Romanian Motorways and Expressways Review - 2024
(c) 130km.ro / 27 December 2024
2024 was a record year for opening new motorways and expressways in Romania. New routes with a total length of 200.5km were opened this year. This is a good accomplishment considering the average annual value of only 56km recorded before 2024. Total length of motorway and expressway routes opened yearly in Romania is shown below:
In 2024 new sections were opened to traffic on the Bucharest Ringroad A0, both on its Southern and its Northern sections; this year also saw the first routes opened on the A7 Moldova Motorway (not including Bacau Ringroad which was opened a longer time ago); and December saw a partial opening of 15.8km on section 5 Sibiu - Pitesti, part of the A1 Motorway. As for expressways, this year saw the opening of two sections on DEx12 Craiova - Pitesti Expressway and of a section between Oradea and A3 motorway on the DEx16 Expressway. Following all of these, the motorway network of Romania reached a total length of 1,154.6km at the end of the year, while the expressway network reached 121.3km. The full list of sections opened this year is presented below:
A number of contracts for new motorway routes were signed in 2024. Their list is shown below:
Besides the large number of new routes opened, 2024 was also an exceptional year for the number of new tender procedures launched:
The status of all Romanian motorways and expressways which are open or are under construction is presented below.
A0 MOTORWAY (Bucharest Ringroad)
For the Southern route of the motorway the status is as follows: section 1 A2 - Jilava (16.9km) is open; section 2 Jilava - DN6 (16.3km) is open; works on section 3 DN6 - A1 (18,0km) are delayed, with opening date scheduled for 2025.
On the Northern part of the motorway the status is as follows: section 1 (DJ601 – DN1) is in its design phase after the delayed signing of the execution contract in September 2023 (opening date in 2026); section 2 DN1/Corbeanca - DN2/Afumati (19.0km) is open (a partial section of 9.5km was opened in December 2024); a 2.3km route on section 3 DN2/Afumati – DN3/Cernica (8.6km) was opened in December 2024, with the remainder scheduled for 2025; section 4 DN3 – A2 (4.47km) is under construction with opening scheduled for 2025.
A1 MOTORWAY (Bucharest - Nadlac)
On A1 section Bucharest - Pitesti is opened to traffic (109.6km). On the following route, Pitesti - Sibiu, section 1 Sibiu - Boita (13.2km) is open. All other four sections have contracts signed and works in progress: section 2 Boita - Cornetu (31.3km, opening date in 2027), section 3 (Cornetu - Tigveni, 37.4km, opening date in 2027), section 4 Tigveni - Curtea de Arges (9.9km, opening date in 2026) and section 5 Curtea de Arges - Pitesti with works proceeding nicely (30.4km); a partial route of 15.8km on section 5, between Pitesti and Baiculesti, was opened in December 2024, with the remainder scheduled for 2025.
Sibiu ringorad (17.6km) is opened to traffic, as are the following sections, Sibiu - Orastie (82.2km) and Orastie - Deva (32.5km). The following section, Lugoj - Deva, is open with the exception of 13.5km on segment 2 (Margina - Holdea) for which works are in progress and the opening date is in 2026 (length of Lugoj - Deva segment which is open: 86.3km).
The other sections on A1, Lugoj - Timisoara (35.1km), Timisoara - Arad and Arad ringorad (41.0km) and Arad - Nadlac (38.9km) are also open to traffic.
A2 SUN MOTORWAY (Bucharest - Constanta)
Entire length open to traffic (202.8km).
A3 TRANSYLVANIA MOTORWAY (Bucharest - Bors)
First section, Bucharest - Ploiesti (65.2km), is open to traffic. On the following section, Ploiesti - Brasov, the route Rasnov - Cristian (6.3km) is open. Section Brasov - Targu Mures was dropped from official plans and was replaced with the A10 Sebes - Turda motorway. The following section, Targu Mures - Gilau (103.5km) is open to traffic.
On the last section, Gilau - Bors, the status is as follows: Gilau - Nadaselu (9.5km) is open; Nadaselu - Mihaiesti (16.8km) is under construction with opening date in 2025; two viaducts will be built as a distinct project for which a contractor was selected but the contract hasn’t been signed yet; Mihaiesti - Zimbor (13.3km) under construction, opening date in 2025; Zimbor - Poarta Salajului (13.3km) under construction, opening date in 2024 (Romanasi junction for offloading traffic from the Zimbor - Poarta Salajului route is currently tendered as a distinct project); Poarta Salajului - Zalau (15.1km) and Zalau - Nusfalau (25.8km) – tender in progress, contractor selected but contracts not signed yet; Nusfalau - Suplacu de Barcau (13.6km) is open; Suplacu de Barcau - Chiribis (26.4km) - under construction, opening date in 2025; Chiribis - Biharia (28.9km) – execution contract signed, opening date in 2026; Biharia - Bors (5.4km) is open.
A4 MOTORWAY (Constanta Ringroad)
The initial Constanta bypass route of 21.8km is opened on its entire length. A tender is in progress for an additional route that starts at the South of Constanta, bypasses some of the Black Sea resorts and ends close to Olimp (30.6km).
