Autostrada A1 (Romania)

Autostrada A1 in Romania
map
Basic data
Operator:	CNADNR
Start of the street:	Nădlac ( 46 ° 13 ′  N , 20 ° 46 ′  E )
End of street:	Bucharest ( 44 ° 26 ′  N , 25 ° 58 ′  E )
Overall length:	585 km planned
of which in operation:	404 km
of which under construction:	55 km
of which in planning:	117 km
Jewțe ( circles ):	Ilfov Giurgiu Dâmbovița Argeș Vâlcea Sibiu Alba Hunedoara Timiș Arad
Requirement for use:	Vignette requirement
Development condition:	2 × 2 lanes
Lancrăm junction
Course of the road Municipiul Bucureşti Section Bucureşti - Piteşti Bulevardul Iuliu Maniu Start of the motorway (11)  End of  Bucureşti Jewț Ilfov (11)  Centura Bucureşti   (13)  Ciorogârla Jewț Giurgiu (23)  Bolintin deal (30)  Bolintin-Vale (30)  Service area (with motel) Lukoil (36)  Petrom service area (with motel) (42)  Lukoil gas station (44)  Vânătorii Mici Județ Dâmbovița (49)  Corbii Mari (49)  OMV petrol station (49)  Agip gas station (56)  Popasul Iancului rest area (59)  Gazprom gas station (64)  Olteni (70)  Ghimpați / Găești (73)  Ioneşti (80)  Service area (with hotel) Petrom (80)  Service area (with hotel) MOL Jewț Argeș (84)  Teiu / Răteşti (94)  Căteasca (94)  Petrom gas station (98)  Cireșu (102)  Oarja (107)  Piteşti Sud (110)  Petrol station Lukoil (with parking) (110)  Parking lot (with toilet) (116)  Piteşti-Est   (120)  Piteşti North   Motorway end Section Piteşti - Sibiu planned completion by 2023 (120)  Bascov   (121)  Parking lot (with toilet) (133)  Service area (with hotel) (135)  Baiculesti (1350 m)  Curtea de Argeș (150)  Curtea de Argeș (151)  Parking lot (with toilet) (158)  Tigveni 678A (166)  Gas station (with parking) (166)  Văleni Județ Vâlcea (179)  Parking lot (with toilet) (1700 m)  Poiana (196)  Cornet   (197)  Service area (with hotel) (455 m)  Balota (202)  Gas station (with parking) (900 m)  Robeşti (1590 m)  Câineni (211)  Parking lot (with toilet) Jewț Sibiu (1390 m)  Lazaret (229)  Gas station (with parking) (231)  Tălmaciu (236)  Veştem     Sibiu bypass Start of the motorway (238)  Sibiu Sud    (243)  Sibiu-Est (245)  Sibiu (248)  Sibiu-North, Mediaș (255)  Sibiu-Vest ( Sibiu Airport )   Section Sibiu - Orăştie (260)  Gas station (with parking) (245 m)  viaduct (340 m)  Săcel (680 m)  viaduct (269)  Sălişte     (1010 m)  Aciliu motorway viaduct (279)  Apoldu de Jos (288)  Parking lot (with toilet) Jewț Alba (292)  Cunța     (296)  Gas station (with parking) (303)  Sebeş Est    (308)  Lancram   (312)  Sebeș Vest   (316)  Gas station (with parking) Jewț Hunedoara (335)  Orăștie   Orăştie - Deva section (340)  Gas station (with parking) (360)  Simeria     (720 m)  Mureș River (369)  Deva Section Deva - Lugoj (326 m)  viaduct (258 m)  viaduct (251 m)  viaduct (40 m)  Brănișca Green Bridge (389)  Parking lot (with toilet) (391)  Ilia   (336 m)  Mureș River (401)  Dobra   (408)  Parking lot (with toilet) (47 m)  Ohaba Green Bridge 1 (47 m)  Ohaba Green Bridge 2 (411)  Holdea   Motorway end Jewț Timiș (175 m)  viaduct (900 m)  viaduct Start of the motorway (426)  Margina   (429)  Gas station (with parking) (442)  Dumbrava   (448)  Gas station (with parking) (459)  Balinț (280 m)  Canalul Timiș River Section Lugoj - Timișoara (472)  Service area (with motel) (475)  Lugoj Vest   (482)  Service area (with motel) (496)  Timișoara -Est  (501)  Parking lot (with toilet) Timișoara - Arad section (504)  Timisoara North (517)  Seceani Jewț Arad (530)  Parking lot (with toilet) (536)  Arad Sud  Arad bypass (538)  Arad Est 1 (450 m)  Mureș River (542)  Arad Est 2 ( Arad Airport ) (547)  Arad North Section Arad - Nădlac (556)  Pecica   (559)  Gas station (with parking) (583)  Nădlac   (584)  Parking lot (with toilet) (584)  Border crossing Nădlac - Nagylak Continue on  → Szeged Under construction In planning ↑  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Autostradă 1 ( A1 ) is a mostly completed, partly under construction and in planning stage highway in Romania . After its completion after 2023, it will lead from the Hungarian M43 on the Hungarian-Romanian border near Nădlac via Arad , Timișoara , Deva , Sibiu and Curtea de Argeș as well as Pitești to the capital Bucharest .

