Highways in Slovakia
The highways in Slovakia are divided into motorways, Slovak: diaľnica and expressways, Slovak: rýchlostná cesta.
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 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 499 km (310 mi) of motorways and 230 km (143 mi) of expressways.[1]
Motorways
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 (81 mph). Their road signs are white on red.
| 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 |  |
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|
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 | 498.90 | 71% | 80.24 | ||||||
Expressways
The expressways in Slovakia, Slovak: rýchlostná cesta (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 (81 mph). Their road signs are white on red.
| 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 |  |
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|
Trenčín
|
Prievidza - Zvolen - Lučenec | Košice
|
337.28[0] | 59.61[0] | 18% | 13.50 |  |
 |
|
Trstená 
|
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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 the length of the expressway is stated without concurrences. | 1199.25 | 281.44 | 23% | 49.92 | |||||
History of construction
| Year | Motorways in use (km) |
Expressways in use (km) |
Under construction (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 |
| 1973 | 29.3 | 0 | 76.2 |
| 1974 | 29.3 | 0 | 76.2 |
| 1975 | 46.1 | 13.8 | 73.0 |
| 1976 | 53.3 | 13.8 | 80.8 |
| 1977 | 67.6 | 13.8 | 68.7 |
| 1978 | 115.6 | 13.8 | 52.4 |
| 1979 | 115.6 | 16.8 | 49.8 |
| 1980 | 115.6 | 28.6 | 53.1 |
| 1981 | 115.6 | 32.1 | 49.6 |
| 1982 | 142.7 | 32.1 | 37.8 |
| 1983 | 150.1 | 32.1 | 54.6 |
| 1984 | 150.1 | 32.1 | 65.0 |
| 1985 | 165.2 | 32.1 | 51.0 |
| 1986 | 173.1 | 47.4 | 27.9 |
| 1987 | 173.1 | 47.4 | 35.7 |
| 1988 | 191.9 | 47.4 | 21.1 |
| 1989 | 191.9 | 50.9 | 17.5 |
| 1990 | 195.4 | 55.0 | 5.5 |
| 1991 | 197.4 | 55.0 | 11.2 |
| 1992 | 197.4 | 55.0 | 11.2 |
| 1993 | 197.4 | 55.0 | 13.9 |
| 1994 | 197.4 | 55.0 | 21.4 |
| 1995 | 197.4 | 57.7 | 18.7 |
| 1996 | 216.1 | 57.7 | 65.2 |
| 1997 | 219.2 | 57.7 | 122.2 |
| 1998 | 288.6 | 69.9 | 120.9 |
| 1999 | 290.6 | 69.9 | 80.6 |
| 2000 | 290.6 | 77.0 | 24.3 |
| 2001 | 290.6 | 77.0 | 41.5 |
| 2002 | 297.1 | 77.0 | 44.0 |
| 2003 | 307.8 | 89.9 | 38.5 |
| 2004 | 314.6 | 95.4 | 78.5 |
| 2005 | 326.5 | 98.2 | 97.2 |
| 2006 | 326.5 | 119.1 | 82.5 |
| 2007 | 363.7 | 125.6 | 57.8 |
| 2008 | 381.6 | 128.3 | 73.1 |
| 2009 | 389.6 | 138.0 | 106.4 |
| 2010 | 414.8 | 153.6 | 85.0 |
| 2011 | 417.8 | 205.8 | 66.0 |
| 2012 | 416.8 | 212.0 | 67.8 |
| 2013 | 417.8 | 227.2 | 91.5 |
| 2014 | 417.8 | 232.9 | 132.2 |
| 2015 | 464.0 | 245.0 | 74.0 |
| 2016 | 464.0 | 254.5 | 144.8 |
| 2017 | 483.7 | 262.4 | 128.3 |
| 2018 | 483.7 | 262.4 | 127.9 |
| 2019 | 498.1 | 263.4 | 116.7 |
See also
- Transport in Slovakia
- List of controlled-access highway systems
- Evolution of motorway construction in European nations
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "História diaľníc na Slovensku" [History of Highways in Slovakia]. historiadialnic.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
External links
- NDS official web site
- Electronic system of vignette
- Interactive map of highways
- History of highway construction in Slovakia
