CURRENT Slovakia hit by heavy snowfall: Serious accident in Orava, closed Donovaly – Topky.sk

The police in Istebné na Orava report an impassable road, where two cars and a truck collided. “Due to weather conditions, the road 1/59 to Donovaly is closed for freight and passenger transport,” the police warned. They estimated the closing time of the trip at one to two hours.

According to current information from the police, road 1/72 in the direction from Kráľová Lehota to Čertovice is closed to vehicles over ten meters. From the town of Čadca towards Svrčinovec, there are drivers in columns, the road is impassable.

The Donovaly mountain pass is closed

The traffic situation in most of Slovakia is complicated by snow. Due to heavy snowfall, the police closed the mountain pass (HP) Donovaly for all traffic. Drivers are notified of this by the Slovak Road Administration (SSC) on its websites zjazdnost.sk and Zelená vlna RTVS.

The Svrčinovec – Mosty u Jablunkova border crossing is also closed in both directions due to weather conditions. “The column is already forming at D3 behind Čadca,” informs the Green Wave. Due to the weather, the police also closed the Čertovica mountain pass for freight traffic over ten meters.

Due to heavy snowfall, visibility is limited to 100 meters in the localities of Skalité, Svrčinovec, Podzávoz, Ladomerská Vieska, Važec, Hliník nad Hronom, Čierne-Polesie and Čadečka. “Snow tongues and snowdrifts are forming at the Besník mountain pass (I / 66),” the travelers were warned.

On the D3 Čadca – Skalité motorway, there is a layer of fresh snow up to three centimeters on the road. Road users also point out the snow on the road in the mountainous areas of Slovakia. Up to three centimeters on road II / 520 around Lokce and roads III. class in the district of Námestovo and up to four to five centimeters in Trstená. “In some places, the ice up to one centimeter is located on the roads I / 64 Dedinky – Ostrá Skala and II / 535 Dobšiná – Palcmanská Maša,” approached the SSC.

Mountain passages in Slovakia are passable, the road surface is wet to wet except HP Cukmantel, Čertovica, Donovaly, Grajnár, Huty, Chorepa, Javorník, Kremnické Bane, Látky-Prašivá, Makov, Podspády, Príslop, Súľová, Štós, Šturec, Veľké Fields, Vernár, Vrchslatina and Vyšehrad, where there is a layer of fresh, slurry or compacted snow up to one to three centimeters on the roads. “HP Dobšiná has icy snow in places,” added travelers. According to the Green Wave, the Čertovica mountain pass is closed to freight traffic over 10 meters due to weather conditions.

The traffic of some public transport lines in Bratislava is limited due to the weather

In Bratislava, due to unfavorable weather conditions, the traffic of lines 44 (203) and 47 (207) on Palisády and Mudroňová in both directions is interrupted. The Bratislava Transport Company (DPB) informs about this on its website.

The traffic of line 44 is shortened to the route Koliba – Hodžovo námestie. Line 47 is diverted between the Hodžovo námestie and Lovinského stops in both directions via the Pod stanicou, Sokolská, Hroboňova and Depro Hroboňova stops.

“We apologize to the traveling public for the inconvenience of traveling.” added that the restriction should last until approximately 6.30 pm.