A3 (Romania)

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A3
Autostrada Transilvania
Maintained by Compania Naţională de Autostrăzi şi Drumuri Naţionale din România
Length: 588 km (365 mi)
From: Bucharest
To: Borş
Major cities: Bucharest, Ploieşti, Braşov, Făgăraş, Sighişoara, Târgu Mureş, Cluj-Napoca, Zalău and Oradea

The A3 or Autostrada Transilvania in Romanian is a motorway currently being constructed in Romania. It will be a four-lane, 588 km long motorway, stretching northwest from Bucharest via Braşov in central Romania to Oradea on the country's border with Hungary. It is currently the largest infrastructure project in Europe and has an expected total cost of 7.2 billion euros [1].

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[edit] About the project

The motorway will link the following cities: Bucharest, Ploieşti, Braşov, Făgăraş, Sighişoara, Târgu Mureş, Cluj-Napoca, Zalău and Oradea; the first segment, from Bucharest to Moara Vlăsiei will be built as a six-lane set of carriageways to accommodate commuting and holiday surplus traffic; the motorway will cross the Carpathian Mountains along the Prahova Valley (the Ploieşti - Braşov segment is considered the most difficult section to be built). It will also provide access to the future Terminal 2 of the Henri Coandă Airport and to the future A5 (Ploieşti - Chişinău) motorway, via the Ploieşti West interchange. The A3 will follow almost the same route as the DN1 road (National Road 1), which became insufficient due to the growing rate of traffic between Bucharest and Transylvania.

For the Braşov - Oradea (Borş) section (415 km) the contract has been assigned by the Romanian government directly (without any offer of competition) to the American company Bechtel; that caused some political problems in Parliament and caused tensions with the European Union. Nevertheless, there is an urgent need for an alternative to DN1, which is currently the most congested road in Romania.

[edit] Transylvania segments

Section Length (km) Subsegment Route Construction
1 161 1A Braşov (Cristian) - Făgăraş
1B Făgăraş - Sighişoara
1C Sighişoara - Târgu Mureş (Ogra)
2 90 2A Târgu Mureş (Ogra) - Câmpia Turzii
2B Câmpia Turzii - Cluj-Napoca Vest (Gilau) began 2004 due 2008
3 164 3A Cluj-Napoca Vest (Gilau) - Mihăeşti
3B Mihăeşti - Suplacu de Barcău 2007-2008
3C Suplacu de Barcău - Borş began 2004 due 2008
  • Total length: 415 km
  • Platform width: 26 m
  • Road width: 2 x 7.5 m
  • Bridges/viaducts: 267, total 55.5 km
  • Crosways: 58
  • Nodes: 16
  • Completion deadline: 2012.

[edit] Bucharest-Braşov segments

Section Route Length (km) Remarks
1 Bucharest - Ploieşti 70 2007-2010
2 Ploieşti- Comarnic 36
3 Comarnic - Predeal 67
4 Predeal - Codlea
  • Total length: 173.3 km
  • Tunnel length: 2.65 km
  • Nodes: 14
  • Projected limit speed: 80 - 100 - 120 km/h
  • Platfrm width: 26.0 m
  • Road width: 2 x 7.5 m
  • Intersections: 12
  • Bridges/viaducts: 27.65 km
  • Estimated cost: 1.415 mil euros

[edit] News

  • The first two sections of the motorway (2b and 3c) are expected to be operational in late 2008.
  • Works on Bucharest - Ploieşti section of the A3 started on March 15, 2007.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ HotNews.ro - Pretul corect al Autostrazii Transilvania: 7,2 miliarde de euro - Arhiva noiembrie 2007
  2. ^ Hotnews 15.03.2007
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