Podlasie, Poland



Podlaskie Voivodship or Podlasian Province is located in north eastern Poland and covers an area of 20,200 sq km which constitutes 6.4% of the total area of Poland, making it the 6th largest voivodship in the country.

It is adjacent to three other polish provinces: Warmian-Mazurian on the west, Lublin and Mazovian on the south. In the north east it borders with Lithuania and in the east, Belarus. The Podlasie Voivodship borders with Lithuania are 102 km, and Belarus is 250 km in length. The region has an internal border with Lithuania and an external one with Belarus in respect of the European Union.

There are 5 road and 4 rail border crossing points.

The road border crossing points between Poland and Belarus are:

Kuęnica/Biaůostocka, Bruzgi for personal and goods traffic without any restrictions. One of the most modern border crossing points of the capacity of 8000 of passenger vehicles and 1500 trucks per day.
Bobrowniki/Bierestowica, available for personal and goods traffic without any restrictions, the capacity being 500 trucks and 3000 passenger vehicles per day.
Poůowce/Pieszczatka, only for personal traffic of the citizens of Poland and Belarus, the capacity being 700 vehicles excluding coaches.
The road border crossing points between Poland and Lithuania are:

Ogrodniki/Lazdijaj for personal and goods traffic, cars up to 3.5 tons, the capacity is in the region of 500-700 vehicles per day.
Budzisko/Kalvarija for personal and goods traffic without any restrictions, the capacity being 1000 trucks and 3000 passenger vehicles per day.

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