Roads in Romania

Romania's National Road Network

Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows:

• motorways (autostradă - pl. autostrăzi) - colour: green; designation: A followed by one digit
• expressways (drum rapid or drum expres) - colour: red; designation: DX followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
• national road (drum naţional - pl. drumuri naţionale) - colour: red; designation: DN followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
• county road (drum judeţean - pl. drumuri judeţene) - colour: blue; designation: DJ followed by three digits and an optional letter; unique numbers per county
• local road (drum comunal - pl. drumuri comunale) - colour: yellow; designated DC followed by a number and an optional letter; unique numbers per county

Some of the national roads are part of the European route scheme. European routes passing through Romania: E58; E60; E70; E85; E79; E81; E68; E87 (Class A); E574; E576; E581; E583; E671; E771.

In 2014, a total of 85,362 kilometres (53,041 mi) of roads existed in Romania, of which 52,328 kilometres (32,515 mi) were paved and 33,034 kilometres (20,526 mi) were gravel roads.^[1]

Motorways

Development of the overall length (at the end of):

• redone
  • planned total length to be in use.

Motorways are identified by A followed by a number. As of December 2014, Romania has 687.1 km of motorway in use, with another 193.49 km under construction.^[2] In recent years, a master plan for the national motorway network has been developed and many works have begun around the country,^[3] which will result in significant changes by 2015,^[4] and eventually by 2022.^[5]

There are few tolls for using roads in Romania. There is one at the Giurgeni – Vadu Oii Bridge over the river Danube on highway DN2A at Vadu Oii and one at the Cernavodă Bridge, on the A2 motorway, a 17 km long section between Feteşti and Cernavodă which consists of two road/railway bridges. Nevertheless every owner of a car that uses a motorway (A) or a national road (DN) in Romania must purchase a vignette (rovinietă) from any of the main petrol stations or at any post office throughout the country.^[6]

Trunk Motorway	Route	Planned (km) / Built (km)	Remarks
A1 motorway	Bucharest – Piteşti – Râmnicu Vâlcea – Sibiu – Deva – Timişoara – Arad – Nădlac –> Hungary	581 / 377.5	Bucharest – Piteşti (96 km), Piteşti bypass (13.6 km), Sibiu bypass (33.5 km), Sibiu - Orastie (82,1 km), Orastie – Deva (32.5 km), Traian Vuia – Balinţ (17.4 km), Izvin - Giarmata (9.5 km), Timişoara - Arad (54 km) and Arad - Nadlac (38.9 km) sections are operational; works are ongoing on another 97.48 km between Deva and Timisoara; the remaining 116 km between Pitesti and Sibiu are to be completed by 2020.
A2 motorway	Bucharest – Feteşti – Cernavodă – Constanţa	206 / 206	Operational on the entire length; first fully completed Romanian motorway.
A3 motorway	Bucharest – Ploieşti – Braşov – Sighişoara – Târgu Mureș – Cluj-Napoca – Zalău – Oradea – Borş –> Hungary	584 / 107	Bucharest Ring Road – Ploieşti (55 km) and Câmpia Turzii – Gilǎu (52 km) sectors are operational; Bucharest – Bucharest Ring Road (6.5 km), and Gilău – Nădăşel (8.5 km) segments are under construction; tendering are the segments Targu-Mures - Campia Turzii (51.79 km) in 2014 and Comarnic – Braşov (55 km) as a concession in 2013.
A4 motorway	Ovidiu – Agigea – Mangalia – Vama Veche –> Bulgaria	~60 / 22	Constanţa bypass complete, between Ovidiu and the Port of Constanţa. Agigea – Vama Veche section planned.
A5 motorway	Braşov – Bacău	160 / 0	Mentioned in the 2014 Masterplan[7]
A6 motorway	Junction with A1 near Lugoj – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Calafat – Alexandria – Bucharest	n/a / 11	Operational between the junction with A1 and the Lugoj bypass.[8]
East–West motorway	Moldova –> Iaşi – Târgu Frumos – Săbăoani – Târgu Neamţ – Poiana Largului – Ditrău – Târgu Mureş – Junction with A3	318 / 0	It will connect regions of Moldavia and Transylvania. Feasibility studies conducted in 2009-2011; Feasibility studies revision and update contracted in 2015.[9]
A10 motorway	Junction with A1 near Sebeș – Junction with A3 near Turda	70 / 0	Contracts signed for the lots 3&4, start of work mid-May 2014. Decision on Lots 1 & 2 currently under court review.[10]
A12 motorway	Junction with A1 near Piteşti – Slatina – Craiova	121 / 0	Mentioned in the 2014 Masterplan[7]
Bucharest motorway ring road	Beltway around Bucharest	100 / 0	South Ring Road Motorway (48 km) tendered as a concession in 2013. North Ring Road Motorway (52 km) planned.
Ploieşti–Albiţa motorway	Splitting from A3 near Ploieşti – Buzău – Focşani – Albiţa –> Moldova	288 / 0	Planned; proposed for a concession contract.

