Польшаның A2 тас жолы: Познань, Лодзь және Варшаваны байланыстыратын магистраль

Motorway in Poland connecting Poznań, Łódź and Warsaw with Germany and Belarus

The autostrada A2 in Poland, officially named the Motorway of Freedom (Autostrada Wolności), is a motorway which runs from the Polish German border (connecting to A12 autobahn near Świecko/Frankfurt an der Oder), through Poznań and Łódź to Warsaw and, in the future, to the Polish Belarusian border (connecting to M1 highway near Terespol/Brest). It is a part of European route E30. The motorway between the German border and Warsaw was constructed between 2001 and 2012 (the first fragment of length was originally built between 1977 and 1988 and renovated to modern standards during the construction of the remaining sections). Most of the stretch from the border to Konin is tolled (see Tolls on Polish highways). Eastwards from Warsaw, A2 is being gradually extended. The first segment of this section was the bypass of Mińsk Mazowiecki, which opened in August 2012. The second segment between Warsaw and Mińsk Mazowiecki was completed in 2020. The longest section from Mińsk Mazowiecki to Biała Podlaska is under construction and is planned to get completed by 2024. The last segment to the Belarusian border is under design, but its planned construction has been postponed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A2 does not formally run through Warsaw itself, instead turning into expressway S2 (constructed between 2010 and 2021). The motorway also does not technically reach the border with Germany as its endpoint is marked near the Świecko interchange ca. away from the border, although the remaining section is also a dual carriageway road mostly up to the motorway standard.

After COVEC withdrew from completing its construction of the A2, Bank of China was to pay a performance guarantee to the Polish government's roads organization GDDKiA. However, with Export Import Bank of China, they refused to pay this; only Deutsche Bank honored its obligations under the court decision.

The eastern section from Warsaw to the border crossing with Belarus at Kukuryki near Brest (connecting with M1), about in length, is largely under construction. The decision finalizing the route of this section was announced in December 2011, the exception having been a short section of A2 forming the bypass of Mińsk Mazowiecki which was constructed between August 2009 and August 2012. The section between Warsaw and Mińsk Mazowiecki was opened in 2020. The longest section from Mińsk Mazowiecki to Biała Podlaska is in realization (design build contracts) and is planned to get completed by 2024. The last segment to the Belarusian border is under design. It is worth noting that the A2 motorway doesn't actually run through Warsaw, as the inhabitants of the districts through which it was to pass have successfully blocked its construction. This outcome was somewhat unusual, since the corridor for the motorway has been reserved by the city planners since the 1970s and kept free of construction. Instead, the traffic is rerouted through two express roads (S2 and S8), of lower standard than the originally planned motorway. One of these roads (S2) runs along the originally planned motorway corridor. In the most affected area, the district of Ursynów, the express road runs in a tunnel, built at considerable expense.