Highways in Slovakia
Highways in Slovakia are divided into motorways (Slovak: diaľnica) and expressways (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta).
The majority of these dual carriageways are managed by the state-owned National Motorway Company of Slovakia (NDS), established in 2005. The first modern highway in Slovakia should have been built in the 1930s. The planned motorway would have connected Prague with northern Slovakia. However, the construction of Slovak motorways did not begin until the 1970s.
NDS currently manages and maintains 499 km (310 mi) of motorways and 230 km (143 mi) of expressways.[1]
Motorways[]
Motorways in Slovakia (Slovak: diaľnica, abbr. D) have two separated lanes in each direction, with an emergency lane on each side. The speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph) with white-on-red road signs.
Sign | E-roads | Route | Total length (km)[1] |
In use | Under construction (km)[1] |
Map | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From | Via | To | (km)[1] | % | |||||
|
Bratislava |
Trnava - Trenčín - Žilina - Prešov - Košice | Záhor |
510.49 | 378.69 | 74% | 47.58 | ||
|
Brodské |
Malacky - Bratislava | Čunovo |
80.50 | 80.50 | 100% | - | ||
Hričovské Podhradie |
Žilina - Čadca | Skalité |
65.58 | 33.91 | 52% | 5.67 | |||
Jarovce |
Bratislava bypass | Devínska Nová Ves |
48.78 | 5.80 | 12% | 26.99 | |||
705.35 | 498.9 | 71% | 80.24 |
Expressways[]
Expressways in Slovakia (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta, abbr. R) are dual carriageways with lower standards than those of motorway, but with the same restrictions. Their speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph) with white-on-red road signs.
Sign | E-roads | Route | Total length (km)[1] |
In use | Under construction (km)[1] |
Map | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From | Via | To | (km)[1] | % | |||||
|
Trnava |
Nitra - Zvolen - Banská Bystrica | Ružomberok |
270.94 | 178.71 | 66% | 0 | ||
|
Trenčín |
Prievidza - Zvolen - Lučenec | Košice |
337.28[0] | 59.61[0] | 18% | 13.50 | ||
|
Trstená |
Martin - Žiar nad Hronom | Šahy |
184.67[0] | 16.82[0] | 9% | 0 | ||
|
Vyšný Komárnik |
Svidník − Prešov - Košice | Milhosť |
99.40[0] | 18.75[0] | 19% | 4.30 | ||
Svrčinovec |
Svrčinovec |
1.71 | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||||
Lysá pod Makytou |
Púchov | Beluša |
30.55 | 7.55 | 25% | 0 | |||
Bratislava |
Dunajská Streda - Nové Zámky - Veľký Krtíš | Lučenec |
219.81 | 0 | 0% | 32.12 | |||
Nitra |
Topoľčany | Hradište |
54.89 | 0 | 0% | 0 | |||
0 the length of the expressway is stated without concurrences. | 1199.25 | 281.44 | 23% | 49.92 |
See also[]
- Transport in Slovakia
- List of controlled-access highway systems
- Evolution of motorway construction in European nations
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Podnikateľský plán 2019" [Business plan 2019] (PDF). ndsas.sk (in Slovak). Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s. 2018-11-06. p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-04-28.
- ^ Michalková, Tatiana (2020-02-19). "Rýchlosť sa na rýchlostných cestách nemení. Naďalej platí 130 km/h". Pravda (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
External links[]
- NDS official web site
- Electronic system of vignette
- Interactive map of highways
- History of highway construction in Slovakia
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