D4 is a

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in southwestern

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. The planned highway is commonly referred to as the Bratislava bypass. For decades, there was only a short stretch from

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n border at

Jarovce Jarovce ( hu, Horvátjárfalu, Horvát-Járfalu, hr, Hrvatski Jandrof, german: Kroatisch Jahrndorf) is a small borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. History The village was first mentioned in 1208 under the name ''Ban''. During the Ottoman wars, ...

to the junction with D2 (part of the former D61), construction of which started in 1996 and was opened in 1998. Construction of various other parts started in the late 2010s, with several openings throughout 2020 and 2021. The extension to the motorway D1 between Bratislava and Senec is underway, in order to connect the southern bypass of Bratislava to the country's main traffic artery. The bypass also intersects with expressway R7, parts of which are already open as well.

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The connecting motorway on the Austrian side,

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A6 was opened on 19 November 2007. The highway connects the border with Slovakia to the

Ost Autobahn The (Austrian) Ost Autobahn A4 or "Eastern Motorway" is part of the European route E60 and goes from Vienna to the town of Nickelsdorf, on the Hungarian border. The road begins at the A23 at the Prater junction in Vienna, travels through Simm ...

A4. It provided connection to 3rd of its 5 neighboring country, until 2007 Slovakia was connected by motorway only to the

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and

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. In 2016, the construction of the 27 km long motorway section from the D2x D4 junction near Jarovce to Bratislava, Rača began. All of the section was set to open in 2020, which was delayed due to construction problems. Therefore, only the Bratislava, South - Bratislava, Podunajské Biskupice and the Bratislava, Podunajské Biskupice - Bratislava, Vrakuňa sections were opened in 2020. The rest of the section was opened to the public in the fall of 2021. However, the D1x D4 junction is delayed all the way to the year 2026. https://auto.pravda.sk/doprava/clanok/599992-konzorcium-d4r7-krizovatku-d1-d4-sme-chceli-postavit-aj-my-nikoho-to-nezaujimalo/ (Slovak)

Sections of the motorway

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Exits of Motorway D4

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Sections of the motorway

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