R4 expressway (Slovakia)

Expressway R4
Rýchlostná cesta R4
Completed        Under construction        Planned
Route information
Part of E50 E58 E71 E371
Length	18.8 km (11.7 mi) Planned: 73.9 km (45.9 mi) The lengths are stated without concurrences
Major junctions
From	S19 border with Poland (planned)
Major intersections	D1 Prešov, West D1 near Košické Oľšany R2 near Haniska (planned)
To	M30 border with Hungary
Location
Country	Slovakia
Regions	Prešov Region, Košice Region
Major cities	Prešov, Košice
Highway system
Highways in Slovakia
← R3 → R5

R4 is an expressway (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta) in the north–south direction in eastern Slovakia.

It goes from the border with Poland to the border with Hungary. It goes through or around Svidník, Prešov and Košice. The section between Prešov and Košické Oľšany is shared with D1 and sections between Košické Oľšany and Haniska with R2. The road is part of the proposed Via Carpatia route.

From the total length of 73.9 km (excluding shared sections), these sections are in operation:

• 4.6 km Svidník bypass (two-lane) ^[1]
• 14.2 km Haniska - Milhosť^[1]

Under Construction:

Prešov northern bypass - Part I or Prešov, North - Prešov, West, opens in July 2023

Haniska - Košické Oľšany or Košice, Šaca - Košické Oľšany, Part II opens in 2025 (R2 expressway, concurrent with R4)