Roads in Romania

Romania's National Road Network

Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows:

• motorways (autostradă - pl. autostrăzi) - colour: green; designation: A followed by one digit
• expressways (drum rapid or drum expres) - colour: red; designation: DX followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
• national road (drum național - pl. drumuri naționale) - colour: red; designation: DN followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
• county road (drum județean - pl. drumuri județene) - colour: blue; designation: DJ followed by three digits and an optional letter; unique numbers per county
• local road (drum comunal - pl. drumuri comunale) - colour: yellow; designated DC followed by a number and an optional letter; unique numbers per county

Some of the national roads are part of the European route scheme. European routes passing through Romania: E58; E60; E70; E85; E79; E81; E68; E87 (Class A); E574; E576; E581; E583; E671; E771.

In 2014, a total of 85,362 kilometres (53,041 mi) of roads existed in Romania, of which 52,328 kilometres (32,515 mi) were paved and 33,034 kilometres (20,526 mi) were gravel roads.^[1]

Motorways

Development of the overall length (at the end of):

Year	1972	1987	2000	2002	2004	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Length in km	96	113	113*	113*	228	262	262*	304	332	390	530	635	685	710	808**

• *redone
• **planned total length to be in use.

Motorways are identified by A followed by a number. As of December 2014, Romania has 687.1 km of motorway in use, with another 193.49 km under construction.^[2] In recent years, a master plan for the national motorway network has been developed and many works have begun around the country,^[3] which will result in significant changes by 2015,^[4] and eventually by 2022.^[5]

There are few tolls for using roads in Romania. There is one at the Giurgeni – Vadu Oii Bridge over the river Danube on highway DN2A at Vadu Oii and one at the Cernavodă Bridge, on the A2 motorway, a 17 km long section between Fetești and Cernavodă which consists of two road/railway bridges. Nevertheless, every owner of a car that uses a motorway (A) or a national road (DN) in Romania must purchase a vignette (rovinietă) from any of the main petrol stations or at any post office throughout the country.^[6]

Trunk Motorway	Route	Planned (km) / Built (km)	Remarks
A1 motorway	Bucharest – Pitești – Râmnicu Vâlcea – Sibiu – Deva – Timișoara – Arad – Nădlac –> Hungary	577 / 385	Bucharest – Pitești (110 km), Sibiu – Deva (132 km), Traian Vuia - Nadlac (143 km) sections are operational; works are ongoing on another 72 km between Deva and Lugoj; the remaining 116 km between Pitesti and Sibiu are to be completed by 2020.
A2 motorway	Bucharest – Fetești – Cernavodă – Constanța	206 / 206	Operational on the entire length; first fully completed Romanian motorway.
A3 motorway	Bucharest – Ploiești and Brașov – Sighișoara – Târgu Mureș – Cluj-Napoca – Zalău – Oradea – Borș –> Hungary	584 / 107	Bucharest Ring Road – Ploiești (55 km) and Câmpia Turzii – Gilǎu (52 km) sectors are operational; Bucharest – Bucharest Ring Road (6.5 km), and Gilău – Nădășel (8.5 km) segments are under construction; tendering are the segments Targu-Mures - Campia Turzii (51.79 km) in 2014.
A4 motorway	Ovidiu – Agigea – Mangalia – Vama Veche –> Bulgaria	~60 / 22	Constanța bypass complete, between Ovidiu and the Port of Constanța. Agigea – Vama Veche section planned.
A5 motorway	Brașov – Bacău	160 / 0	Mentioned in the 2014 Masterplan[7]
A6 motorway	Junction with A1 near Lugoj – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Calafat – Alexandria – Bucharest	n/a / 11	Operational between the junction with A1 and the Lugoj bypass.[8]
East–West motorway	Iași – Târgu Frumos – Săbăoani – Târgu Neamț - Sovata - Târgu Mureș	319 / 0	It will connect Moldavia to A3 Transylvania Motorway . Feasibility studies conducted in 2009-2011; Feasibility studies revision and update contracted in 2015.[9]
A10 motorway	Junction with A1 near Sebeș – Junction with A3 near Turda	70 / 0	Contracts signed for the lots 3&4, start of work mid-May 2014. Decision on Lots 1 & 2 currently under court review.[10]
A12 motorway	Junction with A1 near Pitești – Slatina – Craiova	121 / 0	Mentioned in the 2014 Masterplan[7]
Bucharest motorway ring road	Beltway around Bucharest	100 / 0	South Ring Road Motorway (48 km) tendered as a concession in 2013. North Ring Road Motorway (52 km) planned.
Ploiești–Albița motorway	Splitting from A3 near Ploiești – Buzău – Focșani – Albița –> Moldova	288 / 0	Planned; proposed for a concession contract.

