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Slovakia
as of Oct 2026
- Total open
- 462 km#7 / 7
- Under construction
- 25 km#5 / 6
- Planned
- 88 km
- Projects
- 2
km per 1,000 km²: 9.4#4 / 7km per million people: 85.4#6 / 7
Measured against 49,035 km² and 5,409,407 inhabitants (Jan 2026).
By category
Highways
462 km#7 / 7
building 25 km
planned 88 km
40 sections
Network growth
Busiest decade: the 2000s, with 169 km opened.
| km | Highways | |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 124 km | 124 km |
| 1990s | 14 km | 14 km |
| 2000s | 169 km | 169 km |
| 2010s | 102 km | 102 km |
| 2020s | 53 km | 53 km |
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Highways
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Delivery record
Cost and schedule outcomes for this country's sections, measured exactly as on the performance page.
- Median slip
- –n=0
- On time
- –
- Median overrun
- –n=0
- Sections
- 40
Furthest behind schedule
–
Delivered on time or early
No section here opened on or before its contract date.
Largest cost overruns
No section here records both an estimate and a final cost.
At or under budget
No section here came in at or under its estimate.
Openings timeline
Past openings
- Oct 5, 2026D1 motorway (Bratislava – Žilina – Poprad – Prešov – Košice – Ukrainian border) / Hubová – Ivachnová15 km
- Dec 22, 2025D1 motorway (Bratislava – Žilina – Poprad – Prešov – Košice – Ukrainian border) / Lietavská Lúčka – Dubná Skala14 km
- Oct 28, 2021D1 motorway (Bratislava – Žilina – Poprad – Prešov – Košice – Ukrainian border) / Prešov západ – Prešov juh8 km
- Jan 29, 2021D1 motorway (Bratislava – Žilina – Poprad – Prešov – Košice – Ukrainian border) / Hričovské Podhradie – Lietavská Lúčka11 km
- Dec 21, 2020D3 motorway (Hričovské Podhradie – Žilina – Čadca – Polish border) / Čadca, Bukov – Svrčinovec6 km
- Dec 16, 2019D1 motorway (Bratislava – Žilina – Poprad – Prešov – Košice – Ukrainian border) / Budimír – Bidovce14 km
- Dec 2, 2017D3 motorway (Hričovské Podhradie – Žilina – Čadca – Polish border) / Žilina, Strážov – Žilina, Brodno (Považský Chlmec tunnel)4 km
- Jun 10, 2017D3 motorway (Hričovské Podhradie – Žilina – Čadca – Polish border) / Svrčinovec – Skalité (Svrčinovec and Poľana tunnels, Valy bridge)12 km
- Jun 10, 2017D3 motorway (Hričovské Podhradie – Žilina – Čadca – Polish border) / Skalité – Polish border3 km
- Dec 17, 2015D1 motorway (Bratislava – Žilina – Poprad – Prešov – Košice – Ukrainian border) / Fričovce – Svinia11 km
Projects in Slovakia
Sources
- CIA World Factbook 2025 (final edition), Slovakia, Geography: Area (total 49,035 sq km), via factbook.json
- Eurostat: Population change, demographic balance and crude rates at national level [demo_gind], population on 1 January
Sources for area and population only. Every project cites its own sources on its page.