Expressways

Planned expressways according to CNADNR (Romanian National Company of Motorways and National Roads):^[7][11]

European routes

Class A

Map or European routes through Romania

• (Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine) – Halmeu – Dej – Bistriţa – Suceava – Botoşani – Târgu Frumos – Iaşi – Sculeni – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine, Russia)
• (France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary) – Borş – Oradea – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Târgu-Mureş – Braşov – Ploieşti – Bucureşti – Urziceni – Slobozia – Constanţa
• (Hungary) – Nădlac – Arad – Deva – Sebeş – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Braşov
• (Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia) - Timişoara – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Alexandria – Bucureşti – Giurgiu – (Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia)
• (Hungary) – Borş – Oradea – Beiuş – Deva – Petroşani – Târgu Jiu – Filiaşi – Craiova – Calafat – (Bulgaria, Greece)
• (Ukraine) – Halmeu – Livada – Satu Mare – Zalău – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Sebeş – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Piteşti – Bucureşti – Constanţa
• (Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine) – Siret – Suceava – Roman – Bacău – Buzău – Urziceni – Bucureşti – Giurgiu - (Bulgaria, Greece)
• (Ukraine) – Galaţi – Brăila – Tulcea – Constanţa – Vama Veche – (Bulgaria, Turkey)

Class B

• Bacău – Oneşti – Târgu Secuiesc – Braşov – Piteşti – Craiova
• Cluj-Napoca – Dej
• Slobozia – Brăila – Galaţi – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• Sărăţel – Reghin – Topliţa – Gheorgheni – Miercurea Ciuc – Sfântu Gheorghe – Chichiş
• Mărăşeşti – Tecuci – Bârlad – Huşi – Albiţa – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• Săbăoani – Iaşi – Sculeni – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• (Ukraine, Republica Moldova) – Galaţi – Slobozia
• Timişoara – Arad – Oradea – Satu Mare – Livada
• Lugoj – Deva
• Constanţa – Agigea – Negru Vodă – (Bulgaria)
• Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Porţile de Fier – (Serbia)

National roads

There is a total of 17,272 kilometres (10,732 mi) of National Roads (DN).^[1] Seven one-digit national roads start off in Bucharest in a radial pattern.^[2]

