A1 Motorway Bucharest

A1 Motorway Bucharest - Nadlac

Length: 578.48 km. Status:

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Open (79%);

under construction (21%);

planned (0%).

The A1 Motorway A1 starts in Bucharest and ends at Nadlac (located on Romania's border with Hungary). It goes through the following cities: Pitesti, Sibiu, Deva, Timisoara and Arad.
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Section	Status	Opening
I.Bucharest - Pitesti	Open	1973
II.Pitesti - Sibiu	Partially under construction, partially open	Dec 2010, Dec 2022, 2025-2027
III.Sibiu - Orastie	Open	Dec 2013, Nov 2014, Oct 2016
IV.Orastie - Deva	Open	Dec 2012, May 2013
V.Deva - Lugoj	Partially open, remainder under construction	Dec 2013, Dec 2015, Mar 2017, Aug 2019, Dec 2019, 2026
VI.Lugoj - Timisoara	Open	Oct 2012, Dec 2015
VII.Timisoara - Arad	Open	Dec 2011, Jun 2012
VIII.Arad - Nadlac	Open	Dec 2014, Jul 2015

I.Section Bucharest - Pitesti

Status: Open

Length: 109.60 km

Opening date: 1973 for Bucharest - Pitesti (96.00km). Pitesti bypass (13.60km) and underground tunnel for connection with DN7 in Bascov added in 2007.

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II.Section Pitesti - Sibiu

Status: Partially open, partially under construction

Length: 122.11 km + 17.56 km (Sibiu Bypass)

Opening deadline: December 2010 for Sibiu bypass, December 2022 for section 1, 2025-2027 for sections 2-5

Sibiu bypass (Selimbar - Sura Mica), 17.56km. Opened in December 2010.
Section 1 Sibiu - Boita, 13.17km. Contractor: Porr; Cost: 613 Million RON (excluding VAT); duration: 12 months for design, 3 years for execution. Contract signed in April 2019. Opened in December 2022
Section 2 Boita - Cornetu, 31.33km. Contractor: the consortium Mapa Insaat Ve Ticaret AS - Cengiz Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret; cost: RON 4.250 billion (excluding VAT); duration: 18 months for design, 50 months for execution. Contract signed in February 2022. Opening date: 2027
Section 3 Cornetu - Tigveni, 37.40km. Contractor: the consortium Astaldi - Tancrad; Cost: 5.32 billion RON (excl. VAT); duration: 12 months for design, 45 months for execution. Contract signed in August 2022. Opening date: 2027
Section 4 Tigveni - Curtea de Arges, 9.86km. Tender launched in March 2019. Contractor: : Porr Construct SRL; Cost: 1,678,873,121.77 lei (excluding VAT); duration: 16 months for design, 44 months for execution. Contract signed in November 2021. Opening date: 2026
Section 5 Curtea de Arges - Pitesti, 30.35km. Contract signed in May 2020; contractor: Astaldi; Cost: 1,710,277,069.34 RON (excluding VAT); duration: 12 months for design, 4 years for execution. Opening date: 2025

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III.Section Sibiu - Orastie

Status: Open

Length: 82.20 km

Opening date: December 2013 for segments 1, 2 and 4, November 2014 and October 2016 (following repairs) for segment 3

The section is split into four segments. Contractors for all four segments were selected in April 2011. Sections 1, 2 and 4 were opened in December 2013, while section 3 was opened in November 2014:

Segment 1 Vintisoara - Orastie, 24.11 km: Contractor: Strabag, Cost: 551.04 Million RON
Segment 2 Cunta - Vintisoara, 19.75 km: Contractors: Straco Grup and Studio Corona, Cost: 377.78 Million RON
Segment 3 Saliste - Cunta, 22.10 km: Contractor: Impregilo, Cost: 604.79 Million RON
Segment 4 Sibiu - Saliste, 16.24 km: Contractors: Astaldi, Euroconstruct Trading '98 and Astalrom, Cost: 484.83 Million RON

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IV.Section Orastie - Deva

Status: Open

Length: 32.50 km

Opening date: December 2012 for 14.80 km and June 2013 for the remaining 17.70 km

For this section contractors were selected in November 2010, and were Strabag and Straco. The cost of the section was 220 Million EUR. A section between Simeria and Deva (14.8 km) was opened in December 2012, with the remainder opened in May 2013.

