A1 motorway (Romania)

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A1 motorway
Map of the A1 motorway, as of January 2022
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Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere
Length458.1 km (284.7 mi)
581 km (361 mi) planned
122.9 km (76.4 mi) under construction
Existed1972–present
Major junctions
East endBucharest
Major intersections A 0 near Ciorogârla (under construction)
A 12 near Pitești (planned)
A 13 near Sibiu (planned)
A 10 at Sebeș
A 6 near Lugoj
A 9 near Timișoara (planned)
A 11 at Arad
West end M43 at Nădlac (border with Hungary)
Location
CountryRomania
CountiesIlfov, Giurgiu, Dâmbovița, Argeș, Vâlcea, Sibiu, Alba, Hunedoara, Timiș, Arad
Major citiesBucharest, Pitești, Sibiu, Sebeș, Orăștie, Deva, Timișoara, Arad
Highway system
← A 0→ A 2
Bucharest – Pitești segment – country road overpass at km 55 (westbound view)
Pitești bypass segment – Pitești East node at km 115 (westbound view)
Sibiu bypass section – A1/DN14 node at km 246 (westbound view)
Sibiu – Săliște segment – Săcel Tunnel at km 264 (westbound view)
Sebeș – Orăștie segment – Sebeș North node at km 309 (westbound view)
Timișoara – Arad segment at km 506 (eastbound view)
Arad bypass segment – Arad center/airport node at km 542 (westbound view)

The A1 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A1) is a partially built motorway in Romania, planned to connect Bucharest with the Banat and Crișana regions in the western part of the country and the rest of Europe. When completed it will be 581 kilometers long and it will span the country on the approximative south-east to north west direction. The motorway starts in the western part of Bucharest and connects the following major cities: Pitești, Sibiu, Deva, Timișoara, Arad, reaching Hungary's M43 motorway near Nădlac.[1] As the motorway is built along the Trans-European Transport Networks Rhine-Danube Corridor[2] the construction receives 85% funding from the European Union. The road is part of the proposed Via Carpatia route.

As of December 2022, the combined length of the opened sections totals 458.1 kilometers. Other 54.5 kilometers have been tendered. The parts of the motorway currently in service include the Bucharest – Pitești section (109.5 km), the Boița – Holdea section (188 km), and the Margina – Nădlac section (158.8 km).

An additional segment, between Coșevița – Margina (13.5 km), which has several tunnels (2.1 km, in total) along its route, has been re-tendered in June 2019, because the project had been modified.

On the Pitești – Sibiu section, two segments were tendered as well: Pitești − Curtea de Argeș (30.4 km, lot 5) and Curtea de Argeș − Tigveni (10.7 km, lot 4), with the latter one awarded for construction in April 2019,[3] and the first segment (Pitești − Curtea de Argeș) in May 2020.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Nadlac II – Csanadpalota border checkpoint inaugurated". The Romania Journal. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Trans-European Transport Corridors – Rhine-Danube Corridor" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Au fost semnate contractele pentru tronsonul Sibiu-Boiţa (13,7 km) al autostrăzii Sibiu-Piteşti și pentru lotul 3 al centurii de sud a Capitalei (18 km) - Esential - HotNews.ro". 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Moment important pentru Autostrada Sibiu – Pitești: Se semnează contractul pentru un tronson de 30 de kilometri" (in Romanian). HotNews.ro. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Agrepres" (in Romanian). 11 May 2020. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2020. Argeş: Contractul pentru secţiunea 5 a tronsonului de autostradă Sibiu-Piteşti – semnat în prezenţa premierului Orban