Expressways

Planned expressways according to CNADNR (Romanian National Company of Motorways and National Roads):^[7][11]

Expressway	Route	Length (km) / in use (km)	Remarks
DE1	Lugoj – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova	246 / 0	will connect A6 and A12
DE4	Turda – Cluj-Napoca - Baia Mare - Ukraine	187 / 0	will connect A3 to Ukraine
DE5	Buzău – Focșani - Bacău - Suceava - Ukraine	352 / 0
DE5A	Suceava – Botoșani	30 / 0
DE5B	Bacău – Piatra Neamț	53 / 0
DE6	Brașov – Pitești	119 / 0	will connect A3 to A1
DE7	Găești – Ploiești – Buzău – Brăila – Galați	270 / 0
DE7A	Brăila – Focșani	108 / 0	will connect DE7 and DE5
DE8	Constanța – Tulcea – Brăila	186 / 0	will connect A4 and DE7

European routes

Class A

Map or European routes through Romania

• (Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine) – Halmeu – Dej – Bistrița – Suceava – Botoșani – Târgu Frumos – Iași – Sculeni – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine, Russia)
• (France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary) – Borș – Oradea – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Târgu Mureș – Brașov – Ploiești – București – Urziceni – Slobozia – Constanța
• (Hungary) – Nădlac – Arad – Deva – Sebeș – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Brașov
• (Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia) - Timișoara – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Alexandria – București – Giurgiu – (Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia)
• (Hungary) – Borș – Oradea – Beiuș – Deva – Petroșani – Târgu Jiu – Filiași – Craiova – Calafat – (Bulgaria, Greece)
• (Ukraine) – Halmeu – Livada – Satu Mare – Zalău – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Sebeș – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Pitești – București – Constanța
• (Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine) – Siret – Suceava – Roman – Bacău – Buzău – Urziceni – București – Giurgiu - (Bulgaria, Greece)
• (Ukraine) – Galați – Brăila – Tulcea – Constanța – Vama Veche – (Bulgaria, Turkey)

Class B

• Bacău – Onești – Târgu Secuiesc – Brașov – Pitești – Craiova
• Cluj-Napoca – Dej
• Slobozia – Brăila – Galați – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• Sărățel – Reghin – Toplița – Gheorgheni – Miercurea Ciuc – Sfântu Gheorghe – Chichiș
• Mărășești – Tecuci – Bârlad – Huși – Albița – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• Săbăoani – Iași – Sculeni – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• (Ukraine, Republica Moldova) – Galați – Slobozia
• Timișoara – Arad – Oradea – Satu Mare – Livada
• Lugoj – Deva
• Constanța – Agigea – Negru Vodă – (Bulgaria)
• Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Porțile de Fier – (Serbia)

National roads

There is a total of 17,272 kilometres (10,732 mi) of National Roads (DN).^[1] Seven one-digit national roads start off in Bucharest in a radial pattern.^[2]

