D1 motorway (Slovakia)

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D1 Motorway

Diaľnica D1

Completed Under construction Planned

Route information
Part of  E50 E58 E75 E571
Length| 512 km (318 mi)

Completed: 402 km (250 mi)
Under Construction: 28.4 km (17.6 mi)
Planned: 87.7 km (54.5 mi)

Major junctions
From|  D2 Bratislava \- Pečna
Major intersections|

* R7 Bratislava \- Nivy
* D4 Bratislava \- South
* R1 Trnava
* R2 near Chocholná
* R6 Púchov, South
* D3 near Hričovské Podhradie
* R3 near Martin
* R3 near Likavka (planned)
* R1 near Ružomberok (planned)
* R4 Prešov, West
* R4 near Košické Oľšany

To|  M08 border with Ukraine (planned)
Location
Country| Slovakia
Regions| Bratislava Region, Trnava Region, Trenčín Region, Žilina Region, Prešov Region, Košice Region
Major cities| Bratislava, Trnava, Trenčín, Žilina, Martin, Poprad, Prešov, Košice
Highway system

* Highways in Slovakia

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The D1 is a east-west motorway (Slovak: diaľnica) in Slovakia. Its route is Bratislava \- Trnava \- Trenčín \- Púchov \- Žilina \- Martin \- Ružomberok \- Poprad \- Prešov \- Košice \- Michalovce \- SK/UA border. It is the main, longest and busiest motorway in Slovakia.

It forms part of the following European routes: E50, E58, E75, E571 and of the V.A Pan-European corridor (Trieste) - Bratislava - Žilina - Košice - Uzhhorod \- Lviv

With the exception of sections in Bratislava a vignette is required to use the motorway.

Junction Trnava with R1 Junction Spišské Podhradie

## Chronology[edit]

The first plans to connect Prague to Slovakia and Mukachevo in today's Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine, which was part of Czechoslovakia at that time, were in the 1930s. The construction of the motorway (freeway) began in the Czech part in the late 1930s, but in the Slovak part nothing was built. After the end of World War II, highway construction was abandoned, due to post-war reconstruction. But in the 1960s, traffic was growing very fast, and a new plan for a D1 highway was available soon, without the part in Zakarpattia Oblast, which became part of the USSR in 1945.

In the Czech part of Czechoslovakia construction work began in 1967. In the Slovak part it began in 1973 by the construction of the part Ivachnová \- Liptovský Mikuláš, a 14 km long section in northern Slovakia, along with the construction of the Liptovská Mara dam. In 1972 construction of section from Bratislava to Senec began (it was D61 at that time) and in the 1970s extended to Trnava (total 36 km). The 19 km Prešov - Košice motorway was added in 1980. Until the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, another 20 km were built - from L. Mikuláš to Hybe -, totalling some 52 km in the Slovak part, contrasting to 224 km in Czech part. D61 was built to the village of Horná Streda few kilometres behind Piešťany in 1988, with the total length of that section 42 km. Further 45 km were built after 1993 on D1, and another 27 km on D61, until D1 and D61 merged with each other to form the current D1 motorway.

In 1999, Dzurinda's government stopped or slowed down construction on unopened sections - around Sverepec, for example and stopped preparation for various others. Construction continued again since 2002. Construction works continue today, and the planned date for finishing the entire motorway from Bratislava to Košice varies. The most difficult section to construct will be between Žilina and Ružomberok, as there will be most of the tunnels on the entire motorway, including the longest one near Višňové. The motorway has also disputed planned section around Prešov, as there are disagreements over the planned routes.

There are plans to "finish" D1 between Bratislava and Košice in 2015 - with several important exceptions. Žilina and Prešov bypasses will be temporarily substituted by four-lane road through these towns and all tunnels between Žilina and Prešov will be opened only as two-lane tunnels with two-way traffic. Four-lane motorway connecting two largest towns in Slovakia will be finished at the earliest in 2018. .

Section at Prešov was opened in late 2021. That also includes a Prešov tunnel with 2240 meters of length.[1]

D1 will be completed around year 2027, as 3+3 lane motorway from Bratislava to Trnava, 2+2 lane motorway from Trnava to Michalovce and 1+1 lane highway from Michalovce to Slovakia/Ukraine border.

