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.
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| 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 | Opened | 12 km |
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| 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 km1 section
- EU funds
- National budget12 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.
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Sources
- Digi24: Un nou drum expres a fost inaugurat în România. DEx16 are 19 kilometri și a fost construit în 30 de luni
- Wikipedia: Highways in Romania (expressway table, CNAIR figures)
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)
- hotnews.ro (dates.tenderAwarded)
- economica.net (contract.guaranteeMonths)
- TED 187294-2024: Modificări aduse contractului, PROIECTARE SI EXECUTIE „Legatura Centura Oradea (Giratie Calea Sintandrei) - Autostrada A3 (Biharia)”read Oct 1, 2026
- TED 509617-2026: Modificări aduse contractului, Legatura Centura Oradea (Giratie Calea Sintandrei) - Autostrada A3 (Biharia), addendum 5read Oct 1, 2026