Truck roads

National Road	Route	Length (km)	European System	Remarks
DN1	Bucharest – Ploiești – Brașov – Făgăraș – Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Turda – Cluj-Napoca – Oradea – Borș –> Hungary	642	(Bucharest – Brașov); (Brașov – Tălmaciu); E68/E81 (Tălmaciu – Sebeș); (Sebeș – Turda); E60/E81 (Turda – Cluj-Napoca); (Cluj-Napoca – Oradea)	Partially four-lane road. Probably the busiest truckroad in Romania and one of the longest. The road serves as one of the main routes linking the capital with Transylvania and the western border and comprises numerous sections of European roads.
DN1C	Cluj-Napoca – Apahida – Gherla – Dej – Baia Mare – Halmeu –> Ukraine	217	(Cluj-Napoca – Dej); (Dej – Baia Mare – Halmeu); (Livada – Halmeu)	Four-lane road from Apahida to Gherla. Because of the heavy traffic from the Bosch factory in Jucu, a new bridge over the Somesul Mic river was built near Apahida. Access to and from Cluj-Napoca is granted by a northern 2 lane bypass, built in 2009 to reduce traffic congestion. The bypass is part of the future Cluj-Napoca beltway, and will link E576 straight to A3 motorway.
DN1F	Cluj-Napoca – Zalău – Sărmășag – Carei –> Hungary	178	(Cluj-Napoca – Zalău – Supuru de Sus)
DN12	Brașov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Băile Tușnad – Miercurea-Ciuc – Toplița	164
DN13	Brașov – Rupea – Sighișoara – Bălăușeri – Târgu Mureș	165
DN15	Turda – Câmpia Turzii – Luduș – Târgu Mureș – Reghin – Toplița – Poiana Largului – Bicaz – Piatra Neamț – Bacău	369	(Turda – Targu Mures); (Reghin – Toplita)
DN17	Dej – Beclean – Bistrița – Vatra Dornei – Câmpulung Moldovenesc – Gura Humorului – Suceava	252
DN18	Baia Mare – Sighetu Marmației – Borșa – Cârlibaba – Iacobeni	220
DN19	Sighetu Marmației – Câmpulung la Tisa – Negrești-Oaș – Satu Mare – Carei – Oradea	234	(Livada – Satu Mare); (Satu Mare – Oradea)
DN2	Bucharest – Urziceni – Buzău – Focșani – Bacău – Roman – Fălticeni – Suceava – Siret –> Ukraine	482		Partially four-lane road. Passes by some beautiful fortified cloisters/churches and through some beautiful scenery in northern Moldavia.
DN2A	Urziceni – Slobozia – țăndărei – Hârșova – Constanța
DN2B	Buzău – Făurei – Brăila – Galați –> Moldova		(Brăila – Giurgiulești)
DN22	Râmnicu Sărat – Brăila – Măcin – Isaccea – Tulcea – Babadag – Constanța		(Brăila – Constanța)
DN24	Tișița – Tecuci – Bârlad – Vaslui – Iași – Sculeni –> Moldova	220	(Iași – Sculeni); (Tișița – Crasna); (Iași – Sculeni)
DN24B	Crasna – Huși – Albița –> Moldova
DN28	Roman – Târgu Frumos – Iași – Albița		(Târgu Frumos – Iași); (Roman – Săbăoani); (Săbăoani – Iași)	Four-lane road.
DN28A	Târgu Frumos – Pașcani – Moțca
DN28B	Târgu Frumos – Hârlău – Botoșani
DN3	Bucharest – Fundulea – Lehliu Gară – Călărași – Ostrov – Basarabi – Constanța
DN4	Bucharest – Oltenița
DN5	Bucharest – Giurgiu –> Bulgaria	65		Four-lane road.
DN6	Bucharest – Alexandria – Caracal – Craiova – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Caransebeș – Lugoj – Timișoara – Sânnicolau Mare – Cenad –> Hungary	639	(Bucharest – Timisoara)	Partially four-lane road.
DN66	Simeria – Hațeg – Petroșani – Târgu Jiu – Filiași	211
DN69	Timișoara – Arad
DN7	Bucharest – Găești – Pitești – Râmnicu Vâlcea – Sibiu – Deva – Arad – Nădlac –> Hungary	597	(Bucharest – Talmaciu); E58/E81/overlap with DN1 (Talmaciu – Sebes); (Sebes – Nadlac)	Partially four-lane road. Heading north from Ramnicu Valcea to Sibiu, the trunkroad passes along the beautiful Olt River Valley.
DN76	Deva – Brad – ștei – Beiuș – Oradea	181
DN79	Arad – Chișineu Criș – Salonta – Oradea	113
CB	Bucharest ring road	82		To be upgraded to four-lane road.

