M3 motorway (Hungary) - Wikipedia

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M3 motorway
M3-as autópálya
in use planned
Route information
Part of E71 / E79 / E573 / E579
Length	281 km (175 mi) 307 km (191 mi) planned
Existed	1978–present
Major junctions
From	Budapest
	M0 near Fót M31 in Gödöllő 21, 32 in Hatvan M25, 33 near Füzesabony 331 near Mezőkövesd M30 near Emőd 35 near Polgár M35 near Görbeháza 338, 4, 403 near Nyíregyháza M49, 49 near Őr 41 near Vásárosnamény
To	Barabás M 24 border with  Ukraine
Location
Country	Hungary
Counties	Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Major cities	Budapest, Hatvan, Gyöngyös, Füzesabony, Polgár, Nyíregyháza
Highway system
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The M3 motorway (Hungarian: M3-as autópálya) 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 the route of route 3, and, later, route 4. The section of the motorway between Görbeháza and Nyíregyháza was opened to the public in August 2007. The latest section of the motorway, the one between Highway 49 and Vásárosnamény was opened to the public in 2014.^[1] The total length of the motorway now is 281 km.

• 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.

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

•   Under construction,   Planned section

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

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]

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

Type of vignette	Available section
Pest County	between Szentmihályi Street junction and Hatvan west (11 km – 55 km)
Heves County	between Bag and Mezőkövesd (39 km – 128 km)
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County	between Füzesabony and Polgár (114 km – 175 km)
Hajdú-Bihar County	between Hejőkürt and Nyíregyháza west (164 km – 221 km)
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County	between Hajdúnánás and Vásárosnamény (203 km – 280 km)

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

Bridge

• Tisza Bridge of Polgár (Polgári Tisza-híd; 405.5 m or 1,330 ft) over Tisza river

Landscape history memorial park

• M3 Arcehopark – Open-air museum near this motorway

Outlet center

• M3 Outlet Center

Name	Route
	124 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)

• Roads in Hungary
• Transport in Hungary
• International E-road network

• National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English)
• Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.)
• National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.