D1 motorway (Slovakia)

D1 Motorway
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
	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;

The D1 is an 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.

Chronology

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

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
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 3 + 3 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

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

Location	Length (m)	Notes
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

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

Location	Length (m)	Notes
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