S8 expressway (Wrocław – Łódź – Warszawa – Białystok)

New expressway from the end of the A8 Wrocław ring at Psie Pole to Oleśnica Zachód (Dąbrowa), 22.1 km. Environmental decision 30 December 2008; contract signed 18 November 2009 with a consortium including Mota-Engil (449 mln zł, VAT basis not stated); building permit 2 September 2010. Planned completion May 2012, later September 2012.

Part of the Oleśnica bypass between the Oleśnica Zachód (Dąbrowa) and Oleśnica Wschód (Cieśle) junctions, 7.7 km, opened 28 November 2006, years before the rest of the expressway. Oleśnica Wschód is an incomplete junction: exit only towards Wrocław, entry only to Wrocław.

Upgrade of the existing DK8 to expressway standard, 25.1 km. The pl.wikipedia list of existing sections gives opening on 30 November 2012; the construction history on the same page gives 21 December 2013 as the final date (planned completion May 2012, later November 2012), which is the opening date of the Syców – Wieruszów sections. The GDDKiA release of 6 October 2012 says the whole Wrocław – Syców stretch would open in November 2012; the day is not stated there. Contract signed 5 November 2009 with Skanska (469 mln zł, VAT basis not stated). The drawn line is 24.3 km.

Syców Wschód to Kępno (S11), 15.3 km. Environmental decision 30 June 2010 (reissued 22 February 2011); tender announced 30 June 2010; contract signed 28 December 2011 with Mota-Engil (325 mln zł, VAT basis not stated). Planned completion October 2013. Opened 21 December 2013 together with the next two sections. The boundary with the next lot is drawn at the Kępno (S11) junction in OpenStreetMap; the sourced lengths 15.3 and 16.6 km would put it about 2 km further west. The drawn line is 17.5 km.

Kępno (S11) to Wieruszów, 16.6 km. Same procedure dates as Syców – Kępno; contract signed 28 December 2011 with Mota-Engil (527.5 mln zł, VAT basis not stated). Planned completion October 2013. Opened 21 December 2013. The drawn line starts at the Kępno (S11) junction and measures 14.2 km.

Wieruszów to the Wieluń junction (formerly Walichnowy) without the junction, 13.1 km, built under a contract signed 28 December 2011 with Dragados (233.5 mln zł, VAT basis not stated; the value covers the 13.1 km part), plus the 2.0 km Wieluń junction (km 99+937 to 101+972.92), built under the Łódź branch contracts signed in October 2011 (contractor not recorded here). Both parts opened 21 December 2013.

Wieluń junction to Złoczew with the junction (km 101+973 to 120+961), 19.0 km; pl.wikipedia calls it Walichnowy – Złoczew. Environmental decision 8 January 2010; tender announced 18 November 2010; planned completion 11 August 2014. Contract signed 5 January 2012 with a consortium of Hermann Kirchner Polska (leader) and Hermann Kirchner Bauunternehmung. GDDKiA gives a project value of 789.8 mln zł, of which works 709.7 mln zł gross; no contract value is recorded here. The drawn line is 18.8 km.

Złoczew junction to Sieradz Południe with the junction (km 120+961 to 140+552), 19.6 km. Tender announced 18 November 2010; contract signed 5 January 2012 with a consortium of Strabag (leader) and Heilit+Woerner Budowlana; planned completion 11 August 2014. GDDKiA gives a project value of 815.3 mln zł, of which works 683.1 mln zł gross; no contract value is recorded here.

Sieradz Południe (without the junction) to Łask (without the junction), 33.6 km (km 140+552 to 174+200). Tender announced 18 November 2010; contract signed 5 January 2012; planned completion 11 August 2014. Contract signed 5 January 2012 with a consortium led by Dragados (Pol-Aqua as partner, the lead changed on 6 May 2013); no contract value is recorded here. GDDKiA states that the section opened to traffic on 30 November 2014; pl.wikipedia gives 29 November 2014. The drawn line is 34.5 km.

