National road 69 (Poland)

National road 69 (Polish: Droga krajowa nr 69, abbreviated as DK69) was a route belonging to the Polish national road network. The highway connected Bielsko-Biała with Poland–Slovakia border in Zwardoń.

National Road 69
Droga krajowa nr 69
Route information
Maintained by GDDKiA
Existed	9 May 2000–4 August 2016
History	Became a portion of DK 1
Major junctions
From	Bielsko-Biała
To	Zwardoń (PL-SK border)
Location
Country	Poland
Regions	Silesian Voivodeship
Major cities	Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec
Highway system
National roads in Poland Voivodeship roads
← DK 68 → DK 70

From 1986^[1] to 2000^[2] the route was signed as:^[3]

• national road 94 from Bielsko-Biała to Żywiec
• national road 944 from Żywiec via Milówka and Zwardoń to country border.

On August 4, 2016, the entire route has been decommissioned and included in the course of national road 1, therefore the number 69 has been removed from the national roads network.^[4] Before 2016, national road 1 followed what is now national road 52 via Cieszyn to the state border.

Expressway S69

Main article: Expressway S69 (Poland)

From 1996-2001, it was planned to build Expressway S94 on part of the northeast bypass of Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec – Przybędza stretch and Milówka – Zwardoń stretch. In 2001, the national road network was reformed and the section was renumbered to 69 and was built as S69. This became a portion of S1 Expressway in 2016; the old route of S1 became S52.

Major cities and towns along the route

• Bielsko-Biała (road 52)
• Wilkowice
• Łodygowice
• Żywiec (road 945, road 946)
• Węgierska Górka
• Milówka
• Laliki (road 943)
• Zwardoń, border with Slovakia

See also

• Expressway S1

References

1. Uchwała nr 192 Rady Ministrów z dnia 3 grudnia 1985 r. w sprawie zaliczenia dróg do kategorii dróg krajowych. [Resolution No. 192 of the Council of Ministers of 3 December 1985 on classifying roads as national roads.], M.P., 1986, vol. 3, No. 16
2. "Zarządzenie nr 6 Generalnego Dyrektora Dróg Publicznych z 9 maja 2000 roku w sprawie nowych numerów dróg krajowych" [Ordinance No. 6 of the General Director of Public Roads of May 9, 2000 on new numbers of national roads], Rzeczpospolita (in Polish), 2000-07-04, retrieved 2022-12-19
3. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 15 grudnia 1998 r. w sprawie ustalenia wykazu dróg krajowych i wojewódzkich (Dz.U. z 1998 r. nr 160, poz. 1071) [Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 15 December 1998 on establishing a list of national and voivodship roads], Dz. U., 1998, vol. 160, No. 1071
4. Zarządzenie nr 13 Generalnego Dyrektora Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad z dnia 22 lipca 2016 r. zmieniające zarządzenie w sprawie nadania numerów drogom krajowym. [Ordinance No. 13 of the General Director for National Roads and Motorways of July 22, 2016 amending the ordinance on assigning numbers to national roads.] (PDF) (in Polish), GDDKiA, retrieved 2022-12-19

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