A6 SOUTH MOTORWAY (Lugoj - Bucharest)
The only section open to traffic is Balint - Lugoj Ringroad (10.5km). Tenders are in progress for all six section of route Craiova - Targu Jiu; these cover the route Craiova - Filiasi, 51.5km, which is planned as a motorway, and route Craiova - Targu Jiu, which is planned as an expressway.
A7 MOTORWAY (Ploiesti - Pascani)
Bacau ringroad motorway is opened on a length of 16.3km. Segment 1 of section Ploiesti - Buzau, between Dumbrava and Mizil (21,0km) was opened in December 2024; works are in progress for segment segment 2 Mizil - Pietroasele (28.4km, scheduled for opening in 2025) and segment 3 Pietroasele - Buzau (13.9km, scheduled for opening in 2025).Section Buzau - Focsani was opened to traffic on almost its entire length in Q4 2024 (79.0km); a partial section of 3.4km on segment 1 Buzau - Vadu
On section Focsani - Bacau works are in progress on all three segments: 1 Focsani - Domnesti Targ (35.6km), 2 Domnesti Targ - Racaciuni (38.8km) and 3 Racaciuni - Bacau (21.5km). Opening dates for all three are in 2025. For section Bacau - Pascani there are works in progress on all three segments: 1 Saucesti - Trifesti Targ (30.3km, opening date in 2025), 2 Trifesti - Gheraiesti (19.0km, opening date in 2025) and 3 Mircesti - Pascani (28.1km, opening date in 2025). Tenders are in progress for the two segments of section Pascani - Suceava: 1 Pascani - Roscani (33.0km) and 2 Roscani - Suceava Aiport (29.0km). Tenders are planned for route Suceava - Siret.
A8 UNION MOTORWAY (Tg. Mures - Ungheni)
Section I Targu Mures - Miercurea Nirajului (24.4km) is under construction with opening date in 2026. Tenders are in progress for all six segments of section II Miercurea Nirajului - Leghin: segment 1b Miercurea Nirajului - Sarateni (23.4km), segment 1c Sarateni - Joseni (32.4km), segment 1d Joseni - Ditrau (14.4km), segment 2a Ditrau - Grinties (37.9km), segment 2b Grinties - Pipirig (34.1km) and segment 2c Pipirig - Vanatori Neamt/Leghin (19.3km). Section III Leghin - Targu Neamt (29.9km) is under construction with opening date in 2026. Tenders are being planned for route Targu Neamt – Iasi – Ungheni. A bridge over Prut river at Ungheni (1.1km) is uner construction with opening date in 2026.
A9 MOTORWAY (Timisoara - Moravita)
There are tenders in progress for the first two sections of this motorway: Remetea Mare - Jebel (35.7km) and Jebel - Moravita (33.5km).
A10 MOTORWAY (Sebes - Turda)
Motorway opened to traffic on its entire length.
A13 MOTORWAY (Sibiu - Bacau)
Contracts signed for all four sections of Sibiu - Fagaras route with opening dates in 2027: section I Boita - Avrig/Marsa (14.3km), section II Avrig/Marsa - Arpasu de Jos (19.9km), section III Arpasu de Jos - Sambata de Sus (17.6km), section IV Sambata de Sus - Fagaras (16.3km).
A14 NORTH MOTORWAY (Oar - Suceava)
Tender in progress for Oar – Satu Mare expressway (10.8km).
DEx4 EXPRESSWAY (Turda - Dej)
Works in progress on section A3 - DN1 (Tureni), 5.0km, opening date in 2025.
DEx5A EXPRESSWAY (Bacau - Piatra Neamt)
A tender procedure was launched in December 2024 for the Bacau - Piatra Neamt Expressway (51.0km).
DEx6 EXPRESSWAY (Focsani - Galati) AND BRAILA BRIDGE
Works in progress for route Braila - Galati (12.3km). Opening is scheduled for 2025. The route connects to a bridge over the Danube between Braila and Smardan in Tulcea County which was opened in July 2023 (the bridge is not part of the Braila - Galati expressway). There is a tender in progress for route Focsani - Braila (73.5km).
DEx12 EXPRESSWAY (Craiova - Pitesti)
Status is as follows: section I Craiova - Robanesti (17.7km) was opened in November 2024; section II Robanesti - Slatina (39.9km) is open; section III Slatina - Colonesti (31.8km) is open; section IV Colonesti - Pitesti (31.9km) is partially opened on 19.0km (opening in November 2024) with the remainder scheduled for opening in 2025.
DEx16 EXPRESSWAY (Arad - Oradea)
A section between Oradea and A3 motorway (at Bors) is open; out of a total of 19.0km for this route, 13.0km are built as an expressway and the remainder as a national road. There are tenders in progress for the three sections of route Arad – Oradea (120.5km). A section of 3.5km between A1 motorway at DN7 at Arad, designated A11, is open to traffic.
The map of Romanian motorways and expressways which are open, under construction or are being tendered at the end of 2024 is shown below (click to enlarge):
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