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DEx16 Oradea Bypass Expressway

Expressway linking the Oradea bypass at Sântandrei with the A3 Transylvania Motorway at Biharia, in north-western Romania. CNAIR counts 11.636 km as expressway; the full connection built under the same contract is about 19 km, the remainder being a 2×2 national road with a median separator. Strabag designed and built it under a July 2021 contract worth 545.9 million lei excluding VAT, on a 30-month schedule (6 months design, 24 months execution). It opened in March 2024 and includes 3 interchanges, 3 bridges, 6 overpasses and 2 underpasses.

Total length
12 km
Open today
12 km
Sections
1
Cost on record
€150.407M
1 of 1 sections carry a comparable figure

Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.

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Sections

Sections of DEx16 Oradea Bypass Expressway: status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
Biharia (A3) – Oradea bypass

Design-and-build contract signed with Strabag in July 2021, 545.9 million lei excluding VAT, 30 months in total; opened to traffic in March 2024

Opened12 km
  1. Jul 21, 2021Tender awarded
  2. 2022Construction start
  3. Mar 28, 2024Opened
  • Estimated lei 545.9M(2021)
  • European UnionEU funds
  • National budget
  • StrabagBuilder
6 mo design · 24 mo execution · 30 mo total · 84 mo guarantee · Contract value lei 545.9M

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

Funding

  • European Union12 km
    1 section
    • EU funds
  • National budget12 km
    1 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

Sources

  1. Digi24: Un nou drum expres a fost inaugurat în România. DEx16 are 19 kilometri și a fost construit în 30 de luni
  2. Wikipedia: Highways in Romania (expressway table, CNAIR figures)
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)
  4. hotnews.ro (dates.tenderAwarded)
  5. economica.net (contract.guaranteeMonths)