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M43 motorway
M43-as autópálya
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M43 autópálya Kiskundorozsma.jpg
M43 near Kiskundorozsma
Route information
Part of E68
Length57.7 km (35.9 mi)
Major junctions
West end M5 near Szeged
Major intersections
  • 5 / 47 near Szeged
  • 430 near Makó
East endborder with Romania → A 1
Location
CountryHungary
CountiesCsongrád
Major citiesSzeged, Makó
Highway system
  • Roads in Hungary
M43 motorway near Szeged
M43 motorway near Sándorfalva
Móra Ferenc bridge over Tisza river

The M43 motorway (Hungarian: M43-as autópálya) is a Hungarian motorway that runs from the junction with the M5 Motorway west of Szeged to the Romanian border at Nagylak via Makó. Since 2015 it connects Hungary with Romania as the first border crossing on a motorway between the two countries.

Timeline

Section Length Opened Notes
Szeged (M5) – Szeged-Rókus 3.0 km (1.86 mi) 10 December 2005 Segment 1, built between 2003 – 2005.
Szeged-Rókus – Szeged észak (Sándorfalva) 4.4 km (2.73 mi) 1 April 2010 Segment 2/A, built between 2008 – 2010.
Szeged észak (Sándorfalva) – Szeged-Felsőváros (Hódmezővásárhely) 3.3 km (2.05 mi) 7 October 2010 Segment 2/B, built between 2008 – 2010.
Szeged-Felsőváros (Hódmezővásárhely) – Makó 23.9 km (14.85 mi) 9 April 2011 Segment 2/C, built between 2008 – 2011, with the Tisza Bridge.
Makó – Csanádpalota (border) 23.1 km (14.35 mi) 11 July 2015 Segment 3, built between 2013 – 2015.

Route description

  • The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130 km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).
County km Type Destination Notes

Csongrád-Csanád		 0 Interchange M5 / E75 – Budapest, Kecskemét

M5 / E75 – Röszke → Belgrade (SRB)

 The western terminus of the Motorway motorway, and E68 route.

Kilometrage starting point

trumpet interchange

4 Exit Main road 5 – Szeged-Rókus / Kistelek
5 Rest area Szegedi pihenőhely parking, and wc

pihenőhely means Rest area

8 Exit Szeged észak / Sándorfalva észak means North
11 Exit Main road 47 – Szeged-Felsőváros / Hódmezővásárhely
16 Bridge Móra Ferenc híd (over Tisza) Lenght: 661 m

híd means Bridge

19 Exit Rákóczi telep
24 Exit Maroslele
31 Rest area Kéthalmi pihenőhely parking, wc, and weigh in motion (trafic controll)
35 Exit Main road 430 – Makó /
Hódmezővásárhely, Földeák
47 Exit Apátfalva / Királyhegyes, Kövegy
49 Rest area Kövegyi Szent Gellért pihenőhely parking, petrol station (MOL), café, restaurant, and shower facilities
55 Exit Main road 448 – Nagylak /
Tótkomlós, Csanádpalota
57 Rest area Krak-éri pihenőhely parking, and wc
59 Border control Csanádpalota (H) – Nădlac II. (RO) border crossing
A 1 / E68 – Arad, Timișoara towards to Bucharest		 Csanádpalota border crossing to Romania → A1 motorway.

The eastern terminus of the motorway, and E68 concurrency.

1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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 Makó, kilometre trench 35

Payment

From February 1, 2016, the M43 motorway is fully charged. Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

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.[1]

2, county vignettes (vármegyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

Type of county vignetteAvailable section
Csongrád-Csanád full length (0 km – 59 km)

European Route(s)

Name Route
59 km junction (0) – Romania Autostrada A1

Significant artifacts

Bridge
  • Ferenc Móra Bridge (Móra Ferenc híd; 661 m or 2,169 ft) over Tisza river

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Toll Payment Services PLC - E-vignette rates from 1 January 2024". toll-charge.hu.
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