# D2 motorway (Slovakia)

D2 is a motorway (Slovak: Diaľnica D2) in Slovakia. It connects the Czech border at Kúty with the Hungarian border at Čunovo, passing through (ordered north to south) Malacky, Bratislava and Jarovce.
It is part of the European routes E65 and E75 and of the Pan-European Corridor IV. The construction of the 80-kilometre-long (50 mi) highway started in 1969 and concluded 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 the 117 km long motorway from Brno 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 was completed, joining the three most important cities in the country (Prague, 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 in Bratislava and the junction with D1 motorway junction and temporary end in Petržalka 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, the Sitina Tunnel, in its entire length.
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 is unobtainable due to excessive noise levels.

### Future developments

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.

## Route description

| Country | Region | Location | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 0 | 0.0 | Slovakia-Czech Republic border | Břeclav-Brodské border crossing | D 2 E65 | Kilometrage starting point |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 5 | 3.1 | — | Kúty | I/2 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | | | Rest area | Sekule | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | | | Rest area | Malacky | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 26 | 16 | — | Studienka | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 29 | 18 | — | Malacky | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 37 | 23 | — | Priemyselný autopark Lozorno | | Southbound exit only |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 45 | 28 | — | Stupava-sever | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 50 | 31 | — | Stupava-jih | D4 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 55 | 34 | — | Bratislava-Lamač | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 57 | 35 | — | Bratislava-Alexyho ulica | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | | | Rest area | Lamač | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 59 | 37 | — | Bratislava-Polianky | I/2 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 61 | 38 | — | Bratislava-Mlynská dolina | I/2 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 64 | 40 | — | Bratislava-Petržalka-Pečňa I | D1 E58 E75 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 65 | 40 | — | Bratislava-Petržalka-Pečňa II | I/61 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 65 | 40 | — | Bratislava-Petržalka-Pečňa | D1 E58 E75 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 66 | 41 | — | Bratislava-Kapitulské pole | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | | | Rest area | Jarovce | | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 71 | 44 | — | Bratislava-Jarovce | D4 E58 | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 79 | 49 | — | Čunovo | I/2 | In preparation |
| Slovakia | Bratislava Region | Bratislava Region | 79 | 49 | — | Rusovce-Rajka border crossing | M15 E65 E75 | Kilometrage end point Road continues as Hungarian M15 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Proposed Route transition |||||||||