Olimpijka

For Olimpijka road in Belarus, see M1 highway (Belarus).

Unfinished bridge over planned and unfinished Central Mainline
Location
Regions: East Germany East Germany
Poland Poland
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Major cities: Germany Berlin
Poland Poznań
Poland Łódź
Poland Warsaw
Soviet Union Minsk
Soviet Union Moscow
Highway system
National roads in Poland
Voivodeship roads

Olimpijka was an informal name for the remnants of an uncompleted motorway that was under construction in the 1970s in Poland. It should have crossed the country from east to west and as part of the route between Berlin and Moscow. One section of the planned road was completed in the 1980s, but on another section west of Warsaw the construction was abandoned due to the economic crisis which gripped Poland in the late 1970s, leaving curious ruins of bridges and viaducts (examples: 52°07′09″N 20°30′27″E / 52.11930°N 20.507441°E / 52.11930; 20.507441,52°04′24″N 20°18′27″E / 52.073321°N 20.30740°E / 52.073321; 20.30740) in the countryside that became a minor tourist attraction.

Construction of the A2 motorway resumed along exactly the same route in 2010. All the remnants of Olimpijka were destroyed during construction.

Polish part of Olimpijka

Września — Konin stretch


Poznań
() Września (formerly as )
Sołeczno (dir. Świecko) parking area
Gozdowo (dir. Warszawa) parking area
Skarboszewo (dir. Świecko) parking area
() Słupca
Lądek (dir. Warszawa) parking area
() Road toll Lądek
() Sługocin
Bridge over Warta river 250 m
Services Osiecza
() Interchange Konin Zachód

Warsaw (Warszawa)

Nieborów — Warszawa stretch


Poznań
(26) Skierniewice
Rest area Bolimów (dir. Świecko) (planned)
Rest area Mogiły (dir. Warszawa) (planned)
(27) Zyrardów
Rest area Baranów (dir. Świecko) (planned)
Rest area Baranów (dir. Warszawa) (planned)
(28) Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Rest area (dir. Świecko) (planned)
Rest area (dir. Warszawa) (planned)
Road toll (planned)
(29) Pruszków
(30) Interchange Konotopa


Warsaw (Warszawa)

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