M5 motorway (Hungary)

M5 motorway
M5 autópálya
Route information
Part of
Length:	173 km (107 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Budapest
	M0 near Budapest M8 near Kecskemét M43 near Szeged
To:	Röszke A1 border with  Serbia
Location
Counties:	Pest, Bács-Kiskun, Csongrád (3)
Major cities:	Budapest, Kecskemét, Kiskunfélegyháza, Szeged
Highway system
Motorways in Hungary

near Lajosmizse

Old toll plaza in motorway

near Kecskemét

near Hungarian-Serbian border

The M5 motorway is a Hungarian motorway which connects Budapest with the south-eastern regions of the country, the cities of Kecskemét, Szeged, and finally Röszke on the Serbian border. The motorway reached the city of Szeged in December 2005, while the remaining portion (between Szeged and Röszke) was completed in April 2006.

The M5 continues as the A1 motorway in Serbia from the Serbian side of the border at Horgoš. It is also the main route from Budapest to Bucharest via the M43 motorway and Romania's A1 motorway, as the link has been opened to traffic since July 2015.

Openings timeline

• Budapest – Ócsa (30 km): 1985.11.22.
• Ócsa – Örkény (23 km): 1985.11.22. - half profile; (this section was extended in 1986 and 1990)
• Örkény – Kecskemét-north (30 km): 1989 - half profile; (this section was extended in 1996)
• Kecskemét-north – Kecskemét-south (16 km): 1997.12.06.
• Kecskemét-south – Kiskunfélegyháza (19 km): 1998.06.09.
• Kiskunfélegyháza – Szeged; M43 (51 km): 2005.12.10.
• Szeged; M43 – Röszke ( border) (14 km): 2006.03.11.

Junctions, exits and rest area

• Distance from Zero Kilometre Stone (Adam Clark Square) in Budapest in kilometres.

Budapest – Röszke (173 km)
	11 km	Budapest-Kispest
	13 km	Bp.-Soroksár
	15 km	Bevásárlóközpontok (Shopping Centers)
	16 km	M0 connection		Part of old bypass of Budapest
	22 km	Gyál / Alsónémedi
	23 km	Hegyeshalom, Letenye, Pécs / Nyíregyháza Budapest International Airport		Budapest bypass ()
	30 km	Üllő / Ócsa
	35 km	Inárcsi pihenőhely		OMV / OMV +
		Inárcs
	44 km	Dabas / Albertirsa		()
	53 km	Örkény / Albertirsa		Geographical centre of Hungary
	54 km	Örkényi pihenőhely
Border of Pest and Bács-Kiskun Counties
	67 km	Lajosmizse pihenőhely		Shell / Shell +
		Lajosmizse
	74 km	Kecskemét-north
	81 km	Nagykőrös, Békéscsaba		Kecskemét bypass
	85 km	Kecskemét-west / Dunaföldvár
	91 km	Kecskemét-south / Sükösd, Baja		MOL / MOL +
		Kecskeméti pihenőhely
	102 km	Kunszállás
	109 km	Kiskunfélegyháza-north
	114 km	Kiskunfélegyháza-south
	122 km	Petőfiszállási pihenőhely		Mobil Petrol +
Border of Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád Counties
	129 km	Csengelei pihenőhely
	140 km	Kistelek
	147 km	Balástya
	151 km	Szatmazi pihenőhely		MOL / MOL +
	159 km	Makó, Csanádpalota → to Arad		M43 () turns toward ->
	166 km	Szeged-west / Domaszék
	173 km	Röszkei pihenőhely		OMV / Agip +
		Szeged-south, Röszke
	174 km	Röszke – Horgoš border crossing
Autoput A1 → to Belgrade, Serbia

European Routes

European Route	Location
- full	23 through

See also

Media related to Autópálya M5 at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

Highways in Hungary
Motorways	M0 M1 M3 M5 M6 M7 M8 M15 M30 M31 M35 M43 M60 M70
Expressways	M2 M4 M9 M10 M19 M25 (planned) M34 M44 (planned) M49 (planned) M43 M51 M85 M86 M87 (planned)