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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 naţional - pl. drumuri naţionale) - colour: red; designation: DN followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
• county road (drum judeţean - pl. drumuri judeţene) - 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; E77.

In 2009, a total of 81,713 km of roads existed in Romania, of which 46,362 km were paved and 35,351 km were gravel roads.^[1]

Proposed motorways in Romania

Motorways

Identified by A followed by a number. Currently Romania has the least developed motorway network among all the European Union members, with only 358 km in use as of September 2011.^[2] However, in recent years, a master plan for the national motorway network has been developed, and many works have begun around the country, which will result in significant changes by 2015.

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 Feteşti and Cernavodă which consists of two road/railway bridges. Nevertheless every car that uses a motorway(A) or a national road (DN) in Romania must pay a toll at any larger petrol stations or at any post office throughout the country.

Trunk Motorway	Route	Planned (km) / Built (km)	Remarks
A1 motorway	Bucharest - Piteşti - Râmnicu Vâlcea - Sibiu - Deva - Timişoara - Arad - Nădlac> Hungary	620 / 129	estimated completion date: 2018. Bucharest - Piteşti, Piteşti bypass and Sibiu bypass are operational; Arad bypass and Arad - Timişoara to be operational by late 2011; works ongoing on Deva - Orǎştie (32 km) and Arad - Nădlac (38 km) sections.
Autostrada Soarelui	Bucharest - Feteşti - Cernavodă - Constanţa	204 / 166	Bucharest - Cernavodă and Murfatlar - Constanţa operational; Medgidia – Murfatlar sector to be ready by late 2011; Cernavodă – Medgidia (19 km) under construction, to be completed by late 2012.
Autostrada Transilvania	Bucharest - Ploieşti - Braşov - Sighişoara - Târgu Mureş - Cluj-Napoca - Zalău - Oradea - Borş > Hungary	588 / 52	estimated completion date: 2018; sections under construction: Bucharest - Ploieşti (54 km) to be operational by 2012 and Suplacu de Barcău - Borş (64 km) by 2013; Câmpia Turzii - Gilǎu sector (52 km - Cluj-Napoca bypass) operational. Gilău - Mihăileşti (24 km) and Câmpia Turzii - Târgu Mureş (36 km) to be tendered this year.
A4	Ovidiu - Agigea - Mangalia > Bulgaria	~60 / 8.5	Constanţa bypass (22 km) under construction - to be entirely completed by late 2011.
Autostrada Moldova	splitting from A3 near Ploieşti - Buzău - Focşani - Albiţa > Moldova	288 / 0	planned until Focşani; estimated completion date: 2020.
A6? East-West motorway	Moldova > Iaşi - Târgu Frumos - Săbăoani - Târgu Neamţ - Poiana Largului - Ditrău - Târgu Mureş > junction with A3	307 / 0	planned; estimated completion 2020

Bypass Motorway	Route	Planned (km) / Built (km)	Remarks
Sibiu North Motorway Bypass	part of A1	17.5 /17.5	operational
Constanţa West Motorway Bypass	part of A4, Ovidiu - Agigea	22.2 /8.5	operational between DN3 interchange and Agigea (including A2 interchange) as of 30 September 2011. Ovidiu - DN3 section to be completed December 2011
Bucharest North Motorway Bypass	DN100	54 /0	construction delayed due to lack of funding
Bucharest South Motorway Bypass	DN100	47 /0	construction delayed due to lack of funding
Piteşti Motorway Bypass	part of A1 - Bascov, DN7 E81	15 /15	operational

Expressways

Planned expressways according to CNADNR (Romanian Motorway Company):^[3]

Expressway	Route	Length (km) / in use (km)	Remarks
DX**	Craiova - Piteşti	121.18 / 0	will connect to A1
DX**	Petea[disambiguation needed ] - Satu Mare - Baia Mare	82.34 / 0	towards the border with Hungary
DX**	Brăila - Galaţi	12.28 / 0
DX**	Sebeş-Turda	74.10 / 0	will connect A1 and A3
DX**	Sibiu - Făgăraş	72.57 / 0	will connect A1 and A3
DX**	Zalău - Northern Road	19.12 / 0	will connect Northern Road to A3

