Baths Route (Шаблон:Lang-pl) is a road in Warsaw, Poland. It connects the center of Warsaw with the east-bank of Warsaw. It was built from 1971 to 1974.
The road is an important part of the east-west transportation infrastructure of Warsaw. It is classified as a class GP road ("fast traffic road") and has two or three lanes of traffic in each direction. The length of the route is Шаблон:Convert.
The oldest plans for the route date to the 1930s.[2] It was built in the years 1971–74 in the People's Republic of Poland, during the era of Edward Gierek.[2] It was opened on 22 July 1974, on the 30th anniversary of the People's Republic.[2] The construction was one of three major infrastructure projects in Warsaw (the two others being the Warszawa Centralna railway station and Wisłostrada route).[2] It was extended in the 1990s.[2] It has been subject to various major repairs over its history; the most recent one in preparation for the UEFA 2012 (the route was part of the main transportation route between the Okęcie Airport and the Stadion Narodowy).[3]
The original plans for the road were to service 5,000 cars per hour; currently it serves over 7,000.[2]
Location
The road is a key element in the east-west transportation infrastructure of Warsaw.[2][3] It connects the center of Warsaw (Ochota and Śródmieście) with the eastern side of the river (Praga Południe).[2]
The road is classified as a "fast traffic road" (GP) in Poland, with two to three lanes of traffic in each direction.[2] The length of the route is Шаблон:Convert.[2] Until the end of 2013, most of the route was the part of the National road 2.[2]
The route was popularized in the 1970s Polish TV series Czterdziestolatek, and a 2012 article in Polish daily Шаблон:Lang noted that thanks to the popularity of the show, it is most likely the "most famous road in Poland".[3]