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V.Section Deva - Lugoj

Status: Partially open (segment 1, 15km of segment 2, segment 3 and segment 4), works in progress for route Margina - Holdea on section 2 (13.16km)

Length: 99.50 km

Opening dates: December 2013 for 17 km of segment 1 (Traian Vuia - Balint), December 2015 for the remainder of segment 1 (Balint - Sanovita); 15,08km of segment 2 in Mar 2017; segment 4 in Aug 2019; segment 3 in Dec 2019; 2026 for segment Maringa - Holdea on segment 2

The section is split into four segments:

Segment 1 Traian Vuia - Sanovita, 27.62 km: Contractors: Tirrena Scavi, Societa Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua and Cossi Costruzioni, cost: 681.04 Million RON.
Segment 2 Cosevita - Traian Vuia, 28.60 km: Contractors: I. for a section of 15.08km: JV Salini SPA and Secol SPA. Cost: 128 Million EUR; II. for remaining section of 13.16km (Margina - Holdea): Spedition UMB SRL - Tehnostrade SRL - SA&PE Construct SRL - Euro-Asfalt d.o.o., cost: 1.82 Billion RON (excl. VAT), design: 11 months, execution: 34 months, contractors selected in September 2022, contract signed in October 2022
Segment 3 Ilia - Cosevita, 21.14 km: Contractors: Teloxim Con SRL, Comsa SA, Aldesa Construcciones SA and Arcadis Eurometudes SA. Cost: 132 Million EUR
Segment 4 Soimus - Ilia, 22.14 km: Contractors: Tehnostrade, Spedition UMB, Cost: 1,048.53 Million RON (excluding VAT)

A stretch of 10.5 km of motorway A6 Lugoj - Calafat connects A1 motorway (at Balint) to Lugoj bypass.

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VI.Section Lugoj - Timisoara

Status: Open

Length: 35.13 km

Opening date: Segment 1 opened in October 2012, Segment 2 opened in December 2015

The section is split into two segments:

Segment 1 Izvin - Giarmata (Timisoara bypass), 9.50 km: Contractors: Spedition UMB, Tehnostade and Carena SpA Impresa di Costruzioni, Cost: 210.36 Million RON
Segment 2 Sanovita - Izvin, 25.63 km. Contractors: Tirrena Scavi and Societa Italiana per Condotte D'Acqua. Cost: 94.7 Million EUR. (excluding VAT)

Section 1 was opened in October 2012, while section 2 was opened in December 2015.

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VII.Section Timisoara - Arad

Status: Open

Length: 32.25 km + 8.75 km (Arad Bypass)

Opening date: Dec 2011

Contractors Astaldi and FCC Construccion were selected in 2009. Cost: 194 Million EUR.

Timisoara-Arad section was opened for traffic in December 2011.

The Arad bypass motorway has a length of 8.75 km (and initially included a stretch of 3.5 km connecting Arad to DN7 which were later included in the A11 motorway); 11.3 km (two lanes only) and 1 km (four lanes) were opened in December 2011, with full completion achieved in June 2012. Contractors: FCC and Porr, Cost: 117 Million EUR.

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VIII.Section Arad - Nadlac

Status: Open

Length: 38.88 km

Opening date: Segment 1 and 6km of segment 2 opened in December 2014, July 2015 for the remainder

The section is split into two segments, and contractors were selected in April 2011:

Segment 1 Pecica - Nadlac, 22.22 km: Contractors: Astaldi and Max Boegla selected in August 2013 after cancellation of contract awarded in July 2011 to Romstrade, Monteadriano Engenharia e Construcao and Donep Construct. Cost: 248.4 Million RON
Segment 2 Arad - Pecica, 16.66 km: Contractors: Astaldi SpA - Max Boegl Romania SRL, contract signed in September 2014 following cancellation of initial contract due to bankruptcy of contractor Alpine. Cost: 89,348,287.63 RON without VAT.

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