R2 expressway (Trenčín – Prievidza – Zvolen – Lučenec – Rimavská Sobota – Rožňava – Košice)
Southern expressway planned from the D1 at Chocholná near Trenčín through Bánovce nad Bebravou, Prievidza, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Lučenec, Rimavská Sobota and Rožňava to the D1 at Rozhanovce near Košice. Modelled here are the opened sections with sourced dates (the Bánovce, Žiar nad Hronom, Ožďany, Figa and Tornaľa bypasses and the stretch from Zvolen to Tomášovce), the Košice bypass from Košice, Juh to Hrašovík, and three sections at tender stage. Several early sections were opened as one carriageway only. The stretch shared with the R1 between Žiar nad Hronom and Zvolen is counted in the R1 project. The remaining sections are at preparation stage and are not drawn.
- Total length
- 112 km
- Open today
- 90 km
- Sections
- 13
- Cost on record
- €701.791M
- 4 of 13 sections carry a comparable figure
Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Ruskovce – Pravotice (Bánovce nad Bebravou bypass, half profile) First section of the R2 between Trenčín and Prievidza, built as one carriageway (category 1/2 R 24,5/120) with 15 bridges and 3 junctions. TSK gives the contract price as EUR 88.2 million excluding VAT (EUR 105.82 million including VAT), financed from EU funds and the state budget. TSK names the builder as Investičné stavby, a. s. (Košice), while sk.wikipedia names the joint venture of Inžinierske stavby, a.s. and Cesty Nitra, a.s., which is recorded here. The regional authority (TSK) gives the whole section as 10.760 km; the recorded 9.56 km is the half-profile length given by sk.wikipedia and historiadialnic.sk. The drawn line (9.65 km) starts at the temporary connection to the I/9 at Ruskovce and ends at Pravotice. The right half is not in the plan before 2034 according to sk.wikipedia. | Opened | 10 km |
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| Contract value €88.2M |
| Žiar nad Hronom west bypass (half profile) Western bypass of Žiar nad Hronom from the Žiar nad Hronom, sever junction to the Žiar nad Hronom, juh interchange with the R1, with 2 grade-separated junctions and 5 bridges totalling 293 m. Historiadialnic.sk gives 1.36 km of full profile, sk.wikipedia about 1.4 km. The drawn line (5.17 km, about 10% under the recorded length) follows the OpenStreetMap ways tagged R2 and ends at the R1 junction; the R1 and R2 share the road from there to Zvolen, which is counted in the R1 project. | Opened | 6 km |
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| Zvolen, východ – Pstruša Full profile, category R 24,5/120, from the Zvolen bypass past the north of Vígľaš to Pstruša, with 14 bridges and a grade-separated junction; a temporary junction linked the I/16 while the neighbouring sections were built. The drawn line (7.27 km, 7% under the recorded length) starts at the Zvolen, východ junction and ends at the Pstruša junction, which OpenStreetMap names Vígľaš. | Opened | 8 km |
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| Pstruša – Kriváň (Detva southern bypass) Full profile, category R 24,5/120, running beside the I/16 and railway line 160, with 18 bridges, 3 junctions and the Detva feeder road. sk.wikipedia gives the consortium's price as EUR 178 million without a VAT basis, so it is not recorded as a money field; the same page notes earlier estimates of EUR 134 million (2009) and EUR 232 million (summer 2012). The drawn line (10.19 km, 2% under) starts at the Pstruša junction, which OpenStreetMap names Vígľaš, and ends at the Kriváň junction. | Opened | 10 km |
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| Kriváň – Mýtna (Krivánsky potok viaduct) Full profile from the Kriváň junction to the temporary at-grade connection before Mýtna, dominated by the Krivánsky potok viaduct, which the CDB register gives as 4.37 km (NDS said about 5 km during construction), the longest in Slovakia. The consortium was the winner of NDS's first tender judged on several criteria. The drawn line (9.06 km) ends at the OpenStreetMap node 9.1 km from the Kriváň junction, where the Mýtna – Lovinobaňa, Tomášovce section begins. | Opened | 9 km |
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| Contract value €232.146M |
| Mýtna – Lovinobaňa, Tomášovce Full profile from the temporary at-grade connection with the I/16 before Mýtna, through the Mýtna interchange, to the Tomášovce interchange, with 11 bridges (1.6 km in total), 6 noise walls and a wildlife crossing at Divínsky háj. Contract duration is stated as 2 years, so the opening was first due in 2021. sk.wikipedia gives a pre-tender estimate of EUR 168 million (earlier 204 million), VAT basis not stated. The drawn line (12.93 km, 4% under) starts at the end of the Kriváň – Mýtna line and ends where OpenStreetMap's built R2 ends at Tomášovce. | Opened | 14 km |
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| 24 mo execution · Contract value €127.706M |