course

The Autostradă 1 will run from the M43 on the Hungarian-Romanian border near Nădlac via Arad, Timișoara, Deva, Sibiu and Curtea de Argeș as well as Pitești to the capital Bucharest and is thus part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor IV . After the completion of the motorway, the European route E81 will run on the section Bucharest - Piteşti - Curtea de Argeş - Sibiu .

history

Overview of the sections and the construction costs
section		Construction company (originally)	Start of construction contract signing	Approval expected	Length (km)	Participation in EU cohesion fund ISPA in million lei	Construction costs in million lei
Bucureşti - Piteşti			4th February 1967	1972	96
Piteşti bypass		Astaldi (Italy) Italstrade (Italy)	2004	November 19, 2007	14th
Piteşti - Sibiu	5	Astaldi (Italy)	2020		30th
	4th				10
	3				35
	2				34
	1	Porr (Austria)	2019		14th
Sibiu bypass	1	Todini (Italy) ( Max Bögl )	Spring 2004 September 12, 2003	December 1, 2010	15th	52 million euros	70 million euros
	2	Todini (Italy) (Vectra service SRL)	Spring 2004 September 12, 2003	December 1, 2010	3
Sibiu - Orăştie
	4th	Astaldi (Italy) Astalrom (Romania) Euro Construct Trading '98 (Romania)	October 20, 2011 June 7, 2011	19th December 2013	16	2179	3174
	3	Impregilo (Italy)	May 20, 2011	November 14, 2014	22nd
	2	Straco (Romania) Studio Corona (Italy)	November 15, 2011 June 7, 2011	19th December 2013	20th
	1	Strabag (Austria)	November 15, 2011 June 7, 2011	19th December 2013	24
Orăştie - Deva		Strabag (Austria) Straco (Romania)	April 2011 November 9, 2010	May 30, 2013	32	113 million euros	184 million euros
Deva - Lugoj	4th	Spedition UMB (Romania) Tehnostrade (Romania)	July 29, 2013	August 14, 2019	22nd	339 million euros	540 million euros
	3	Teloxim Con (Romania) Comsa (Spain) Aldesa (Spain) Arcadis (Spain)	21st October 2013	23 December 2019	21st
	2	Salini (Italy) Secol (Italy) Societa Edile (Italy)	18th October 2013	17 km between Dumbrava and Margina: 06.03.2017 remaining 12 km: 2023	29
	1	Condotte (Italy) Tirrena Scavi (Italy) Cossi Construzioni (Italy)	September 1, 2011 May 20, 2011	December 23, 2013	27	766	1119
Lugoj - Timișoara	2	Tirrena Scavi (Italy) Condotte (Italy)	4th December 2013	23rd December 2015	27	899	1303
	1	Spedition UMB (Romania) Tehnostrade (Romania) Carena Construzioni (Italy)	October 20, 2011 May 20, 2011	October 23, 2013	9
Timișoara - Arad		FCC Construccion (Spain) Astaldi (Italy)	January 26, 2009 December 11, 2008	December 17, 2011	32	531	1704
Arad bypass		FCC Construccion (Spain), Porr	April 24, 2009 March 13, 2009	December 17, 2011	12
Arad - Nădlac	2	Astaldi (Italy) Max Bögl (Germany) ( Alpine Bau GmbH)	October 20, 2011	6 km between Nădlac and Pecica : December 19, 2014 remaining 10 km: July 11, 2015	16.7	913	1316
	1	Astaldi (Italy) Max Bögl (Germany) (Romstrade, Monteadriano, Donep Construct)	October 20, 2011	19th December 2014	22.2

