Highways

A2 Bucharest–Constanța Motorway

The "Motorway of the Sun" (Autostrada Soarelui) linking Bucharest to the Black Sea port of Constanța, 206 km. The Cernavodă bridges section dates from 1987; the motorway was completed end-to-end in November 2012.

Total length: 210 km
Open today: 210 km
Sections: 8
Cost on record: €170.544M; 1 of 8 sections carry a comparable figure

Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.

Sections

Sections of A2 Bucharest–Constanța Motorway: status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
Sections	Status	Length	Timeline	Cost	Funding	Contractors	Contract terms
Bucharest – Fundulea Bucharest–Fetești sector built 2001–2007 in four sections; this one by the Romanian company Romis, surfaced with concrete slabs 1 3 7 Show on map →	Opened	27 km	2001Tender awarded 2001Construction start Jun 4, 2004Opened	Actual €57.3MFinal value of works per Jurnalul Național (2009). No price year or VAT status stated.	Loan	RomisBuilder	Contract value €73.8M
Fundulea – Lehliu Bucharest–Fetești sector, section 2, built by the Turkish joint venture Yuksel–Makimsan–Ener 1 3 7 Show on map →	Opened	29 km	2001Tender awarded 2001Construction start Jun 4, 2004Opened	Actual €87MAmount paid per Jurnalul Național (2009). No price year or VAT status stated.	Loan	Yuksel / Makimsan / Ener (JV)Builder IPTANA SADesigner	Contract value €87.068M
Lehliu – Drajna Bucharest–Fetești sector, section 3, built by the French company Colas 1 3 4 7 Show on map →	Opened	42 km	2001Tender awarded 2001Construction start Nov 16, 2004Opened	Actual €93.7MFinal value per Jurnalul Național (2009). No price year or VAT status stated.	Loan	ColasBuilder	Contract value €116.826M
Drajna – Fetești Bucharest–Fetești sector, section 4, built by the Astaldi–Max Bögl–CCCF joint venture with ISPA pre-accession support 1 3 7 12 Show on map →	Opened	37 km	Dec 9, 2003Tender awarded 2004Construction start May 1, 2007Opened	Actual €110Mwhole programmeApproximate total value of works for the whole Drajna – Cernavodă sector (Drajna – Fetești and Fetești – Cernavodă), per Jurnalul Național (2009). No price year stated.	European UnionISPA pre-accession funds National budget	Astaldi / Max Bögl / CCCF (JV)Builder	6 mo design · 18 mo execution · 24 mo total · 48 mo guarantee · Contract value €64.549M
Fetești – Cernavodă (Danube bridges) Oldest section: the Cernavodă bridge complex over the Danube, opened 21 November 1987; closed September 2006 for complete rebuilding and reopened 2007 1 3 13 Show on map →	Opened	17 km	1984Construction start Nov 21, 1987Opened	–	National budget	IPTANA SADesigner Astaldi / Max Bögl / CCCF (JV) (rehabilitation)Builder	–
Cernavodă – Medgidia Part of the Cernavodă–Constanța section, total cost €413.95M: €250M European Investment Bank loan, €70.81M European Commission, ~€90M Romanian state. Works began in 2009 under an earlier contract; the contract signed on 21 September 2011 re-awarded the remaining works. 5 6 8 9 11 Show on map →	Opened	21 km	2009Construction start Mar 2009Tender awarded Jul 19, 2012Opened	Estimated lei 726.2MExcluding VAT. Initial estimated value of the re-tendered contract.	European UnionCohesion Fund / European Commission: €70.81M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost LoanEuropean Investment Bank: €250M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost National budget	Astaldi – Max Bögl (JV)Builder Colas (initial contract, terminated 2011)Builder	3 mo design · 12 mo execution · 15 mo total · 48 mo guarantee · Contract value lei 498.8M
Medgidia – Murfatlar Part of the Cernavodă–Constanța section, total cost €413.95M: €250M European Investment Bank loan, €70.81M European Commission, ~€90M Romanian state 3 6 8 10 Show on map →	Opened	16 km	Mar 9, 2009Tender awarded Jun 4, 2009Construction start Jul 19, 2012Opened	–	European UnionCohesion Fund / European Commission: €70.81M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost LoanEuropean Investment Bank: €250M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost National budget	Astaldi – Max Bögl (JV)Builder	6 mo design · 18 mo execution · 24 mo total · 48 mo guarantee · Contract value lei 596.054M
Murfatlar – Constanța Part of the Cernavodă–Constanța section, total cost €413.95M: €250M European Investment Bank loan, €70.81M European Commission, ~€90M Romanian state 3 6 8 10 Show on map →	Opened	21 km	Mar 9, 2009Tender awarded Jun 4, 2009Construction start Sep 30, 2011Opened	–	European UnionCohesion Fund / European Commission: €70.81M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost LoanEuropean Investment Bank: €250M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost National budget	Astaldi – Max Bögl (JV)Builder	6 mo design · 18 mo execution · 24 mo total · 48 mo guarantee · Contract value lei 596.054M

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

Funding

Loan156 km
6 sections
- European Investment Bank: €250M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost
National budget112 km
5 sections
European Union95 km
4 sections
- ISPA pre-accession funds
- Cohesion Fund / European Commission: €70.81M of the €413.95M Cernavodă–Constanța cost

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: A2 motorway (Romania)
OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)read Aug 14, 2026
businesscover.ro
ro.wikipedia.org
mediafax.ro
Wikipedia (ro): Autostrada A2 (România)#Costuri
Jurnalul Național: Autostrada Soarelui – zero kilometri în doi ani (2009-07-09)read Sep 25, 2026
CNADNR: Construcția autostrăzii Cernavodă – Constanța (archived 2013)read Sep 25, 2026
HotNews: CNADNR a semnat cu Astaldi contractul pentru tronsonul Cernavodă – Medgidia (2011-09-21)read Sep 25, 2026
Newsweek România: Astaldi despăgubită cu 265 milioane de leiread Sep 25, 2026
HotNews: CNADNR a lăsat tronsonul de autostradă Cernavodă-Medgidia fără constructor (2011-04-11)read Sep 28, 2026 · archived copy
HotNews: Tronsonul Drajna-Fetesti al Autostrazii Soarelui, finalizat de 1 Mai (2007-04-30)read Sep 28, 2026
CNADNR: Proiecte ISPA, secțiunile 4 și 5 ale autostrăzii București – Constanța (archived 2013)read Sep 28, 2026