Truck roads

National Road	Route	Length (km)	European System	Remarks
DN1	Bucharest – Ploieşti – Braşov – Făgăraş – Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Turda – Cluj-Napoca – Oradea – Borş –> Hungary	642	(Bucharest – Braşov); (Braşov – Tălmaciu); E68/E81 (Tălmaciu – Sebeş); (Sebeş – Turda); E60/E81 (Turda – Cluj-Napoca); (Cluj-Napoca – Oradea)	Partially four-lane road. Probably the busiest truckroad in Romania and one of the longest. The road serves as one of the main routes linking the capital with Transylvania and the western border and comprises numerous sections of European roads.
DN1C	Cluj-Napoca – Apahida – Gherla – Dej – Baia Mare – Halmeu –> Ukraine	217	(Cluj-Napoca – Dej); (Dej – Baia Mare – Halmeu); (Livada – Halmeu)	Four-lane road from Apahida to Gherla. Because of the heavy traffic from the Bosch factory in Jucu, a new bridge over the Somesul Mic river was built near Apahida. Access to and from Cluj-Napoca is granted by a northern 2 lane bypass, built in 2009 to reduce traffic congestion. The bypass is part of the future Cluj-Napoca beltway, and will link E576 straight to A3 motorway.
DN1F	Cluj-Napoca – Zalău – Sărmăşag – Carei –> Hungary	178	(Cluj-Napoca – Zalău – Supuru de Sus)
DN12	Braşov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Băile Tuşnad – Miercurea-Ciuc – Topliţa	164
DN13	Braşov – Rupea – Sighişoara – Bălăuşeri – Târgu Mureş	165
DN15	Turda – Câmpia Turzii – Luduş – Târgu Mureş – Reghin – Topliţa – Poiana Largului – Bicaz – Piatra Neamţ – Bacău	369	(Turda – Targu Mures); (Reghin – Toplita)
DN17	Dej – Beclean – Bistriţa – Vatra Dornei – Câmpulung Moldovenesc – Gura Humorului – Suceava	252
DN18	Baia Mare – Sighetu Marmaţiei – Borşa – Cârlibaba – Iacobeni	220
DN19	Sighetu Marmaţiei – Câmpulung la Tisa – Negreşti-Oaş – Satu Mare – Carei – Oradea	234	(Livada – Satu Mare); (Satu Mare – Oradea)
DN2	Bucharest – Urziceni – Buzău – Focşani – Bacău – Roman – Fălticeni – Suceava – Siret –> Ukraine	482		Partially four-lane road. Passes by some beautiful fortified cloisters/churches and through some beautiful scenery in northern Moldavia.
DN2A	Urziceni – Slobozia – Ţăndărei – Hârşova – Constanţa
DN2B	Buzău – Făurei – Brăila – Galaţi –> Moldova		(Brăila – Giurgiuleşti)
DN22	Râmnicu Sărat – Brăila – Măcin – Isaccea – Tulcea – Babadag – Constanţa		(Brăila – Constanţa)
DN24	Tişiţa – Tecuci – Bârlad – Vaslui – Iaşi – Sculeni –> Moldova	220	(Iaşi – Sculeni); (Tişiţa – Crasna); (Iaşi – Sculeni)
DN24B	Crasna – Huşi – Albiţa –> Moldova
DN28	Roman – Târgu Frumos – Iaşi – Albiţa		(Târgu Frumos – Iaşi); (Roman – Săbăoani); (Săbăoani – Iaşi)	Four-lane road.
DN28A	Târgu Frumos – Paşcani – Moţca
DN28B	Târgu Frumos – Hârlău – Botoşani
DN3	Bucharest – Fundulea – Lehliu Gară – Călăraşi – Ostrov – Basarabi – Constanţa
DN4	Bucharest – Olteniţa
DN5	Bucharest – Giurgiu –> Bulgaria	65		Four-lane road.
DN6	Bucharest – Alexandria – Caracal – Craiova – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Caransebeş – Lugoj – Timişoara – Sânnicolau Mare – Cenad –> Hungary	639	(Bucharest – Timisoara)	Partially four-lane road.
DN66	Simeria – Haţeg – Petroşani – Târgu Jiu – Filiaşi	211
DN69	Timişoara – Arad
DN7	Bucharest – Găeşti – Piteşti – Râmnicu Vâlcea – Sibiu – Deva – Arad – Nădlac –> Hungary	597	(Bucharest – Talmaciu); E58/E81/overlap with DN1 (Talmaciu – Sebes); (Sebes – Nadlac)	Partially four-lane road. Heading north from Ramnicu Valcea to Sibiu, the trunkroad passes along the beautiful Olt River Valley.
DN76	Deva – Brad – Ştei – Beiuş – Oradea	181
DN79	Arad – Chişineu Criş – Salonta – Oradea	113
CB	Bucharest ring road	82		To be upgraded to four-lane road.