## Sections of the motorway[edit]

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Section number  | Section name in Slovak  | Section length in km  | Year of commencement of works on section  | Year of section completion  | Exits and junctions (x) with other motorways

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1\.  | Bratislava, Viedenská - Bratislava, Prístavný most  | 3,2  | 2003  | 2005  | 1\. Junction D1xD2,

2\. Bratislava - Pečňa

3\. Bratislava - Viedenská

4\. Bratislava - Panónska

2\.  | Bratislava, Prístavný most - Bratislava, Prievoz  | 3,0  | 1977  | 1983, left half

1985, right half

| 1\. Bratislava - Ovsište

2\. Bratislava - Prievoz

3\.  | Bratislava, Prievoz - Bratislava, Mierová  | 2,6  | 1984  | 1990  | 1\. Bratislava - Mierová
4\.  | Bratislava, Mierová - Bratislava, Senecká cesta  | 5,5  | 1999  | 2002  | 1\. Bratislava - Galvaniho

2\. Bratislava - Airport

3\. Bratislava - Zlaté piesky

5\.  | Bratislava, Senecká cesta - Senec  | 13,0  | 1972  | 1975  | 10\. Bratislava - Vajnory

12\. Triblavina

13\. Senec

5\.  | Bratislava, Vajnory - Senec, expansion to 4 + 4 lanes in the section Bratislava, Vajnory - Senec, east (Blatné) - I. stage (Section Bratislava, Vajnory - Triblavina)  | 3,6  | 2022  | 2025  | 10\. Bratislava - Vajnory, reconstruction

11\. Bratislava, exit II, intersection D1xD4

12\. Triblavina, opened on October 29, 2021

5\.  | Bratislava, Vajnory - Senec, expansion to 4 + 4 lanes in the section Bratislava, Vajnory - Senec, east (Blatné) - II. stage (Section Triblavina - Senec, east)  | 10,5  | 2023  | 2026  | 13\. Senec, reconstruction
6\.  | Senec - Trnava  | 23,1  | 1975  | 1978  | 1\. Senec - Východ (East)

2\. Voderady

16\. Križovatka D1xR1, Trnava

6\.  | Senec - Trnava, expansion to 3 + 3 lanes in the section Senec, east - Trnava, intersection D1xR1  | 19,9  | 2025  | 2030  | 14\. Senec - exit (Blatné) reconstruction finished in 2017

15\. Voderady, reconstruction

16\. Intersection D1xR1, Trnava, reconstruction

7\.  | Trnava - Hlohovec  | 15,9  | 1978  | 1982  | 1\. Hlohovec
8\.  | Hlohovec - Piešťany  | 17,7  | 1980  | 1985  | 1\. Červeník

2\. Piešťany

9\.  | Piešťany - Horná Streda  | 8,1  | 1984  | 1988  | 1\. Horná Streda
10\.  | Horná Streda - Nové Mesto nad Váhom  | 14,4  | 1997  | 1998, left half

2000, right half

| 1\. Lúka
11\.  | Nové Mesto nad Váhom - Chocholná  | 13,1  | 1996  | 1998, left half

2000, right half

| 1\. Rakoľuby
12\.  | Chocholná - Skala  | 10,3  | 1991  | 1996  | 1\. Chocholná, Trenčín - Juh (South)

2\. Trenčín

3\. Exit for official use only

13\.  | Skala - Nemšová  | 7,6  | 1994  | 1996  | 1\. Nemšová
14\.  | Nemšová - Ladce  | 15,5  | 1996  | 1998, left half

2000, right half

| 1\. Ilava

2\. Ladce

15\.  | Ladce - Sverepec  | 11,3  | 1998  | 2004, subsection Ladce - Beluša

2005, rest of section

| 1\. Beluša
16\.  | Sverepec - Vrtižer  | 9,8  | 2007, II.subsection

2008, I. subsection

| 2010, I. subsection

2010, II. subsection

| 1\. Považská Bystrica - Juh (South)

2\. Považská Bystrica - Centrum (Center)

17\.  | Vrtižer - Hričovské Podhradie  | 12,9  | 1998  | 2007  | 1\. Považská Bystrica - Sever (North)

