Openings Timeline
- Bucharest – Pitești: The 96 km long motorway opened for traffic in 1972. It remained the only motorway-class road in Romania for more than 15 years, until the completion of the Fetești – Cernavodă segment (on today's A2) in 1987. The Bucharest – Pitești segment underwent major rehabilitation works and re-opened for traffic in early 2000. This motorway segment has 15 exits and 5 filling stations in each way, that operate as service areas.
- Pitești bypass: As an addition to the above section, a 13.6 km long segment of motorway was opened on 19 November 2007, in order to divert traffic from Pitești city centre. An underpass in the Bascov area (north of Pitești) was also built to avoid traffic congestion at the nearby junction of the DN7 and DC7C roads. The project was fully completed in late 2008.
- Sibiu bypass: The 17.5 km of motorway forming a partial beltway around Sibiu were completed on 1 December 2010.
- Arad – Timișoara: The 44.5 km of motorway were opened on 17 December 2011. Arad bypass (12 km) was initially opened as a simple carriageway and then completed on 6 June 2012.
- Timișoara bypass: The 9.5 km long segment was opened on 23 October 2012, as an extension to the above section.
- Next scheduled opening: Deva – Orăștie segment (32.8 km) – December 2012.
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