page_title: A3 motorway (Romania)
section_title: Brașov – Oradea section
hierarchical_section_title: A3 motorway (Romania) / Brașov – Oradea section
caption_attribution_description: English: A3 motorway near Cheile Turului, in Transylvania, Romania Français&#160;: Autoroute roumaine A3 à proximité des Gorges de Tur en Transylvanie Română: Autostrada A3 lânga Cheile Turului
context_page_description: The A3 motorway is a partially built motorway in Romania, planned to connect Bucharest with the Transylvania region and the north-western part of the country. It will be 596 km long and will run along the route: Ploiești, Brașov, Făgăraș, Sighișoara, Târgu Mureș, Cluj-Napoca, Zalău and Oradea, connecting with Hungary's M4 motorway near Borș.
  As of December 2018, there are roughly 138 km in service: the Bucharest – Ploiești motorway, the Câmpia Turzii – Nădășelu segment and the Ungheni – Iernut segment.
  In January 2015, the motorway section between Târgu Mureș – Câmpia Turzii was awarded for construction. It was divided into two larger segments, with a total of five lots, which sum up 51.8 km. After the opening of the Ungheni – Iernut segment in December 2018 and the signing of the contract for the Târgu Mureș – Ungheni segment in May 2020, there are 38.0 km remaining under construction.
  Additional works on the Nădășelu – Borș section were auctioned between 2018 and 2019, with contracts awarded for the Biharia − Borș segment in December 2018, the Chiribiș − Biharia segment in June 2020, and the Zimbor – Poarta Sălajului segment on the same month.
context_section_description: This motorway segment, known as the Transylvania Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Transilvania), was split into three parts, with several subsections: the Brașov (Cristian) – Târgu Mureș (Ogra) segment (160.1 km), the Târgu Mureș (Ogra) – Cluj-Napoca West (Gilău) segment (89.7 km) and the Cluj-Napoca West (Gilău) – Oradea West (Borș) segment (165.5 km).
  The segments in service of this section of the motorway are the Câmpia Turzii – Nădăşelu segment (61.2 km), under several openings between December 2009 and September 2018, and the Ungheni – Iernut segment (13.7 km, part of the Târgu Mureş – Câmpia Turzii section), opened on 12 December 2018. The Suplacu de Barcău – Borș segment (64.5 km) has been under construction since 2004, but the contract was terminated in May 2013, with the construction progress around 50%. Additional works are being performed on the Iernut – Câmpia Turzii segment (33.5 km), since February and March 2015, and on the Biharia − Borș segment (5.4 km), since December 2018.
caption: A3 motorway near Cheile Turului
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