A1 motorway (Romania)
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. As the motorway is built along the Trans-European Transport Networks Rhine-Danube Corridor the construction receives 85% funding from the European Union. The road is part of the proposed Via Carpatia route.
A1 motorway | ||||
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Map of the A1 motorway, as of January 2022 | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere | ||||
| Length | 458.1 km (284.7 mi) 581 km (361 mi) planned 122.9 km (76.4 mi) under construction | |||
| Existed | 1972–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| East end | Bucharest | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Country | Romania | |||
| Counties | Ilfov, Giurgiu, Dâmbovița, Argeș, Vâlcea, Sibiu, Alba, Hunedoara, Timiș, Arad | |||
| Major cities | Bucharest, Pitești, Sibiu, Sebeș, Orăștie, Deva, Timișoara, Arad | |||
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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, and the first segment (Pitești − Curtea de Argeș) in May 2020.