Classes and categories of public roads in Poland


In Poland, public roads are classified into two kinds of road hierarchies: road classes and road categories.

Classes

The March 2, 1999 Decree of the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy on technical conditions and operational requirements for public roads, introduced the following road classes and their hierarchy, starting from the road type with the highest parameters:
The classification of roads into categories according to their functions was introduced by the March 21 1985 act "On Public Roads" of Sejm The allowable road classes for particular categories were specified in the March 2, 1999 Decree.