D3 motorway (Slovakia)

D3 Motorway shield}}

D3 Motorway
Diaľnica D3
‎in operation ‎under construction ‎in planning
Route information
Part of
Length 23.0 km (14.3 mi)
Planned: 59 km (36.7 mi) +1.7 km (1.1 mi)
Major junctions
From D1 near Hričovské Podhradie
  R5 near Svrčinovec (planned)
To S1 border with Poland
Location
Regions: Žilina Region
Major cities Žilina, Čadca
Highway system

The Motorway D3 (formerly D18), sometimes called the Kysuce Motorway, is a motorway in northern Slovakia. Initially, it is supposed to be only a two lane motorway in the Čadca - Slovak/Polish border section, and four lane motorway in the remaining section Hričovské Podhradie - Čadca. It lies on these E-roads: E50, E75 and E442.

It starts at the motorway junction with the D1, bypassing Žilina, then goes to the north around Kysucké Nové Mesto and Čadca, having an interchange with the R5, and ends near the village of Skalité, where it crosses the Polish border and connects to Expressway S1.

From the total length of 60.4 km, there are (as of November 2017):

  • 23 km of full motorway in operation
  • 5.4 km of semi-motorway in operation
  • 10 km under construction
  • 22+4 km planned

Sections of the motorway

Open sections (as of November 2017):

Section Length Lanes Opening
Hričovské Podhradie (D1/D3) - Žilina-Strážov 6.85 km (+1.6 km) 4 Jan/Dec 2007
Žilina-Strážov - Žilina-Brodno 4.3 km 4 Dec 2017
Oščadnica - Čadca-Bukov 5.4 km 2 Oct 2004
Svrčinovec - Skalité 12 km 2 Jun 2017
Skalité - Polish border 3 km 2 Jan 2006

Remaining sections (as of November 2017):

Section Length Lanes Status Expected opening
Žilina-Brodno - Kysucké Nové Mesto 11 km 4 Planned 2024
Kysucké Nové Mesto - Oščadnica 11 km 4 Planned 2026
Oščadnica - Čadca-Bukov 4 km 4 Planned 2024
Čadca-Bukov - Svrčinovec 6 km 4 Under Construction Dec. 2020

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.