Łask to the Róża junction with S14, about 9.1 km. The Łódź branch history records the part opened on 8 August 2014 as 8.15 km. Contract signed 5 October 2011 with a consortium of Pol-Aqua and Dragados (Dragados became leader on 6 May 2013); tender announced 3 August 2010; no contract value is recorded here. GDDKiA gives the section as km 174+200 to 183+350. The cut at Róża is drawn at the junction in OpenStreetMap, about 1.2 km short of km 183+350. The drawn line is 7.9 km.

Róża to Rzgów, 17.3 km, the southern Łódź bypass. The 3.3 km S14 section Róża – Dobroń opened the same day and is not part of S8. Contract signed in October 2011 (GDDKiA gives 5 November 2011); tender announced 3 August 2010. Built by Budimex under the Róża – Łódź Południe contract, which GDDKiA values at 903.1 mln zł for the whole 19.8 km (VAT basis not stated); no value is recorded for this lot. Both ends are drawn at the Róża and Rzgów junctions in OpenStreetMap; the GDDKiA chainage puts Róża at km 183+350, about 1.2 km further east. The drawn line is 16.9 km.

Rzgów to the A1 Łódź Południe junction, 2.1 km, plus the 1.3 km Łódź Południe junction itself. Finished in 2014 but unusable until the connecting A1 Stryków – Tuszyn opened, so opened to traffic on 1 July 2016. GDDKiA states that the junction opened with the A1 Stryków – Tuszyn section on 1 July 2016. The stretch to Rzgów belongs to the Budimex contract for Róża – Łódź Południe, and the junction was built by Skanska (217.7 mln zł per GDDKiA, VAT basis not stated). The drawn line starts at the Rzgów junction, ends at the A1 junction and measures 4.0 km, against 3.4 km sourced. The A1 stretch from Łódź Południe to Piotrków Trybunalski Zachód carries the S8 number but is not part of this project.

Upgrade of DK8 to expressway standard between the A1 Piotrków Trybunalski Zachód junction and Rawa Mazowiecka Północ (DK72), 61.2 km, built 2009–2012. Environmental decision 4 October 2006; contract for design and works signed 3 September 2009 with a consortium led by Astaldi (1.7 bn zł, VAT basis not stated); building permit 23 August 2010.

Upgrade of DK8 from Rawa Mazowiecka Północ (DK72) to Adamowice at the Łódź–Mazovia voivodeship border, 22.8 km. Tender announced 21 December 2009; contract signed 29 October 2010 with Bilfinger Berger (value not recorded here). Opened with restrictions at Babsk, where a pedestrian underpass was still to be built.

Upgrade of DK8 from Adamowice (next to the Mszczonów Południe junction) to Radziejowice. The pl.wikipedia section list gives 11.3 km and the Warsaw branch history 10.3 km. Contract signed 31 August 2010 with a consortium led by Mostostal Warszawa (192 mln zł, VAT basis not stated). Opened 24 August 2013 without expressway signage; finishing works ended 19 February 2016. The drawn line is 10.4 km.

Upgrade of DK8 to expressway standard, 9.9 km, design and build. Contract signed 8 February 2016 with Strabag Infrastruktura Południe (306.9 mln zł of works, VAT basis not stated). Works were completed on 15 July 2019; the occupancy permit came on 10 October 2019, when permanent traffic organisation and expressway status began. The date recorded is that expressway date: traffic already used the section during the works, and GDDKiA reports the full carriageway cross-section toward Warsaw in April 2019. Planned opening was July 2019. The cut with the next lot is drawn at Przeszkoda village in OpenStreetMap, not at a junction. The drawn line is 11.1 km.

