Public roads in Hungary are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows:
Some of the national roads are part of the European route scheme.
European routes passing through Hungary: E60; E65; E66; E68; E71; E73; E75; E77; E79 (Class A); E573; E653; E661 (Class B).
See main article: Highways in Hungary.
They have one lane in 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. ("State Motorway Management Plc."), the total length of the Hungarian motorway system was 1,400.6 kilometers in 2013.[1] The construction of the Hungarian motorway system started in 1964 with M7, which finished in 1975 between Budapest and Lake Balaton. The total length of the system reached 200 km in 1980, 500 km in 1998, and 1000 km in 2007.
Road signs are white shield on blue and the abbreviation for both types of highways is M.
The main differences are that motorways feature emergency lanes and the maximum allowed speed limit is 130km/h, while expressways may be built without them and the speed limit is 110km/h.
Development of the overall length (at the end of):
| 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | dec 2023 | ||
| Length [km] | 7 | 85 | 132 | 213 | 302 | 347 | 384 | 531 | 777 | 1,241 | 1,399 | 1,745 | 1,880 |
Motorways: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expressways: | | | | | | | | | | |
M10 | M32 | M34 | M71 | M87 | M100 | M200
They have one lane in each direction, signs are white-on-green and the normal speed limit is 90 km/h.
Roads categorized as state roads, primary main roads are 2,169 km in total length as of December 2022.[2] The routes are marked with one, two, or three-digit numbers.
| Designation | Route | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 km | |||
| Budapest - Dunakeszi - Vác - Rétság - Parassapuszta (Hont) / Border with Slovakia | 78 km | ||
| 247 km | |||
| 352 km | |||
| 185 km | |||
| 262 km | |||
| 233 km | |||
| 190 km | |||
| Óbuda - Dorog - Tát - Nyergesújfalu (Main road 1) | 75 km | ||
| 15 km | |||
| 65 km | |||
| 73 km | |||
| 59 km | |||
| 55 km | |||
| 144 km | |||
| Northern bypass of Debrecen (M35 motorway - Main road 4) | 12 km | ||
| Eastern bypass of Nyíregyháza (M3 motorway - Main road 4) | 14 km | ||
| Albertirsa (M4 expressway) - Újhartyán (M5 motorway) | 15 km | ||
| Western bypass of Szeged | 6 km |
Roads categorized as state roads, class IIb are 4,849 km in total length as of December 2022. The routes are marked with two or three-digit numbers.
| Designation | Route | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hegyeshalom (Main road 1) - M1 motorway | 1 km | |||
| Herceghalom (Main road 1) - Zsámbék - Pilisjászfalu (Main road 10) | 23 km | |||
| Óbuda (Main road 10) - Szentendre - Esztergom - Main road 117 | 72 km | |||
| Esztergom (Main road 11) - Dorog (Main road 10) | 8 km | |||
| Bypass of Dorog | 16 km | |||
| Vác (M2 epressway) - Nagymaros - Szob | 27 km | |||
| Border with Slovakia / Bypass of Komárom - Nagyigmánd - Kisbér (Main road 81) | 29 km | |||
| 132 | Old Komárom section of Main road 13 (Border with Slovakia / Komárom - Main road 13) | 4 km | ||
| 13 km | ||||
| Old Salgótarján section of Main road 21 | 3 km | |||
| Rétság (Main road 2) - Balassagyarmat - Szécsény - Salgótarján (Main road 21) Old section of Main road 2 | 67 km | |||
| 2 km | ||||
| Bátonyterenye (Main road 21) - Pétervására - Tarnalelesz (Main road 25) | 33 km | |||
| Gyöngyös (Main road 3) - Recsk - Sirok - Eger (Main road 25) | 60 km | |||
| Kerecsend (Main road 3) - Eger - Tarnalelesz - Ózd - Bánréve (Main road 26) | 82 km | |||
| 251 | Maklár (M25 expressway) - Füzesabony (Main road 3) | 4 km | ||
| Part of the southern bypass of Eger (Main road 25 - M25 expressway) | 1 km | |||
| Mezőkövesd (Main road 3) - Andornaktálya (M25 expressway) Old section of Side road 2502 | 12 km | |||
| 45 km | ||||
| 260 | Bypass of Sajószentpéter and Berente | 11 km | ||
| Sajószentpéter (Main road 26) - Edelény - Szendrő - Tornanádaska / Border with Slovakia | 55 km | |||
| Emőd (Main road 3) - M3 motorway | 8 km | |||
| Southern bypass of Miskolc (Main road 3 - M30 motorway) | 4 km | |||