Other national roads

National Road	Route	Length (km)	European road	Remarks
DN1A	Bucharest – Buftea – Ploiești – Vălenii de Munte – Săcele
DN1B	Ploiești – Mizil – Buzău			Upgrading to four-lane road.
DN1D	Mizil – Urziceni
DN1E	Brașov – Poiana Brașov – Râșnov
DN1G	Huedin – Jibou
DN1H	Negreni – Jibou – șimleu Silvaniei – Aleșd
DN10	Brașov – Întorsura Buzăului – Nehoiu – Buzău
DN11	Brașov – Târgu Secuiesc – Onești – Bacău
DN11A	Onești – Adjud – Podu Turcului
DN11B	Târgu Secuiesc – Cozmeni
DN12A	Miercurea-Ciuc – Târgu Ocna – Comănești – Onești
DN12B	Târgu Ocna – Slănic Moldova
DN12C	Gheorgheni – Lacu Roșu – Bicaz
DN13A	Târgu Mureș – Praid – Sovata – Miercurea-Ciuc
DN13B	Gheorgheni – Praid
DN14	Sighișoara – Dumbrăveni – Mediaș – Copșa Mică – Sibiu
DN14A	Târgu Mureș – Iernut – Târnăveni – Mediaș
DN14B	Alba Iulia – Blaj – Copșa Mică
DN15	Bacău – Piatra Neamț – Bicaz – Poiana Teiului – Borsec – Toplița – Reghin – Târgu Mureș – Luduș – Câmpia Turzii – Turda
DN15A	Târgu Mureș – Reghin – Bistrița-Năsăud
DN15B	Poiana Largului – Târgu Neamț – Cristești
DN15C	Piatra Neamț – Bălțătești – Târgu Neamț – Fălticeni
DN15D	Piatra Neamț – Girov – Roman – Vaslui
DN15E	Târgu Mureș – Satu Nou
DN16	Cluj-Napoca – Apahida – Reghin
DN17A	Câmpulung Moldovenesc – Moldovița – Rădăuți – Siret
DN17B	Vatra Dornei – Poiana Largului
DN17C	Bistrița – Năsăud – Moisei
DN17D	Beclean – Năsăud – Sângeorz Băi – Cârlibaba
DN19A	Satu Mare – Supuru de Jos
DN19B	Nușfalău – Marghita – Săcueni
DN2C	Buzău – Pogoanele – Slobozia
DN2D	Focșani – Tulnici – Târgu Secuiesc
DN2E	Fălticeni – Gura Humorului
DN2F	Bacău – Vaslui
DN2G	Bacău – Moinești – Comănești
DN21	Brăila – Însurăței – Slobozia – Călărași
DN21A	Bărăganul – țăndărei
DN22A	Hârșova – Nalbant – Tulcea
DN22B	Constanța – Năvodari
DN22C	Basarabi – Medgidia – Cernavodă
DN22D	Măcin – Horia – Baia
DN22E	Galați – Garvăn
DN23	Focșani – Brăila
DN24A	Bârlad – Murgeni – Berezeni – Huși
DN24C	Vânători – ștefănești – Rădăuți Prut
DN25	Tecuci – Liești
DN26	Murgeni – Măstăcani – Galați
DN29	Suceava – Botoșani – Săveni – Manoleasa
DN29A	Suceava – Vârfu Câmpului – Dorohoi – Darabani – Rădăuți Prut
DN29B	Botoșani – Dorohoi
DN29C	Cucorăni – Vârfu Câmpului – Siret
DN29D	Botoșani – Trușești – Stânca –> Moldova
DN3A	Lehliu Gară – Fetești
DN3B	Călărași – Fetești – Hârșova
DN31	Călărași – Oltenița
DN38	Constanța – Negru Vodă –> Bulgaria
