A1 motorway (Romania)

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Judeţe (circles):

• Ilfov
• Giurgiu
• Dâmboviţa
• Arges
• Vâlcea
• Sibiu
• Alba
• Hunedoara
• Timiş
• Arad

• In construction
• In planning

The Autostradă 1 (A1) is a finished part, mainly in construction and being planned motorway in Romania. It will lead to its completion by 2023 of the Hungarian M43 at the Hungarian - Romanian border near Nădlac over Arad, Timisoara, Deva, Sibiu and Ramnicu Valcea and Pitesti to the capital, Bucharest.

Course

The Autostradă 1 will run from the M43 to the Hungarian - Romanian border near Nădlac over Arad, Timisoara, Deva, Sibiu and Ramnicu Valcea and Pitesti to the capital, Bucharest, and is thus a part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor IV After the completion of the highway is the European route E81 running Sibiu - on the stretch Bucharest - Pitesti - Râmnicu Vâlcea.

History

On February 4, 1967, construction began on the section between Bucharest and Pitesti, after the then- Communist government under the leadership of Nicolae Ceauşescu to the company IPTANA ( Institut de Proiectări pentru Transporturi car Navale şi Aeriene ) the job of planning a 3200 km long motorway network forgave and were concluded. After 5 years of construction the 96 km -long section of the road was 1972 release, so this section was (until 1989 ) of the first completed section of motorway in Romania.

After the end of communism, the A1 was in poor condition, so that in 1996 the former operator ( Administratia Naţională a Drumurilor ) had completed together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan of $ 53 million for the rehabilitation. In 1997, the reorganization was announced. The contract was awarded to a consortium consisting of the Italian construction companies Federici, Astaldi and Todini. Originally, this work will take place from June to August 1999, however, there was a delay, so that these works were only completed in late June or mid-November 2000.

From 2004

Between 2000 and 2006, Romania has received several grants from the EU ISPA program due to the possible accession to the EU, among others, for the planning and construction of the bypass road Sibiu and Deva.

In the spring of 2004, the construction of the bypass road from Sibiu began after the contract was signed on 12 September 2003 with the Italian construction company Todini. After several protests by the workers because of a new collective agreement it came to the construction freeze due to unpaid bills. In November 2006, the work was resumed after negotiations, but the bill in the amount of 6 million has still not been paid, so it came to negotiations again, but with the decision to terminate the contract in 2007. In 2008, the construction work was divided into two sections, re-tendered and approved new construction contracts. On 1 December 2010 the then Prime Minister Emil Boc opened the 17 km long bypass road from Sibiu.

On November 19, 2007 14 -kilometer bypass road Piteşti was opened, the construction work on this began in 2004. The cost of the local bypass amount to approximately 113 million euros, plus also a part of loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was recorded. In order to improve traffic flow at the western end of the new A1, also an underpass in the form of a tunnel was intrigued in this construction contract. This underpass was opened after eight months of construction on October 22, 2008.

Since the final accession of Romania into the European Union in 2007, 85 % of eligible design and construction costs for the remaining sections between Nădlac and Sibiu funded from the Cohesion Fund.

On December 17, 2011 of the 32 -kilometer section between Arad and Timisoara was opened, along with the twelve kilometers of bypass road to Arad. From this, however, is only one lane in each direction as well as three of the six interchanges were released. The construction of this began on December 11, 2008 and March 13, 2009. On June 6, 2012, all lanes of the construction consortium were finally on the bypass road near Arad Freigeben.Erst than within the warranty period could pour a new layer of asphalt, where this section was to 130 hours kilometers release.

On May 20, 2011 several building contracts were signed the same: to build the sections between Orăştie and Sibiu contract section 3, between Timisoara and Lugoj Construction Lot 1, between Lugoj and Deva contract section 1 as well as for the distance between Nădlac and Arad both building lots. Just one month later, on June 7, 2011, the remaining contract sections of the route section between Orăştie and Sibiu were awarded.

But just two months after the start of construction put you problems due to the soil conditions on the stretch between Nădlac and Arad firmly .. After several months, especially on the contract section 1 irregularities in the progress of construction and the payment of the employee determined. As a result, it turned out that the money received had been misappropriated and was thus trying for airline Blue Air ( which also was the managing director of Rome's Trade ) to realize a project. Subsequently, the construction contract was terminated on November 8, 2012 and the Managing Director Nelu Iordache the construction company Trade Rome had to answer in court for misappropriation of funds.

18 months after the signing ceremony of the 9.5 km long stretch to Timisoara was opened on October 23, 2012.

On May 30 2013 the 32 -kilometer bypass road between Deva and Orăştie was fully opened after the section between the two connection points Deva and Simeria on 21 December 2012 was already release. The construction of this began in April 2011.

Once in June 2013, the construction company of the section Arad - Nădlac contract section had applied for insolvency 2, the construction contract was terminated in July 2013, first by the operating company to the exclusion of the public. The construction progress here was 85%. The sudden halt to construction presented a problem, since the sealing work of the road at that time were not yet completed.

The remaining sections between Timisoara and Deva were advertised and awarded during the second half of 2013.

On December 19, 2013, the building lots 1, 2 and 4 of the section between Orăştie and Sibiu were released. The opening ceremony was shifted due to the completion of the section between Sibiu and Piteşti part of the initiative " Vrem Autostrada Sibiu - Pitesti " ( We want German motorway Sibiu - Pitesti ) accompanied. Due to landslides have caused delays in the contract section 3, the opening of which is now planned for the end of 2013.

Further planning

On 19 January 2012, the operator CNADNR announced that the contract of in the planning section Pitesti - Sibiu will be completed by the end of 2012. The feasibility study was conducted in 2008. However, due to the partially prevailing landslide risk along the way, problems arise. This makes the construction very complicated and there are very high construction costs. Since the costs are approximately three billion euros, the EU Cohesion Fund, 85 percent of the construction costs available. Construction is expected to begin in late 2013 and be completed two years later. End of 2015, accordingly, the final section of the A1 is to be opened.

Trivia

In September 2009, the crew of the TV series Top Gear were filming on the Autostradă 1 between Bucureşti and Piteşti. The moderators were with Perminum - Automobliewagen go. Jeremy Clarkson was shocked when after two days tour of the highway near Pitesti Romania ceased.

Pictures

With 3 lanes per carriageway ...

Avoidance of Sibiu

200 m before the exit to Sibiu Est

Near between Arad and Timişoara Timişoara Nord exit

Bridge Mures in Arad