Focșani – Brăila Expressway
73.5 km expressway planned across the Siret plain between the A7 Moldavia Motorway at Focșani and Brăila, connecting Moldavia to the Brăila Danube bridge, the Brăila–Galați expressway and onwards to Tulcea and Constanța. CNIR issued the start order on 14 November 2025 for a 4.29 billion lei design-and-build contract with the SA&PE Construct – Spedition UMB – Tehnostrade – Arcada consortium, running 42 months (6 for design, 36 for works). As of mid-2026 the project was in the technical-design and permitting stage, with works expected to start in autumn 2026 and completion targeted for the end of 2029.
- Total length
- 74 km
- Open today
- 0 km
- Sections
- 1
- Cost on record
- €850.785M
- 1 of 1 sections carry a comparable figure
Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Focșani (A7) – Brăila Design-and-build contract worth 4.29 billion lei; CNIR issued the start order on 14 November 2025 and the design stage began on 2 December 2025. Financed through the Transport Programme 2021–2027 | Tendered | 74 km |
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| 6 mo design · 36 mo execution · 42 mo total · 60 mo guarantee · Contract value lei 4.3B |
Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union74 km1 section
- Transport Programme 2021–2027
- National budget74 km1 section
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
- HighwaysA7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway)Same contractor: SA&PE Construct, Spedition UMB, Tehnostrade
- HighwaysA8 Târgu Mureș–Iași–Ungheni Motorway (Unirii)Same contractor: SA&PE Construct, Spedition UMB, Tehnostrade
- HighwaysCraiova–Pitești Expressway (DEx12)Same contractor: SA&PE Construct, Spedition UMB, Tehnostrade
- HighwaysA1 Bucharest–Nădlac MotorwaySame contractor: Spedition UMB, Tehnostrade
- HighwaysA0 Bucharest Ring MotorwaySame contractor: Spedition UMB
- HighwaysA3 Transylvania Motorway (Brașov–Cluj–Borș)Same contractor: Spedition UMB
Sources
- CNIR: Start pentru Drumul Expres Focșani–Brăila
- Monitorul de Vrancea: Drumul Expres Brăila–Focșani, în etapa de pregătire a lucrărilor (4 June 2026)
- Wikipedia: Highways in Romania (future timeline: Focșani–Brăila, 73.524 km)
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry of the planned alignment, ODbL)
- economica.net (dates.tenderAwarded)
- economica.net (cost.estimated)
- agerpres.ro (contract.totalMonths)
- bursa.ro (contract.guaranteeMonths)