R2 expressway (Slovakia)

R2 is an expressway (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta) in Slovakia. It starts near Trenčín and ends near Košice. It goes through or around Bánovce nad Bebravou, Prievidza, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Lučenec, Rimavská Sobota and Rožňava.

Expressway R2
Rýchlostná cesta R2
Completed        Under construction        Planned
Route information
Part of E58 E77 E571 E572
Length	53.6 km (33.3 mi) Planned: 303.8 km (188.8 mi) The lengths are stated without concurrences
Major junctions
From	D1 near Chocholná
	R8 near Hradište (planned) R3 near Ráztočno (planned) R1 near Žiar nad Hronom R3 Budča R1 near Sliač (planned) R7 near Lučenec (planned)
To	R4 near Haniska (planned)
Location
Regions	Trenčín Region, Banská Bystrica Region, Košice Region
Major cities	Trenčín, Prievidza, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Lučenec, Rožňava
Highway system
Highways in Slovakia Motorways Expressways

The sections between Žiar nad Hronom and Zvolen are shared with R1 and R3. There is also planned shared section between Ráztočno and Žiar nad Hronom with R3.

From the total length of 303.8 km (excluding shared sections), these sections are in operation:

• 9.6 km Ruskovce - Pravotice (two-lane) [1]
• 5.8 km Žiar nad Hronom bypass (4,4 km two-lane) [1]
• 18.2 km Zvolen, East - Kriváň [1]
• 6.1 km Ožďany bypass (two-lane) [1]
• 14.0 km Figa and Tornaľa bypass (two-lane) [1]

References

1. http://dialnice.szm.com/highways/opening.html List of motorways and expressways constructions in use

External links

• Highways portal by INEKO Institute (slovak)
• Exit list of the sections opened in 2006