Roads in Hungary
Hungarian road categories are as follows:
- Gyorsforgalmi út :
- *Autópálya : 2+2 travel lanes and 1+1 emergency lane, central reservation, no at-grade intersections, speed limit:
- *Autóút : 2+2, 2+1 or 1+1 travel lanes, central reservation, some at-grade intersections, speed limit:
- *Gyorsút : 2+2 travel lanes, central reservation, few at-grade intersections, speed limit:
- Elsődrendű főút
- Másodrendű főút
- Helyi út
European routes passing through Hungary: E60; E65; E66; E68; E71; E73; E75; E77; E79 ; E573; E653; E661.
Highways
They have one lane at the each direction, signs are white-on-blue and the normal speed limit is 130 km/h, in expressways 110 km/h.According to the Állami Autópályakezelő Zrt., the total length of the Hungarian motorway system was 1,400.6 kilometers in 2013. The construction of the Hungarian motorway system started in 1964 with M7, which finished in 1975 between Budapest and the Lake Balaton. The total length of the system reached 200 km in 1980, 500 km in 1998 and 1000 km in 2007.
Motorways in Hungary:
M1 | M3 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M15 | M19 | M30 | M31 | M35 | M43 | M60
Expressways in Hungary :
M0 | M2 | M4 | M9 | M10 | M25 | M34 | M44 | M51 | M70 |
M85 | M86 | M87
History
Development of the overall length :| Year | 1964 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1996 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2016 |
| Length in km | 7 | 85 | 136 | 213 | 302 | 361 | 440 | 638 | 967 | 1.290 | 1.382 | 1.481 |
Main roads
They have one lane at the each direction, signs are white-on-green and the normal speed limit is 90 km/h.Primary main road
Roads categorized as state roads, class IIa are 2,224 km in total length and are marked with one, two, or some three-digit numbers.| Sign | Number | Route | Length |
| 1 | Budapest - Budaörs - Bicske - Tatabánya - Tata - Komárom - Győr - Mosonmagyaróvár - Border with Austria near Hegyeshalom | 177 km | |
| 10 | Budapest - Pilisvörösvár - Dorog - Almásfüzitő | 75 km | |
| 2 | Budapest - Dunakeszi - Vác - Border with Slovakia near Hont | 78 km | |
| 21 | Hatvan - Pásztó - Bátonyterenye - Salgótarján - Border with Slovakia near Somoskőújfalu | 65 km | |
| 3 | Budapest - Gödöllő - Hatvan - Gyöngyös - Füzesabony - Miskolc - Encs - Border with Slovakia near Tornyosnémeti | 247 km | |
| 354 | Debrecen north bypass | 12 km | |
| 4 | Budapest - Cegléd - Szolnok - Püspökladány - Debrecen - Nyíregyháza - Kisvárda - Border with Ukraine near Záhony | 352 km | |
| 403 | Nyíregyháza east bypass | 14 km | |
| 405 | Motorway M5 - Main road 4 | 15 km | |
| 41 | Nyíregyháza - Baktalórántháza - Vásárosnamény - Border with Ukraine near Beregsurány | 73 km | |
| 42 | Püspökladány - Berettyóújfalu - Border with Romania near Ártánd | 59 km | |
| 43 | Szeged - Makó - Border with Romania near Nagylak | 55 km | |
| 44 | Kecskemét - Lakitelek - Kunszentmárton - Szarvas - Békéscsaba - Border with Romania near Gyula | 144 km | |
| 5 | Budapest - Dabas - Kecskemét - Kiskunfélegyháza - Szeged - Border with Serbia near Röszke | 185 km | |
| 6 | Budapest - Érd - Dunaújváros - Paks - Szekszárd - Pécs - Szigetvár - Border with Croatia near Barcs | 262 km | |
| 7 | Budapest - Érd - Martonvásár - Székesfehérvár - Siófok - Nagykanizsa - Border with Croatia near Letenye | 233 km | |
| 8 | Székesfehérvár - Veszprém - Ajka - Körmend - Border with Austria near Szentgotthárd | 190 km |
Secondary main road
Roads categorized as state roads, class IIb are 2,224 km in total length and are marked with one, two, or some three-digit numbers.Local roads
Minor, local roads in the country are designated as "local roads". Total length of these roads is 23,780 km and are marked with four or some five-digit numbers, while the rest are consisted of macadam and earthen roads.European routes
The following European routes pass through Hungary:Class A:
- E60: Nickelsdorf, – Hegyeshalom – Győr – Tatabánya – Budapest – Szolnok – Püspökladány – Ártánd - Borș,
- E65: Čunovo, – Rajka – Csorna – Szombathely – Körmend – Zalaegerszeg – Nagykanizsa – Letenye - Goričan,
- E66: Heiligenkreuz, – Rábafüzes – Körmend – Ajka – Veszprém – Székesfehérvár
- E68: Szeged – Makó – Csanádpalota – Nădlac,
- E71: Milhosť, – Tornyosnémeti – Miskolc – Füzesabony – Hatvan – Budapest – Székesfehérvár – Siófok – Nagykanizsa – Letenye – Goričan,
- E73: Budapest – Dunaújváros – Szekszárd – Mohács – Udvar – Duboševica,
- E75: Čunovo, – Rajka – Győr – Tatabánya – Budapest – Kecskemét – Szeged – Röszke - Horgoš,
- E77: Šahy, – Parassapuszta – Vác – Budapest
- E79: Miskolc – Polgár – Debrecen – Berettyóújfalu – Ártánd - Borș,
- E573: Püspökladány – Debrecen – Nyíregyháza – Záhony – Chop,
- E579: Nyíregyháza – Vásárosnamény – Beregsurány – Deyda,
- E653: Letenye – Tornyiszentmiklós – Pince,
- E661: Lake Balaton – Nagyatád – Barcs – Terezino Polje,