M5 motorway (Budapest – Kecskemét – Szeged – Röszke)
Hungary's south-eastern motorway from Budapest to the Serbian border at Röszke, where it continues as Serbia's A1. Built in stages from 1985 to 2006. In 1994 the state gave Alföld Koncessziós Autópálya (AKA) a 35-year concession to complete it; the state bought it back in part in 2004. Lots follow the opened sections of the hu.wikipedia section table, cut at mapped junctions; dates and builders for the concession stages come from AKA's own construction pages. Lengths are the table figures.
- Total length
- 162 km
- Open today
- 162 km
- Sections
- 7
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Budapest – Ócsa Km 11+800 – 30+100. Built by 1984 and opened on 22 November 1985 as a full motorway. The drawn line starts where OpenStreetMap's M5 ways start, near the Budapest city boundary. AKA renovated the junctions and pavement of the Budapest – Újhartyán stretch under the concession (km 17.4 – 44.3) and collected tolls from 1 January 1997. hu.wikipedia does not name the builder, so none is listed. | Opened | 18 km |
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| Ócsa – Újhartyán Km 30+100 – 43+200. One carriageway from 1985; the second carriageway (7.6 km Ócsa – Inárcs, then 5.5 km Inárcs – Újhartyán) completed the full profile in 1990. Length is the sum of those two table sections. The M5 article text instead dates the right carriageway of Ócsa – Újhartyán to 1987. hu.wikipedia does not name the builder, so none is listed. | Opened | 13 km |
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| Újhartyán – Kecskemét-észak Km 43+200 – 73+500. The stretch had one carriageway from 1985–1989; AKA built the right carriageway and opened the full profile on 21 December 1996 (AKA and hu.wikipedia agree). hu.wikipedia and AKA do not name the builder, so none is listed. | Opened | 30 km |
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| Kecskemét-észak – Kecskemét-dél (Kecskemét bypass) Km 73+500 – 90+500. Opened under the AKA concession, one month ahead of the deadline according to AKA. hu.wikipedia and AKA do not name the builder, so none is listed. | Opened | 17 km |
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| Kecskemét-dél – Kiskunfélegyháza Km 90+500 – 113+500. Opened on 9 June 1998 according to AKA and the M5 article text, one month ahead of the deadline; the section table gives 18 June 1998. AKA states the end as km 113.8 (Kiskunfélegyháza-dél junction). Opened under the AKA concession. hu.wikipedia and AKA do not name the builder, so none is listed. | Opened | 23 km |
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| Kiskunfélegyháza – Szeged-észak Km 113+500 – 159+200. Opened on 10 December 2005 according to AKA and the M5 article text, together with the 3 km M43 link to road 5; the section table gives 9 December. AKA gives this phase as 45.4 km (km 113.8 – 159.2) against the table's 45.7 km. Works began on 17 May 2004. AKA names the general contractor M5 Construction Group, a joint venture of Strabag, Colas and Bouygues TP whose Hungarian subsidiaries built it: Strabag Építő Zrt. built km 113.8 – 140 and the DEA consortium led by DEBMUT km 140 – 159.2. | Opened | 46 km |
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| Szeged-észak – Röszke (Serbian border) Km 159+200 – 173+900, to the Röszke – Horgos border crossing; the road continues in Serbia as the A1 (rs-a1). Works began on 31 March 2005 and the section opened on 11 March 2006. AKA names the builder as M5 Phase 3 Contractors, a joint venture of the Hungarian companies of Bouygues TP, Strabag and Colas: COLAS Hungária with Debmút, EGÚT, Hofmann and Alterra built km 159.2 – 165.32, and Strabag Építő Zrt. km 165.32 – 173.895. | Opened | 15 km |
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Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Related projects
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- HighwaysM35 motorway (Görbeháza – Debrecen – Berettyóújfalu)Same contractor: Colas, Strabag, UVATERV
- HighwaysD1 motorway (Praha – Brno – Ostrava – Polish border)Same contractor: Colas, Strabag
- HighwaysD3 motorway (Praha – Tábor – České Budějovice – Dolní Dvořiště)Same contractor: Colas, Strabag
- HighwaysD48 motorway (Bělotín – Nový Jičín – Frýdek-Místek – Žukov)Same contractor: Colas, Strabag
- HighwaysD10 and DC12 expressways: Sveta Helena – Vrbovec – Križevci and Vrbovec – Bjelovar – ViroviticaSame contractor: Colas, Strabag
Sources
- Wikipedia (hu): Magyarország autópályái, chronological section table (M5 rows, km chainage and lengths)read Oct 10, 2026
- Wikipedia (hu): M5-ös autópálya (Magyarország), Történeteread Oct 10, 2026
- AKA: Az M5 autópálya építése, I. fázis (Budapest – Kiskunfélegyháza)read Oct 10, 2026
- AKA: Építés, II. fázis (Kiskunfélegyháza – Szeged-észak)read Oct 10, 2026
- AKA: Építés, III. fázis (Szeged-észak – Röszke)read Oct 10, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: motorway ways with ref M5 (network HU:motorway)read Oct 10, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry (ODbL)read Oct 10, 2026