Highways in Hungary

The following is a list of all existing and/or under construction highways in Hungary.

Sign	E-roads	Class	Route			Planned total length (km)	In use		U/C (km)[2]	Map
			From	Via	To		(km)[2]	%
			Biatorbágy ( )	Törökbálint ( ) – Budafok-Tétény ( ) – Dunaharaszti ( ) – Gyál ( ) – Vecsés ( ) – Nagytarcsa ( ) – Újpalota ( ) – Dunakeszi ( ) – Üröm	Budaörs ( )	109	77	71%	0
			Budapest	Budaörs ( ) – Biatorbágy ( ) – Tatabánya – Kisigmánd ( ) – Győr( ) – Levél ( ) – Mosonmagyaróvár	Hegyeshalom	171	171	100%	N/A
			Dunakeszi ( )	Vác – Rétság	Hont–Parassapuszta	68	30	44%	0
			Budapest ( )	Gödöllő ( ) – Kál ( ) – Emőd ( ) – Görbeháza ( ) – Nyíregyháza – Őr ( ) – Vásárosnamény ( )	Beregdaróc	307	280	91%	0
		/	Budapest	Vecsés ( ) – Abony ( ) – Szolnok – Püspökladány – Berettyóújfalu ( )	Nagykereki	223	130	58%	0
			Budapest	Gyál ( ) – Kecskemét ( ) – Szeged ( )	Röszke	173	173	100%	N/A
			Budapest ( )	Budafok-Tétény ( ) – Dunaújváros ( ) – Szekszárd ( ) – Bóly ( )	Ivándárda	212	193	91%	19
			Budapest	Törökbálint ( ) – Székesfehérvár ( ) – Balatonfőkajár ( ) – Siófok – Hollád ( ) – Nagykanizsa	Letenye ( )	233	233	100%	N/A
			Balatonfőkajár ( )	Sárbogárd ( ) – Dunaújváros ( ) – Kecskemét ( ) – Nagykőrös ( )	Abony ( )	163	8	5%	0
			Szekszárd ( )		Nemesnádudvar	31	21	68%	0
			Levél ( )		Rajka	15	15	100%	N/A
			Győr East ( )		Győr North	9	9	100%	N/A
			Kál East ( )		Eger	18	18	100%	N/A
			Emőd ( )	Miskolc	Tornyosnémeti	86	86	100%	N/A
			Nagytarcsa ( )		Gödöllő ( )	12	12	100%	N/A
			Görbeháza ( )	Debrecen	Berettyóújfalu ( )	69	69	100%	N/A
			Szeged ( )	Makó	Csanádpalota	58	58	100%	N/A
			Nagykőrös ( )	Szarvas	Békéscsaba	111	80	72%	14
			Budapest ( )	(section of the former route of )	Budapest ( )	4	4	100%	N/A
			Bóly ( )	Pécs – Szigetvár ( )	Barcs	97	32	33%	0
			Letenye ( )		Tornyiszentmiklós	21	21	100%	N/A
			Hollád ( )	Keszthely – Zalaegerszeg	Körmend ( )	83	9	11%	0
			Körmend ( )		Rábafüzes	28	27	96%	1
			Győr ( )		Pápa	36	0	0%	36
			Győr ( )	Csorna ( )	Sopron	95	89	94%	6
			Körmend ( )	Szombathely ( ) – Csorna ( )	Levél ( )	122	64	53%	0
			Szombathely ( )		Kőszeg	22	1	5%	0

M1

M1 between Budapest and Tatabánya

The M1 starts from the western part of Budapest, it connects the Hungarian capital with Győr and northwestern part of Hungary, towards Vienna. The motorway is part of the Pan-European Corridor IV, and European route E60, E65 and E75. Average daily traffic is 75,510 near Budapest and 56,421 vehicles/day near Győr.[3] The construction of the motorway began 1964, it took more than thirty years to reach Hegyeshalom and the Austrian border. Its significance has increased since the change of regime in 1990, and today it is the most important western connection in Hungary.

