National Road 5 (Romania)
National Road 5 | |
|---|---|
| Drumul Național 5 (Romanian) | |
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| Route information | |
Part of   E 70 / E 85 | |
| Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România | |
| Length | 67 km (42 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Bucharest |
| To | Giurgiu (Bulgarian border) |
| Location | |
| Country | Romania |
| Counties | Ilfov, Giurgiu |
| Major cities | Bucharest, Giurgiu |
| Highway system | |
DN5 (Romanian: Drumul Național 5) is an important national road in Romania which links Bucharest with the southern country border with Bulgaria by the Giurgiu Russe Friendship Bridge.[1]
DN5 has been designated as a priority express road, being upgraded between 2006 and 2009.[2] Between Bucharest and Giurgiu, for the most part, it is a non-grade separated dual carriageway with no emergency lane, with entrances and exits from adjacent roads using roundabouts. Some segments (such as the Adunații-Copăceni bypass) are constructed to full motorway standard (dual carriageway, full grade-separation, wide median separation).[3]
It is one of the most transited roads in southern Romania, serving as the main connection between Romania's capital, Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.[4]
Eastern Giurgiu bypass
Construction works on the DN5D (Romanian: Drumul Național 5D), the Eastern Giurgiu bypass, began in 2020.[5] It was built to expressway-like standards[6] and opened to traffic on 20 December 2021.[7]
In the technical view, the contract for the 5,72 km of new road was signed with the Austrian company Porr for 106 million lei (excluding VAT) in 2019, the duration of the contract being 108 months.[8]
Being sometimes also nicknamed the Autostrada nemțească (German motorway) due to it being made of concrete, with equipment brought from Germany, DN5D takes off transit and freight traffic to and from Bulgaria from the city of Giurgiu.[7] In the meantime, the Bulgarian side came with a rendering of a new unified road & rail Danube bridge in the area of the existing Friendship Bridge, in which the road is a motorway with 2x2 lanes (likely to be the Veliko Tarnovo–Ruse motorway).[9] The national road will be doubled in the Romanian side by the A5 motorway; however this is only a long-term plan.
References
- ^ "Harta drumurilor nationale din Romania". e-Transport.ro. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Măsura ISPA 2000/RO/16/P/PT/002". MT.ro. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Berceanu deschide sezonul inaugurarilor de autostrazi cu 4 km in Adunatii Copaceni". ZF.ro. 11 November 2009.
- ^ "Topul celor mai aglomerate sosele din Romania. Pe unde ar trebui construite autostrazi". Finantistii.ro. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Încep lucrările la drumul care va face legătura între DN5 și Podul Giurgiu-Ruse" [Works begin at the road that will link DN5 and the Giurgiu-Ruse Bridge] (in Romanian). Digi24. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Ce autostrăzi și drumuri expres vom avea anul acesta. Ce se întâmplă cu Sibiu-Pitești, Autostrada Moldovei și cea de pe Valea Prahovei" [What motorways and expressways we will have this year. What is happening with Sibiu-Pitești, the Moldavian Motorway and that from the Prahova Valley] (in Romanian). Digi24. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ a b S-a deschis circulația rutieră pe prima "autostradă nemțească" din România. Cum arată noul drum către podul Giurgiu-Ruse
- ^ "A fost semnat contractul pentru drumul care face legătura între DN5 și granița cu Bulgaria" [The contract for the road linking DN5 and the border with Bulgaria was signed] (in Romanian). Digi24. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Pod nou peste Dunăre: Cum ar putea arăta a doua legătură cu bulgarii între Giurgiu și Ruse VIDEO