Maritsa motorway

Maritsa motorway shield
Maritsa motorway
Автомагистрала „Марица“
Maritsa motorway highlighted in red and yellow
Route information
Part of E80
Length117 km (73 mi)
Major junctions
West end A1 near Chirpan
East end D.100 near Kapitan Andreevo
Location
CountryBulgaria
Major citiesDimitrovgrad, Haskovo, Svilengrad
Highway system

The Maritsa motorway (Bulgarian: Автомагистрала „Марица“, Avtomagistrala "Maritsa"), designated A4, is a motorway in Bulgaria, part of the Pan-European Corridor IV, between the Trakia motorway (A1), at the town of Chirpan, and Kapitan Andreevo, at the Turkish border.

The planned completion of the last remaining stretch of the motorway was in 2013,[1] but a delay occurred[2] and the complete motorway enterеd service in October 2015.[3]

It is named after the Maritsa River.

  1. ^ "State allocates 32.5M leva for Maritsa motorway". Sofiaecho.com. 18 March 2010.
  2. ^ "През 2014 г. завършват "Марица", лот 4 на "Струма", обхода на Враца и Кърджали – Подкова". infrastructure.bg. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  3. ^ "След 36 години АМ "Марица" най-после е готова!". plovdiv24.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 29 October 2015.