Main junctions:

• M1-M85 Győr-west, towards to Sopron and Szombathely (M86)*
• M1-M15 Mosonmagyaróvár-west, toward to Bratislava

M3

M3 in Kisbag rest area

The M3 starts from north-eastern part of Budapest, it connects the Hungarian capital with Nyíregyháza and northeast part of Hungary, towards Mukachevo. The motorway is part of the Venice-Trieste-Ljubljana-Budapest-Lviv-Kyiv line Central-East Europe Corridor V, and European route E71, E79, E573 and E579. This is one of the most important route of the Hungarian motorway and road network, the southwest-north-eastern diagonal main line of traffic forming part of Budapest. Through Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and through Slovakia, creates a highway connection to the countries of north-eastern Europe.

Main junctions:

• M3-M30 Emőd, toward to Miskolc and Košice
• M3-M35 Görbeháza, toward to Debrecen and Oradea (M4)

M5

M5 near Lajosmizse

The M5 starts from Budapest, it connects the Hungarian capital with Szeged and southeast part of Hungary, towards Belgrade. It was the third motorway in Hungary that reached the border. The motorway is part of the Pan-European Corridor X, and European route E75. The motorway was built in the 1980s and reached the Serbian border in March 2006.

Main junctions:

• M5-M43 Szeged-north, toward to Makó and Arad-Timișoara

M6

M6 near Százhalombatta

The M6 starts from Budapest (M0-M6 Interchange), it connects the Hungarian capital with Mohács, on the right bank of the Danube in the south, towards Osijek and Sarajevo. The motorway is part of the European route E73. The final section reaching the border is currently under construction with a planned opening date in 2024. The connecting Croatian section is scheduled to be delivered a year earlier.

Main junctions:

• M6-M8 Dunaújváros-south, toward to Veszprém and Kecskemét
• M6-M60 Bóly, toward to Pécs

M7

M7 at Köröshegy Viaduct

The M7 starts from western part of Budapest, it connects the Hungarian capital with Lake Balaton and southwestern part of Hungary, towards Zagreb. The motorway is part of the Pan-European Corridor V, and European route E71. Average daily traffic is 62,779 near Budapest and 49,273 vehicles/day near Székesfehérvár.[3] The motorway was built in the 1960s and reached the Croatian border in October 2008.

Main junctions:

• M7-M70 Letenye, toward to Maribor and Venice

• 
  Pentele Bridge in M8
• 
  M15 near Rajka
• 
  Sajó Bridge in M30
• 
  M35 near Derecske
• 
  M43 near Szeged-Sándorfalva
• 
  M60 near Kozármisleny
• 
  Eastern section of M0
• 
  M2 near Vác
• 
  The end of M9 near Dusnok
• 
  Korongi Bridge in M70
• 
  M85-M86 near Csorna
• 
  M86 near Szombathely

List of planned highways (motorways and expressways)

Sign	E-roads	Class	Route			Planned total length (km)	Planning status	Map
			From	Via	To
			Budapest ( )	Pilisvörösvár – Kesztölc ( )	Esztergom	34 km	under planning
			Abony ( )		Kál ( )	63 km	under planning
			Vásárosnamény ( )		Záhony	39 km	under planning
			Őr ( )	Mátészalka	Csenger	45 km	under planning
			Sárbogárd ( )	Kisigmánd ( ) – Székesfehérvár ( )	Komárom	114 km	under planning
			Hollád ( )	Kaposvár – Szigetvár ( ), then Bóly ( ) – Tompa	Szeged ( )	90 + 131 km	under planning
			Bicske ( )		Kesztölc ( )	32 km	under planning

A third tier of highways, called 'Rapid Road' (in Hungarian: Gyorsút), was introduced in a 2015 Government Decree.[4] Rapid roads were defined as dual carriageways with lower standards than that of an expressway, and the level intersection (e.g., traffic light node, roundabout) is permissible. Similarly to expressways, the speed limit was defined as 110 km/h or 70 mph. The concept was abandoned in 2018, with some Rapid Roads upgraded as expressways, and others becoming 2x2 lane main roads.

