Highways in Slovakia

Highways in Slovakia are divided into motorways (Slovak: diaľnica) and expressways (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta).

Highway network in Slovakia

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]

Highway sign
new sign
old signs
From April 1st 2020 the term "expressway" has been removed from road traffic rules and therefore the motorways and expressways in full profile are marked with a new motorway sign.[2]
History of highways in Slovakia

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 length of the expressway is stated without concurrences 1199.25 281.44 23% 49.92

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
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