R1 is an
expressway ( sk, rýchlostná cesta) in
Slovakia. It starts near
Trnava and ends in
Ružomberok and it goes through or around
Sereď,
Nitra,
Zlaté Moravce,
Hronský Beňadik,
Nová Baňa
Nová Baňa (german: Königsberg; hu, Újbánya) is a small town in the west of central Slovakia and the largest town of the Žarnovica District, located in the Banská Bystrica Region.
Etymology
The original name of Nová Baňa was Štiavnica - ...
,
Žarnovica,
Žiar nad Hronom,
Zvolen and
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mo ...
.
The former partial designation of this route was D65.
Currently, continuous section between Trnava and bypass of Banská Bystrica is in operation. A linking section to Ružomberok and consequently back to motorway D1 has been planned since 2008. Both sections, Nitra - Hronský Beňadik and bypass of Banská Bystrica, were built, and are operated under the conditions of a
Public-private partnership project, unlike the rest of Slovak motorway and expressway network.
Sections of the expressway
See also
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Highways in Slovakia
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Controlled-access highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...
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Transport in Slovakia
External links
Highways portal by INEKO Institute ''(slovak)''Site of the PPP operator ''(slovak)''* https://ww-w.ndsas.sk/narodna-dialnicna-spolocnost
Highways in Slovakia
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