2\. Bytča

3\. Junction D1xD3, Hričovské Podhradie

18\.  | Hričovské Podhradie - Lietavská Lúčka  | 11,3  | 2014  | 2021  | 1\. Junction D1xD3 Hričovské Podhradie
19\.  | Lietavská Lúčka - Dubná Skala  | 13,5  | 2014

| 2021 - Exit Lietavská Lúčka (already open ahead of the rest of the section, so as to provide exit and entry to the Hričovské Podhradie - Lietavská Lúčka section)

2023 - Rest of section

| 1\. Lietavská Lúčka
20\.  | Dubná Skala - Turany  | 13,5 + 3,3 spur route  | 2011  | 2015  | 1\. Dubná Skala

2\. Junction D1xR3, Martin

3\. Turany 1

21\.  | Turany - Hubová  | 13,5  | 2021  | 2027  | 1\. Turany 2
22\.  | Hubová - Ivachnová  | 15,2  | 2013  | 2023  | 1\. Hubová

2\. Likavka

23\.  | Ivachnová - Liptovský Mikuláš  | 15  | 1973  | 1977  | 1\. Temporary exit to road I/18

2\. Ivachnová

24\.  | Liptovský Mikuláš - Liptovský Ján  | 6,4  | 1972  | 1976  | 1\. Liptovský Mikuláš

2\. Liptovský Ján

25\.  | Liptovský Ján - Liptovský Hrádok  | 5,1  | 1975  | 1983  | 1\. Liptovský Hrádok
26\.  | Liptovský Hrádok - Hybe  | 8,2  | 1983, left half

1987, right half

| 1986, left half

1990, right half

| 1\. Hybe
27\.  | Hybe - Važec  | 10,4  | 1996  | 1998, left half

2000, right half

| 1\. Východná

2\. Važec

28\.  | Važec - Mengusovce  | 12  | 1998  | 2007, left half

2008, right half

| 1\. Štrba

2\. Mengusovce

29\.  | Mengusovce - Jánovce  | 26,4  | 2005, II.subsection

2005, III. subsection - left half

2006, I.subsection

2007, III. subsection - right half

| 2008, II. subsection

2008, III. subsection - left half

2009, I. subsection

2009, III. subsection - right half

| 1\. Poprad - Západ (West)

2\. Vysoké Tatry

3\. Poprad - Východ (East)

4\. Jánovce

30\.  | Jánovce - Jablonov  | 19,2  | 2011, I. subsection

2012, II. subsection

| 2015, I. subsection

2015, II. subsection

| 1\. Levoča
31\.  | Jablonov - Studenec  | 4,6  | 2009, right half

2010, left half

| 2010, right half

2012, left half

| 1\. Jablonov
32\.  | Studenec - Beharovce  | 3,1  | 2009  | 2010  | 1\. Beharovce
33\.  | Beharovce - Fričovce  | 13,7  | 1996, Široké bypass

1996, tunnel Branisko, right tunnel tube

1997, Beharovce bypass, right half

1997, Fričovce bypass

| 2001, Široké bypass

2003, tunnel Branisko, right tunnel tube

2003, Beharovce bypass, right half

2003, Fričovce bypass

| 1\. Behárovce

2\. Široké

3\. Fričovce

33\.  | Beharovce bypass, left half

Tunel Branisko, left tunnel tube

| 7,6  | 2023  | 2028  | Section without exits
34\.  | Fričovce - Svinia  | 10,9  | 2011  | 2015  | 1\. Svinia
35\.  | Svinia - Prešov, Západ (Prešov, West)  | 6,8  | 2005  | 2010  | 1\. Junction D1xR4, Prešov - Západ (West)
36\.  | Prešov, Západ (Prešov, West) - Prešov, Juh (Prešov, South)  | 7,8  | 2017  | 2021  | 1\. Junction D1xR4 Prešov - Západ (West)

2\. Dostavba výjazdu Prešov - Juh (South)

37\.  | Prešov, Juh (Prešov, South)- Ličartovce  | 10,6  | 1978  | 1982  | 1\. Temporary exit to road I/80

2\. Prešov - Juh (South)

3\. Lemešany

38\.  | Ličartovce - Budimír  | 9,1  | 1983  | 1988  | 1\. Nová Polhora

2\. Košice - Sever (North)

