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19-506: The bridge is part of the Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko thoroughfare which forms the southern bypass of Płock. It constitutes a shared segment of two national roads – DK 60 and DK 62 . The main span of the Solidarity Bridge is 375 meters long. The main span is one of the longest in the world among cable stayed bridges with cables located in single plane. At the same time, it is the longest span in

38-739: A Polish printing house. Osterode was the largest town of Masuria in the early 20th century (according to data from 1905 and 1925), after surpassing Lyck (Ełk) (according to data from 1880 and 1890). During World War I and the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg , General Paul von Hindenburg had his 8th Army headquarters at the Osterode schoolhouse. In the East Prussian plebiscite of 1920 8,663 inhabitants voted to remain in German East Prussia , 17 votes supported Poland. During World War II , some expelled Poles from Lubawa County were enslaved by

57-593: Is a town in northern Poland , in the historic region of Masuria . It is the seat of the Ostróda County within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and has approximately 33,191 inhabitants (2009). Ostróda is the largest town in the western part of Masuria, and the second largest in all of Masuria after Ełk . The town lies in the west of the historic Masuria region on the Drwęca river, a right tributary of

76-1187: Is no longer national road 69. In January 2020, national road 98 was downgraded and removed from the national roads network. Polish national roads network consist of following roads, as of April 3, 2024: Pyrzowice ("Pyrzowice" interchange) – Podwarpie ("Podwarpie" junction) – Dąbrowa Górnicza – Tychy – Bielsko-Biała – Żywiec – Laliki – Zwardoń – Slovak border [REDACTED] (" Kamienna Góra " junction) – Lubawka – state border [REDACTED] (" Ostróda Południe" interchange) – [REDACTED] (Wirwajdy) Warsaw ("Warszawa Lotnisko" interchange) – Lesznowola Tarczyn ("Tarczyn Północ" junction) – "Tarczyn Południe" junction Kraków (" Kraków Nowa Huta " junction – "Kraków Bieżanów" interchange) [REDACTED] (" Stryków " junction) – Łódź – [REDACTED] ("Łódź Lublinek" junction) Świlcza ("Świlcza" junction) – Kielanówka ("Rzeszów Południe" junction) Warsaw ("Marynarska" junction – "Warszawa Lotnisko" interchange) Ostr%C3%B3da Ostróda [ɔsˈtruda] ( German : Osterode in Ostpreußen ; Masurian : Ôstród; Old Prussian : Austrāti )

95-559: The Battle of Eylau in February 1807 French troops gathered in Osterode, from February to April 1807 Napoleon I used the castle as his headquarter. In June 1807 Polish troops of General Józef Zajączek were stationed in the town. In 1818 it became the seat of a Kreis (district) within the Kingdom of Prussia . In 1871 Osterode was included in the newly formed German Empire . In the 19th century

114-574: The Vistula . Lake Drwęca west of the town is part of the Masurian Lake District . Ostróda has become a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings. The National road 7 from Gdańsk to Warsaw , part of European route E77 , passes through Ostróda. The Elbląg Canal connects Ostróda with the Baltic coast. At the site of an original settlement of Old Prussians on an island at

133-522: The river delta where the Drwęca river flows into Lake Drwęca the town of Ostróda evolved. In 1270 the Teutonic Order began constructing wooden earthworks to control the original settlement as well as defend the initial Polish and German settlers. The knights named the new town Osterode after Osterode am Harz in present-day Lower Saxony , Germany (now a sister city with Ostróda). Between 1349-1370

152-724: The Evangelical church books date back to 17th century. During the Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629 , Polish troops were stationed there in 1626, and in 1628, the town was briefly occupied by the Swedes . From 1633, with the approval of the Polish King Władysław IV Vasa , Osterode and the county was under the administration of Duke John Christian of Brieg , one of the last dukes of the Piast dynasty (until his death in 1639). After

