R3 expressway (Slovakia)

Expressway R3
Rýchlostná cesta R3
Completed        Under construction        Planned
Route information
Part of E58 E77 E572
Length	19.7 km (12.2 mi) Planned: 200 km (120 mi) The lengths are stated without concurrences
Major junctions
From	DK7 border with Poland (planned)
Major intersections	D1 near Likavka (planned) D1 near Martin R2 near Ráztočno (planned) R1 near Žiar nad Hronom R1 Budča R7 near Horné Semerovce (planned)
To	M2 border with Hungary (planned)
Location
Regions	Žilina Region, Trenčín Region, Banská Bystrica Region, Nitra Region
Major cities	Dolný Kubín, Martin, Žiar nad Hronom
Highway system
Highways in Slovakia

R3 is a mostly planned expressway (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta) passing through central Slovakia in the north–south direction along the European route E77.

It goes from border with Hungary, moving north around Krupina to Zvolen, from there is currently planned to share an 18 km section with R1 and R2 from Budča to Žiar nad Hronom. There is also planned shared section between Žiar nad Hronom and Ráztočno near Handlová with R2. Then continues north, from Martin sharing a section with the D1, then splitting off in either Hubová, going from Dolný Kubín through the Orava River valley to Trstená and ending at border with Poland.

From the total length of cca. 230 km (excluding shared sections), these sections are in operation:

• 7.2 km Trstená bypass (two-lane) ^[1]
• 5.7 km Oravský Podzámok - Horná Lehota (two-lane) ^[1]
• 1.7 km Martin - Martin, North
• 4.3 km Horná Štubňa bypass (two-lane) ^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Highways portal by INEKO Institute (slovak)
• R3 exit list

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