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Vehicle traffic on the highway and expressway
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A motorway is a dual carriageway road, marked with appropriate road signs, on which no cross traffic is allowed, intended only for motor vehicles, excluding quadricycles, which on a flat, horizontal roadways can reach a speed of at least 40 km/h, including when pulling trailers.

An expressway is a two- or single-carriageway road, marked with appropriate road signs, on which intersections occur exceptionally, intended only for motor vehicles, excluding four-wheelers.

The beginning or continuation of the motorway is marked by sign D-9.

autostrada
koniec motorway

The end of the motorway is indicated by the D-10 sign and the posts preceding it informing about the distance to the end of the motorway.

post 300 m
post 200 m
post 100 m

The beginning or continuation of the expressway is marked by sign D-7, and its end by sign D-8.

road expressway
koniec-drogi-expressowa

The T-28 sign placed under the D-7 or D-9 sign indicates that tolls are charged.

toll road

The regulations prohibit the following on the highway:

  • turn back
  • undo,
  • towing; except for towing by vehicles intended for towing to the nearest exit or passenger service point,
  • stopping in the lane between the roads,
  • stopping and parking the vehicle in a place other than the one designated for this purpose

Regulations prohibit on expressways:

  • undo,
  • make a U-turn except at an intersection or place designated for this purpose,
  • stopping in the lane between the roads,
  • stopping and parking the vehicle in a place other than the one designated for this purpose.