The M2 expressway () is a toll highway in northern

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. The first section of the highway opened in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 2 one-lane highway. The total length of the motorway now is 30 km.

Timeline

Route description

*The route is ''expressway''. The maximum speed limit is 110km/h, with 2 active lanes no emergency

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expressway, and E77 route. ---- Distance is measured from the Zero Kilometre Stone monument in Budapest. ----

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Göd Göd () is a small city in Pest County, Hungary. Location The city is northeast of Budapest. Economy Göd has a thriving tourist trade. It has a thermal spa open almost 365 days a year with water rich in minerals. Along the M2 motorway Göd ...

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Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by this highway engineer. * near

( M3), kilometre trench 27

Payment

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary: 1, ''time-based fee'' vignettes (E-matrica)1, ''time-based fee'' vignettes (E-matrica); * Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024. 2, ''county'' vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers: :{, class="wikitable" , - !Type of county vignette !! Available section , - , Pest , full length (17 km – 48 km)

European Route(s)

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, align="right", 71 km , , ''Rýchlostná cesta R3'' – junction (16)

References

External links

Exit list of M2

National Toll Payment Services Plc.
(in Hungarian, some information also in English)
Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.)

National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.
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