Highways in Slovakia

Highway network in Slovakia (August 2018)   
   Completed       Under construction       Planned

The highways in Slovakia are divided into motorways and expressways.

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 in the 30s planned motorway connecting Prague with northern parts of Slovakia; however the construction of the Slovak motorways was not started until 1970s.

NDS is currently managing and maintaining 432 km of motorways (diaľnica) and 288 km of expressways (rýchlostné cesty).

Motorways

Example motorway road sign in Slovakia

The motorways in Slovakia, Slovak: Diaľnica (abbr. D), are defined as two-lane motorways in each direction, with emergency lane. The speed limit is 130 km/h or 80 mph. Their road signs are white on red.

 E-roads From Via To Total length
(km)		 Completed
(km)		 Under construction
(km)		 Map
Bratislava
Trnava - Trenčín – Žilina – Prešov – Košice Záhor
Ukraine 		516.4 365.8 54.5
Brodské
Czech Republic 		Malacky – Bratislava Čunovo
Hungary 		80.5 80.5 -

Hričovské Podhradie
Žilina – Čadca Skalité
Poland 		60.8 34.8 5.7
Jarovce
Austria 		Bratislava bypass Devínska Nová Ves
Austria 		47.9 5.0 27.3
Total length: 705.6 486.1 87.5

Expressways

Example expressway road sign in Slovakia

The expressways in Slovakia, Slovak: rýchlostné cesty (abbr. R), are defined as dual carriageways with lower standards than that of a motorway, but with the same restrictions. The speed limit is 130 km/h or 80 mph. Their road signs are white on red.

 E-roads From Via To Total length
(km)		 Completed
(km)		 Under construction
(km)		 Map
Trnava
Nitra - Zvolen - Banská Bystrica Ružomberok
262.3 170.0 0

Trenčín
Prievidza - Zvolen - Lučenec Košice
303.8* 53.6* 0
Trstená
Poland 		Martin - Žiar nad Hronom Šahy
Hungary 		200* 18* 0

Vyšný Komárnik
Poland 		Svidník − Prešov - Košice Milhosť
Hungary 		73.9* 18.8* 0
Svrčinovec
Svrčinovec
Czech Republic 		2.0 0 0
Lysá pod Makytou
Czech Republic 		Púchov Beluša
25.9 2.7 0
Bratislava
Dunajská Streda - Nové Zámky - Veľký Krtíš Lučenec
218.9 0 32.2
Nitra
Topoľčany Hradište
54.6 0 0
Total length: 1141.4 263.1 32.2

* The lengths of the expressways are stated without concurrences.

History of construction

Year Motorways
in use
(km)		 Expressways
in use
(km)		 Under
construction
(km)
19690029.3
19710029.3
19720067.0
197329.3076.2
197429.3076.2
197546.113.873.0
197653.313.880.8
197767.613.868.7
1978115.613.852.4
1979115.616.849.8
1980115.628.653.1
1981115.632.149.6
1982142.732.137.8
1983150.132.154.6
1984150.132.165.0
1985165.232.151.0
1986173.147.427.9
1987173.147.435.7
1988191.947.421.1
1989191.950.917.5
Year Motorways
in use
(km)		 Expressways
in use
(km)		 Under
construction
(km)
1990195.455.05.5
1991197.455.011.2
1992197.455.011.2
1993197.455.013.9
1994197.455.021.4
1995197.457.718.7
1996216.157.765.2
1997219.257.7122.2
1998288.669.9120.9
1999290.669.980.6
2000290.677.024.3
2001290.677.041.5
2002297.177.044.0
2003307.889.938.5
2004314.695.478.5
2005326.598.297.2
2006326.5119.182.5
2007363.7125.657.8
2008381.6128.373.1
2009389.6138.0106.4
Year Motorways
in use
(km)		 Expressways
in use
(km)		 Under
construction
(km)
2010414.8153.685.0
2011417.8205.866.0
2012416.8212.067.8
2013417.8227.291.5
2014417.8232.9132.2
2015464.0245.074.0
2016464.0254.5144.8
2017483.7262.4128.3
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029

See also

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