A3 (Romania)
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| Autostrada Transilvania | |
| Transylvania Motorway | |
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| Maintained by National Company of Motorways and National Roads of Romania | |
| Length: | 52 km (32 mi) Planned: 588 kilometres (365 mi) |
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| From: | Bucharest |
| To: | Borş |
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| Major cities: | Bucharest, Ploieşti, Braşov, Făgăraş, Sighişoara, Târgu Mureş, Cluj-Napoca, Zalău, Oradea |
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A3 Transylvania Motorway or Autostrada Transilvania (A3) is a motorway currently being constructed in Romania. It will be a four-lane, 588-kilometer motorway, stretching northwest from Bucharest to Oradea. The motorway will connect the cities of Bucharest, Ploieşti, Braşov, Făgăraş, Sighişoara, Târgu Mureş, Cluj-Napoca, Zalău and Oradea. The motorway will be owned by the government of Romania. Transylvania Motorway will follow almost the same route as the DN1 road (National Road 1), which became insufficient due to the growing rate of traffic between Bucharest and Transylvania.
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[edit] Bucureşti-Braşov section "Snow Motorway"
The first segment, from Bucharest to Moara Vlăsiei will be built as a six-lane set of carriageways to accommodate commuting and holiday surplus traffic; the motorway will cross the Carpathian Mountains along the Prahova Valley (the Ploieşti - Braşov segment is considered the most difficult section to be built). It will also provide access to the future Terminal 2 of the Henri Coandă Airport and to the future A5 (Bucharest - Chişinău) motorway, via the Ploieşti South-East/Dumbrava interchange. Works on Bucharest - Ploieşti section of the A3 started on 15 March 2007. Works on Comarnic - Braşov, the most difficult segment of the motorway, have not started yet and should take around 4 years to complete.[1]
The total construction cost of the segment is estimated at 1.2 billion euros.[2]
| Section | Route | Length (km) | Remarks |
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| 1 | Bucharest - Ploieşti | 62 | estimated completion 2012 |
| 2 | Ploieşti- Comarnic | 36 | planned |
| 3 | Comarnic - Brasov | 55 | estimated completion 2018 |
- Total length: 173.3 km
- Tunnel length: 2.65 km
- Nodes: 14
- Projected speed limit: 80 – 100 – 130 km/h
- Platform width: 26.0 m
- Road width: 2 x 7.5 m
- Intersections: 12
- Bridges/viaducts: 27.65 km
- Estimated cost: 1,415 mil euros
[edit] Braşov-Oradea section "Transylvania motorway"
[edit] Bechtel contract controversy
This motorway segment was originally scheduled to be built by American company Bechtel Corporation together with its regional partner Enka A.S. of Turkey. The contract was awarded in 2004 to Bechtel Corporation by the Social Democrat Prime-Minister Adrian Năstase without an open bidding process, invoking "national security" as an excuse.[3] The estimated construction cost was 2.8 billion € in 2003, rose to 4.7 blillion € in a 2007 estimate.[4] Although officially the deadline is set for 2013, the final cost and finalization date are currently unknown.[5] As per Romanian ministry of transportation, Anca Boagiu, the original contract was highly disadvantageous to the Romanian side. Following the contract renegotiation[6] that occurred in June–July 2011, Bechtel agreed to lower the building cost per kilometer by 50 % down to 6.9 million euros.[7][8] Also it was decided that the American company will build only 2 segments of the A3 (Borş - Suplacu de Barcău and Gilău - Câmpia Turzii), leaving all the other segments of the motorway open for tendering.[9]
[edit] Technical specifications
- Excavation: 93,000,000 m3
- Fill: 64,000,000 m3
- Ballast and crushed stone base: 12,000,000 m3
- Drainage pipes: 620,000 lm
- Asphalt: 7,000,000 m3
- Structures: 53 km
- Piling: 620,000 lm
- Reinforced and precast concrete: 3,200,000 m3
[edit] Technical data
| Section | Length (km) | Subsection | Route | Construction |
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| 1 | 161 | 1A-53 km | Braşov (Cristian) - Făgăraş | planned |
| 1B-52 km | Făgăraş - Sighişoara | planned | ||
| 1C-56 km | Sighişoara - Târgu Mureş (Ogra) | planned | ||
| 2 | 90 | 2A-36 km | Târgu Mureş (Ogra) - Câmpia Turzii | to be re-tendered |
| 2B-54 km | Câmpia Turzii - Cluj-Napoca Vest (Gilău) | completed in November 2010 | ||
| 3 | 164 | 3A-24 km | Cluj-Napoca Vest (Gilău) - Mihăieşti | to be re-tendered |
| 3B-76 km | Mihăieşti - Suplacu de Barcău | planned | ||
| 3C-64 km | Suplacu de Barcău - Oradea Vest (Borş) | completion deadline 2013 |
- Total length: 415 km
- Platform width: 26 m
- Road width: 2 x 7.5 m
- Bridges/viaducts: 267/over 60 km
- Overpasses: 94
- Underpasses: 58
- Interchanges: 16
- Completion deadline: 2017.
[edit] Construction progress - 2011
The official groundbreaking ceremony for Autostrada Transilvania was held near the village of Vălişoara on 16 June 2004. At present, works are being performed simultaneously on two segments - 2B Campia Turzii-Cluj Vest, and 3C Suplacu de Barcău-Oradea Vest (Borş).
[edit] Openings timeline
- Turda - Gilău segment (42 km) opened for traffic on 1 December 2009 and it currently serves as a motorway bypass for the city of Cluj-Napoca
- Câmpia Turzii - Turda segment (10 km) opened on 13 November 2010 and it currently serves as a motorway bypass for both these cities.
- next scheduled openings: Bucharest - Moara Vlăsiei (19 km) and Moara Vlăsiei - Ploieşti (42 km) - first half of 2012.[10]
[edit] Exits List
| Exits and buildings (Northbound) | ||||
| Cluj-Napoca bypass (52 km) | ||||
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(1) | Câmpia Turzii |  |
opened 2010 |
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(2) | Turda / Aiud, DN1 |  |
opened 2009 |
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(3) | Cluj-Napoca West / Gilău, DN1 | |
opened 2009 |
[edit] Gallery
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A3 west of Cheile Turzii
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A3 near Cheile Turzii
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A3 beside Cheile Turului
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A3 crossing a part of Cheile Turului
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Autostrada Transilvania website
- Autostrada Transilvania - situl neoficial
- Motorways in Romania 2007-2013 (pdf file)
- C.N.A.D.N.R.
- Bechtel se lauda cu 23 km de asfalt in cinci ani
[edit] References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: A3 motorway (Romania) |
- ^ Hotnews 15.03.2007
- ^ (Romanian) EVS.ro
- ^ Evenimentul Zilei, EVZ.ro
- ^ (Romanian) EVZ.ro
- ^ (Romanian) ZF.ro
- ^ http://seenews.com/news/latestnews/u_s_bechteltocontinueworksontwosectorsofmotorwayinromania-115451/
- ^ http://business-review.ro/news/bechtel-built-54-km-of-transylvania-motorway-for-eur-1-25-billion-but-agreed-to-renegotiate-contract/11995/
- ^ http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/news/news126673.html
- ^ http://www.nineoclock.ro/romanias-partnership-with-bechtel-ends/
- ^ http://infrastructura.info/?articol=Autostrada%20spre%20Ploie%C5%9Fti%20cost%C4%83%20450%20de%20milioane%20de%20euro.%20Vezi%20c%C3%A2nd%20ar%20trebui%20s%C4%83%20fie%20gata%20_articol4471.html
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