R1 expressway (Slovakia)

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Expressway R1
Rýchlostná cesta R1
Completed        Under construction        Planned
Route information
Part of E58 E77 E571
Length	270.5 km (168.1 mi) Completed: 177.1 km (110.0 mi) Planned: 93.4 km (58.0 mi)
Major junctions
From	I/51 Trnava, North
Major intersections	D1 Trnava R8 near Nitra (planned) R2 near Žiar nad Hronom R3 Budča R2 near Sliač (planned)
To	D1 near Ružomberok (planned)
Location
Country	Slovakia
Regions	Trnava Region, Nitra Region, Banská Bystrica Region, Žilina Region
Major cities	Trnava, Nitra, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Banská Bystrica, Ružomberok
Highway system
Highways in Slovakia

R1 is an expressway (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta) in Slovakia, which begins near Trnava and ends in Ružomberok. The R1 passes Sereď, Nitra, Zlaté Moravce, Hronský Beňadik, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen and Banská Bystrica. The former partial designation of this route was D65.

Currently, continuous section between Trnava and bypass of Banská Bystrica is in operation. A linking section to Ružomberok and consequently back to motorway D1 has been planned since 2008. Both sections, Nitra - Hronský Beňadik and bypass of Banská Bystrica, were built, and are operated as a public-private partnership project.