| Northern bypass of Miskolc (M30 motorway - Main road 26) | 6 km | |||
| Budapest - Gyömrő - Nagykáta - Jászberény - Jászapáti - Heves - Füzesabony (Main road 33) | 126 km | |||
| Nagykáta (Main road 31) - Farmos - Cegléd (Main road 4) | 34 km | |||
| Hatvan (M3 motorway) - Jászberény - Újszász - Szolnok (Main road 4) | 80 km | |||
| Füzesabony (Main road 3) - Tiszafüred - Hortobágy - Debrecen (Main road 4) | 111 km | |||
| Western bypass of Mezőkövesd (Main road 3 - M30 motorway) | 6 km | |||
| Western bypass of Nyíregyháza (M3 motorway - Main road 38) | 7 km | |||
| Tiszafüred (Main road 33) - Kunmadaras - Kunhegyes - Fegyvernek (Main road 4) | 55 km | |||
| Nyékládháza (Main road 3) - Tiszaújváros - Polgár - Hajdúböszörmény - Debrecen (Main road 4) | 86 km | |||
| 351 | Introduction road of Tiszaújváros (Main road 35 - M3 motorway) | 8 km | ||
| Polgár Main road Main road 35) - Tiszavasvári - Nyíregyháza (Main road 38) | 50 km | |||
| 76 km | ||||
| Tarcal (Main road Main road 37) - Tokaj - Rakamaz - Nyíregyháza (Main road 4) | 37 km | |||
| Sátoraljaújhely (Main road 37) - Cigánd - Kisvárda (Main road 4) | 47 km | |||
| Encs (Main road 3) - Abaújszántó - Mezőzombor (Main road 37) | 36 km | |||
| M4 expressway - Main road 4 near Abony | 1 km | |||
| Southern Introduction road of Szolnok (Main road 4 - Main road 32) | 6 km | |||
| 404 | Eastern bypass of Üllő (M4 expressway – Main road 4); Old section of Main road 4 | 2 km | ||
| Abony (M4 expressway) – Szolnok (Main road 4-32) | 4 km | |||
| Berettyóújfalu Old section of Main road 42 | 3 km | |||
| Eastern bypass of Makó (M43 motorway - Main road 43) | 8 km | |||
| 6 km | ||||
| Cegléd (Main road 4) - Nagykőrös - Kecskemét (Main road 5) | 31 km | |||
| Szolnok (Main road 4) - Martfű - Kunszentmárton (Main road 44) | 43 km | |||
| Szarvas (Main road 44) - Gyomaendrőd (Main road 46) | 19 km | |||
| Western bypass and Southern Introduction road of Békéscsaba | 2 km | |||
| Northeastern bypass of Kecskemét (Main road 44 - Hetényegyháza) | 13 km | |||
| 446 | Old Békéscsaba section of Main road 44 | 2 km | ||
| Kunszentmárton (Main road 44) - Szentes - Hódmezővásárhely (Main road 47) | 53 km | |||
| Szentes (Main road 45) - Csongrád - Kiskunfélegyháza (Main road 5) | 42 km | |||
| Törökszentmiklós (Main road 4) - Mezőtúr - Gyomaendrőd - Mezőberény (Main road 47) | 66 km | |||
| Debrecen (Main road 4) - Berettyóújfalu - Szeghalom - Mezőberény - Békéscsaba - Orosháza - Hódmezővásárhely - Szeged (Main road 5) | 215 km | |||
| Mezőberény (Main road 47) - Békés - Békéscsaba (Main road 446) Old section of Main road 47 | 21 km | |||
| Debrecen (Main road 4) - Nyíradony - Nyírbátor - Mátészalka (Main road 49) | 73 km | |||
| 472 | Old Hódmezővásárhely section of Main road 47 | 7 km | ||
| Old Orosháza section of Main road 47 | 13 km | |||
| 30 km | ||||
| Southern bypass of Debrecen (Main road 47 - M35 motorway) | 6 km | |||
| 57 km | ||||
| Győrtelek (Main road 49) - Fehérgyarmat - Tiszabecs / Border with Ukraina | 20 km | |||
| Baktalórántháza (Main road 41) - Nyírbátor (Main road 471) | 20 km | |||
| 191 km | ||||
| Old Soroskár, Dunaharaszti and Taksony section of Main road 51 | 11 km | |||
| East bypass of Baja (Main road 51 - Main road 55) | 4 km | |||
| Western bypass of Kalocsa | 4 km | |||
| Old Dunavecse and Apostag section of Main road 51 | 8 km | |||
| Kecskemét (Main road 5) - Solt - Dunaföldvár (Main road 6) | 64 km | |||
| 89 km | ||||
| Kecskemét (Main roads 5-44) - Bugacpusztaháza - Soltvadkert - Sükösd (Main road 51) | 92 km | |||
| Southern Introduction road of Kecskemét (Main road 5 - Main road 54) | 4 km | |||
| Western bypass of Kiskunfélegyháza | 9 km | |||
| Szeged (Main road 5) - Mórahalom - Mélykút - Baja - Bátaszék (M6 motorway) | 122 km | |||
| Introduction road of Baja (Old section of Main Road 55) | 2 km | |||
| 61 km | ||||
| Pécs (Main road 6) - Bóly - Mohács | 38 km | |||
| Eastern bypass of Pécs (Main road 6 - M60 motorway) | 9 km | |||
| 33 km | ||||
| 61 | Dunaföldvár - Cece - Simontornya - Tamási - Dombóvár - Kaposvár - Nagykanizsa (Intersection with Motorway M7) | 195 km | ||