Upgrade of DK8 to expressway standard, 11.6 km, design and build, contract signed 3 June 2015 with Intercor (436.65 mln zł per GDDKiA, VAT basis not stated). Works were completed on 5 August 2019. Both carriageways opened on 30 November 2018 over 13.1 km (this section plus about 1.5 km of the next) with a 60 km/h limit and no expressway signage; the Nadarzyn junction opened fully on 29 April 2019 and the limit was lifted on 9 December 2019, giving full expressway standard. The cut with the previous lot is drawn at Przeszkoda village in OpenStreetMap. The drawn line is 11.8 km.

Opacz – Paszków part of the Salomea – Wolica route: new alignment bypassing Janki and Raszyn, then the line of the old DK8 (Aleja Katowicka) through Nadarzyn to Paszków. Contract signed 12 April 2013 with Strabag, gross price 565.69 mln zł including a 2.5 km link to DK7 at Sękocin Las (the S8 share is not stated), planned completion December 2015. Janki Małe – Opacz opened on 17 July 2015 (about 5.8 km per GDDKiA, 6.0 km per pl.wikipedia) and Paszków – Janki Małe (5.7 km per pl.wikipedia) on 11 December 2015, the final completion of the contract. GDDKiA gives 11 km for the S8 section (13.477 km with the DK7 link); the drawn OSM line from Paszków to the S8/S2 split at Opacz is 8.6 km, and the sources do not explain the difference. The 1.9 km link from Opacz to Aleje Jerozolimskie (opened 23 December 2013) is not drawn. The expressway continues from Opacz to Konotopa as S2 and is not part of this project.

Part of the Warsaw expressway ring (Ekspresowa Obwodnica Warszawy), 10.4 km. Warszawa Zachód (formerly Mory) – Powązki opened to expressway standard on 19 January 2011 and Konotopa – Warszawa Zachód on 23 May 2012, which completes the lot. The Opacz – Konotopa stretch is S2 and is not part of this project.

Rebuild of the Trasa Armii Krajowej to expressway standard, 4.6 km, under an optimise-and-build contract signed 18 July 2013 with Metrostav. Works began 19 October 2013. Opened to traffic on 21 September 2015 and officially completed and signposted as an expressway on 16 October 2015. Contract value not recorded here.

Part of the Warsaw expressway ring, 7.1 km from the Modlińska junction to Marki (ul. Piłsudskiego). The main carriageways opened on 7 June 2012 as an expressway with an 80 km/h limit and works continuing on the access roads; the section was fully opened and brought into the ViaTOLL system on 12 January 2013.

Two design-and-build contracts on 15.4 km (the history text gives 14.7 km). Marki (without the junction) – Kobyłka, 8.13 km: Salini Polska (leader) with Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Inżynieryjno-Budowlanych Export-Pribex. Kobyłka (without the junction) – Radzymin Południe, 7.24 km: Astaldi S.p.A. (leader) with Przedsiębiorstwo Budowy Dróg i Mostów Mińsk Mazowiecki. Tender announced 29 March 2013; contract signed 28 November 2014. The main carriageways and 2 of 4 junctions opened on 22 December 2017; the investment was completed on 5 March 2021 with the other two junctions. Contract values not recorded here. The drawn line is 13.6 km.

Bypass of Radzymin up to the Radzymin Północ (formerly Zwierzyniec) junction, built 1996–1998 by Dromex and modernised in 2006–2007 by Warszawskie Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Drogowych to carry 115 kN axle loads. The opening year is taken from the construction years; no exact date is recorded here. pl.wikipedia gives 8.115 km from Cegielnia to Radzymin Północ, which starts before the Radzymin Południe junction where this lot begins; the lot is the Radzymin Południe – Radzymin Północ part. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

From the Radzymin Północ junction (formerly Zwierzyniec) to the Mostówka junction, 17.3 km. Opened as a dual carriageway on 18 February 2009 and to expressway standard on 31 July 2009.

Wyszków bypass from the Mostówka junction to Wyszków Północ (formerly Turzyn), 12.8 km, with the 600 m bridge over the Bug named after the Heroes of the Battle of Warsaw 1920. Opened 14 November 2008.

