Ploiești–Bacău Motorway

Ploiești–Albița Motorway
Autostrada Ploiești–Albița
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Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România
Length:	314 km (195 mi) (planned length)
Major junctions
From:	Ploiești (Junction with A3)
To:	Albița (Border with Moldova)
Highway system
Roads in Romania

The Ploiești–Bacău Motorway is a planned motorway in Romania, designed to link Ploiești with the north-eastern part of the country, partly along the Pan-European Corridor IX. Initially it was designed as a 314 km long motorway branching off the A3 motorway and passing through Buzău, Focșani, and Albița, on the border with Republic of Moldova. However, since 2014 plans in favor of a motorway past Focșani were scrapped in favor of a motorway towards Bacău and Suceava termed A7.

The first section, from Ploiești to Focșani (133 km), was proposed for a concession contract for tendering first half of 2013. No contract was signed, and the only section that has been tendered was the Bacău bypass (30.6 km, of which 19.7 km of motorway) in August 2013, but built at only half profile. It was awarded for construction in November 2013, but the results of the tender were contested by some of the participants. Later in 2014, the whole motorway was redesigned as an expressway that would later be expanded to full motorway specifications.

The motorway from Focșani to Albița (155 km) will have a different route number assigned, and April 2014, the section between Focșani and Albița is no longer a priority in the current master plan for the national motorway network.

Gallery

• Romania Bacau Bypass Motorway.svg

  Map of the Bacău bypass

See also

• Roads in Romania
• Transport in Romania

External links

• CNADNR – Coridorul IX Ploiești - Albița