A7 motorway (Romania)

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A7 motorway
The A7 motorway's planned route as of 2022
A7 Bacău Bypass, Holt Interchange.jpg
Interchange with the DN2F at Holt, east of Bacău
Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere
Length16.2 km (10.1 mi)
453.3 km (281.7 mi) planned
319 km (198 mi) under construction
62 km (39 mi) tendered
56.1 km (34.9 mi) under design
Existed2020–present
Major junctions
South end A 3 near Ploiești
Major intersections A 13 near Răcăciuni
A 8 near Pașcani
A 14 near Suceava
North end M 19 at Siret (border with Ukraine)
Location
CountryRomania
CountiesPrahova, Buzău, Vrancea, Bacău, Neamț, Iași, Suceava
Major citiesPloiești, Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Roman, Pașcani, Suceava
Highway system
A 6 A 8

The A7 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A7),[1] also known as the Ploiești–Siret Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Ploiești–Siret) or the Moldavia Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Moldovei),[2] is a partially built motorway in Romania, that upon completion will link Ploiești to the north-eastern part of the country, partly along the Pan-European Corridor IX. It will run along the route: Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Roman, Pașcani, and Suceava, connecting to Ukraine's M19 highway near Siret.[3]

As of December 2020, the only segment in service is a 16.2 km (10.1 mi) long section, built as part of the Bacău bypass (Romanian: Centura Bacău). All other sections of the motorway are in various stages of planning, tendering and construction, with the first segments expected to be finished by 2024 the earliest.[4]

The Pașcani – Siret section will be financed through EU funds, while the government wants the Ploiești – Pașcani section (excluding the Bacău bypass) to be financed through the Romanian PNRR (short for Planul Național de Redresare și Reziliență, part of the Next Generation EU package).[5][2]

  1. ^ "Autostrada A7 Ploiesti - Pascani". 130km.ro. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Drulă: Centura Bacăului, parte din A7 - Autostrada Moldovei, va fi dată în folosinţă integral în perioada imediat următoare" (in Romanian). Digi24. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ^ "HARTĂ INTERACTIVĂ Autostrada "Moldovei" A7 Pașcani - Suceava - Siret: Variantele de traseu analizate oficial" (in Romanian). HotNews.ro. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  4. ^ "Când vor fi scoase la licitație cele șase loturi din A7. Lucrările pe fiecare segment ar trebui terminate in maximum 2 ani jumătate" [When will the six lots from A7 be auctioned. Works on every segment could be finished in 2 years and a half the latest] (in Romanian). Ziare.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  5. ^ "Florin Cîțu, despre autostrada A7 Pașcani - Suceava - Siret: "Avem traseul final, va fi autostradă nu drum expres"". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-30.