D3 motorway (Slovakia)

D3 motorway (Slovakia)

Diaľnica D3.svg

D3 Motorway
Diaľnica D3

 in operation    under construction    in planning
Route information
Part of E50E442E75
Length: 14.1 km (8.8 mi)
Planned: 59 km (36.7 mi) +1.7 km (1.1 mi)
Major junctions
From: Diaľnica D1.svg D1 near Hričovské Podhradie
  Rýchlostná cesta R5.svg R5 near Svrčinovec (planned)
To: S69-PL.svg S69 border with Poland
Location
Regions: Žilina Region
Major cities: Žilina, Čadca
Highway system

Highways in Slovakia
Motorways • Expressways

The Motorway D3 (formerly D18), sometimes called the Kysuce Motorway, is a motorway in northern Slovakia. Initially, it is supposed to be only a two lane motorway in the Čadca - Slovak/Polish border section, and four lane motorway in the remaining section Hričovské Podhradie - Čadca. It lies on these E-roads: E50, E75 and E442.

It starts at the motorway junction with the D1, bypassing Žilina, then goes to the north around Kysucké Nové Mesto and Čadca, having an interchange with the R5, and ends near the village of Skalité, where it crosses the Polish border and connects to Expressway S69.

From the total length of 65 km, there are (as of July 2010):

  • 6,85 km of full motorway in operation
  • 5,4 km of semi-motorway in operation
  • 3,125 km under construction (2015)
  • 49 km of semi-motorway planned

Sections of the motorway

Open sections (as of November 2007):

Section Length Opening
Hričovské Podhradie (D1/D3) - Žilina-Strážov 6.85 km (+1.6 km), 4 lanes Jan/Dec 2007
Oščadnica - Čadca-Bukov 5,4 km (2 lanes) Oct 2004
Skalité - Polish border 0,15 km (2 lanes) Jan 2006

See also

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