Road I/50 was a first class road in Slovakia. It was the longest numbered road in Slovakia, with a total length of 403,8 km* Miestopisný priebeh cestných komunikácií (Slovenská správa ciest) and it crossed the country from the northwest to the east. Road sections were the parts of European roads E50, E58, E71, E77, E571 and E572. Expressway R2 is planned to be constructed on the most parts of the road section to relieve the rising traffic. Most of the road part is two laned, ca. 20 km section between Žiar nad Hronom and Zvolen is four laned plus emergency lane in both directions and a section between Nováky and Prievidza. Also before entering Košice is ca. 17 km long four laned section. The road crosses Trenčiansky, Banskobystrický and Košický kraj.
On 1 August 2015, several roads were renumbered in Slovakia, including the I/50. The I/50 was split into roads I/9 (Drietoma–Ladomerská Vieska), I/65 (Ladomerská Vieska–Šášovské Podhradie), I/16 (Zvolen–Košice) and I/19 (Košice–Vyšné Nemecké). The R1 between Žiar nad Hronom and Zvolen was shared with the I/50 with both routes being signposted on the same road.
Main cities on the I/50 route
Bánovce nad Bebravou Nováky Prievidza Handlová Žiar nad Hronom Zvolen Detva Lučenec Rimavská Sobota Tornaľa Rožňava Moldava nad Bodvou Košice Sečovce Michalovce Sobrance
See also Highway M08 (Ukraine)
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