Tunnels on the Krakow bypass closed. Detours have been prepared for drivers

Closing the tunnels to traffic is necessary to carry out comprehensive service work.

Excluding tunnels from traffic is necessary for road workers to carry out service work on ventilation, control, fire protection, communication, alarm points, sensors, cameras, sound and lighting systems, said Kacper Michna from the Krakow branch of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways.

Detours for drivers

The tunnel in Zielonki (653 m long) will be closed on the night from Wednesday to Thursday, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. During this time, drivers heading towards Warsaw will be directed to a detour from the Zielonki junction along the Wolbromska Route to ul. Opolska, then Aleja 29 Listopada and further to the Węgrzce junction, where they will return to S52.

A similar route applies in the opposite direction, for vehicles traveling towards the A4 motorway.

The next night, from Thursday to Friday, the tunnel in Dziekanowice (496 m long) will be closed during the same hours.

Drivers heading towards Warsaw will exit at the Węgrzce junction onto the "old seven" (DW772), which will take them to the Widoma junction. Towards the A4 motorway, the detour will lead from the Batowice junction through Karola Wojtyły, Marka Nawary, Powstańców and Aleja 29 Listopada streets to the Węgrzce junction.

The Northern Bypass of Krakow along the S52 expressway was opened at the end of December 2024. It is 12.3 km long and runs through the northern outskirts of the city and the communes of Wielka Wieś and Zielonki. The route has three lanes in each direction and connects with other roads through three junctions: Zielonki, Węgrzce and Batowice.

As emphasized by the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, S52 is the only bypass in Poland with two tunnels - Zielonki and Dziekanowice. The entire investment cost approximately PLN 1.4 billion, of which almost PLN 790 million came from EU funding.