Transalpina (Romania)
| Drum național DN67C in Romania | |
| Transalpina | |
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| Operator: | CNAIR |
| Start of the street: |
Novaci ( 45 ° 5 ′ N , 23 ° 36 ′ E ) |
| End of street: |
Sebeș ( 45 ° 57 ′ N , 23 ° 34 ′ E ) |
| Overall length: | 148 km |
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| Requirement for use: | Rovignette |
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| The Transalpina in the snow (October 2011) | |
Map with all coordinates: The Transalpina , also known as Drum național 67C ( Romanian for "National Road 67C", DN67C for short ), is a major tourist road in Romania . It crosses the Transylvanian Alps , connects the Gorj district in Little Wallachia ( Oltenia ) with the Alba district in Transylvania and reaches an altitude of 2132 m , according to another statement of 2145 m . This means that the top of the tower exceeds that of the Transfogarascher Hochstraße ( Drum național ; DN 7C).
course
The road branches off east of Târgu Jiu near Bengeşti from Drum național 67 and leads via Novaci into the mountains of the Munții Parâng . It crosses its ridge in the Urdele mountain pass at its highest point ( ⊙ ). After a descent, it crosses the Drum național 7A at the group of houses Obârșia Lotrului in the municipality of Voineasa west of the Barajul Vidra (Vidra reservoir) and reaches an altitude of 1678 m in the Tărtărău pass . In its further course it follows the river Sebeş (Mühlbach) to the north and ends in Sebeş (Mühlbach) at Drum național 7 .
The length of the road is around 148 kilometers. The road is usually closed in winter due to the weather , for example from November 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017.
history
The modern street, also known as Drumul Regal (“Königsstraße”), was opened in 1939 and expanded for strategic reasons during the Second World War . In the revolutionary times around 1989 the street was neglected. From 2009 it was paved in sections and in 2010 it was put back into operation in one section. The asphalting was completed in 2012. Currently (2016) the road is continuously passable with restrictions.
tourism
The road, which is also popular with mountain bikers, opens up the winter sports resort of Rânca in particular .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on national roads on the website of the Society for Road Infrastructure (CNAIR)
- ^ The "Transalpina" road. King's Road ( Memento from November 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Baedeker Romania, 5th edition 2016, Karl Baedeker GmbH, Ostfildern, ISBN 978-3-8297-1822-6 , p. 152.
- ↑ România, Atlas rutier și turistic 1: 300,000, Budapest 2015, CARTOGRAPHIA Kft., ISBN 978-963-352-646-0 .
- ↑ Information on the closure of the road from romaniatourism.com accessed on January 5, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Transalpina program at transalpina.biz accessed on January 5, 2017 (Romanian)
- ↑ Pasul Urdele at quaeldich.de, accessed on January 5, 2017