Višňové tunnel
| Višnové tunnel | |
|---|---|
The Višňové tunnel in October 2025 | |
Interactive map of Višnové tunnel | |
| Overview | |
| Location | Žilina Region, Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 49°08′34″N 18°48′42″E / 49.14278°N 18.81167°E |
| Status | Open |
| Route | D1 motorway |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | May 22, 1998 |
| Constructed | 2015–2019 (Dúha and Salini Impregilo) 2021–2025 (Skanska) |
| Opened | December 22, 2025 |
| Owner | National Motorway Company |
| Traffic | Automobile |
| Toll | None - included with the vignette |
| Vehicles per day | 20,000 (January 2026) |
| Technical | |
| Length | 7,500 m (24,600 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 4 (2 in each direction) |
| Operating speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
| Highest elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Tunnel clearance | 4.80 m (15.7 ft) |
| Width | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Grade | 2.29% |
The Višňové tunnel (Slovak: tunel Višňové) is an automobile tunnel located on the D1 motorway segment between the cities of Lietavská Lúčka and Dubná Skala in Slovakia. With the length of 7,500 m (24,600 ft), it is the longest tunnel on the motorway and third longest in the country after the planned tunnels of Karpaty and Hradište. Its purpose is to ease off automobile traffic on the I/18 in the Žilina Region.[1][2][3]
Traffic intensity
It was reported that in the first month after the opening, the tunnel accumulated over 600,000 vehicles passing through it with average daily traffic of 20,000.[4]
References
- ^ "Slovakia finally opens a tunnel it has been building since the 1990s". The Slovak Spectator. December 22, 2025. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ^ "Višňové: Najsledovanejší úsek diaľnice odovzdali motoristom. Čakali naň 27 rokov". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). December 22, 2025. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ^ TASR (December 22, 2025). "Peklo pod Strečnom končí: Najdlhší slovenský diaľničný tunel otvorili po 27 rokoch, Fico ho otestoval na korčuliach". Startitup.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ^ "Some 20,000 Vehicles per Day Passing through Visnove Tunnel". TASR. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
Sources
Frankovský, Miloslav; Mitrenga, Petr (2016). "THE LONGEST SLOVAK TUNNEL, VIŠŇOVÉ, UNDER CONSTRUCTION" (PDF).