 A3 Motorway Bucharest - Bors
Length: 438 km (approximately). Status:   
Color map: Open (46%); under construction (22%); planned (32%).
The A3 Motorway, also called the Transylvania Motorway, connects Bucharest with the border with Hungary at Bors. Brasov - Targu Mures section was removed from Government plans and replaced with A10 motorway Sebes - Turda.
For detailed information please choose a section from the list below:
| Section | Status | Opening |
| I.Bucharest - Ploiesti | Open | Jul 2012; Dec 2018 |
| II.Ploiesti - Brasov | Partially open | Dec 2020 |
| III.Tg. Mures - Gilau | Open | 2009, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
| IV.Gilau - Bors | Partially open, partially under construction | 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025, 2026 |
I.Section Bucharest - Ploiesti
Status: Open
Length: 65.19 km
Opening date: July 2012 for 55.49 km (Bucharest Ringroad - Ploiest) and December 2018 for 6.51km (out of these, 3.18km were completed in 2015 and for the final 3.33km completed in December 2018 the selected contractor was the Aktor-Euroconstruct consortium, price: 129.2 Million RON).
Section split into two segments: Segment 1 Bucharest - Moara Vlasiei (Bucharest Ringroad - Moara Vlasiei), 19.50km, and Segment 2 Moara Vlasiei - Ploiesti, 42.69km.
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II.Section Ploiesti - Brasov
Status: Rasnov - Cristian is open; Comanic ringroad had a tender process in progress; the remainder is planned
Length: 106.60 km
Opening date: December 2020 for Rasnov - Cristian
The section is split into two segments: Ploiesti - Comarnic with a length of 48.6 km and Comarnic - Brasov with a length of 58.0 km. The contract for section Rasnov - Cristian (6.30km) was awarded to the consortium of Alpenside SRL - Specialist Consulting SRL in October 2017, duration: 24 months, cost: 118 Million RON (including 3.7km of access road), opening date: Dec 2020.
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III.Tg. Mures - Gilau
Status: Open
Length: 103.50 km
Opening dates: Campia Turzii - Gilau opened in 2009 - 2010; Targu Mures - Ogra Segment 2 and Ogra - Campia Turzii Segment 1 opened in Dec 2018; Iernut - Chetani opened in Sep 2020; Targu Mures - Ogra segment 1 (Targu Mures - Ungheni) opened in Dec 2021. Chetani - Campia Turzii opened in Dec 2023.
The section is split into two sections. Section 2A Targu Mures - Ogra - Campia Turzii, 51.70 km:
- Segment 1 Targu Mures - Ogra (Targu Mures - Ungheni), 4.50km (+4.7km access road). Contractor: Strabag. Cost: 192 Million RON. Execution duration: 18 months. Contract signed in May 2020. Opened in Dec 2021
- Segment 2 Targu Mures - Ogra (Ungheni - Ogra), 10.11 km. Contractors: Strabag SRL and Straco Group SRL. Cost: 251.35 Million RON excluding VAT. Execution duration: 12 months. Contract signed in February 2015. Opened in Dec 2018.
- Segment 1 Ogra - Campia Turzii (Ogra - Iernut), 3.60 km. Contractors: Geiger Transilvania SRL and Wilhelm Geiger GmbH & Co. KG. Cost: 69.17 Million RON excluding VAT. Execution duration: 12 months. Contract signed in February 2015. Opened in Dec 2018.
- Segment 2 Ogra - Campia Turzii (Iernut - Cehtani), 17.90 km. Contractors: Astaldi, Max Boegl Romania, Astalrom and Consitrans. Cost: 437.63 Million RON excluding VAT. Execution duration: 16 months. Opened in Sep 2020
- Segment 3 Ogra - Campia Turzii (Chetani - Campia Turzii), 15.69 km. Contractors: The consortium Strabag SRL - Geiger Transilvania SRL. Cost: 420.35 million RON excluding VAT. Duration: 3 months for design, 18 months for execution. Contract signed in October 2022. Opened in Dec 2023
Section 2B Campia Turzii - Gilau (Cluj-Napoca Vest), 51.70 km, is open (42 km opened in 2009, 10 km opened in 2010).
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IV.Gilau - Bors
Status: Partially open, partially under construction and partially tendered
Opening dates: September 2018 for Gilau - Nadaselu, including access bridge; September 2020 for Biharia - Bors. For other segments see below.