European routes

ClassA

Map or European routes through Romania

• (Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine) – Halmeu – Dej – Bistriţa – Suceava – Botoşani – Târgu Frumos – Iaşi – Sculeni – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine, Russia)
• (France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary) – Borş – Oradea – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Târgu-Mureş – Braşov – Ploieşti – Bucureşti – Urziceni – Slobozia – Constanţa
• (Hungary) – Nădlac – Arad – Deva – Sebeş – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Braşov
• (Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia) - Timişoara – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Alexandria – Bucureşti – Giurgiu – (Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia)
• (Hungary) – Borş – Oradea – Beiuş – Deva – Petroşani – Târgu Jiu – Filiaşi – Craiova – Calafat – (Bulgaria, Greece)
• (Ukraine) – Halmeu – Livada - Satu Mare – Zalău – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Sebeş – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Piteşti – Bucureşti - Constanţa
• (Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine) – Siret – Suceava – Roman - Bacău – Buzău – Urziceni – Bucureşti – Giurgiu - (Bulgaria, Greece)
• (Ukraine) – Galaţi – Brăila – Tulcea – Constanţa – Vama Veche – (Bulgaria, Turkey)

Class B

• Bacău - Oneşti - Târgu Secuiesc – Braşov – Piteşti – Craiova
• Cluj-Napoca – Dej
• Slobozia – Brăila – Galaţi – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• Sărăţel – Reghin – Topliţa – Gheorgheni – Miercurea Ciuc – Sfântu Gheorghe – Chichiş
• Mărăşeşti – Tecuci – Bârlad - Huşi – Albiţa – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• Roman – Săbăoani – Iaşi – Sculeni – (Republica Moldova, Ukraine)
• (Ukraine, Republica Moldova) – Galaţi – Slobozia
• Timişoara – Arad – Oradea – Satu Mare - Livada
• Lugoj – Deva
• Constanţa – Agigea – Negru Vodă – (Bulgaria)
• Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Porţile de Fier – (Serbia)

National roads

There is a total of 16,503 km of National Roads (DN).^[1] Seven one-digit national roads start off in Bucharest in a radial pattern.^[4]

Trunk roads

National Road	Route	Length (km)	European System	Remarks
DN1	Bucharest - Ploieşti - Braşov - Făgăraş - Sibiu - Alba Iulia - Turda - Cluj-Napoca - Oradea - Borş -> Hungary	642	(Bucharest - Braşov); (Braşov - Tălmaciu); E68/E81 (Tălmaciu - Sebeş); (Sebeş - Turda); E60/E81 (Turda - Cluj-Napoca); (Cluj-Napoca - Oradea)	Partially four-lane road. Probably the busiest trunkroad 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 Nokia plant 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 - Sărmăşag - Carei -> Hungary	178	(Cluj-Napoca - Zalău - Supuru de Sus)
DN12	Braşov - Sfântu Gheorghe - Băile Tuşnad - Miercurea-Ciuc - Topliţa	164
DN13	Braşov - Rupea - Sighişoara - Bălăuşeri - Târgu Mureş	165
DN15	Turda - Câmpia Turzii - Luduş - Târgu Mureş - Reghin - Topliţa - Poiana Largului - Bicaz - Piatra Neamţ - Bacău	369	(Turda - Targu Mures); (Reghin - Toplita)
DN17	Dej - Beclean - Bistriţa - Vatra Dornei - Câmpulung Moldovenesc - Gura Humorului - Suceava	252
DN18	Baia Mare - Sighetu Marmaţiei - Borşa - Cârlibaba - Iacobeni[disambiguation needed ]	220
DN19	Sighetu Marmaţiei - Câmpulung la Tisa - Negreşti-Oaş - Satu Mare - Carei - Oradea	234	(Livada - Satu Mare); (Satu Mare - Oradea)
DN2	Bucharest - Urziceni - Buzău - Focşani - 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 - Ţăndărei - Hârşova - Constanţa
DN2B	Buzău - Făurei - Brăila - Galaţi -> Moldova		(Brăila - Giurgiuleşti)
DN22	Râmnicu Sărat - Brăila - Măcin - Isaccea - Tulcea - Babadag - Constanţa		(Brăila - Constanţa)
DN24	Tişiţa - Tecuci - Bârlad - Vaslui - Iaşi - Sculeni -> Moldova	220	(Iaşi - Sculeni); (Tişiţa - Crasna); (Iaşi - Sculeni)
DN24B	Crasna - Huşi - Albiţa -> Moldova
DN28	Roman - Târgu Frumos - Iaşi - Albiţa		(Târgu Frumos - Iaşi); (Roman - Săbăoani); (Săbăoani - Iaşi)	Four-lane road.
DN28A	Târgu Frumos - Paşcani - Moţca
DN28B	Târgu Frumos - Hârlău - Botoşani
DN3	Bucharest - Fundulea - Lehliu Gară - Călăraşi - Ostrov - Basarabi - Constanţa
DN4	Bucharest - Olteniţa
DN5	Bucharest - Giurgiu -> Bulgaria	65		Four-lane road.
DN6	Bucharest - Alexandria - Caracal - Craiova - Drobeta-Turnu Severin - Caransebeş - Lugoj - Timişoara - Sânnicolau Mare - Cenad -> Hungary	639	(Bucharest - Timisoara)	Partially four-lane road.
DN66	Simeria - Haţeg - Petroşani - Târgu Jiu - Filiaşi	211
DN69	Timişoara - Arad
DN7	Bucharest - Găeşti - Piteşti - 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 - Ştei - Beiuş - Oradea	181
DN79	Arad - Chişineu Criş - Salonta - Oradea	113
DJ100/ CB _	Bucharest ring road (Centura Bucureşti)	82		To be upgraded to four-lane road.

