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| Rýchlostná cesta R2 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
Part of  E58  E77  E571  E572 | ||||
| Length | 338.4 km (210.3 mi) Completed: 68.2 km (42.4 mi) Under Construction: 23.4 km (14.5 mi) Planned: 246.7 km (153.3 mi) The lengths are stated without concurrences | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
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| To | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:R4-SVK-2020.svg){kind=small} R4 near Haniska (planned) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Slovakia | |||
| Regions | Trenčín Region, Banská Bystrica Region, Košice Region | |||
| Major cities | Trenčín, Prievidza, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Lučenec, Rožňava | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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R2 is an expressway (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta) in Slovakia, also nicknamed the "southern highway". It starts near Trenčín and ends near Košice. It goes through or around Bánovce nad Bebravou, Prievidza, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Lučenec, Rimavská Sobota and Rožňava. It is an upgrade, being executed in sections of the Class 1 road I/16, with signage changed to R2 on the completed sections.
The sections between Žiar nad Hronom and Zvolen are shared with R1 and R3. There is also a planned shared section between Ráztočno and Žiar nad Hronom with R3.
Out of the total length of 338.4 km (excluding shared sections), these sections are in operation (West to East):
- 9.6 km Ruskovce - Pravotice (two-lane) [1]
- 5.8 km Žiar nad Hronom bypass (two-lane) [1]
- 7.8 km Zvolen, East - Pstruša[1]
- 10.3 km Pstruša - Kriváň
- 13.5 km Mýtna - Lovinobaňa, Tomášovce[2]
- 6.0 km Ožďany bypass (two-lane) [1]
- 3.3 km Figa bypass (two-lane) [1]
- 10.7 km Tornaľa bypass (two-lane)
- 1.2 km Košické Oľšany - R2xD1 intersection
- ^ a b c d e http://dialnice.szm.com/highways/opening.html List of motorways and expressways constructions in use
- ^ a.s, SITA Slovenská tlačová agentúra. "Motoristi môžu začať využívať úsek rýchlostnej cesty R2 Mýtna - Lovinobaňa, Tomášovce. Stavba sa predĺžila aj predražila (video) - NašaDoprava.sk". Webnoviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-19.