D2 is a
motorway
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( sk, diaľnica) in
Slovakia
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.
It connects the
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
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Places
*Czech, ...
border at
Kúty
Kúty, (german: Kutti; hu, Jókút) is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1392 under the name Kuth. And in 1498 as Kwhty. Kút is equal to Corner ...
with the
Hungarian border at
Čunovo
Čunovo ( hr, Čunovo, hu, Dunacsún, Duna-Csún, ) is a small part of Bratislava, Slovakia, in the southern area near the Hungarian border. It is located close to the Gabčíkovo - Nagymaros Dams.
History
Čunovo was first mentioned as a vil ...
, passing through (ordered north to south)
Malacky
Malacky (German: ''Malatzka'', Hungarian: ''Malacka'') is a town and municipality in western Slovakia around north from capital Bratislava. From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
It is one of ...
,
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 ...
and
Jarovce
Jarovce ( hu, Horvátjárfalu, Horvát-Járfalu, hr, Hrvatski Jandrof, german: Kroatisch Jahrndorf) is a small borough of Bratislava, Slovakia.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1208 under the name ''Ban''. During the Ottoman wars, m ...
. It is part of the European routes
E65 and
E75 and of the
Pan-European Corridor IV
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. The construction of the highway started in 1969 and it was finished in 2007. It is the only complete highway in Slovakia.
History
The first plans on D2 motorway/freeway appeared in the 1960s, from the Czechoslovak government act in 1963 to build 117 km long motorway from
Brno
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to Bratislava, with 58.4 km in today's Slovakia. The construction started in April 1969, with the first section from Bratislava to Malacky, which was open in November 1973. In 1974, construction also started on the Czech side from Brno, with the two ends of the motorways joining on 8 November 1980, a day, when also the
D1 motorway in the Czech part of
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
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, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
was completed, joining the three most important cities in the country (
Prague
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, Brno and Bratislava). A new planned segment from Bratislava to the Hungarian border was added in 1987. Construction continued with the building of the
Lafranconi Bridge
Lanfranconi Bridge ( sk, Most Lanfranconi, previously ''Most mládeže'' or Youth Bridge) is a concrete motorway bridge in Bratislava, Slovakia, located on the D2 motorway. It was built in 1985–1991, with its right half opened in 1990 and the ...
in Bratislava and the junction with
D1 motorway junction and temporary end in
Petržalka
Petržalka (; german: Engerau / Audorf; hu, Pozsonyligetfalu) is the largest borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Situated on the right bank of the river Danube, the area shares a land border with Austria, and is home to around 100,000 ...
in the years 1985 - 1991 and after its opening, construction stopped for five years.
Construction resumed only in 1996, with the sections from the temporary end to Hungary and Austria, with all being opened in 1998 and with the 8.5 km segment from
D4 junction to the Hungarian border being widened in 2002. Today, the motorway is complete, with the last 3 km in Bratislava opened on 24 June 2007. This section contained the only tunnel in its entire length, the
Sitina Tunnel
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The Sitina Tunnel (alternatives ''Sitiny Tunnel'' or ''Františka Tunnel'') is a motorway tunnel in Bratislava, Slovakia on the D2 motorway at the "Lamačská cesta - Staré grunty" section. The tunnel goes under the Little Carpathia ...
.
As of 2012, part of the D2 highway is still not officially finished as it was put into temporary use 12 years ago and the paperwork to legalize the section of the highway near
Jarovce
Jarovce ( hu, Horvátjárfalu, Horvát-Járfalu, hr, Hrvatski Jandrof, german: Kroatisch Jahrndorf) is a small borough of Bratislava, Slovakia.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1208 under the name ''Ban''. During the Ottoman wars, m ...
is unobtainable due to excessive noise levels.
There are plans to widen the motorway to a six lane motorway with 3 lanes going one way and this is to be done by 2033.
Sections of the motorway
See also
*
D2 motorway (Czech Republic)
D2 motorway ( cs, Dálnice D2) is a highway in the Czech Republic. It runs from the City of Brno to the border with Slovakia at the Morava river near Lanžhot, from where the Slovak diaľnica D2 leads to Bratislava.
Construction on the D2 ...
References
External links
Exit list of Motorway D2
{{SlovakHighways
Highways in Slovakia