A1 motorway

A1
Route information
Maintained by Compania Naţională de Autostrăzi şi Drumuri Naţionale din România
Length:	173 km (107 mi) Planned: 579 kilometres (360 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Bucharest
To:	Nădlac (Hungarian border)
Location
Counties:	Ilfov, Giurgiu, Dâmboviţa, Argeş, Vâlcea, Sibiu, Alba, Hunedoara, Timiş, Arad
Major cities:	Bucharest, Piteşti, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Sibiu, Deva, Timişoara, Arad
Highway system
Motorways in Romania

The A1 motorway (Autostrada A1 in Romanian) is a motorway in Romania currently undergoing major expansion. As of December 2011, the sections in service include a 111 kilometre motorway linking Bucharest, the capital of Romania, with Piteşti, a city in Argeş County, the Sibiu motorway bypass (17.5 km, not connected to the Bucharest – Piteşti segment) and Timişoara – Arad motorway (in western part of Romania). The A1 was the first motorway to be built in Romania, and was constructed between 1968 and 1973 during the communist regime and upgraded in 2000.^[1] The Romanian A1 motorway is planned to be expanded to 579 km by 2016, connecting the capital city of Bucharest to the Banat region in western Romania and onwards to the Central European motorway system^[2] via Hungary's M5 motorway.

Openings timeline

• Bucharest – Piteşti Motorway (Autostrada Bucureşti – Piteşti in Romanian), 96 km long, opened for traffic in 1972. It remained the only motorway-class road in Romania for more than 15 years, until the completion of the Feteşti – Cernavodă segment (on today's A2) in 1987. The Bucharest – Piteşti segment underwent major rehabilitation works and re-opened for traffic in early 2000. It does not have service areas, but is served however by 5 filling stations.^[1]
• Piteşti East bypass: As an addition to the above section, a 15 km long segment of motorway, known as the Piteşti East bypass, opened in November 2007 in order to divert traffic from Piteşti city centre. An underpass in the Bascov area (north of Piteşti) was also built to connect the A1 motorway to DN7. The project was fully completed in late 2008.
• Sibiu bypass: The 17.5 km of motorway forming a partial beltway around Sibiu was completed on December 1, 2010.
• Arad – Timişoara, 44.5 km, was opened 17 December 2011. 12 km (Arad bypass) were initially opened as a simple carriageway, and are to be completed by early 2012.
• Next scheduled opening: Timişoara bypass (9.5 km) – late 2012.

A1 motorway

A1 as Piteşti bypass

A1 as Sibiu bypass, opened in 2010

Extensions in progress

Nădlac – Arad

The construction of the 38 km segment between Nădlac and Arad was split into two parts. The first part (km 0 to km 22) was awarded in April 2011 to a consortium led by the Romanian company Romstrade, while the second section (km 22 to km 38) is to be constructed by the Austrian company Alpine. Works started in October 2011 and are due to be finalized within two years.

Timişoara bypass and Timişoara – Lugoj – Deva

The stretch between Timişoara and Lugoj (25.6 km) is to be re-auctioned due to appeals from participants at the previous auction. The segment between Lugoj and Deva is split into two segments. Works on the first segment (27.4 km) have started in October 2011 are due for completion in 2013, while the remaining (72 km) hasn't been auctioned yet. The completion time for this last segment is 2016.

On the Timişoara bypass, works have started in October 2011 on the next segment - Timişoara bypass - 9.5 km long. The deadline for this segment is 2013.

Deva – Orăştie

The construction of this 32.5 km long section of motorway was finally awarded to the Austrian company Strabag in late 2010 after numerous appeals by other competing companies. Construction works started in April 2011 and should take no more than 24 months.

Orăştie – Sibiu

The 82 km-long stretch of motorway between Orăştie and Sibiu was split as well in four sections. The contract for section 3 (km 43–km 65) was awarded in May 2011 to Impregilo, whereas the remaining three sections were awarded in June 2011, to Strabag - section 1 between km 0–km 24, Straco - Studio Corona section 2 between km 24–km 43, and Astaldi section 4 between km 65–km 82. Works have started on all four segments in October 2011 and are due to be operational by late 2013.

Sibiu – Piteşti

The section between Sibiu and Piteşti will be tendered in the fourth quarter of 2012.^[3] Total construction costs of the 116.6 km section of the motorway, that would be crossing the Carpathian Mountains, are estimated at 3.25 billion euro. The project should be completed by 2016.^[4]

List of exits

Exits (Northbound)
Bucharest – Piteşti (111 km)
	A1 begins	Iuliu Maniu Blvd, Bucharest
	(1)	Bucharest Ring Road		opened 1972
	(2)	Titu		opened 1972
	(3)	Poiana lui Stângă		opened 1972
	(4)	Găeşti		opened 1972
	(5)	Teiu		opened 1972
	(6)	Căteasca		opened 1972
	(7)	Oarja		opened 1972
	(8)	Piteşti South / DN65 to Slatina, Craiova		opened 1972; rebuilt 2007 as exit
	Bridge	over Argeş River		opened 2007
	(9)	Piteşti East / Mioveni, Automobile Dacia, Câmpulung		opened 2007
	(10)	Piteşti North / Bascov, Curtea de Argeş, Transfăgărăşan		opened 2007
Sibiu bypass (17.5 km)
	(1)	Sibiu South, DN1, DN7		opened 2010
	(2)	Sibiu East 1, DJ 106		opened 2010
	(3)	Sibiu East 2		opened 2010
	(4)	Sibiu North, DN14 to Mediaş		opened 2010
	(5)	Sibiu West, DN1, DN7		opened 2010
Timişoara – Arad (44.5 km)
	(1)	Timişoara North, Giarmata, Timişoara Airport		opened 2011
	(2)	Orţişoara / Seceani		under construction
	(3)	Arad South, DN69		opened 2011
	(4)	Arad – Strada Ogorului		under construction
	Bridge	over Mureş River		opened 2011
	(5)	Arad – Calea Bodrogului, Arad Airport		under construction
	(6)	Arad West Interchange – Nădlac, Szeged (Hungary)		under construction
	(7)	Arad West		opened 2011

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: A1 motorway (Romania)

• Bucuresti–Piteşti (youtube video)
• Centura Sibiu (youtube video)
• Centura Piteşti (youtube video)
• A1 on Google maps
• CNADNR – Coridorul IV Nădlac - Constanţa
• Motorways in Romania 2007–2013 (pdf file)

v t e Main roads in Romania Motorways Autostrada Bucureşti–Piteşti (A1) · Autostrada Soarelui (A2) · Autostrada Transilvania (A3) · Autostrada Litoral (A4) · Autostrada Ploieşti–Albiţa · Autostrada Est–Vest Main national roads DN1 · DN2 · DN3 · DN4 · DN5 · DN6 · DN7 · CB Other national roads DN1B · DN67C · DN7C · DN10 · DN100 · DN21