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Agigea bridges over the Danube–Black Sea Canal

Two cable-stayed road bridges over the Danube–Black Sea Canal at its Agigea end, on the road link between Constanța, its southern port and the seaside resorts. The 1983 bridge, designed by a team led by engineer Octavian Strâmbu, was the first cable-stayed bridge on a Romanian national road: 290 m long, with a 162.5 m span over the navigable channel. A second, larger cable-stayed bridge, 360 m long with a 200 m central span, was built at km 0+540 and inaugurated on 19 October 2015 to relieve the original crossing.

Total length
0.6 km
Open today
0.6 km
Sections
2
Cost on record
€60.883M
1 of 2 sections carry a comparable figure

Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.

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Sections

Sections of Agigea bridges over the Danube–Black Sea Canal: status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
Old Agigea bridge (DN39)

290 m long, of which a 246.65 m cable-stayed structure with a 162.5 m main span over the navigable channel; built from 1980 with floating cranes and self-compacting concrete, inaugurated 19 June 1983 as Romania's first cable-stayed bridge on a national road (OpenStreetMap records the opening as 1984)

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Opened0.3 km
  1. 1980Construction start
  2. Jun 19, 1983Opened
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  • National budget
  • Octavian Strâmbu (design team lead)Designer
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New Agigea bridge (km 0+540)

Cable-stayed bridge 360 m long, 200 m central span, 17.4 m wide, at km 0+540 of the canal; the financing contract for the bridge and its access works to Constanța port was 191,797,112 lei. Inaugurated 19 October 2015 after a delay of nearly ten months, with press reporting that unrestricted traffic followed only later

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Opened0.4 km
  1. Jun 2010Tender awarded
  2. Oct 19, 2015Opened
  • Estimated lei 191.8M(2015)
  • European UnionSectoral Operational Programme Transport (POS-T) 2007–2013, financing contract no. 18 of 11 September 2009: 85% EU structural funds, 15% state budget.
  • National budget
  • ApolodorBuilder
Contract value lei 191.8M

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

Funding

  • National budget0.6 km
    2 sections
  • European Union0.4 km
    1 section
    • Sectoral Operational Programme Transport (POS-T) 2007–2013, financing contract no. 18 of 11 September 2009: 85% EU structural funds, 15% state budget.

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

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Sources

  1. Rador: Podul rutier de la Agigea, o minune inginerească a României
  2. Adevărul: Noul pod de la Agigea, cel mai mare pod hobanat din România
  3. ZIUA de Constanța: 18 octombrie, prima adunare a creditorilor: Firma care a construit noul pod de la Agigea, Apolodor Com Impex, nu scapă de falimentread Sep 28, 2026
  4. CN Administrația Porturilor Maritime Constanța: Proiecte (archived 21 March 2016)read Oct 1, 2026 · archived copy
  5. OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)