Expressway S5 or express road S5 (in Polish droga ekspresowa S5) is major road in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 which has been planned to run along the route Grudziądz

Grudziadz

Grudziądz is a city in northern Poland on the Vistula River, with 96 042 inhabitants . Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , the city was previously in the Toruń Voivodeship .- History :-Early history:...

 – Bydgoszcz – Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

 – Wrocław. As of Spring 2009, about 40 km (24.9 mi) of the road has been completed (not all signed as S5 yet, and only 5.5 km (3.4 mi) is dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...

), out of total planned length of about 400 km (248.5 mi).

The construction of the road received higher priority after Poland was selected as one of the hosts of the Euro 2012 championships, since it would serve as a direct connection between three of the four Polish cities hosting matches: Poznań, Wrocław and (in part) Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

. However, plans to finish the whole road by 2012 have proven too optimistic, and it is planned to be under construction when Euro 2012 is held. Only a few additional sections of the road should be open by the Spring of 2012 according to current plans, including a 36 km (22.4 mi) section from Poznań to Gniezno

Gniezno

Gniezno is a city in central-western Poland, some 50 km east of Poznań, inhabited by about 70,000 people. One of the Piasts' chief cities, it was mentioned by 10th century A.D. sources as the capital of Piast Poland however the first capital of Piast realm was most likely Giecz built around...

, as well as a 29 km (18 mi) bypass of Bojanowo

Bojanowo

Bojanowo is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. During the Partitions of Poland, the town was in the Kreis Rawitsch, Provinz Posen.-External links:* * * *...

 i Rawicz

Rawicz

Rawicz is a town in central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants . It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship ; previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship . It is the capital of Rawicz County.-History:...

, plus possibly an 18 km (11.2 mi) long section from Gniezno to Mielno

Mielno, Gniezno County

Mielno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieleszyn, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Mieleszyn, north of Gniezno, and north-east of the regional capital Poznań....

. In light of this, the existing national road 5 is going to be amended before the championships.