The first working section of the A1 Sibiu-Pitesti motorway, section 1 from Sibiu to Boite, is at a fairly advanced physical stage and the chances of opening to traffic at the end of 2022 are very good. The most impressive work in the project is almost complete, with segments recently cast on the Tălmăcel Viaduct.

At the Sibiu end, CNAIR has just changed the way drivers can exit the A1 towards the DN1 to allow work to start connecting the Sibiu – Boita section to the rest of the A1 highway (sequences at the end of the clip below).

Work on the A1 Sibiu – Boita (13.17 km) started in April 2020 and is currently approximately 78% complete.

The official deadline for the project is March 2023, but there is a good chance that they will be completed early this year.

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A1 Sibiu – Boita – 13.17 km

Builder: Construction Porr

Value: 613 million lei (approx. 127 million euros)

Signed contract: April 2019 (12 months of design + 36 months of execution)

Getting Started: April 2020 (start ordering March 30, 2020)

Deadline: March 2023

Digging: >1,800,000 m³,

Asphalt concrete mixture: >181,000 tons,

Concrete: >88,000 m³

Armature: >12,000 tons,

Boring: > 15,000 m,

Prefabricated beams: 393 pieces,

Bridges and crossings: 27 pieces,

Bridges: 27 pieces,

Viaduct for 10 spans: length 414.70 m,

Viaduct with 8 spans: length 651.40 m,

Two office premises,

Service and coordination center,

Two transport junctions.

Stage of work on each section of the A1 Sibiu – Pitesti highway

The Sibiu-Pitesti motorway will be more than 122 km long and divided into 5 sections, and will connect Central and Western Romania with the European road network, being an important part of the Pan-European Corridor 4.

Work is currently underway on the A1 Sibiu – Pitesti highway Section 1 presented above (13.17 km from Sibiu to Boita – builder Porr) et cetera Chapter 5, 30 km from Pitesti to Kurta de Arges (developer Astaldi).

Enabled WITHsection 4 The Curtea de Argeș – Tigveni auction ended with the signing of the contract on November 15, 2021 with the Austrians from PORR. There, the highway is at the design stage.

Enabled WITHsection 3 in May, the winner was determined – an association of builders from Italy and Romania, which won practically the most expensive highway tender ever held in Romania. On August 1, 2022, CNAIR signed an agreement with the Association WEBUILD SPA (Astaldi) – TRANCRAD SRL.

Enabled WITHsection 2the most difficult section, which passes through the Olt Valley and involves the construction of seven tunnels, CNAIR signed an 860 million euro contract with a company from Turkey in February.

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Photo: sections on the A1 Sibiu – Pitesti highway