DN39	Constanța – Mangalia – Vama Veche –> Bulgaria			Four-lane road.
DN41	Oltenița – Giurgiu
DN5B	Giurgiu – Ghimpați
DN5C	Giurgiu – Zimnicea
DN51	Alexandria – Zimnicea
DN51A	Zimnicea – Turnu Măgurele
DN52	Alexandria – Turnu Măgurele
DN54	Caracal – Corabia – Turnu Măgurele
DN54A	Corabia – Bechet
DN55	Craiova – Bechet
DN55A	Bechet – Calafat
DN56	Craiova – Calafat –> Bulgaria
DN56A	Maglavit – Vânju Mare – Drobeta-Turnu Severin
DN57	Orșova – Moldova Nouă – Oravița – Moravița
DN57A	Moldova Veche – Baziaș –> Serbia
DN57B	Bozovici – Anina – Oravița
DN58	Caransebeș – Reșița – Anina
DN58A	Soceni – Lugoj
DN58B	Voiteg – Bocșa – Reșița
DN59	Timișoara – Voiteg – Moravița –> Serbia
DN59A	Timișoara – Jimbolia
DN59B	Cărpiniș – Cruceni – Deta
DN59C	Jimbolia – Sânnicolau Mare
DN61	Ghimpați – Crevedia Mare – Găești
DN64	Caracal – Drăgășani – Râmnicu Vâlcea			Partially four-lane road.
DN64A	Râmnicu Vâlcea – Băile Olănești
DN65	Pitești – Slatina – Craiova
DN65A	Pitești – Costești – Roșiorii de Vede – Turnu Măgurele
DN65C	Craiova – Rusănești
DN66A	Petroșani – Lupeni – Câmpu lui Neag
DN67	Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Motru – Târgu Jiu – Horezu – Râmnicu Vâlcea
DN67A	Strehaia – Motru
DN67B	Scoarța – Târgu Cărbunești – Rusănești – Drăgășani – Pitești
DN67C	Sebeș – Obârșia Lotrului – Novaci – Ciocadia			Also known as the Transalpina.
DN67D	Băile Herculane – Baia de Aramă – Târgu Jiu
DN68	Caransebeș – Oțelu Roșu – Subcetate
DN68A	Lugoj – Făget – Săcămaș
DN68B	Deva – Hunedoara
DN7A	Brezoi – Voineasa – Petroșani
DN7C	Arpașu de Jos – Bâlea Lake – Curtea de Argeș – Pitești			Also known as the Transfăgărășan.
DN71	Tărtășești – Târgoviște – Pucioasa – Sinaia
DN72	Găești – Târgoviște – Ploiești
DN72A	Târgoviște – Câmpulung
DN73	Brașov – Râșnov – Rucăr – Câmpulung – Pitești
DN73A	Predeal – Râșnov – Zărnești – șercaia
DN73C	Câmpulung – Curtea de Argeș – Râmnicu Vâlcea
DN74	Brad – Abrud – Zlatna – Alba Iulia
DN74A	Câmpeni – Abrud
DN75	Turda – Baia de Arieș – Câmpeni – ștei
DN79A	Vârfurile – Ineu – Chișineu Criș – Vărșand –> Hungary

County and communal roads

In 2009, a total of 35,048 kilometres (21,778 mi) of county roads (of which 24,100 km paved and 10,948 km gravel roads) and 30,162 kilometres (18,742 mi) of communal roads (of which 6,043 km paved and 24,119 km gravel roads) existed in Romania.^[12]

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