Upgrade of DK8 to expressway standard with concrete pavement, just under 13 km, three junctions (Trzcianka, Knurowiec, Poręba). Contract signed 28 January 2016 in Białystok with Skanska (334.7 mln zł of works, VAT basis not stated); planned completion mid-July 2018. The GDDKiA release of 19 October 2018 reports the section as made available to drivers and already in use, completing the two-carriageway route between Warsaw and Białystok. It does not state the day traffic began (pl.wikipedia gives 19 October 2018), so only the month is recorded. Built by the GDDKiA Białystok branch.

Upgrade of DK8 to expressway standard with concrete pavement, 16.11 km, junctions Dybki and Nagoszewo. Offers opened 12 November 2015; contract signed 17 February 2016 with a consortium of PORR Polska Infrastructure and Unibep (404.46 mln zł of works, VAT basis not stated); 22 months excluding winters. The opening date is from pl.wikipedia; the GDDKiA release of 20 July 2018 planned it for the end of August 2018.

Ostrów Mazowiecka bypass, 8.4 km, built 2001–2003 by Budimex Dromex and opened 16 December 2003. The Ostrów Mazowiecka Północ junction is also where S61 branches off.

Upgrade of DK8 along its old course, 9.4 km, junctions Podborze and Prosienica. Contract signed in February 2016 with Polaqua at 248.89 mln zł gross. Opened to traffic on 20 July 2018 with a 100 km/h limit while finishing works ran to the end of August 2018; pl.wikipedia dates the expressway designation to 17 October 2018. The GDDKiA release says the POIiŚ 2014–2020 support covers the three Mazovian sections together. The drawn line is 9.2 km.

Upgrade of DK8 to a dual-carriageway expressway, 14.91 km, with 17 engineering structures. Contract signed 28 January 2015 with a consortium of Rubau Polska and Construcciones Rubau (Spain), 454.9 mln zł of works (VAT basis not stated). Both carriageways opened to traffic on 22 December 2017 with a 100 km/h limit until finishing works and permits were done. The drawn line is 14.6 km.

Bypass of Zambrów and Wiśniewo, 11.1 km, built 2009–2012. Environmental decision 29 May 2007; contract signed 9 November 2009 with Bilfinger Berger (326 mln zł, VAT basis not stated). Opened as a dual carriageway on 2 October 2012 after the deadline moved to September 2012.

Upgrade of DK8 to a dual-carriageway expressway from the end of the Zambrów and Wiśniewo bypass to Mężenin, 15.39 km, with a south-western and southern bypass of Mężenin; junctions Kołaki and Mężenin. Contract signed 7 August 2014 with Astaldi (434.8 mln zł, VAT basis not stated); 22 months excluding winters. Opened 22 December 2016. The drawn line is 15.0 km.

Upgrade of DK8 to a dual-carriageway expressway, 14.3 km (the GDDKiA calendar gives 14.26 km), junctions Kobylin and Sikory. Contract signed 22 December 2014. The release dated 30 December 2017 reports it opened that day, while its own calendar of Podlasie sections gives 29 December 2017. GDDKiA states a contract value of over 440 mln zł, and the co-financing agreement annex gives 471.5 mln zł for the works; the two disagree, so no value is recorded. Contractor not recorded here. Temporary traffic organisation with a 100 km/h limit followed. The end of the lot is placed by the sourced length from Mężenin; the Jeżewo junction lies about 2.5 km further east in OpenStreetMap. The drawn line is 14.0 km.

Upgrade of DK8 from Jeżewo Stare to the Choroszcz junction with S19 near Białystok, 24.5 km (the GDDKiA calendar says 22.7 km of it is designated S). Environmental decision 18 October 2006; design-and-build contract signed 12 August 2009 with a consortium of Mota-Engil and Strabag (675 mln zł, VAT basis not stated); building permit 7 October 2010. Opened 12 September 2012 as a dual carriageway with a 90 km/h limit while finishing works continued. The start is placed by the sourced length from Mężenin. The drawn line is 22.8 km.