This is a list of previously planned Rapid Roads:

Number	Route	Length	Note
R8	Székesfehérvár – Herend	58  km		name changed back to main road
	– Esztergom	?  km	replaced with expressways and
	Hatvan – Somoskőújfalu	?  km	name changed back to main road
	– Kaposvár	46 km	renamed to main road
	Győr ( ) – Pápa	36 km	upgraded to expressway

Main road 5 near Kecskemét.

Main road 21 near Zagyvaszántó.

There are several dual carriageway main road sections in Hungary, which are similar in most technological respects to expressways but allow at-grade intersections. Speed limit at designated sections of these roads is 110 km/h or 70 mph.

• Road between M3 and Gyöngyös (7 km)
• Several parts of Road between Budapest and Püspökladány (40 km) (The way between Budapest and Püspökladány is about 165 km/103miles)
• Road between M5 and Kecskemét (8 km)
• Road between Szekszárd and Tolna (4 km)
• Road between Veszprém and Székesfehérvár
• Road between Budapest and Szentendre (4 km and 9 km within the city limit of Budapest)
• Road between Hatvan and Salgótarján
• Road between Miskolc and Sajóbábony (10 km)
• Road between Békéscsaba and Gyula (11 km)
• Road between Szeged and Hódmezővásárhely (24 km)
• Road between Pécs and Pécs-Pogány International Airport (10 km)
• A section of road between Sopron and the border with Austria (4 km)
• A section of road between Egyházasrádóc and Körmend (3.5 km)

All vehicles must have an electronic vignette to use the motorways and expressways in Hungary. Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 5,500 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 8,900 Ft for 1 month and 49,190 Ft for a year.[5] The e-vignette user charge system applies to motorcycles, passenger cars and their trailers, as well as cargo vehicles with a maximum permissible gross weight of 3.5 tonnes, campers and buses, and their trailers. These vehicles are authorized to use the Hungarian toll speedway network's roads exclusively with pre-purchased –purchased prior to entering a toll speedway section– road use authorization, i.e. e-vignettes. The amount of toll charges depends on the category of the vehicle and the type of the e-vignette. The category of the motor vehicles must be determined according to the official entry that appears in the vehicle registration certificate, based on the maximum permissible gross weight of the motor vehicle and the number of persons it is allowed to transport.[6]

All vignettes are checked via ANPR cameras or the police will pull a driver over and the driver will have to show a vignette via the E-vignette app or the driver will print out a sheet with the payment. If failing to buy a e-vignette the driver will face fines from 18,750 Ft to 74,970 Ft.[7]

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary (for motorcycles, passenger cars, buses, trailers, vans up to 3.5 t):

1. time-based fee vignettes (E-vigentte system)
2. regional vignettes (annual vignette for Hungarian counties)

All the sections of motorways and expressways are toll roads except for these sections:[8]

• the following sections of the expressway: – 63 km
  • the section between Main Road 1 (exit −1) and the M5 motorway (exit 32),
  • the section between M4 expressway (exit 41) and M3 motorway (exit 68),
  • Megyeri Bridge (the section between Main Road 11 and Main Road 2), (exit 74–77).
• the section of the motorway between the Miskolc-South and Miskolc-North junctions (exit 24–31)
• the motorway – 12 km
• the section of expressway (sign of Main Road 4) between the road leading from Vecsés to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (section between km section 19+550 and km section 20+518)
• the Pécs south-west loop section of the motorway between roads no. 58 (exit 30) and 5826 (exit 32) – 2 km
• the section of the expressway between Balatonszentgyörgy/Balatonberény and Keszthely‑Fenékpuszta (exit 0–8)
• the motorway
• the expressway – 29 km
• the section of expressway between Main Roads 6 and 51

Lorries have to buy an e-toll Via E-toll app to use the highways and expressways. There are different fares for lorries below 3.5 tonnes and lorries above 3.5 tonnes.

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  Traffic sign for an autópálya (motorway)
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  Traffic sign for an autóút (expressway)

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