A6 Lugoj–Calafat Motorway
Partially built motorway planned to link Bucharest with the Banat region across the south of the country, on the route Lugoj – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Calafat (towards the New Europe Bridge to Bulgaria), as part of the southern branch of Pan-European Corridor IV. Only 11.4 km are open, between the A1 interchange near Balinț and Lugoj (December 2013, built under the A1 Lugoj–Deva contract). The rest of the ~260 km planned has been in pre-feasibility since October 2012 as the "South Motorway" (Autostrada Sudului), with the route not yet fixed; a junction with the Pitești–Craiova Expressway is planned near Craiova.
- Total length
- 260 km
- Open today
- 11 km
- Sections
- 2
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Balinț (A1) – Lugoj Built under the EU-financed A1 Lugoj–Deva lot 1 contract (Tirrena Scavi–Condotte–Cossi JV, signed 20 May 2011), which also covers 27.4 km of A1 between Lugoj and Dumbrava. The contract value is for the whole lot 1. The wider project was valued at 868.2 million lei excluding VAT, per CNADNR. Contract durations converted from days: 120 days design, 540 days works, 1,460 days guarantee. | Opened | 11 km |
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| 4 mo design · 18 mo execution · 48 mo guarantee · Contract value lei 681.041M |
| Lugoj – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Calafat A6 "South Motorway": 2021 law mandated execution within four years from 1 January 2021, financed from the state budget via the Ministry of Transport; route still in pre-feasibility. Feasibility studies for Filiași – Lugoj (230 km, four lots) were contracted in 2023–2024: Filiași – Drobeta-Turnu Severin to DP Consult–Explan (June 2023), Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Domașnea to Egis (July 2023), Domașnea – Caransebeș to Proiect Consult (September 2023) and Caransebeș – Lugoj to Ingenieria Especializada Obra Civil e Industrial (December 2024). The listed contractors are these study designers; the study fees are not works costs. | Planned | 249 km |
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Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- National budget260 km2 sections
- State budget share of the A1 Lugoj–Deva lot 1 contract
- A 2021 law (in force 1 January 2021) mandated execution of the A6 "South Motorway" within four years, financed from the state budget through the Ministry of Transport
- European Union11 km1 section
- Built as part of the A1 Lugoj–Deva lot 1 contract, co-financed from the EU Cohesion Fund under POS Transport
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
- HighwaysA1 Bucharest–Nădlac MotorwaySame contractor: Cossi Construzioni, Società Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua, Tirrena Scavi
- HighwaysA10 motorway (Sebeș–Turda)Same contractor: Società Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua, Tirrena Scavi
- HighwaysA3 Transylvania Motorway (Brașov–Cluj–Borș)Same contractor: Tirrena Scavi
- HighwaysA3 Bucharest–Brașov MotorwaySame contractor: Tirrena Scavi
- HighwaysCraiova–Pitești Expressway (DEx12)Same contractor: Tirrena Scavi
- HighwaysA0 Bucharest Ring MotorwaySame country and category
Corridors
The designations this project is recorded under. Both schemes are kept: the Pan-European corridors are how these projects were described when they were planned, and TEN-T is what EU money is allocated on today.
- Pan-European Corridor IVPan-European
Sources
- Wikipedia: A6 motorway (Romania)
- Wikipedia: A1 motorway (Romania)
- Wikipedia (ro): Autostrada A6 (România)
- CNADNR: Constructia Autostrazii LUGOJ-DEVA, sectorul Lugoj - Dumbrava km 0+000 – km 27+472 si Drumul de legatura in lungime de 11,4 kmread Sep 25, 2026 · archived copy
- Autostrada Sudului: CNAIR a semnat contractul pentru studiul de fezabilitate pe lotul 1, Filiași – Drobeta Turnu Severin (70 km)read Sep 28, 2026
- Autostrada Sudului, Filiași-Lugoj: CNAIR și Egis au semnat contractul pentru studiul de fezabilitate al lotului 2, Drobeta Turnu Severin-Domașnearead Sep 28, 2026
- Autostrada Sudului. CNAIR a semnat contractul pentru studiul de fezabilitate pentru lotul 4 Caransebeș - Lugojread Sep 28, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)