On February 4, 1967, construction began on the section between Bucharest and Piteşti, after the Communist government at the time, led by Nicolae Ceauşescu , commissioned the IPTANA company (Institut de Proiectări pentru Transporturi Auto, Navale şi Aeriene) to plan a 3,200 kilometer long motorway network and these were completed. After 5 years of construction, the 96-kilometer section was opened to traffic in 1972, making this section (until 1989) the first completed motorway section in Romania.

After the end of communism, the A1 was in poor condition, so that in 1996 the operator at the time (Administrația Națională a Drumurilor) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development had signed a loan of 53 million US dollars for the renovation. In 1997 the renovation was put out to tender. The order went to a consortium consisting of the Italian construction companies Federici, Astaldi and Todini. Originally, this work was to take place between June and August 1999, but there were delays so that this work was not completed until the end of June or mid-November 2000.

From 2004

200 m before the Sibiu Est exit

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

Construction work on the Sibiu bypass began in spring 2004 after the contract with the Italian construction company Todini was signed on September 12, 2003. After several protests by workers about a new collective agreement, construction was halted due to unpaid bills. In November 2006, after negotiations, the work was resumed, but the bill in the amount of 6 million was still not paid, so negotiations started again, but with the decision to terminate the contract in 2007. In 2008 the construction work was divided into two sections, put out to tender and new construction contracts were concluded. On December 1, 2010, the then Prime Minister Emil Boc opened the 17-kilometer bypass around Sibiu.

The 14-kilometer Piteşti bypass was opened on November 19, 2007, and construction work began in 2004. The cost of the bypass is around 113 million euros, including a partial loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In order to improve the flow of traffic at the new western end of the A1, an underpass in the form of a tunnel was also integrated into this construction contract. This underpass was opened on October 22, 2008 after an eight-month construction phase.

Bridge over the Mureș with a span of 150 m

Since Romania's final accession to the European Union in 2007, 85% of the eligible planning and construction costs for the remaining route sections between Nădlac and Sibiu have been subsidized from the Cohesion Fund .

On December 17, 2011, the 32-kilometer stretch between Arad and Timișoara was opened, together with the twelve-kilometer bypass around Arad. Of this, however, only one lane in each direction and three of the six interchanges were released. The construction work for this began on December 11, 2008 and March 13, 2009. On June 6, 2012 all lanes on the bypass around Arad were finally released. Only when the construction consortium had a new layer of asphalt poured within the guarantee period was this section of the route approved at 130 km / h.

On May 20, 2011, several construction contracts were signed: for the construction of the route sections between Orăştie and Sibiu, construction lot 3, between Timișoara and Lugoj, construction lot 1, between Lugoj and Deva, construction lot 1 and for the line between Nădlac and Arad, both construction lots. Only one month later, on June 7, 2011, the remaining construction lots for the section between Orăştie and Sibiu were awarded.

But just two months after the start of construction, problems were discovered due to the nature of the soil on the section between Nădlac and Arad. After several months, irregularities regarding the construction progress and the payment of the employees were found, especially on construction lot 1. As a result, it turned out that the funds received had been embezzled and an attempt was made to implement a project for the airline Blue Air (which also belonged to the managing director of Romstrade). As a result, the construction contract was terminated on November 8, 2012 and the managing director Nelu Iordache of the construction company Romstrade had to answer for the misappropriation of the funds in court.

18 months after the contract was signed, the 9.5 kilometer section around Timișoara was opened on October 23, 2012.

On May 30, 2013, the 32-kilometer bypass between Deva and Orăştie was fully opened after the section between the two junctions Deva and Simeria had already been released on December 21, 2012. The construction work for this began in April 2011.

