Expressway S12 or express road S12 (in Polish ''droga ekspresowa S12'') is a major road in

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which has been planned to run from

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, through

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and

Chełm Chełm (; uk, Холм, Kholm; german: Cholm; yi, כעלם, Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some ...

, to the border crossing with

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. The completed road should be about long. As of Summer 2018 the portion open to traffic runs from

Puławy Puławy (, also written Pulawy) is a city in eastern Poland, in Lesser Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, at the confluence of the Vistula and Kurówka Rivers. Puławy is the capital of Puławy County. The city's 2019 population was estimated at 47,4 ...

Sections of the Expressway

-Lublin-Piaski section, part of it co-signed with expressway S17, includes the road bypass around Lublin ** first stage of

bypass () with the John Paul II bridge (). Opened in 2008. ** second stage of Puławy bypass to Kurów West, 11.8 km long, opened to traffic on August 22, 2018. ** Kurów West - Lublin Felin - 55 km long, opened in stages May 2013, September 2014 and October 2014. This section is co-signed with S17. ** Lublin Felin – Piaski West - 13.8 km built by upgrading existing dual carriageway road, opened as expressway in July 2013. Co-signed with S17. ** Piaski West - Piaski East (bypass of Piaski) - 4.2 km bypass built in 2004. Co-signed with S17.

Future

A document outlining the future development of transport infrastructure issued by the Polish government in August 2014 projected that the road would be fully completed in 2023.DOKUMENT IMPLEMENTACYJNY DO STRATEGII ROZWOJU TRANSPORTU DO 2020 R. (z perspektywą do 2030 r.)
/ref> The section forming the bypass of

will probably be built first.

References

{{Polish Expressways Expressways in Poland