| Ožďany bypass (half profile) One carriageway, category R 22,5/100, with 6 bridges and temporary at-grade connections to the I/16 and I/50. Cost stated as 1,718,412,605 SKK (SKK is not in the exchange-rate table, so prose only). Lengths differ between sources: sk.wikipedia (citing NDS) gives 6.09 km, historiadialnic.sk 4.767 km, and the drawn line follows 5.1 km of OpenStreetMap ways, 16% under the recorded length. | Opened | 6 km |
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| Zacharovce – Bátka (left half) Half-profile section between the Rimavská Sobota and Bátka interchanges. NDS lists it with 8.32 km at the stage 'Súťaž na zhotoviteľa stavby'; the MDV road schedule as reproduced by sk.wikipedia gives a tender launched on 30 March 2026 and a start in 2027. Opening years are not recorded: the table and the MDV workbook disagree. The line follows the proposed R2 ways in OpenStreetMap (no junction nodes are mapped there). The Zacharovce and Bátka cuts are set by the official lengths of 8.32 km and 6.18 km counted back from the start of the Figa bypass, which puts the end of the Ožďany bypass 25.0 km away against 25.06 km from the NDS lengths. | Tendered | 8 km | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bátka – Figa (left half) Half-profile section from the Bátka interchange to the start of the Figa bypass, with no interchanges. NDS lists it with 6.18 km at the stage 'Súťaž na zhotoviteľa stavby'; the MDV road schedule as reproduced by sk.wikipedia gives a tender launched on 30 March 2026 and a start in 2027. Opening years are not recorded: the table and the MDV workbook disagree. sk.wikipedia notes that a building permit was issued in 2024. The line follows the proposed R2 ways in OpenStreetMap; the Bátka cut is set by the official length of 6.18 km counted back from the Figa bypass. | Tendered | 6 km | – | – | – | – | – |
| Figa bypass (half profile) Left half of the Figa bypass, one carriageway in category R 11,5/100. The builders are named by sk.wikipedia for the Figa and Tornaľa bypasses together (14 km, 19 bridges, 3 junctions, 2003–2008). Historiadialnic.sk gives 2.708 km for this half; the recorded 3.3 km is the sk.wikipedia table length. The drawn line (3.4 km) runs from the first built OpenStreetMap way to the node 3.3 km along, where the Tornaľa bypass begins. | Opened | 3 km |
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| Tornaľa bypass (half profile) Left half of the Tornaľa bypass with the Tornaľa, juh and Tornaľa, sever junctions, one carriageway in category R 11,5/100. The builders are named by sk.wikipedia for the Figa and Tornaľa bypasses together. The drawn line (9.52 km, 11% under the recorded length) ends at the last built OpenStreetMap way north of Tornaľa. | Opened | 11 km |
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| Košice, Šaca – Haniska (I. úsek) Southern part of the Košice bypass from the Šaca interchange to the R2 and R4 junction at Haniska. NDS lists it as Košice, Šaca – Košické Oľšany, I. úsek (6.80 km, 'Súťaž na zhotoviteľa stavby'). Tender and opening dates are not recorded: sk.wikipedia's reproduction of the MDV road schedule gives a tender launched on 27 May 2026, while the MDV workbook lists the tender as still in preparation. The drawn line follows the proposed OpenStreetMap ways in two pieces (6.51 km, 4% under): the mapped ways do not meet near Šaca, and the link into the Haniska junction is not drawn. | Tendered | 7 km | – | – | – | – | – |
| Košice, Šaca – Košické Oľšany, II. úsek (Košice, Juh – Hrašovík) Full profile, category R 24,5/120 (R 24,5/100 on a shorter part), from the Košice, Juh interchange with the R4 through the new Krásna interchange to the Hrašovík interchange (Košice, Východ) at the D1, with 13 bridges, the Valaliky rest area and the Valaliky wetland restoration. sk.wikipedia gives the contract price as EUR 159,100,002.1 with the VAT basis unstated, the amount excluding VAT as EUR 132.6 million and a pre-contract estimate of EUR 202 million. The contract ran from March 2022 to March 2025. The NDS press releases and the CDB register give the length as 14.2 km (the NDS tender notice 14.262 km), historiadialnic.sk 14.261 km. The CDB register describes it as a new R4 section and OpenStreetMap tags the ways R4, but NDS and sk.wikipedia treat it as the R2. The drawn line (14.13 km) starts where the R4 Košice, Juh – Milhosť line starts. historiadialnic.sk lists a further 1.061 km, Hrašovík – Košické Oľšany, as part of the R2 works, opened on 16 December 2019 together with D1 Budimír – Bidovce but listed apart from the 14.44 km of that D1 section. It is neither drawn nor counted in this lot. | Opened | 14 km |
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| 36 mo execution · Contract value €132.6M |
Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union34 km4 sections
- Structural fund (sk.wikipedia).
