The Motorway D61 () was a motorway in

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, which was merged with the Motorway D1 in 1999. Its route was:

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

( D2) -

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( R1), before 1999 D65) -

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(junction with old D1). Most of the D61 part of new D1 highway is still marked with old kilometres (except in some parts of Bratislava).

Sections of the motorways

The motorway was first mentioned in plans in 1963 and its construction started in 1972 by constructing Bratislava - Senec section. The sections were: *

- SK/ A border, (2,5 km, added to plan in 1987, now part of D4) *

Viedenská street -

Prístavný most Prístavný most (literally ''Harbour Bridge'', until 1993 known as Most hrdinov Dukly or ''Dukla Heroes' Bridge'') is a double-floor motorway-railroad truss bridge over the Danube in Bratislava, Slovakia, near the Port of Bratislava. It lies on ...

(3,9 km, constructed and opened as a D1, opened 2005) * Bratislava Prístavný most - Mierová street (3,5 km, open 1985) * Bratislava Mierová street - Senecká street (6,5 km, constructed as D61, opened as D1, opened 2002) * Bratislava Senecká street - Senec - (16,8 km, opened 1975) * Senec -

(19,3 km, opened 1978) * Trnava - Hlohovec (18,5 km, opened 1982) * Hlohovec -

(15,1 km, opened 1985) * Piešťany -

Horná Streda Horná Streda (, known as ''Vág-Szerdahely'' before 1898) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263. Prio ...

(8,3 km, opened 1988, last one opened during the

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) * Horná Streda -

Nové Mesto nad Váhom Nové Mesto nad Váhom (; german: Neustadt an der Waag, Neustadtl, Waag-Neustadtl, Waagneustadtl, Waag-Neustadt; hu, Vágújhely, Vág-Újhely) is a town in the Trenčín Region of Slovakia. Geography District town located at the northern edge ...

(14 km, opened in half-profile as a D61 in 1998, finished as the motorway D1 in full profile in 2000) * Nové Mesto nad Váhom - Chocholná (15,3 km, opened in half-profile as a D61 in 1998, finished as the motorway D1 in full profile in 2000)

Sections of the motorways

See also