Other national roads

National Road	Route	Length (km)	European road	Remarks
DN1A	Bucharest - Buftea - Ploieşti - Vălenii de Munte - Săcele
DN1B	Ploieşti - Mizil - Buzău			upgrading to four-lane road.
DN1D	Mizil - Urziceni
DN1E	Braşov - Poiana Braşov - Râşnov
DN1G	Huedin - Jibou
DN1H	Negreni - Jibou - Şimleu Silvaniei - Aleşd
DN10	Braşov - Întorsura Buzăului - Nehoiu - Buzău
DN11	Braşov - Târgu Secuiesc - Oneşti - Bacău
DN11A	Oneşti - Adjud - Podu Turcului
DN11B	Târgu Secuiesc - Cozmeni
DN12A	Miercurea-Ciuc - Târgu Ocna - Comăneşti - Oneşti
DN12B	Târgu Ocna - Slănic Moldova
DN12C	Gheorgheni - Lacu Roşu - Bicaz
DN13A	Târgu Mureş - Praid - Sovata - Miercurea-Ciuc
DN13B	Gheorgheni - Praid
DN14	Sighişoara - Dumbrăveni - Mediaş - Copşa Mică - Sibiu
DN14A	Târgu Mureş - Iernut - Târnăveni - Mediaş
DN14B	Alba Iulia - Blaj - Copşa Mică
DN15	Bacău - Piatra Neamţ - Bicaz - Poiana Teiului - Borsec - Topliţa - Reghin - Târgu Mureş - Luduş - Câmpia Turzii - Turda
DN15A	Târgu Mureş - Reghin - Bistriţa-Năsăud
DN15B	Poiana Largului - Târgu Neamţ - Cristeşti[disambiguation needed ]
DN15C	Piatra Neamţ - Bălţăteşti - Târgu Neamţ - Fălticeni
DN15D	Piatra Neamţ - Girov - Roman - Vaslui
DN15E	Târgu Mureş - Satu Nou[disambiguation needed ]
DN16	Cluj-Napoca - Apahida - Reghin
DN17A	Câmpulung Moldovenesc - Moldoviţa - Rădăuţi - Siret
DN17B	Vatra Dornei - Poiana Largului
DN17C	Bistriţa - Năsăud - Moisei
DN17D	Beclean - Năsăud - Sângeorz Băi - Cârlibaba
DN19A	Satu Mare - Supuru de Jos
DN19B	Nuşfalău - Marghita - Săcueni
DN2C	Buzău - Pogoanele - Slobozia
DN2D	Focşani - Tulnici - Târgu Secuiesc
DN2E	Fălticeni - Gura Humorului
DN2F	Bacău - Vaslui
DN2G	Bacău - Moineşti - Comăneşti
DN21	Brăila - Însurăţei - Slobozia - Călăraşi
DN21A	Bărăganul - Ţăndărei
DN22A	Hârşova - Nalbant - Tulcea
DN22B	Constanţa - Năvodari
DN22C	Basarabi - Medgidia - Cernavodă
DN22D	Măcin - Horia - Baia
DN22E	Galați - Garvăn
DN23	Focşani - Brăila
DN24A	Bârlad - Murgeni - Berezeni - Huşi
DN24C	Vânători[disambiguation needed ] - Ştefăneşti - Rădăuţi Prut
DN25	Tecuci - Lieşti
DN26	Murgeni - Măstăcani - Galaţi
DN29	Suceava - Botoşani - Săveni - Manoleasa
DN29A	Suceava - Vârfu Câmpului - Dorohoi - Darabani - Rădăuţi Prut
DN29B	Botoşani - Dorohoi
DN29C	Cucorăni - Vârfu Câmpului - Siret
DN29D	Botoşani - Truşeşti - Stânca -> Moldova
DN3A	Lehliu Gară - Feteşti
DN3B	Călăraşi - Feteşti - Hârşova
DN31	Călăraşi - Olteniţa
