National road 43 is a

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the Federal Government of the United States, federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Pot ...

in Poland. It runs through Lódź,

Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...

and Silesian, and is in length. The highway connects

Wieluń Wieluń ( la, Velun) is a town in south-central Poland with 21,624 inhabitants (2021). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), it was previously in Sieradz Voivodeship (1975–1998). Wieluń has a long and rich history. In the past, ...

with

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

. The road runs concurrent with national road 42 between Rudniki and

Jaworzno Jaworzno is a city in southern Poland, near Katowice. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza river (a tributary of the Vistula). Jaworzno belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland. The city is situated in the Silesian Voivod ...

for approximately 4 km, and has a short concurrency with national road 46 in Częstochowa.

Current status

The condition of roads is the worst in the Opole voivodeship on the stretch from the roundabout at Jaworzno to the border with the Silesian voivodeship in Julianpol (non-normative approximately 6 meters in width and rut) - Episode provided for reconstruction in 2011.

GDDKiA The General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways ( pl, Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad, GDDKiA) is the central authority of national administration set up to manage the national roads and implementation of the state budget i ...

branch in

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

plans to rehabilitate the road between

Kłobuck Kłobuck (german: Klobutzko) is a town in southern Poland, with 12,934 inhabitants (2019). Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, about 15 km northwest of Częstochowa, it is the capital of Kłobuck County. Historically, Kłobuck belongs to Le ...

and

Krzepice Krzepice (german: Krippitz) is a Polish town near Częstochowa, in Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in northwestern corner of Lesser Poland. It is located near the historic border of Lesser Poland and Silesia, which goes along the Liswarta ...

and, in places, and

Opatów Opatów (; yi, אַפּטאַ, אַפּט) is a town in southeastern Poland, within Opatów County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Province). Historically, it was part of a greater region called Lesser Poland. In 2012 the populatio ...

Waleńczów Waleńczów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opatów, within Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kłobuck Kłobuck (german: Klobutzko) is a town in southern Poland, with ...

- created such as: pedestrian-bicycle, separate lanes for turning left, will be strengthened construction of the road.

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

branch of GDDKiA planned reconstruction of the road in the Lódź voivodeship. This segment consists of Wieluń's

street A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...

s and a fragment of Piłsudski Street. For this purpose, two announced a tender for the reconstruction of the documentation. None of the auctions have failed to resolve, and therefore it was decided only on the renewal of this road section. Renewal of the road was conducted in August 2009.

Major towns located on route 43

* Wieluń (road No. 45) - NS bypass (planned) * Rudniki (road No. 42) * Krzepice -

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* Kłobuck -

(planned) * Częstochowa (route No 1, road no 46) {{Roads in Poland 43