Highways

Vidin – Montana Motorway

A 95.43 km motorway in northwestern Bulgaria, from the junction with Danube Bridge 2 at Vidin to the Montana bypass, along the I-1 (E79) corridor. It is built in six lots. Makresh – Bela opened on 5 March 2024; Vidin – Makresh and Bela – Ruzhintsi are under construction, and the other three lots have been assigned to the state company Avtomagistrali EAD. As of 2025 the road has no official name or number.

Total length: 95 km
Open today: 14 km
Sections: 6
Cost on record: €751.964M; 6 of 6 sections carry a comparable figure

Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.

Sections

Sections of Vidin – Montana Motorway: status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
Sections	Status	Length	Timeline	Cost	Funding	Contractors	Contract terms
Vidin – Makresh (Lot 1) Km 3+757 (junction with Danube Bridge 2) to km 33+400 (Makresh junction). The first part, to km 8+870, follows the existing Vidin bypass, which is widened from G12 to G20; the rest is a new G28 alignment. Contract RD-33-13 signed on 21 October 2019 (30 months). The Road Infrastructure Agency page, archived 13 June 2024, lists the status as in execution, and the exit table on bg.wikipedia shows the section under construction. 1 2 4 Show on map →	Under construction 84 of 30 contracted months 54 months past the contract date	30 km	Oct 21, 2019Tender awarded ≈2022Expected openingProjected from contract	Estimated лв250.75M(2019)Indicative value of the tender for design and construction, excluding VAT, not a ceiling.	National budgetState budget, under Council of Ministers Decree 258 of 10 October 2019 (Road Infrastructure Agency).	„Северозапад Лот 1“ ДЗЗД (ПСТ Груп ЕАД, Нивел строй ЕООД, Пътинженеринг-М АД, ПСТ Видин ЕООД, ПСТ София ЕООД)Builder	30 mo total · Contract value лв298.03M
Makresh – Bela (Lot 2) Km 33+400 to km 47+000, with the Makresh and Bela junctions. The works tender was terminated on 1 June 2020 and construction was assigned directly to the state company Avtomagistrali EAD on 2 October 2020 (in-house procedure). Opened to traffic on 5 March 2024; the National Construction Control Directorate issued the use permit on 30 May 2024. The Road Infrastructure Agency lists the construction value with indexation as 341,270,419.19 BGN including VAT (archived 13 June 2024). 1 3 4 Show on map →	Opened	14 km	Oct 2, 2020Tender awarded Mar 5, 2024Opened	Estimated лв115.04M(2019)Indicative value in the tender for design and construction, excluding VAT, not a ceiling. The procedure was terminated on 1 June 2020.	National budgetState budget. Payment scheme: the full contract value is paid after the works are completed (bg.wikipedia).	Автомагистрали ЕАДBuilder	–
Bela – Ruzhintsi (Lot 3) Km 47+000 to km 58+128 (Ruzhintsi junction). Construction was assigned directly to Avtomagistrali EAD on 2 October 2020. The Road Infrastructure Agency page (archived 13 June 2024) records an act of 31 October 2023 on the state of the works on suspension of construction. The supervision contract was ended and a new supervisor, Nadzor Sever DZZD, was contracted on 20 December 2024. The exit table on bg.wikipedia marks the section as partially in operation; no source states which part. The Agency lists the construction value with indexation as 210,074,286.41 BGN including VAT. 1 3 4 Show on map →	Under construction	11 km	Oct 2, 2020Tender awarded	Estimated лв94.14M(2019)Forecast value in the tender for design and construction, excluding VAT, not a ceiling. The procedure was terminated on 23 July 2020.	National budgetState budget. Payment scheme: the full contract value is paid after the works are completed (bg.wikipedia).	Автомагистрали ЕАДBuilder	–
Ruzhintsi – Belotintsi (Lot 4) Km 58+128 to km 73+520 (Belotintsi junction), entirely east of the existing I-1 (E79). Assigned directly to Avtomagistrali EAD on 2 October 2020. Construction permit RS-40 of 7 June 2024 covers Ruzhintsi – Montana, and the construction site for the section was opened by protocol on 5 December 2024. No source seen records works under way. The contract term is 28 months after the site is opened. The value is the Road Infrastructure Agency figure for this section of the contract. 1 3 4 Show on map →	Tendered	15 km	Oct 2, 2020Tender awarded ≈2023Expected openingProjected from contract	–	National budgetState budget. Payment scheme: the full contract value is paid after the works are completed (bg.wikipedia).	Автомагистрали ЕАДBuilder	28 mo execution · Contract value лв246.89M
Belotintsi – Vinishte (Lot 5) Km 73+520 to km 85+520 (Vinishte junction). Assigned directly to Avtomagistrali EAD on 2 October 2020. The contract term is 28 months after the site is opened. Permit RS-40 (7 June 2024) and the site protocol of 5 December 2024 cover Ruzhintsi – Montana. The exit table on bg.wikipedia shows the section as planned; the geometry drawn is the alignment mapped in OpenStreetMap. 1 3 4 Show on map →	Tendered	12 km	Oct 2, 2020Tender awarded ≈2023Expected openingProjected from contract	–	National budgetState budget. Payment scheme: the full contract value is paid after the works are completed (bg.wikipedia).	Автомагистрали ЕАДBuilder	28 mo execution · Contract value лв146.83M
Vinishte – Montana (Lot 6) Km 85+520 to km 99+193, where it joins the Montana bypass; the lot also includes completing the bypass junction at km 102+753. Assigned directly to Avtomagistrali EAD on 2 October 2020. The contract term is 32 months after the site is opened. Permit RS-40 (7 June 2024) and the site protocol of 5 December 2024 cover Ruzhintsi – Montana. The Road Infrastructure Agency page (archived 13 June 2024) gives the status as design of the section. The exit table on bg.wikipedia shows it as planned; the geometry drawn is the alignment mapped in OpenStreetMap. 1 3 4 Show on map →	Tendered	14 km	Oct 2, 2020Tender awarded ≈2023Expected openingProjected from contract	–	National budgetState budget. Payment scheme: the full contract value is paid after the works are completed (bg.wikipedia).	Автомагистрали ЕАДBuilder	32 mo execution · Contract value лв189.66M

Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.

Funding

National budget95 km
6 sections
- State budget, under Council of Ministers Decree 258 of 10 October 2019 (Road Infrastructure Agency).
- State budget. Payment scheme: the full contract value is paid after the works are completed (bg.wikipedia).

A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.

Related projects

Sources

Wikipedia (bg): Автомагистрала „Видин – Монтана“read Oct 5, 2026
API: Път I-1 Видин – пътен възел „Макреш“ (archived 2024-06-13)read Oct 5, 2026 · archived copy
API: Пътен възел „Макреш“ – обходен път на гр. Монтана (archived 2024-06-13)read Oct 5, 2026 · archived copy
OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)read Oct 5, 2026