M3 motorway (Hungary)

The M3 motorway () is a Hungarian motorway connecting Budapest to Nyíregyháza. It will eventually connect Budapest to the Ukrainian border. Two other motorways branch off it, the M30 (connecting the M3 to Miskolc) and the M35 (connecting the M3 to Debrecen). The M3 follows route 3, and, later, route 4. The section of the motorway between Görbeháza and Nyíregyháza was opened to traffic in August 2007. The section of the motorway between Highway 49 and Vásárosnamény was opened to the public in 2014. The total length of the motorway now is 281 km.

Openings timeline Budapest – Gödöllő (14 km): 1978.10.16. Gödöllő – Hatvan (29 km): 1980.10.31. Hatvan – Gyöngyös-west (15 km): 1983 Gyöngyös-west – Füzesabony (44 km): 1998.09.01. Füzesabony – Polgár (61 km): 2002 Polgár – Görbeháza; M35 (11 km): 2004.10. Görbeháza; M35 – Nyíregyháza (41 km): 2007.08.31. Nyíregyháza bypass (8 km): 2006.08.05. Nagykálló – Őr (33,8 km): 2013.01.16. Őr – Vásárosnamény (11,9 km): 2014.10.10.

List of junctions, exits and rest area

Distance from Zero Kilometre Stone (Adam Clark Square) in Budapest in kilometres.

The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130 km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).

km Destinations Route Notes 10Budapest Introductory path of M3 11Újpalota, Újpest 12 Szilas pihenőhely Rest area: Shell / Shell + Dunakeszi, Vác 13M3-M0 interchange(Budapest bypass) Connection to Győr, Székesfehérvár, Pécs, Szeged, Budapest International Airport, Szolnok and Vác. 18 Ring pihenőhely Temporary rest area, toward to Hungaroring circuit: 19Mogyoród-nyugat, Fót, Hungaroring Western connection to Mogyoród 23Mogyoród-kelet, Hungaroring, Szada 25 Jakabpusztai pihenőhely Rest area: Lukoil / Lukoil + 27M3-M31 interchange Unloading road, connection to M0.The western terminus of European routes E71Vác, Gödöllő 32 Babati pihenő Rest area, towards only Nyíregyháza: 36 Kisbagi pihenőhely Rest area: 39Bag, Aszód, Tura 43 Galga pihenőhely Rest area: Border of Pest and Heves Counties 51 Kerekharaszti pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL + Kerekharaszt 55Hatvan-nyugat, Salgótarján, Galyatető Western connection to Hatvan 59Hatvan-kelet, Szolnok Eastern bypass to Hatvan 60 Horti pihenőhely Rest area: 66 Ecsédi pihenőhely Rest area: 70 kmGyöngyös-nyugat, Hort Access route of Gyöngyös 75 Halászaranyosi pihenőhely Rest area: 78Gyöngyös-kelet, Mátrafüred, Adács Eastern connection to Gyöngyös 82 Borsókúti pihenőhely Rest area: OMV / OMV + 87Nagyfügedi pihenőhely Rest area: 90Nagyfüged, Heves, Ludas 92 Kisasszonytéri pihenőhely Rest area: 103Kál, Erdőtelek 104 Bridge over 106 Rekettyés pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL + 108M3-M25 interchange Access route of Eger 114Füzesabony, Eger, Jászberény 122 Mezőszemerei pihenőhely Rest area: Border of Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Counties 128Mezőkövesd, Borsodivánka 139Mezőnagymihály, Mezőkeresztes 142Geleji pihenőhely Rest area: Shell / Shell + 151M3-M30 interchange Connection to M30 motorway, towards to , via MiskolcThe eastern terminus of European routes E71, and the northern of E79 153 Igrici pihenőhely Rest area: 156Mezőcsát, Hejőpapi 164Hejőkürt, Tiszaújváros 169 Tisza () Border of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Hajdú-Bihar Counties 171 Polgári pihenőhely Rest area: 175Nyékládháza, Polgár M3 Arcehopark Archeological and landscape historical skansen 179 Western Main Channel () 184 Görbeháza pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL + 187GörbeházaM3-M35 interchange Connection to M35 motorway, towards to , via DebrecenThe southern terminus of European routes E79 194 Rétaljai pihenőhely () Rest area: . The western terminus of European routes E579 200 Eastern Main Channel () 203Hajdúnánás, Tiszavasvári 206Hajdúnánási pihenőhely Rest area: Border of Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Counties 215 Kálmánházi pihenőhely Rest area: Mobil Petrol / Mobil Petrol + 221Nyíregyháza-nyugat, Kálmánháza Western bypass of Nyíregyháza, toward to Tokaj 227Nyíregyháza-dél, Debrecen The western terminus of European routes E573 229 Nyíregyházi pihenőhely Rest area: 234Nyíregyháza-kelet, Nagykálló Nyíregyháza-észak, Záhony Eastern bypass of Nyíregyháza, and terminus of European routes E573 244 Mohos pihenőhely Rest area: ? + 254Ófehértó Connection to Nyírbátor or Baktalórántháza 263 Kántorjánosi pihenőhely Rest area: 267Vaja, MátészalkaM3-M49 interchange 280Vásárosnamény Vásárosnamény-észak, Ilk 286M3-M34 interchange Connection to Záhony 288Kisvarsány, Nagyvarsány 289 Tisza () 292Tiszaszalka, Gergelyiugurnya Vámosatyai pihenőhely Rest area: 301Gelénes, Barabás 307Beregdaróc (H) – Luzhanka (UA) border crossing M24 highway → to Mukachevo, Ukraine

Under construction, Planned section

Maintenance The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by these highway engineers. near Gödöllő, kilometre trench 23 near Kál, kilometre trench 103 near Emőd, kilometre trench 151 near Hajdúnánás, kilometre trench 204 near Újfehértó, kilometre trench 254

Payment Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica); with a validity of either 10 days (3500 HUF), 1 month (4780 HUF) or 1 year (42980 HUF).

2, county vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

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Significant artifacts From Budapest to the Ukrainian border, the M3 motorway features the following bridges, tunnels or covered cuts:

Bridge Tisza Bridge of Polgár (; ) over Tisza river Landscape history memorial park M3 Arcehopark – Open-air museum near this motorway Outlet center M3 Outlet Center

European Route(s) Name Route124 km Emőd (151) – Gödöllő (27)89 km Rétaljai pihenőhely (191) – Vásárosnamény (280)36 km Emőd (151) – Görbeháza (187)7 km Nyíregyháza-south (227) – Nyíregyháza-north (234)

M3 motorway (Hungary)

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