After the Austrian construction company Alpine Bau for the section Arad - Nădlac Lot 2 filed for bankruptcy in June 2013, the construction contract was terminated by the operating company in July 2013, initially in camera. The construction progress here was 85%. The sudden construction stop posed a problem as the roadway sealing work had not yet been completed at that time. Both construction lots on the Arad - Nădlac section were ultimately re-awarded to a consortium made up of Astaldi (Italy) and Max Bögl (Germany). On December 19, 2014, the 26 km long section from Pecica to Arad was opened to traffic.

The remaining sections of the route between Timișoara and Deva were tendered and awarded in the course of the second half of 2013.

On December 19, 2013, construction lots 1, 2 and 4 of the section between Orăştie and Sibiu were approved. Due to the postponed completion of the section between Sibiu and Piteşti, the opening ceremony was partly accompanied by the initiative "Vrem Autostrada Sibiu - Pitesti" ( German We want the Sibiu - Pitesti motorway). Due to landslides, there were delays on construction lot 3, which opened on November 14, 2014. After ten days, cracks were discovered in the roadway between Cunța and Sălişte , so that traffic was restricted here as soon as it opened.

On December 20, 2014, the 26.5 km long section between Pecica and Nădlac was opened to traffic. On July 11, 2015, the 10 km long section between Arad and Pecica was opened to traffic. Since the remaining section of the Hungarian M43 between Nagylak and Makó and the new motorway border crossing between Romania and Hungary opened on the same day, the Romanian motorway network is connected to the European motorway network for the first time. On December 23, 2015, the 25 km long section between Timișoara and Lugoj (LOT 2) was opened to traffic. This means that the motorway (as of December 23, 2015) extends from the Hungarian-Romanian border to Lugoj.

In the first of four sections of the motorway section between Deva and Lugoj, 17 kilometers were completed in December 2013, the remaining ten kilometers from Balinț to Traian Vuia in December 2015. The first 17 kilometers of the 2nd section (Lot 2) were released on March 6, 2017. Sections three and four (Lot 3 [21 km]; Lot 4 [22 km]) were opened to traffic in 2019. Thus, by the end of 2019, 857.5 kilometers of motorway would be in operation in Romania. The remaining 12 kilometers of the 2nd section, between Margina and Holdea , should be completed in 2023.

Further planning

On January 19, 2012, the operator CNADNR announced that the award of the contract for the Piteşti − Sibiu section , which is currently being planned, will be completed by the end of 2012. The feasibility study was carried out in 2008. However, there are problems along the route due to the risk of landslides that sometimes prevail. This makes the construction very complicated and the construction costs are very high. Since the costs are around three billion euros , the EU is making 85 percent of the construction costs available from the Cohesion Fund . The invitation to tender for an updated feasibility study for the Sibiu-Pitești section was published in early 2014; According to the optimal schedule, construction is to begin in 2016, which could be completed around 2020. In 2017, a tender was issued for the first construction phase (Sibiu - Boița) - the first of five construction phases - which was awarded to the Austrian construction company Porr in 2019 . Only in 2020 was the construction contract awarded to the Italian construction group Astaldi for construction phase five (Curtea de Argeș - Pitești) . No tenders have been issued for construction phases two (Boița - Cornetu), three (Cornetu - Tigveni) and four (Tigveni - Curtea de Argeș) in mid-2020.

Trivia

In September 2009, the crew of the TV series Top Gear were filming on Autostradă 1 between Bucureşti and Piteşti. The moderators were on the road with premium vehicles. Jeremy Clarkson was horrified when the motorway stopped near Piteşti after a two-day tour of Romania.

photos

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  The A1 ...

