 mi)		Exit to rest area(westbound)(restaurant, petrol station); interchange both ways[6]
8)(2)	Świętoszówka	16.4 km (10.19 mi)	Constructed 11.2004-11.2006[5]	Exit to rest area(eastbound)(restaurant, petrol station); exit eastbound only[6]
9)(3)	No name	20.7 km (12.86 mi)		Exit to rest area(eastbound)(restaurant, petrol station); exit eastbound only, exit to Grodziec via a gravel road[6]
10)	Skoczów-I	22.4 km (13.92 mi)	Constructed 06.2003-11.2007[5]	Construction was delayed because of the bankruptcy of the first contractor[6]
11)	Skoczów-II	23.3 km (14.48 mi)
12)	MOP Gumna	31.7 km (19.70 mi)	Constructed 10.2002-10.2005[5]	Rest area(restaurant, petrol station)[5][6]
13)	Cieszyn Wschód	33.0 km (20.51 mi)	Constructed 1991–1995, renovation 11.2006-10.2007[5]
(4)	MOP Cieszyn	35.3 km (21.93 mi)		Rest area(restaurant, petrol station, motel)[6]
14)	Cieszyn Zachód	36.3 km (22.56 mi)
15)	Cieszyn Pastwiska	36.8 km (22.87 mi)		Last interchange before the border, exit only westbound, entrance only eastbound.
	Former border checkpoint "Cieszyn"	37.4 km (23.24 mi)		Entrance to Czech Republic
		38.3 km (23.80 mi)[6]		Bridge over the Olza river[6]

Bielsko-Biała - Kraków

See also

• Highways in Poland