M2 expressway (Hungary)

The M2 expressway (M2-es autóút) is a toll highway in northern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Vác and Banská Bystrica. The first section of the highway opened in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 2 one-lane highway. The total length of the motorway now is 30 km.

Route description

 * The route is expressway. The maximum speed limit is 110km/h, with 2 active lanes no emergency.svg (2x2 lane road) until Vác dél junction.

{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" !scope="col"|County !scope="col"|km !scope="col"|Type !scope="col"|Destination !scope="col"|Notes
 * align=center|Coa Hungary Town Budapest big.svg Budapest
 * style="background:#dfd;" align=center | 17
 * style="background:#dfd;" align=center |AB-Kreuz-blau.svg
 * style="background:#dfd;"|Budapest Ring – Budapest, towards to   + Hungary road sign F-020.svg /
 * style="background:#dfd;"|Budapest Ring – Budapest, towards to   + Hungary road sign F-020.svg /

– Main road 2 Újpest, Megyeri Bridge, and  Main road 11 Esztergom
 * style="background:#dfd;"|The southern terminus of the Hungary road sign E-018.svg expressway, and E77 route.

Distance is measured from the Zero Kilometre Stone monument in Budapest.

trumpet interchange
 * rowspan=11; align=center|HUN Pest megye COA.svg Pest
 * align=center | 21
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * Dunakeszi / Fót
 * align=center | 23
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * Dunakeszi-Tóváros / Fót-Kisalag
 * rowspan=2; align=center | 25
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * 2 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 2 – Dunakeszi-Révdűlő
 * align=center |Hungary road sign E-046.svg
 * Alagi pihenőhely
 * parking, petrol station (Shell), motel, café and restaurant
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * 2 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 2 – Dunakeszi-Révdűlő
 * align=center |Hungary road sign E-046.svg
 * Alagi pihenőhely
 * parking, petrol station (Shell), motel, café and restaurant
 * Alagi pihenőhely
 * parking, petrol station (Shell), motel, café and restaurant

pihenőhely means Rest area
 * align=center | 27
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * Göd-Iparterület
 * Ipaterület means Industrial area
 * align=center | 29
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * Göd
 * align=center | 34
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * Sződliget / Sződ
 * align=center | 37
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * Vác dél / Gödöllő, Vácrátót
 * The northern terminus of the expressway.
 * align=center | 37
 * align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * Vác dél / Gödöllő, Vácrátót
 * The northern terminus of the expressway.
 * Vác dél / Gödöllő, Vácrátót
 * The northern terminus of the expressway.

dél means South
 * align=center | 39
 * align=center |AB-AZ-blau.svg
 * Vác-Alsóváros, toward to Tahitótfalu / Rád, Vácduka
 * 1-lane expressway, planned expansion
 * align=center | 42
 * align=center |AB-AZ-blau.svg
 * Vác-Centrum, Deákvár / Kosd
 * Centrum means center
 * style="background:#dfd;" align=center | 48
 * style="background:#dfd;" align=center |AB-AZ-blau.svg
 * style="background:#dfd;"|Vác észak, toward to Tahitótfalu / 12 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 12 – Szob
 * style="background:#dfd;"| Northern side of the road.
 * style="background:#dfd;" align=center |AB-AZ-blau.svg
 * style="background:#dfd;"|Vác észak, toward to Tahitótfalu / 12 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 12 – Szob
 * style="background:#dfd;"| Northern side of the road.

észak means North

1-lane expressway, planned expansion
 * rowspan=7; align=center|Coa Hungary County Nógrád.svg Nógrád
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 56
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"| Nőtincs / Nógrád
 * style="background:#fdd;"| Planned
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 59
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"|2 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 2 – Rétság dél
 * style="background:#fdd;"| dél means South
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 61
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center |Hungary road sign E-046.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"|Rétsági pihenőhely
 * style="background:#fdd;"|
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 65
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"|22 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 22 – Rétság észak / Balassagyarmat, Érsekvadkert
 * style="background:#fdd;"| észak means South
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center | 83
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center |Hungary road sign E-046.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"|Drégelypalánki pihenőhely
 * style="background:#fdd;"| planned petrol station
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center |
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center |AB-AS-blau.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"|2 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 2 – Drégelypalánk
 * style="background:#fdd;"|
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center| 88
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center|EU-Icon.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"|Hont-Parassauszta (H) – Šahy (SK) border crossing – Banská Bystrica towards to Kraków (PL)
 * style="background:#fdd;"| Planned
 * style="background:#fdd;"|2 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg Main road 2 – Drégelypalánk
 * style="background:#fdd;"|
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center| 88
 * style="background:#fdd;" align=center|EU-Icon.svg
 * style="background:#fdd;"|Hont-Parassauszta (H) – Šahy (SK) border crossing – Banská Bystrica towards to Kraków (PL)
 * style="background:#fdd;"| Planned
 * style="background:#fdd;"| Planned

Maintenance
The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by this highway engineer.
 * near Gödöllő (M3), kilometre trench 27

Payment
Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica)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:
 * {| class="wikitable"

!Type of county vignette !! Available section
 * Pest
 * full length (17 km – 48 km)
 * }
 * }