M85 expressway (Hungary)
Mb
CountryHUN
Route85
Length83 km
Length notes95 km (59 mi) planned
Established2008
Terminus anear Győr
Junction
  • near Győr, Csorna, Fertőd and Sopron
  • near Csorna
  • near Nagycenk and Sopron
Terminus bSopron
border with
CountiesGyőr-Moson-Sopron
CitiesGyőr, Csorna, Sopron

The M85 expressway (Hungarian: M85-ös autóút) is a Hungarian expressway connecting Győr to Sopron. It will eventually connect M1 motorway to the Austrian border.

Timeline

SectionLengthOpenedNotes
Győr nyugat (M1) – Enese8.0 km (4.97 mi)16 June 2015[1]Built between 2013 – 2015.
Enese bypass7.0 km (4.35 mi)21 December 2011Built between 2009 – 2011.
Enese – Kóny3.0 km (1.86 mi)16 June 2015[1]Built between 2013 – 2015.
Kóny – Csorna6.0 km (3.73 mi)9 September 2015[2]Built between 2013 – 2015.
Csorna bypass I.5.0 km (3.11 mi)9 September 2015[2]Segment I. (East), built between 2013 – 2015.
Common route with M86 expressway. This section was extended 2x3 lane.
Csorna bypass II. (M86 junction - Csorny nyugat)4.5 km (2.80 mi)15 December 2017[3]Segment II. (West), built between 2015 – 2017.
Csorna nyugat – Sopron kelet51.0 km (31.69 mi)16 December 2020Built between 2017 – 2020.
Sopron kelet – Balf2.5 km (1.55 mi)9 June 2021Built between 2017 – 2021.
Balf – Sopron észak6.4 km (3.98 mi)10 December 2021Built between 2018 – 2021.
Sopron észak to the border4.6 km (2.86 mi)17 December 2024Under construction, with Sopron Tunnel

Route description

  • The route is full length expressway. The maximum speed limit is 110 km/h, with .
CountykmTypeDestinationNotes

Győr-Moson-Sopron		0

Main road 1 – Győr /
– Mosonmagyaróvár, towards to Vienna (A), Bratislava (SK) /

Main road 85 – Ikrény /

– Budapest and / E575 Vámosszabadi

The eastern terminus of the expressway.

Kilometrage starting point

Roundabout and interchange junction

8Rábapatona
10Lébény, Bezi / Enese, Tét
16Kóny / RábcakapiConnecting to petrol station and Truck parking.
21Main road 85 – Csorna
23

– Mosonmagyaróvár

– Sopron /
Szombathely, towards to Marbor (SLO)

The northern terminus of the common road with M85-M86 expressways, and E65 route.

The eastern part of Csorna bypass.

The northern terminus of 2x3 lane road.

over the Győr–Sopron railway line
25over the Pápa–Csorna railway line
27

– Sopron, Kapuvár

Szombathely, towards to Marbor (SLO)

The southern terminus of the common road with M85-M86 expressways, and E65 route.

The southern part of Csorna bypass.

The southern terminus of 2x3 lane road.

over the Hegyeshalom–Szombathely railway line
32Jobaháza, Farád / Csorna nyugatnyugat means West
40Babóti pihenőhely

parking, WC, and water (petrol station in the future)

pihenőhely means Rest area

44Beled, Hövej / Kapuvár
53Fertőd, FertőendrédConnecting to Main road 85.
55Széchenyi pihenőhelyparking, WC, and water
60Kőszeg, Lövő / Fertőszentmiklós
68under the Győr–Sopron railway line
72Main road 84 – Nagycenk / SárvárConnection to Sopron, and the Lake Balaton.
78Hutbájd pihenőhely

parking, WC, and water

Tengelysúlymérő állomás means weigh in motion (traffic control)

79over the Győr–Sopron railway line
Ikva hídhíd means Bridge
82

Main road 84 – Kópháza (border) / Sopron Centrum

Harka

85Sopron-Balf / Sopron-Pihenőkereszt
89Sopron észak / Fertőrákosészak means North
90Soproni alagút

Length: 780 m

alagút means Tunnel

93Main road 84 – Sopron nyugat / Ágfalva

nyugat means West

Western under construction section

94Scarbantia pihenőhelyPlanned
95Soporn (H) – Klingenbach (AT) border crossing
– Eisenstadt towards to Vienna

Planned

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc.. This activity is provided by these highway engineers.

  • in Csorna, mixed - use engineering
  • near Nagycenk, kilometre trench 71 (under construction)

Payment

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica);

  • Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024.[4]

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

{| class="wikitable"
Type of county vignetteAvailable section
Győr-Moson-Sopornfull length (0 km – 83 km)

See also

References

  1. ^ "M85: átadták a Győr-Kóny szakaszt - fotók, videó". Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  2. ^ "Már a miénk az M85-ös Csorna és Kóny között! - fotók". Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  3. ^ "M85: pénteken átadják a csornai elkerülőt - Áder János is ott lesz". Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  4. ^ "National Toll Payment Services PLC - E-vignette rates from 1 January 2024". toll-charge.hu. Archived 10 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 January 2024.