Other national roads

National Road	Route	Length (km)	European road	Remarks
DN1A	Bucharest – Buftea – Ploieşti – Vălenii de Munte – Săcele
DN1B	Ploieşti – Mizil – Buzău			Upgrading to four-lane road.
DN1D	Mizil – Urziceni
DN1E	Braşov – Poiana Braşov – Râşnov
DN1G	Huedin – Jibou
DN1H	Negreni – Jibou – Şimleu Silvaniei – Aleşd
DN10	Braşov – Întorsura Buzăului – Nehoiu – Buzău
DN11	Braşov – Târgu Secuiesc – Oneşti – Bacău
DN11A	Oneşti – Adjud – Podu Turcului
DN11B	Târgu Secuiesc – Cozmeni
DN12A	Miercurea-Ciuc – Târgu Ocna – Comăneşti – Oneşti
DN12B	Târgu Ocna – Slănic Moldova
DN12C	Gheorgheni – Lacu Roşu – Bicaz
DN13A	Târgu Mureş – Praid – Sovata – Miercurea-Ciuc
DN13B	Gheorgheni – Praid
DN14	Sighişoara – Dumbrăveni – Mediaş – Copşa Mică – Sibiu
DN14A	Târgu Mureş – Iernut – Târnăveni – Mediaş
DN14B	Alba Iulia – Blaj – Copşa Mică
DN15	Bacău – Piatra Neamţ – Bicaz – Poiana Teiului – Borsec – Topliţa – Reghin – Târgu Mureş – Luduş – Câmpia Turzii – Turda
DN15A	Târgu Mureş – Reghin – Bistriţa-Năsăud
DN15B	Poiana Largului – Târgu Neamţ – Cristeşti
DN15C	Piatra Neamţ – Bălţăteşti – Târgu Neamţ – Fălticeni
DN15D	Piatra Neamţ – Girov – Roman – Vaslui
DN15E	Târgu Mureş – Satu Nou
DN16	Cluj-Napoca – Apahida – Reghin
DN17A	Câmpulung Moldovenesc – Moldoviţa – Rădăuţi – Siret
DN17B	Vatra Dornei – Poiana Largului
DN17C	Bistriţa – Năsăud – Moisei
DN17D	Beclean – Năsăud – Sângeorz Băi – Cârlibaba
DN19A	Satu Mare – Supuru de Jos
DN19B	Nuşfalău – Marghita – Săcueni
DN2C	Buzău – Pogoanele – Slobozia
DN2D	Focşani – Tulnici – Târgu Secuiesc
DN2E	Fălticeni – Gura Humorului
DN2F	Bacău – Vaslui
DN2G	Bacău – Moineşti – Comăneşti
DN21	Brăila – Însurăţei – Slobozia – Călăraşi
DN21A	Bărăganul – Ţăndărei
DN22A	Hârşova – Nalbant – Tulcea
DN22B	Constanţa – Năvodari
DN22C	Basarabi – Medgidia – Cernavodă
DN22D	Măcin – Horia – Baia
DN22E	Galați – Garvăn
DN23	Focşani – Brăila
DN24A	Bârlad – Murgeni – Berezeni – Huşi
DN24C	Vânători – Ştefăneşti – Rădăuţi Prut
DN25	Tecuci – Lieşti
DN26	Murgeni – Măstăcani – Galaţi
DN29	Suceava – Botoşani – Săveni – Manoleasa
DN29A	Suceava – Vârfu Câmpului – Dorohoi – Darabani – Rădăuţi Prut
DN29B	Botoşani – Dorohoi
DN29C	Cucorăni – Vârfu Câmpului – Siret
DN29D	Botoşani – Truşeşti – Stânca –> Moldova
DN3A	Lehliu Gară – Feteşti
DN3B	Călăraşi – Feteşti – Hârşova
DN31	Călăraşi – Olteniţa
DN38	Constanţa – Negru Vodă –> Bulgaria
DN39	Constanţa – Mangalia – Vama Veche –> Bulgaria			Four-lane road.
DN41	Olteniţa – Giurgiu
DN5B	Giurgiu – Ghimpaţi
DN5C	Giurgiu – Zimnicea
DN51	Alexandria – Zimnicea
