R1 expressway (Slovakia)

Expressway R1
Rýchlostná cesta R1
in operation    under construction    in planning
Route information
Part of
Length:	121.7 km (75.6 mi) Under construction: 54 km (34 mi) Planned: 50 km (31 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Trnava
To:	Ružomberok
Location
Regions:	Trnava Region, Nitra Region, Banská Bystrica Region, Žilina Region
Major cities:	Trnava, Nitra, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Banská Bystrica, Ružomberok
Highway system
Highways in Slovakia Motorways • Expressways

R1 is an expressway (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta) in Slovakia. It starts near Trnava (D1) and ends in Ružomberok (D1) and it goes through or around Nitra, Hronský Beňadik, Žarnovica, Žiar nad Hronom (R2/R3), Zvolen and Banská Bystrica.

From 225 km there are:

• 167,7 km in operation
• 8 km under construction
• app. 50 km planned

The former partial designation of this route was D65.

Currently (as of October 2011), continuous section between Trnava and Banská Bystrica is in operation. A linking section to Ružomberok and consequently back to motorway D1 has been planned since 2008, however, only a short bypass of Banská Bystrica is currently under construction, scheduled for opening in summer 2012. Both sections, Nitra-Hronský Beňadik and bypass of Banská Bystrica, are built, and will be operated under the conditions of a Public-private partnership project, unlike the rest of Slovak motorway and expressway network.

External links

• Exit list of expressway R1
• Site of the PPP operator (Slovak only)