The Bucharest–Giurgiu Motorway ( ro, Autostrada București–Giurgiu), labelled A5, is a proposed motorway in the southern part of Romania, located in the historical region of

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...

and running along the Pan-European Corridor IX. Estimated to be long, it will upon completion connect the capital city of Bucharest to

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; bg, Гюргево) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city ...

, where the motorway will likely connect to Bulgaria's

Veliko Tarnovo–Ruse motorway The Veliko Tarnovo–Ruse motorway (, ) is a planned motorway in Northern Bulgaria, that will link Veliko Tarnovo and Ruse, at the Danube border crossing to Romania. Planned to be designated A7, it will span for approximately , superseding the exi ...

(A7), which further connects to the

Hemus motorway The Hemus motorway (, ) or Haemus motorway, designated A2, is a partially built motorway in Bulgaria. Its planned length is 418 km, of which 191 km are in operation . The motorway in operation is divided into two sections — the first ...

(A2), thus serving as a motorway connection between Bucharest and Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria.

History and status

The status of what could be the A5 motorway is unclear, with construction works on the motorway unlikely to begin before 2030,Master Planul General de Transport
(in Romanian) especially since the adjacent road which the motorway would double, the National Road 5 (

DN5 DN5 ( ro, 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. DN5 has been designated as a priority express road, being upgra ...

), was upgraded throughout the 2000s to a road with dual carriageway and at-grade junctions without a hard shoulder (emergency lane). Moreover, a new expressway (termed DN5D) that would bypass the city of

in the east (about 6 km long) opened in 2021, but this serves only as a connection to the existing Giurgiu border checkpoint and the Friendship Bridge over the Danube.S-a deschis circulația rutieră pe prima "autostradă nemțească" din România. Cum arată noul drum către podul Giurgiu-Ruse
/ref> Regardless, building the A5 motorway is only a long-term plan for the Romanian government. In the past, the Brașov - Bacău ( Răcăciuni) motorway (162 km) used to be labelled A5. It was eventually merged with the Sibiu - Brașov motorway (120 km), forming a 282-kilometre long A13 motorway. The route number A5 was since reserved for a eventual motorway between Bucharest and Giurgiu.

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History and status

See also

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