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  ... with 3 lanes per lane

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  Sibiu bypass

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  200 m before the Sibiu Est exit

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  between Arad and Timișoara near exit Timișoara-Nord

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  Mureș Bridge in Arad

Web links

Commons : Autostrada 1  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Romanian)
• Homepage of the National Society for Motorways and National Roads in Romania (Romanian)
• A1 Bucureşti - Piteşti on Google Maps Street View
• Drive on the A1 between Timișoara − Arad - Youtube Playlist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Autostrada Nădlac - Constanța: 2023 - ultimul termen avansat de guvern pentru finalizare. Ziarului Unirea, January 26, 2014, archived from the original on March 22, 2014 ; Retrieved January 30, 2014 (Romanian). 
2. ↑ Lista proiectelor contractate Programul Operţional Sectorial Transport ( Memento of April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 148 kB)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ionel Lespuc: Ceauşescu voia să facă 3,000 de kilometersi de autostradă, dar sa răzgândit. Clujul ar fi urmat să devină un adevărat nod rutier. Ziua de Cluj, August 25, 2011, accessed January 31, 2014 (Romanian). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} S-a inaugurat centura de ocolire a Piteştiului. Realitatea, November 19, 2007, archived from the original on July 13, 2015 ; Retrieved February 1, 2014 (Romanian). 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Traian Deleanu: A1. Autostrada de Sibiu. Sibiul, November 29, 2010, accessed February 1, 2014 (Romanian). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} V.M .: Premierul Emil Boc a inaugurat centura ocolitoare a Municipiului Sibiu. Hotnews.ro, December 1, 2010, accessed February 1, 2014 (Romanian). 
7. ↑ V. MASURA ISPA 2001 / RO / 16 / P / PT / 005 "Construcţia variantei de ocolire a Municipiului Sibiu, la de standard autostradă" ( Memento of 14 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ) Ministerul Transporturilor
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România anunță deschiderea lucrărilor pe următoarele tronsoane de autostradă de pe Coridorul IV Pan-european ( Memento from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Proiectarea și execuția loturilor 1, 2 si 4 ale autostrăzii Orăștie-Sibiu sunt finanțate de Uniunea Europeană. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naţionale din România, June 7, 2011, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 14, 2014 (Romanian). 
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Deschiderea traficului rutier pe Autostrada Orăstie-Sibiu, Loturile I, II si IV. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, December 19, 2013, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 14, 2014 (Romanian). 
11. ↑ Proiectarea şi execuţia autostrăzii Orăştie-Sibiu km 43 + 855 - km 65 + 96 finanţate de Uniunea Europeană. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 14, 2014 (Romanian). 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România anunță deschiderea lucrărilor pe următoarele tronsoane de autostradă de pe Coridorul IV Pan-european ( Memento of March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Ministerul Transporturilor și Infrastructurii
13. ↑ Varianta de ocolire Deva-Orastie se finanteaza prin Fonduri ex-ISPA. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, October 9, 2010, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Autostrada Deva-Orăştie finalizată prin fonduri ISPA. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Companiei Naţionale de Autostrăzi şi Drumuri Naţionale din România, May 30, 2013, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
15. ↑ ISPA INFORMATION SHEET. (PDF) EU, accessed on February 14, 2014 . 
16. ↑ Semnare contract Proiectare și execuŃie Autostrada Lugoj - Deva Lot 4. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, July 29, 2013, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
17. ↑ ^{a b c} ADAC Reisen - New motorway openings. Retrieved August 9, 2016 . 
18. ^ A fost transmisă la Comisia Europeană cererea de finanțare pentru proiectul major: "Construcția Autostrăzii Lugoj - Deva - lot 2, lot 3 and lot 4 (sectorul Dumbrava - Deva)". Autoritatea de Management pentru POST, December 16, 2013, accessed February 14, 2014 (Romanian). 
19. ↑ Semnare contract "Proiectare și execuție autostrada Lugoj - Deva, Lot 3, Sectorul Dumbrava - Ilia: Km 56 + 220 - Km 77 + 361". (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, October 21, 2013, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
