More than 3000 vehicles pass the important intersections of the city of Szeged. Before the opening of a new highway more than 150 of them were semi-trailer trucks. The air pollution, noise and crowd caused by the vehicles create local problems. Traffic counts and noise measurements were carried out before and after the opening of the E43 highway. Noise and air pollution maps were drawn based on the traffic database. We could confirm that the environmental load was reduced