The M44 is an expressway in

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. It is intended to connect the city of Békéscsaba near the

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border with the M5 interchange at Kecskemét. The construction of 62 km long

Tiszakürt Tiszakürt is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1416 people (2015). Ethnic affiliation of the population of the locality in ...

Kondoros Kondoros ( sk, Kondoroš) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Jews lived in Kondorosh at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the local Jewish community was subo ...

section of the expressway was built first, and it was inaugurated in October, 2019. This was further extended in Eastern direction with a 18 km long section from Kondoros to road 44 bypass of Békéscsaba by the end of 2020, and in Western direction with a 10 km section to Lakitelek, including a new bridge on the

Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. The Tisza be ...

river, by the end of 2021. The final 32,2 km long section connecting the expressway to motorway M5 is currently under construction. Construction works were split into two phases (one between Lakitelek and

Szentkirály Szentkirály is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The name, literally "Saint King," refers to King (later saint) Stephen I of Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a populat ...

and another between Szentkirály and the connection to M5) with a projected completion date of the entire expressway in 2025.

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44 Proposed roads in Hungary {{Hungary-road-stub