- Structural fund (sk.wikipedia, for the Figa and Tornaľa bypasses together).
- NDS: EUR 165.3 million for R2 Košice, Šaca – Košické Oľšany (stages I and II together), of which EUR 140.5 million from EU funds and EUR 24.8 million from the state budget. The programme is not named.
- National budget34 km4 sections
- NDS: the construction is financed from the state budget.
- State budget (sk.wikipedia).
- State budget and NDS (sk.wikipedia, for the Figa and Tornaľa bypasses together).
- Loan6 km1 section
- European Investment Bank (sk.wikipedia).
A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.
Related projects
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- HighwaysD3 motorway (Praha – Tábor – České Budějovice – Dolní Dvořiště)Same contractor: Doprastav, Eurovia, Hochtief, Metrostav, Strabag
- HighwaysD0 Prague Ring Road (Pražský okruh)Same contractor: Eurovia, Hochtief, Metrostav, Strabag
- HighwaysD1 motorway (Praha – Brno – Ostrava – Polish border)Same contractor: Doprastav, Inžinierske stavby, Metrostav, Strabag
- HighwaysD11 motorway (Praha – Hradec Králové – Jaroměř – Trutnov – Polish border)Same contractor: Doprastav, Eurovia, Metrostav, Strabag
- HighwaysD35 motorway (Sedlice – Olomouc – Lipník nad Bečvou)Same contractor: Doprastav, Eurovia, Metrostav, Strabag
Sources
- Wikipedia (sk): Rýchlostná cesta R2 (Slovensko), section table and 'Úseky rýchlostnej cesty R2' proseread Oct 10, 2026
- Wikipedia (sk): Harmonogram výstavby diaľnic a rýchlostných ciest na Slovensku (built from the MDV SR road schedule 2026–2036; tender dates and planned openings)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS: Príprava stavieb (R2 Zacharovce – Bátka 8.32 km, Bátka – Figa 6.18 km and Košice, Šaca – Košické Oľšany I. úsek 6.80 km, all 'Súťaž na zhotoviteľa stavby')read Oct 10, 2026
- Cestná databanka (SSC): Vybrané zmeny v cestnej sieti SR (R2 Kriváň – Mýtna 9.1 km opened 20.11.2025; Šaca – Košické Oľšany 14.2 km opened 24.9.2025)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS press, 14.2.2020: Podpísali sme zmluvu so zhotoviteľom úseku R2 Kriváň – Mýtna (contract price 232 146 454,18 EUR excluding VAT; four-member consortium)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS press, 23.7.2019: Zmluva na R2 Mýtna – Lovinobaňa je podpísaná. Zhotoviteľ môže začať s prácami (127 705 627,71 EUR excluding VAT, 2 years, state budget)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS press: Výborná správa pre juh Slovenska, nový úsek R2-ky pomôže najmä kamionistom (R2 Mýtna – Lovinobaňa, Tomášovce in numbers: 13.5 km, contract price 127 705 627,71 EUR, 11 bridges)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS press: Stavba košickej R2 slávnostne odklepnutá (R2 Košice, Šaca – Košické Oľšany in numbers: 14.2 km, 13 bridges, 3 junctions, EUR 132.5 million)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS press: Košická R2 má za sebou stovky dní práce aj nečakané objavy (contract signed March 2022, 13 bridges)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS press: Pre košickú R2 sme zabezpečili financovanie z eurofondov (EUR 165.3 million, of which EU EUR 140.5 million, for R2 Košice, Šaca – Košické Oľšany I. and II. úsek)read Oct 10, 2026
- NDS press: Košice dostanú juhovýchodný obchvat. Vypísali sme tender na zhotoviteľa úseku R2 Košice, Šaca – Košické Oľšany (II. úsek 14.262 km, 3 junctions, 13 bridges)read Oct 10, 2026
- Trenčiansky samosprávny kraj, 7.10.2016: Vodiči prvýkrát prešli novou rýchlostnou cestou R2 Ruskovce – Pravotice (ceremonial opening on Thursday 6 October 2016)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2003 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2004 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2006 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2008 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2012 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2013 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2014 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2015 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2016 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2017 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2019 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2020 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- História diaľnic: História 2022 (dated starts and openings of R2 sections)read Oct 10, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: ways with ref=R2 (highway=motorway, trunk and proposed) and ref=R4 on the Košice bypass, Overpass API (openstreetmap.fr mirror, base 2026-10-10)read Oct 10, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry (ODbL)read Oct 10, 2026
Figures last checked against their sources in Oct 10, 2026.