39\.  | Budimír - Bidovce  | 14,4  | 2016  | 2019  | 1\. Košice - Sever (North)

2\. Junction D1xR2,

Košické Olšany

3\. Bidovce

40\.  | Bidovce - Dargov  | 12,6  | 2026  | 2029  | Section without exits
41\.  | Dargov - Pozdišovce  | 18,2  | 2026  | 2029  | 1\. Hriadky

2\. Pozdišovce

42\.  | Pozdišovce - Michalovce  | 12,1  | 2027  | 2030  | 1\. Michalovce
43\.  | Michalovce - Sobrance  | 15,8  | 2027  | 2030  | 1\. Sobrance
44\.  | Sobrance - Záhor, štátna hranica Slovensko/Ukrajina  | 15,5  | 2027  | 2030  | 1\. Záhor

2\. Border crossing Slovakia (EU) / Ukraine

## Bridges and viaducts[edit]

This is a list of bridges and viaducts as seen when moving from west to east:

Viaduct Považská Bystrica Bridge near Podtureň Location | Length (m) | Notes

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Ovsište | 0,567
Prístavný most | 1,080
Prievoz | 1,756
Horná Streda | 0,772
Beckov | 0,336
Drietoma | 0,238
Súčanka | 0,404 / 486
Újazd | 0,486 / 490
Kočkovský kanál | 0,187
Nosický kanál | 0,227
Ladce | 0,189 / 186
Pružinka | 0,902
Sverepec I | 0,443 / 480
Sverepec II | 0,315 / 310
Kunovec |  | open July 2010
Galanovec |  | open July 2010
Matúška |  | open July 2010
Považská Bystrica | 1,444 | open 30 May 2010
Hričovský kanál | 1,695 | July 2010
Vrtižer |  | open July 2010
Plevník-Drienové |  |
Predmier |  | 2 lanes
Dolný Hričov | 1,804 | planned; open 2012?
Lietavská Lúčka | 1,091 | planned; open 2012?
Dubná Skala |  | planned
Turčianské Kľačany | 0,422 | planned
Turany |  | planned
Krpeľany |  | planned
Kraľovany |  | planned
Stankovany |  | planned
Hubová I |  | planned
Hubová II |  | planned
Lisková |  | planned
Podtureň | 1,038
Jamníček | 0,179
Belá | 0,308
Dovalovec | 0,534
Hybica | 0,571 / 565
Východná | 0,380
Jánošiková studnička | 0,381
Belianský potok | 0,347
Čierny jarok | 0,184
Važec | 0,638 | open 2007?
Štrba | 600 | open 2007?
Pod Skalkou |  | open 2008
Levoča |  | planned
Spišský Hrhov |  | planned
Beharovce | 0,225 | 2 lanes
Studenec | 0,102 | 2 lanes
Pongrácovce | 0,343 | 2 lanes
Fričovce | 0,407
Malá Svinka | 0,255 | open 2008
Malý Šariš | 0,494 | open 2008

## Tunnels[edit]

This is a list of tunnels as seen when moving from west to east:

Location | Length (m) | Notes

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Ovčiarsko | 2,275 | under construction since Jul 2014, open 2018
Žilina | 0,651 | under construction since Jul 2014, open 2018
Višňové | 7,460 | under construction since 2015, open 2019
Korbieľka | 5,859 | planned, open at first 2024
Havran | 2,702 | planned, open at first 2024
Čebrať | 2,080 | works were stopped, open at first 2020
Lučivná | 0,250 | open Nov/Dec 2007
Bôrik | 0,999 | open 2009
Šibenik | 0,600 | open 2015
Branisko | 4,975 | 2 lanes
Prešov | 2,244 | open 2021
Dargov | 1,050 | planned

## Gallery[edit]

* D1 motorway near Dubnica nad Váhom

* D1 motorway exit Považská Bystrica

* Junction Beluša

* D1 near Sverepec

* opening of the D1 motorway viaduct in Považská Bystrica

* opening of the D1 motorway viaduct in Považská Bystrica

* opening of the D1 motorway viaduct in Považská Bystrica

* The D1 R4 intersection in Presov west

## See also[edit]

* Highway D1 (Czech Republic)
* Motorway D61

## External links[edit]

* Exit list of Highway D1 (in English)
* National Motorway Company (in Slovak)

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