Centura București
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Bucharest Ring Road | |
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| Centura București (Romanian) | |
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| Route information | |
Part of   E 60 / E 81 | |
| Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România | |
| Length | 72 km (45 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| Beltway around Bucharest | |
| Location | |
| Country | Romania |
| Counties | Municipality of Bucharest, Ilfov |
| Major cities | Bucharest, Chitila, Otopeni, Voluntari |
| Highway system | |
Centura București (English: Bucharest Beltway, Bucharest Ring Road), sometimes referred to as the DNCB, is a national-class road in Romania, circling the capital city of Bucharest. It is not to be mistaken with the planned Bucharest Ring Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Centura București), which will encircle the city at a further distance.[1]
Sections
It is divided into two major sections, the northern section and the southern section. The northern section has been widened to four lanes in 2010,[2] between the Chitila (DN7) and the Voluntari (DN2) junctions,[3] and a cable-stayed bridge was opened along the ring road in April 2011, in the Otopeni area, which overpasses the railway ring[4] (built by a joint-venture of the Spanish company FCC and the Austrian company Alpine).[5]
It is planned to be further upgraded, in both the northern,[6] and the southern sections,[7] with construction contracts awarded in 2012 and 2009 respectively. In the northern section, works have started in October 2013 for further widening to four lanes the segments between the DN7 and the A1 junctions, and between the DN2 and the A2 junctions.[8]
The contract for the section between the DN2 and the A2 junctions was terminated (at 7% completion status) in February 2015,[9] as the construction company became insolvent (the Romanian company Tehnologica Radion),[10] and, although it was later awarded again in February 2018 to a joint-venture led by the Chinese company Sinohydro,[11] this result was challenged and rejected, the final decision still pending to be given.[12]
The section between the DN7 and the A1 junctions (built by a joint-venture led by the Romanian company Delta ACM 93)[8] was opened to traffic on four lanes in September and October 2017,[13][14] but with reportedly incomplete works.
References
- ^ "Bucharest By-pass Motorway. General Layout" (PDF). MT.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Premierul Emil Boc a inaugurat miercuri 20 de km din centura Capitalei". Hotnews.ro. 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Emil Boc a inaugurat tronsonul Chitila-Voluntari al Centurii București". Realitatea.net. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Podul Otopeni de pe Centura de Nord, deschis circulației temporar". Click.ro. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Pasaj hobanat Otopeni peste calea ferata de centura a municipiului Bucuresti (I) | Revista Constructiilor". 11 February 2011.
- ^ "Contract de 190 milioane lei pentru modernizarea centurii Capitalei". Mediafax.ro. 21 August 2012.
- ^ "De luni incep lucrarile la Centura Bucuresti Sud. Circulatie restrictionata". Finantistii.ro. 6 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012.
- ^ a b "A inceput largirea la 4 benzi a tronsoanelor din centura Bucuresti Nord spre autostrazile A1 si A2, la doi ani de la semnarea primului contract". Hotnews. 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Centura Capitalei și lucrările Meșterului Manole – În Primărie". Archived from the original on 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- ^ "EXCLUSIV Chinurile facerii Centurii de Nord a Bucurestiului: Unul din cele doua contracte de modernizare a fost reziliat, la peste doi ani de la atribuire. Ce se intampla cu toate punctele "problema" de pe tronsonul modernizat si inaugurat deja de patru ani - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Primul drum facut de chinezi: Compania SINOHYDRO va largi la patru benzi centura Capitalei intre DN2 si A2 pe 50,5 milioane de euro / Drumul are intersectii proiectate cu giratorii alungite, in loc de pasaje fara conflicte de trafic - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". 26 February 2018.
- ^ "Dupa 20 de ani, modernizarea Centurii Bucurestiului n-a ajuns nici la jumatate si urmeaza sa fie abandonata".
- ^ "VIDEO Pe 7,5 km din centura de Nord-Vest a Capitalei s-a deschis traficul pe patru benzi, dar drumul inca e in santier. Punctele critice vazute din drona / Pro Infrastructura: Ministrul Transporturilor sa-si ceara scuze public - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". September 2017.
- ^ "A fost deschisa circulatia la 4 benzi pe intreaga centura de Nord-Vest a Capitalei. Tronsonul intreg - 9 km - e inca santier dupa mai bine de patru ani de lucrari - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". 27 October 2017.