171-635: The Germans as forced labour in the town's vicinity. Most of the Osterode citizens had fled during the evacuation of East Prussia , when on 21 January 1945 Osterode was captured by the Soviet Red Army without fighting. However, about 70% of the town was destroyed by arson attacks afterwards. With the conquest by the Soviet Union and the Potsdam Agreement , the town became again part of Poland and most of

190-505: The Order replaced the wood-and-earth fort with a stone castle. The town, whose charter traditionally dates to 1335, quickly became a regional administrative center for the Order. After the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, Claus von Doringe conquered the castle and delivered the town to the victorious Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło . The Polish king brought the body of Ulrich von Jungingen there before travelling to besiege Marienburg ( Malbork );

209-608: The Teutonic Knights on the other. After the peace treaty signed in Toruń in 1466 it formed part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order. From 1525 until 1701 Osterode was part of Ducal Prussia , a fief of Poland until 1657, and after 1701 part of Kingdom of Prussia . In the 17th century and until the 19th century the town and its surroundings were inhabited mostly by Poles. The majority of inhabitants were Protestant and

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228-567: The city center, built in 1938, which has only one traffic lane in each direction and is the only crossing in the vicinity. Construction of the bridge started in July 2002 and finished in October 2007 along with a modernization of the Wyszogrodzka Street leading to the city center. On October 13, 2007 the bridge was officially opened by prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński . The entire route of the bypass

247-759: The national roads network. Other types of roads in Poland are under the control of entities at voivodeship , powiat and gmina levels: voivodeship roads , powiat roads and gmina roads . National roads include: Currently, there are 96 national roads in Poland (1–68, 70–97). Since 1 January 2014, there are new national roads: 89 , 95 , 96 and 97 . In 2011 the total length was 18,801 km (11,680 mi). According to national roads state report of 2008 by GDDKiA 1/4 of national roads are capable of handling 11,5 tonnes per axle loads. Due to new regulation of General Director of National Roads and Motorways in August 2016 there

266-471: The regrouping Teutonic Knights recaptured Osterode a few months later. In 1440, local nobility co-founded the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation , upon the request of which the town was incorporated to the Kingdom of Poland by King Casimir IV Jagiellon in 1454. During the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) , the town was repeatedly captured by both the Poles and Prussian Confederation on one side and

285-471: The remaining German population was expelled . In 1950 26 percent of the population originated from the eastern areas of pre-war Poland , 18 percent were pre-war inhabitants. While it was previously in Olsztyn Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, Ostróda has been situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. The first certifiable Jewish families lived in Osterode in 1732, a Jewish cemetery

304-449: The town was part of territory dominated by the Polish language, and the Osterode district was inhabited mostly by Poles (71% in 1825, 65% in 1867). The town was a significant Polish centre, whose most famous representative was pastor Gustaw Gizewiusz . Polish newspapers were edited and published in the town, including Mazur from 1885. In 1868 Karol Salewski established a Polish bookshop and

323-543: The world among cable stayed bridges with a fixed-in deck pylon . The main span of the Solidarity Bridge is the longest span in Poland and this part of Europe . The Solidarity Bridge in Płock is largest and longest cable-stayed bridge in Poland at 615 meters long. Plans for the bridge and the Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko thoroughfare first appeared in the 1990s to relief the Legions of Marshal Józef Piłsudski road-railway bridge located in

342-519: Was established in 1735. In 1845 the Jewish community counted about 110 members, in 1860, there were 160 and in 1880 222 Jews living in Osterode. The number declined to 123 in 1933 and 75 in 1937. A small synagogue was built in 1856 and a new, larger one based on the Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) style in 1893. In 1932 a Jewish shop was attacked with explosives, boycotts of Jewish shops took place in 1935. The synagogue and

361-718: Was finished in 2009. This article about a bridge in Poland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National roads in Poland According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland , a national road ( Polish : Droga krajowa ) is a public trunk road controlled by the Polish central government authority, the General Directorship of National Roads and Motorways ( Polish : Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad ). All motorways and expressways in Poland are classified as part of

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