R2 expressway (Slovakia)

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Expressway R2
Rýchlostná cesta R2
Completed        Under construction        Planned
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
From	D1 near Chocholná
Major intersections	R8 near Hradište (planned) R3 near Ráztočno (planned) R1 near Žiar nad Hronom R3 Budča R1 near Sliač (planned) R7 near Lučenec (planned)
To	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
Highways in Slovakia
← R1 → R3

R2 is an expressway (Slovak: rýchlostná cesta) in Slovakia, which begins near Trenčín and ends near Košice. It passes Bánovce nad Bebravou, Prievidza, Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen, Lučenec, Rimavská Sobota and Rožňava. 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.

In view of the current intentions of the Ministry of Transport, the entire length of the expressway cannot be expected to be operational before 2050^[1].