DN51A	Zimnicea – Turnu Măgurele
DN52	Alexandria – Turnu Măgurele
DN54	Caracal – Corabia – Turnu Măgurele
DN54A	Corabia – Bechet
DN55	Craiova – Bechet
DN55A	Bechet – Calafat
DN56	Craiova – Calafat –> Bulgaria
DN56A	Maglavit – Vânju Mare – Drobeta-Turnu Severin
DN57	Orşova – Moldova Nouă – Oraviţa – Moraviţa
DN57A	Moldova Veche – Baziaş –> Serbia
DN57B	Bozovici – Anina – Oraviţa
DN58	Caransebeş – Reşiţa – Anina
DN58A	Soceni – Lugoj
DN58B	Voiteg – Bocşa – Reşiţa
DN59	Timişoara – Voiteg – Moraviţa –> Serbia
DN59A	Timişoara – Jimbolia
DN59B	Cărpiniş – Cruceni – Deta
DN59C	Jimbolia – Sânnicolau Mare
DN61	Ghimpaţi – Crevedia Mare – Găeşti
DN64	Caracal – Drăgăşani – Râmnicu Vâlcea			Partially four-lane road.
DN64A	Râmnicu Vâlcea – Băile Olăneşti
DN65	Piteşti – Slatina – Craiova
DN65A	Piteşti – Costeşti – Roşiorii de Vede – Turnu Măgurele
DN65C	Craiova – Rusăneşti
DN66A	Petroşani – Lupeni – Câmpu lui Neag
DN67	Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Motru – Târgu Jiu – Horezu – Râmnicu Vâlcea
DN67A	Strehaia – Motru
DN67B	Scoarţa – Târgu Cărbuneşti – Rusăneşti – Drăgăşani – Piteşti
DN67C	Sebeş – Obârşia Lotrului – Novaci – Ciocadia			Also known as the Transalpina.
DN67D	Băile Herculane – Baia de Aramă – Târgu Jiu
DN68	Caransebeş – Oţelu Roşu – Subcetate
DN68A	Lugoj – Făget – Săcămaş
DN68B	Deva – Hunedoara
DN7A	Brezoi – Voineasa – Petroşani
DN7C	Arpaşu de Jos – Bâlea Lake – Curtea de Argeş – Piteşti			Also known as the Transfăgărăşan.
DN71	Tărtăşeşti – Târgovişte – Pucioasa – Sinaia
DN72	Găeşti – Târgovişte – Ploieşti
DN72A	Târgovişte – Câmpulung
DN73	Braşov – Râşnov – Rucăr – Câmpulung – Piteşti
DN73A	Predeal – Râşnov – Zărneşti – Şercaia
DN73C	Câmpulung – Curtea de Argeş – Râmnicu Vâlcea
DN74	Brad – Abrud – Zlatna – Alba Iulia
DN74A	Câmpeni – Abrud
DN75	Turda – Baia de Arieş – Câmpeni – Ştei
DN79A	Vârfurile – Ineu – Chişineu Criş – Vărşand –> Hungary

County and communal roads

In 2009, a total of 35,048 kilometres (21,778 mi) of county roads (of which 24,100 km paved and 10,948 km gravel roads) and 30,162 kilometres (18,742 mi) of communal roads (of which 6,043 km paved and 24,119 km gravel roads) existed in Romania.^[12]

References

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Main roads in Romania Motorways A1 A2 A3 A4 A6 Planned motorways Brașov–Bacău (A5) Ploiești–Bacău (A7) East–West (A8) Sebeș–Turda (A10) Pitești–Craiova (A12) Bucharest Ring (A0) Făgăraș–Sibiu Focșani–Albița Main national roads DN1 DN2 DN3 DN4 DN5 DN6 DN7 CB Other national roads DN1B DN67C DN7C DN10 DN100 DN21