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A2 motorway
Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România
Length204 km (127 mi)
Major junctions
FromBucharest
ToJunction with A4
Location
CountryRomania
CountiesIlfov, Călărași, Ialomița, Constanța
Major citiesBucharest, Fetești, Cernavodă, Medgidia, Murfatlar, Constanța
Highway system

The A2 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A2), also known as The Sun Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Soarelui), is a motorway in Romania which will links [Bucharest]] with Constanța, a city-port on the shore of the Black Sea, where it terminates at an interchange with A4 motorway.


As of 19 July 2012, the motorway is operational on its entire length. However, on 20.05 kms out of A2's 204 km, between Cernavodă and Medgidia, only one of the two carriageways has been opened for traffic. Completion of this stretch is estimated for January 2013.[1]


History

The construction of the A2 motorway between Bucharest and Constanța began in the communist era during Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime. The first section Fetești – Cernavodă (about 18 km) opened in 1987. This section includes the Cernavodă Bridge complex system of motorway and railway bridges and viaducts over the Danube and one of its branches at Cernavodă. The motorway bridge passes under the historical railway bridge built by Anghel Saligny in 1896, while the new railway in use today separates the motorway's roadways.

After the fall of the communism in 1989 the construction continued for a short period, but it was finally stopped in 1993 due to lack of financial resources. The construction continued after 1998 and the highway is to be completed by early 2013.[2]

The total distance between Bucharest and Constanța on the A2 motorway will be about 204 km. The first sector between the Bucharest Ring Road (km 12) and Fundulea (km 36) is made from concrete slabs, while the rest is surfaced with asphalt.[3] The motorway has 8 exits and 10 rest areas on each carriageway, 5 being served by filling stations. There is only one toll gate along the route, at Fetești (km 144), where a toll is charged for crossing the Danube bridges.[4][5]

During summer, vehicles with maximum permissible weight over 7.5 t (16,535 lb) are forbidden to drive on the motorway from Friday to Sunday, between daylight hours.[6]

The motorway will be prolonged to the Bulgarian border, after the European Union accepted to finance in 2011 the Constanța – Vama Veche segment as A4.[7]

Exits list

Exits and buildings (Eastbound)
Bucharest – Constanța (204 km)
A2 begins Theodor Pallady Blvd, Bucharest
(1) Bucharest Ring Road opened 2004
(2) Fundulea opened 2004
(3) Lehliu Gară opened 2004
(4) Drajna / Slobozia, Călărași opened 2007
(5) Fetești opened 1987 as terminus, redesigned and rebuilt 2007
Toll gate Fetești opened 1987
Fetești Bridge over Borcea branch of the Danube opened 1987
Cernavodă Bridge over Danube opened 1987
(6) Cernavodă opened 1987 as terminus, rebuilt 2012 as exit
(7) Medgidia, Murfatlar, Valea Dacilor opened 2012
Bridge over Danube–Black Sea Canal opened 2011
A2 ends A4 Constanța bypass opened 2011

Openings timeline

A2 motorway
A2 runs parallel with CFR Line 800 for many kilometers
  • In October 1987, the 17,2 km segment Fetești – Cernavodă was opened for traffic. The segment was closed for traffic again in September 2006 for complete rebuilding and reopened in 2007.
  • On 4 June 2004, two segments opened for traffic: Bucharest – Fundulea (26.5 km) and Fundulea – Lehliu (29,2 km).
  • In November 2004, the 42 km segment Lehliu – Drajna was opened for traffic.
  • In June 2006, the 17,2 km segment Fetești – Cernavodă was re-opened for traffic, after major rehabilitation works.
  • Between 1 July and 15 September 2006, the 36,8 km segment Drajna – Fetești temporarily opened for traffic on both ways but only on one lane.
  • On 1 May 2007, the 36,8 km segment Drajna – Fetești was re-opened for traffic.
  • On 29 July 2011, the Murfatlar – Constanța segment (21 km, including a segment of A4) was inaugurated (initially, on two of the total four lanes).[8]
  • On 30 September 2011, the Murfatlar – Constanța was completed and opened on both carriageways.[9]
  • On 19 July 2012, the Cernavodă – Medgidia (20.4 km) was opened to traffic on a single carriageway, and the Medgidia - Murfatlar section was opened on both carriageways. [10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Descriere proiect". A2cernavodamedgidia.ro. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Autostrada Bucureşti - Constanţa". CNADNR.ro. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Caiet de sarcini Expertiza tehnica" (PDF). CNADNR.ro. 14 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Benzinarii Autostrada A2 (Soarelui)". Gazonline.ro. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Autostradă A2 - Autostradă Soarelui". Motorways-exitlists.com. 10 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Driving restrictions Romania 2012". UNTRR.ro. 11 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Motorway link between Bucharest and Constanta prolonged up to Varna". Rol.ro. 30 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Traseul tronsonului din Autostrada Soarelui care ocoleste Constanta spre Mangalia". Hotnews.ro. 28 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Vineri s-a inaugurat pentru a doua oara acelasi tronson din Autostrada Soarelui si s-au dat in folosinta inca 4 km din Centura Municipiului Constanta (A4)". Hotnews.ro. 30 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Începând de mâine România va avea aproape 500 kilometri de autostradă. Se deschid A2 și A3". Capital.ro. 18 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Autostrada Soarelui, lucrări pe ultimul tronson Cernavodă-Medgidia-Murfatlar". Adevarul.ro. 3 May 2012.
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