| 610 | Kaposvár (old section of Main road 61) | 16 km | ||
| 611 | Dombóvár - Sásd | 14 km | ||
| 62 | Dunaújváros (Intersection with Main road 6) - Seregélyes - Székesfehérvár | 47 km | ||
| 63 | Szekszárd (Intersection with Main road 6) - Cece - Sárbogárd - Székesfehérvár (Intersection with Motorway M7) | 90 km | ||
| 631 | Motorway M6 - Main road 63 | 5 km | ||
| 64 | Simontornya - Enying (Intersection with Main road 7) | 37 km | ||
| 65 | Szekszárd (Intersection with Main road 6) - Tamási - Siófok | 85 km | ||
| 651 | Tamási bypass (Main road 65 - Main road 61) | 10 km | ||
| 66 | Pécs - Sásd - Kaposvár (Intersection with Main roads 61 and 610) | 54 km | ||
| 67 | Szigetvár - Kaposvár - Balatonlelle | 90 km | ||
| 68 | Barcs - Nagyatád - Marcali - Balatonszentgyörgy (Intersection with Main roads 7 and 76) | 95 km | ||
| 681 | Nagyatád (Intersection with Main road 68) - Border with Croatia near Berzence | 24 km | ||
| 682 | Marcali (old section of Main road 68) | 6 km | ||
| 71 | Lepsény (Intersection with Main road 7) - Balatonfűzfő - Balatonalmádi - Balatonfüred - Balatonederics - Keszthely (Intersection with Main road 76) | 116 km | ||
| 710 | Balatonakarattya (Intersection with Main road 71) - Balatonfűzfő (Intersection with Main road 72) | 17 km | ||
| 72 | Balatonfűzfő - Litér - Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) | 7 km | ||
| 73 | Csopak (Intersection with Main road 71) - Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) | 13 km | ||
| 74 | Nagykanizsa (Intersection with Main road 7) - Bak - Zalaegerszeg - Vasvár (Intersection with Main road 8) | 75 km | ||
| 75 | Keszthely (Intersection with Main road 71) - Pacsa - Bak - Rédics | 69 km | ||
| 76 | Balatonszentgyörgy (Intersection with Main roads 7 and 68) - Sármellék - Zalaegerszeg - Nádasd (Intersection with Main road 86) | 82 km | ||
| 760 | Main road 75 - Hévíz - Main road 76 | - km | ||
| 761 | Zalaegerszeg north bypass (Main road 74 - Main road 76) | - km | ||
| 762 | Zalaegerszeg (old section of Main road 76) | - km | ||
| 77 | Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 71) - Nagyvázsony - Tapolca - Lesencetomaj (Intersection with Main road 84) | 54 km | ||
| 81 | Székesfehérvár (Intersection with Main road 8) - Mór - Kisbér - Győr | 81 km | ||
| 811 | Székesfehérvár - Lovasberény - Felcsút - Bicske (Intersection with Main road 1) | 42 km | ||
| 813 | Győr northeast bypass (Intersection with Motorway M1 - Main road 14) | 13 km | ||
| 82 | Veszprém (Intersection with Main road 8) - Zirc - Pannonhalma - Győr | 80 km | ||
| 821 | Győr (Main road 83 - Main road 1) | 3 km | ||
| 83 | Városlőd (Intersection with Main road 8) - Pápa - Tét - Győr | 76 km | ||
| 830 | Veszprém north bypass (Main road 82 – Main road 8) | 7 km | ||
| 832 | Pápa (Intersection with Main road 83) - Pápateszér - Veszprémvarsány (Intersection with Main road 82) | 30 km | ||
| 834 | Pápa (Intersection with Main road 83) - Celldömölk - Sárvár-Hegyközség (Intersection with Main road 84) | 41 km | ||
| 84 | Balatonederics (Intersection with Main road 71) - Sümeg - Sárvár - Hegyfalu - Border with Austria near Sopron | 132 km | ||
| 85 | Győr (Intersection with Main road 1) - Csorna - Kapuvár - Nagycenk (Intersection with Main road 84) | 72 km | ||
| 86 | Mosonmagyaróvár - Csorna - Répcelak - Szombathely - Körmend - Zalalövő - Border with Slovenia near Rédics | 159 km | ||
| 861 | Border with Austria near Kópháza | 2 km | ||
| 87 | Kám - Rum - Szombathely - Border with Austria near Kőszeg | 49 km | ||
| 88 | Sárvár (Intersection with Main road 84) - Vát (Intersection with Main road 86) | 12 km | ||
| 89 | Szombathely (Intersection with Main road 87) - Torony - Border with Austria near Bucsu | 18 km | ||
Minor, local roads in the country are designated as "local roads". The total length of these roads is 23,780 km and are marked with four or some five-digit numbers, while the rest have consisted of macadam and earthen roads.
See main article: List of E-roads in Hungary. The following European routes pass through Hungary:
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