M30 motorway (Hungary)

The M30 motorway (Hungarian: M30-as autópálya) is a Hungarian motorway that connects the M3 motorway to the Slovak R4 expressway near the border town of Tornyosnémeti via Miskolc, forming part of European routes E71 and E79. The first section opened to the public in 2002, and reached the border area in October 2021.

M30 motorway
M30-as autópálya
Part of Via Carpathia
in use other highways
M30 near Miskolc
Route information
Part of E71 / E79
Length	86.8 km (53.9 mi)
Existed	2002–present
Major junctions
From	M3 near Emőd
Major intersections	302 near Emőd 35 near Nyékládháza 304 in Miskolc-dél 37 in Miskolc-kelet 306 in Miskolc-észak 39 in Encs
To	R4 border with Slovakia
Location
Country	Hungary
Counties	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Major cities	Miskolc
Highway system
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The road is considered as part of the planned Via Carpathia from the Baltic coast to Sofia. It follows the route of main road 3.

Timeline

Section	Length	Opened	Notes
Mezőcsát (M3) – Emőd	6.0 km (3.73 mi)	2002
Emőd – Nyékládháza	8.0 km (4.97 mi)	2003
Nyékládháza – Miskolc kelet	15.0 km (9.32 mi)	December 2004	with Miskolc bypass I.
Miskolc bypass II. (Miskolc kelet – Miskolc észak)	3.0 km (1.86 mi)	Single carriageway: 26 June 2015 Second carriageway: 26 October 2021	Both carriageways were fully built between 2018 – 2021.
Miskolc észak – Tornyosnémeti	56.8 km (35.29 mi)	26 October 2021	Built between 2018 – 2021.
Tornyosnémeti to the border	1.7 km (1.06 mi)	16 January 2018

Route description

• The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130 km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).

County	km	Type	Destination	Notes
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	0		M3 / E71 – Budapest M3 / E79 – Nyíregyháza, Debrecen (M35)	The southern terminus of the motorway, E71, E79 route, and Via Carpathia. Kilometrage starting point trumpet interchange
6		Emőd
12		Hejőkeresztúri pihenőhely	parking, WC, and water pihenőhely means Rest area
14		Main road 35 – Nyékládháza / Tiszaújváros
21		Sajópetri / Kistokaj
24		Main road 304 – Miskolc dél, Mályi	Southern end of Miskolc bypass dél means South
		Sajó híd	híd means Bridge
30		3 / E71 – Miskolc kelet, Felsőzsolca / Main road 37 – Sátoraljaújhely, Szerencs	kelet means East
33		Main road 306 – Miskolc észak, towards to Main road 26 – Kazincbarcika	Connecting to the Airport and Miskolc Industrial Park Northern end of Miskolc bypass észak means North
35		Tengelysúlymérő állomás	Tengelysúlymérő állomás means weigh in motion (traffic control)
40		Main road 3 – Szikszó	Connecting to Angel Truck Parking with petrol station, restaurant, wc, and shower facilities.
51		Halmaj / Kázsmárk
56		Abaúj pihenőhely	parking, WC, and water (petrol station in the future)
64		Main road 3 – Forró / Main road 39 – Encs	Connecting to petrol station and the highway engineers
67		Aba Sámuel pihenőhely	parking, WC, and water
75		Main road 3 – Novajidrány, Garadna
81		Main road 3 – Hidasnémeti, Gönc, Hernádszurdok	Incomplete junction: exit ramp only from/to → Budapest
85		Szent Erzsébet pihenőhely	parking, WC, and water
86		Tornyosnémeti	Connecting to Autohof MyWay Truck Parking with restaurant, wc, and shower facilities.
88		Tornyosnémeti (H) – Milhosť (SK) border crossing R4 / E71 – Košice	Tornyosnémeti border crossing to Slovakia → R4 expressway. The northern terminus of the motorway, E71 concurrency, and Via Carpathia.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Unopened

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc. This activity is provided by these highway engineers.

• near Emőd (M3), kilometre trench 151
• near Encs, kilometre trench 63

Payment

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica);

• Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024.

2, county vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

Type of county vignette	Available section
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	full length (0 km – 86 km)

European Route(s)

Name	Route
	86 km	Rýchlostná cesta R4 – junction (0)

See also

• Roads in Hungary
• Transport in Hungary
• International E-road network

External links

• Exit list of M30
• National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English)
• National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.
• Cohesion fund project