Olimpijka

Unfinished bridge over planned and unfinished Central Mainline
Location
Regions:	East Germany Poland Soviet Union
Major cities:	Berlin Poznań Łódź Warsaw Minsk Moscow
Highway system
National roads in Poland Voivodeship roads

Olimpijka was an informal name for the remnants of an uncompleted motorway that was under construction in the 1970s in Poland. It should have crossed the country from east to west and as part of the route between Berlin and Moscow. One section of the planned road was completed in the 1980s, but on another section west of Warsaw the construction was abandoned due to the economic crisis which gripped Poland in the late 1970s, leaving curious ruins of bridges and viaducts (examples: 52°07′09″N 20°30′27″E / 52.11930°N 20.507441°E / 52.11930; 20.507441,52°04′24″N 20°18′27″E / 52.073321°N 20.30740°E / 52.073321; 20.30740) in the countryside that became a minor tourist attraction.

Construction of the A2 motorway resumed along exactly the same route in 2010. All the remnants of Olimpijka were destroyed during construction.

Polish part of Olimpijka

Września — Konin stretch

		Poznań
	()	Września (formerly as )
		Sołeczno (dir. Świecko) parking area
		Gozdowo (dir. Warszawa) parking area
		Skarboszewo (dir. Świecko) parking area
	()	Słupca
		Lądek (dir. Warszawa) parking area
	()	Road toll Lądek
	()	Sługocin
		Bridge over Warta river 250 m
		Services Osiecza
	()	Interchange Konin Zachód
		Warsaw (Warszawa)

Nieborów — Warszawa stretch

		Poznań
	(26)	Skierniewice
		Rest area Bolimów (dir. Świecko) (planned)
		Rest area Mogiły (dir. Warszawa) (planned)
	(27)	Zyrardów
		Rest area Baranów (dir. Świecko) (planned)
		Rest area Baranów (dir. Warszawa) (planned)
	(28)	Grodzisk Mazowiecki
		Rest area (dir. Świecko) (planned)
		Rest area (dir. Warszawa) (planned)
		Road toll (planned)
	(29)	Pruszków
	(30)	Interchange Konotopa
		Warsaw (Warszawa)

See also

• A2 autostrada (Poland)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olimpijka.

• Photo gallery of Olimpijka