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M86 expressway (Szombathely – Csorna)

The M86 expressway connects Szombathely with Csorna. This record covers the opened sections from Szombathely through Vát and Hegyfalu to the Csorna bypass, completed in stages between 2009 and 2016.

Total length
66 km
Open today
66 km
Sections
8

Includes 4 km whose works another project already measures, either as shared track or as a structure inside one of its sections. Counted in full here, and once in any total that spans projects.

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Sections

Sections of M86 expressway (Szombathely – Csorna): status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
Szombathely – Vát

The section account gives 9.2 km. The EIB assessment gives chainage 80+775–89+980; the OSM relation begins at 80+950, and the drawn line measures 8.60 km. The geometry follows one carriageway from the Szombathely end to the Vát bypass start.

Opened9 km
  1. Jul 24, 2014Opened
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Vát bypass

The bypass follows the existing main-road 86 alignment from the 89+980 project start to the grade-separated junction with road 88. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

Opened3 km
  1. Jun 10, 2009Opened
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Vát – Szeleste

The Vát–Szeleste section is reported as 3.8 km and opened on 15 December 2010. The geometry is cut at the road 88 and Ölbő–Szeleste junctions and measures 3.60 km.

Opened4 km
  1. Dec 15, 2010Opened
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Szeleste – Hegyfalu (road 84)

The new-alignment section runs from the Szeleste–Ölbő junction to the Hegyfalu junction with road 84. The section account gives 7.5 km; the drawn OSM line measures 8.48 km.

Opened8 km
  1. Sep 18, 2015Opened
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Hegyfalu – Szilsárkány

The section opened in 2016 runs from the Hegyfalu junction with road 84 to the Szilsárkány junction. The section account gives 33.4 km; the drawn OSM line measures 34.25 km.

Opened33 km
  1. Oct 25, 2016Opened
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Szilsárkány – Csorna south (M86-only)

M86-only part of the Csorna north–Szilsárkány bypass package, from the Szilsárkány junction to the start of the M85–M86 shared carriageway. The package is reported as 12.5 km overall and includes the shared section. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

Opened4 km
  1. Sep 9, 2015Opened
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Csorna south – Csorna east (shared with M85)
Shared track Shared with M85 expressway (Győr – Csorna – Sopron – Austrian border)

The M85–M86 common section is listed as 3.508 km in the M85 section table and as about 3.5 km in the M86 account. It is counted under M85, which already measures this section; the OSM carriageway measures 3.44 km.

Opened4 km
  1. Sep 9, 2015Opened
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Csorna east – Csorna north tie-in

M86-only northern part of the Csorna north–Szilsárkány bypass package, from the M85–M86 split to the tie-in with existing road 86 north of Csorna. The package is reported as 12.5 km overall and includes the shared section. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

Opened2 km
  1. Sep 9, 2015Opened
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This section runs on track another line already owns. It counts in this line's length and is left out of every total that spans projects, so the kilometres are counted once.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (hu): M86-os autóút (Magyarország), route sections and opening datesread Oct 12, 2026
  2. EIB: Expressway M86, Szombathely–Csorna section, environmental performance assessmentread Oct 12, 2026
  3. Ministry: M85–M86 expressway, Csorna bypass phase Iread Oct 12, 2026
  4. Wikipedia (hu): M85-ös autóút (Magyarország), sections and chainagesread Oct 12, 2026
  5. OpenStreetMap: M86 route relation 225681, OSM relation/full.json geometryread Oct 12, 2026

Figures last checked against their sources in Oct 12, 2026.