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The first construction works began in 1967, and the first highway segment was opened in 1972. However, extension of the high-speed road network lagged behind until after EU accession in 2007, when improved utilization of the allocated EU funds enabled Romania to speed up the expansion of its highway network.
Motorways are identified by A followed by a number. As of April 2024, Romania has 1,098 km of motorway in use, with another 720 km under construction. [citation needed] In recent years, a master plan for the national motorway network has been developed and many works have begun around the country, [4] which will result in significant changes by 2015, [5] and eventually by 2022.
It will link the cities of Galați and Brăila, be 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long and serve as an alternative to the existing two-lane DN22B (Romanian: Drumul Național 22B) road. [1] Under construction as of 2021, the expressway is being built by the Romanian company Spedition UMB with scheduled opening in 2024, costing 371 million lei. [2]
This section of the motorway is fully operational and is composed of two segments: Bucharest – Pitești and Pitești bypass. The Bucharest – Pitești segment (95.9 km) is the first motorway class road built in Romania and remained the only one for more than 15 years, until the completion of the Fetești – Cernavodă segment on the A2 motorway in 1987.
The construction was split into the following four segments, the contracts for which have been awarded in December 2013: [5] Lot 1: 17.0 km, from the highway entrance near the interchange with the A1 motorway at Sebeș to Alba Iulia North interchange, awarded to the building consortium of Impresa Pizzarotti & Pomponio Construcții SRL, for a cost of 541,739,137 lei.
From Brașov, the motorway will cross through the plains of the Szekely Land (Ținutul Secuiesc), reaching the cities of Sfântu Gheorghe and Târgu Secuiesc, then cross the Eastern Romanian Carpathians through the Oituz Pass to reach Onești, then the junction with A7 near Răcăciuni towards Bacău (north) and Focșani (south).
The A8 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A8), also known as The Union Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Unirii [2]) or the East-West Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Est-Vest [3]) is a planned motorway in Romania, that will cross the Eastern Carpathians to connect the historical regions of Moldavia and Transylvania.
In December 2015, the construction works of the first 3.3 km of the motorway, the Bucharest Ring Road junction and the still under construction Moara Vlăsiei exit were awarded to the joint-venture between Aktor and EuroConstruct Trading '98, for a cost of 129.2 million lei. [9]