Length: 162.52 (approximately) km
The section is split into three segments:
- 3A Gilau (Cluj-Napoca Vest) - Mihaiesti (26.27 km)
- 3B Mihaiesti - Suplacu de Barcau (approximately 76 km)
- 3C Suplacu de Barcau - Bors (60.25 km)
Section 3A Gilau - Mihaiesti:
- 3A1 Gilau - Nadaselu (9.47km). Open to traffic in Sep 2018. The stretch between Gilau and Nadaselu (8.70 km, part of section 3A), including access bridge (0.77km), was opened in September 2018; contractor for this section: UMB Spedition-Tehnostrade in April 2013; cost: 258.2 Million RON + VAT. Access bridge (0.77km): contract signed with Tirrena Scavi SpA; cost 25.6 million RON excluding VAT.
- 3A2 Nadaselu - Mihaiesti* (16.80km). Contractor selected in Septembrie 2020: the consortium Spedition UMB SRL - Tehnostrade SRL - Electromontaj SA, design duration: 12 months, execution duration: 24 months, price (together with section Mihaiesti - Zimbor): 1.39 Billion RON excludinbg VAT. Contract signed in Sep 2020. Opening date: 2025
Section 3B Mihaesti - Suplacu de Barcau:
- 3B1 Mihaiesti - Zimbor* (13.26km). Contractor selected in September 2020: the consortium Spedition UMB SRL - Tehnostrade SRL - Electromontaj SA, design duration: 12 months, execution duration: 24 months, price (together with section Nadaselu - Mihaiesti): 1.39 Billion RON excludinbg VAT. Contract signed in Sep 2020. Opening date: 2025
- 3B2 Zimbor - Poarta Salajului** (13.26km). Contractor: the consortium SA&PE Construct SRL - Spedition UMB SRL - Tehnostrade SRL. Price: 680,405,395.28 RON excluding VAT. Duration: 12 months for design, 24 months for construction. Contract signed in June 2020. Opening date: 2025.
- 3B3 Poarta Salajului - Zalau** (15.14km) - tender in progress. Selected contractor: the consortium MAKYOL Insaat Sanayi Turizm ve Ticaret A.S. - OZALTIN INSAAT TICARET VE SANAYI A.S., design duration: 18 months, execution duration: 60 months
- 3B4 Zalau - Nusfalau (25.84km) - tender in progress. Selected contractor: the consortium MAKYOL Insaat Sanayi Turizm ve Ticaret A.S. - OZALTIN INSAAT TICARET VE SANAYI A.S., design duration: 18 months, execution duration: 60 months
- 3B5 Nusfalau - Suplacu de Barcau (13.55km). Opened in September 2023. Contract signed in September 2020. Selected contractor: Nurol Insaat Ve Ticaret AS. Price: 384,138,887.89 RON excl. VAT. Duration: 6 months for design, 18 months for construction.
Section 3C Suplacu de Barcau - Bors:
- 3C1 Suplacu de Barcau - Chiribis (26.35km). Contractor: Constructii Erbasu SA, price RON 884,123,669.17 excl. VAT, duration: 6 months for design, 18 months for construction. Contractor selected in September 2023. Contract signed in November 2023. Opening date: 2025
- 3C2 Chiribis - Biharia (28.55km). Contract signed in June 2020 but terminated in May 2022. New contractor selected in June 2023: the consortium Precon Transilvania SRL – Citadina 98 SA, price: 785,21 million RON (excl. VAT), design duration: 6 months, execution duration: 18 months. Contract signed in March 2024. Opening date: 2026
- 3C3 Biharia - Bors (5.35km). Opened in September 2020. Contract signed in December 2018 with the consortium Trameco SA - Vahostav-SK a.s. - Drumuri Bihor SA - Drum Asfalt SRL - East Water Drillings SRL, price 134.22 Million RON (excluding VAT).
*The viaducts at Mihaiesti and Topa Mica on sections Nadaselu - Mihaiesti and Mihaiesti - Zimbor (1,99 + 3,48km) will be executed as part of a separate contract, by the consortium OZALTIN INSAAT TICARET VE SANAYI A.S. - ILGAZ INSAAT TICARET A.S. - VISIO CONSTRUCTION WORKS S.R.L. selected in March 2024, price RON 994.7 million excl. VAT, design duration: 9 months, execution duration: 18 months. **A distinct tender procedure is in place for the Romanasi exit on the Zimbor - Poarta Salajului route, to be used until the Poarta Salajului - Zalau route is finalized.
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