DN38	Constanţa - Negru Vodă -> Bulgaria
DN39	Constanţa - Mangalia - Vama Veche -> Bulgaria			Four-lane road.
DN41	Olteniţa - Giurgiu
DN5B	Giurgiu - Ghimpaţi
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	Orşova - Moldova Nouă - Oraviţa - Moraviţa
DN57A	Moldova Veche - Baziaş -> Serbia
DN57B	Bozovici - Anina - Oraviţa
DN58	Caransebeş - Reşiţa - Anina
DN58A	Soceni[disambiguation needed ] - Lugoj
DN58B	Voiteg - Bocşa - Reşiţa
DN59	Timişoara - Voiteg - Moraviţa -> Serbia
DN59A	Timişoara - Jimbolia
DN59B	Cărpiniş - Cruceni[disambiguation needed ] - Deta
DN59C	Jimbolia - Sânnicolau Mare
DN61	Ghimpaţi - Crevedia Mare - Găeşti
DN64	Caracal - Drăgăşani - Râmnicu Vâlcea			Partially four-lane road.
DN64A	Râmnicu Vâlcea - Băile Olăneşti
DN65	Piteşti - Slatina - Craiova
DN65A	Piteşti - Costeşti - Roşiorii de Vede - Turnu Măgurele
DN65C	Craiova - Rusăneşti
DN66A	Petroşani - Lupeni - Câmpu lui Neag
DN67	Drobeta-Turnu Severin - Motru - Târgu Jiu - Horezu - Râmnicu Vâlcea
DN67A	Strehaia - Motru
DN67B	Scoarţa - Târgu Cărbuneşti - Rusăneşti - Drăgăşani - Piteşti
DN67C	Sebeş - Obârşia Lotrului - Novaci[disambiguation needed ] - Ciocadia			Also known as the Transalpina.
DN67D	Băile Herculane - Baia de Aramă - Târgu Jiu
DN68	Caransebeş - Oţelu Roşu - Subcetate
DN68A	Lugoj - Făget - Săcămaş
DN68B	Deva - Hunedoara
DN7A	Brezoi - Voineasa[disambiguation needed ] - Petroşani
DN7C	Arpaşu de Jos - Bâlea Lake - Curtea de Argeş - Piteşti			Also known as the Transfăgărăşan.
DN71	Tărtăşeşti - Târgovişte - Pucioasa - Sinaia
DN72	Găeşti - Târgovişte - Ploieşti
DN72A	Târgovişte - Câmpulung
DN73	Braşov - Râşnov - Rucăr - Câmpulung - Piteşti
DN73A	Predeal - Râşnov - Zărneşti - Şercaia
DN73C	Câmpulung - Curtea de Argeş - Râmnicu Vâlcea
DN74	Brad - Abrud - Zlatna - Alba Iulia
DN74A	Câmpeni - Abrud
DN75	Turda - Baia de Arieş - Câmpeni - Ştei
DN79A	Vârfurile - Ineu - Chişineu Criş - Vărşand -> Hungary

County and communal roads

In 2009, a total of 35,048 km of county roads (of which 24,100 km paved and 10,948 km gravel roads) and 30,162 km of communal roads (of which 6,043 km paved and 24,119 km gravel roads) existed in Romania.^[1]

See also

1. ^ ^{a b c} The Romanian Roads-National Institute of Statistics (Romanian)
2. ^ Romanian National Road and Highways Company official figures
3. ^ Construcţie drumuri expres (Romanian)
4. ^ Romanian National Company of Motorways and National Roads (Romanian)