20. ↑ Semnare contract "Proiectare și execuție autostrada Lugoj - Deva, Lot 2, Km 27 + 620 - Km 56 + 220". (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, October 23, 2013, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
21. ↑ Proiectarea şi execuţia autostrăzii Lugoj-Deva km 0 + 000 - km 27 + 400 finanţate de Uniunea Europeană. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
22. ↑ Lotul 1 din autostrada Lugoj-Deva a fost receptionat. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, December 30, 2013, archived from the original on March 22, 2014 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
23. ↑ Proiectarea şi execuţia autostrăzii Timişoara-Lugoj-lot 2 finanţate de Uniunea Europeană. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, December 4, 2013, archived from the original on March 22, 2014 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
24. ↑ Compani Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România: Comunicat de presă on December 13, 2015 ( Memento of December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
25. ↑ ^{a b} Comunicat de presa. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, October 23, 2013, archived from the original on March 22, 2014 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
26. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Autostrada Arad - Timișoara și varianta de ocolire Arad, finanate prin Fondul de Coeziune, au fost deschise circulaniei. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, December 17, 2011, archived from the original on March 22, 2014 ; Retrieved February 4, 2014 (Romanian). 
27. ↑ Andreea Neferu: Studiu de caz: Cea mai veche autostradă din România, Bucureşti-Piteşti, O poveste cu santuri şi cratere. Ziarul Financiar, October 31, 2010, accessed January 31, 2014 (Romanian). 
28. ↑ Comunicat de presă Deschiderea traficului prin Pasajul Bascov. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, October 22, 2008, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved February 15, 2014 (Romanian). 
29. ↑ Varianta de Ocolire Arad deschisa traficului pe ambele cai de circulatie. (PDF) Companiei Naţionale de Autostrăzi şi Drumuri Naţionale din România, June 6, 2012, archived from the original on November 20, 2012 ; Retrieved February 27, 2014 (Romanian). 
30. ^ Siegfried Thiel: Much Balkan aftertaste on West Autobahn. Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania, 23 August 2013, accessed on 27 February 2014 . 
31. ↑ Autostrada Arad-Nădlac se surpă la nici două luni după ce au început lucrările. Adevărul , December 7, 2011, accessed February 28, 2014 (Romanian). 
32. ↑ Boeing instead of bitumen: “Asphaltkönig” misappropriated EU funds. Contractor Nelu Iordache already in custody. General German newspaper for Romania, December 3, 2012, accessed on March 1, 2014 . 
33. ↑ Marius Pandele: E OFICIAL. Contractul cu firma lui Nelu Iordache pentru Tronsonul 1 din autostrada Arad-Nădlac a fost reziliat. evz.ro, November 22, 2012, accessed on February 28, 2014 (Romanian). 
34. ↑ COMUNICAT. (PDF) Companiei Naționale de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România, December 21, 2012, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved March 1, 2014 (Romanian). 
35. ↑ Doru Cireasa: Contractul cu Alpine pentru autostrada Nădlac-Arad reziliat, în secret. Romania Libera, June 22, 2012, archived from the original on December 28, 2013 ; Retrieved March 9, 2014 (Romanian). 
36. ↑ Alin Gherasim: Pauza scumpa la autostrada. Aradon, December 19, 2013, accessed March 9, 2014 (Romanian). 
37. ↑ Victor Cozmei: naugurarea tronsoanelor de autostrada dintre Sibiu si va Orastie începe cu un protest: "Vrem autostrada Sibiu - Pitesti". Hot News, December 16, 2013, accessed March 9, 2014 (Romanian). 
38. ↑ Andreea Neferu: Romania's newest motorway breaks after only ten days on November 25, 2014 at zf.ro accessed on March 9, 2017 (Romanian)
39. ↑ Representation of the section of the motorway between Holdea and Margina in an interactive map
40. ^ ADAC next openings
41. ↑ Mircea Mester: Autostrada Pitesti-Sibiu: licitaţie la toamna, fonduri de la Uniunea Europeană. Vezi pe unde va trece. Media Plus Group, January 19, 2012, accessed January 20, 2012 (Romanian). 
42. ↑ http://www.oradesibiu.ro/ accessed on April 14, 2014 (Romanian).
43. ↑ Autostrada Sibiu - Piteşti: Contractul pentru secțiunea 5 va fi semnat pe 11 may - şefa CNAIR. economica.net, April 29, 2020, accessed on August 12, 2020 (Romanian). 
44. ↑ Victor Cozmei: Stadiul autostrăzii Sibiu - Pitesti, pe fiecare tronson. monitorizari.hotnews.ro, July 1, 2020, accessed August 12, 2020 (Romanian).