D3 motorway (Slovakia)


The Motorway D3, sometimes called the Kysuce Motorway, is a motorway in northern Slovakia. Initially, it is supposed to be only a two lane motorway in the Čadca - Slovak/Polish border section, and four lane motorway in the remaining section Hričovské Podhradie - Čadca.
It lies on these E-roads: E50, E75 and E442.
It starts at the motorway junction with the D1, bypassing Žilina, then goes to the north around Kysucké Nové Mesto and Čadca, having an interchange with the R5, and ends near the village of Skalité, where it crosses the Polish border and connects to Expressway S1.

Sections of the motorway

Open sections :
SectionLengthLanesOpening
Hričovské Podhradie - Žilina-Strážov6.85 km 4Jan/Dec 2007
Žilina-Strážov - Žilina-Brodno4.3 km4Dec 2017
Oščadnica - Čadca-Bukov5.4 km2Oct 2004
Svrčinovec - Skalité12 km2Jun 2017
Skalité - Polish border3 km2Jan 2006

Remaining sections :
SectionLengthLanesStatusExpected opening
Žilina-Brodno - Kysucké Nové Mesto11 km4Planned2025
Kysucké Nové Mesto - Oščadnica11 km4Planned2023
Oščadnica - Čadca-Bukov4 km4Planned2024
Čadca-Bukov - Svrčinovec6 km4Under Construction2021