A2 (Romania)
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| Autostrada A2 | |
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| Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România | |
| Length: | 206 km (128 mi) |
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| From: | Bucharest |
| To: | Constanța (Junction with A4) |
| Location | |
| Counties: | Ilfov, Călărași, Ialomița, Constanța |
| Major cities: | Bucharest, Fetești, Cernavodă, Medgidia, Constanța |
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| Motorways in Romania | |
The A2 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A2), also known as The Sun Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Soarelui), is a motorway in Romania which links Bucharest with Constanța, a city-port on the shore of the Black Sea, where it merges after an interchange into the A4 motorway. It is 206 km long, and has been operational on its entire length since November 2012.
The construction of the motorway between Bucharest and Constanța began in the communist era during Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime. The first section, from Fetești to Cernavodă (about 18 km), was opened in 1987 and underwent a major rehabilitation in 2003. It crosses the Balta Ialomiței island and includes the Cernavodă Bridge complex system of motorway and railway bridges and viaducts over the Danube and one of its branches at Cernavodă. The motorway bridge passes under the historical railway bridge built by Anghel Saligny in 1896, while the new railway in use today separates the motorway roadways.
After the fall of the communism in 1989, construction continued for a short period, but it was finally stopped in 1993 due to lack of financial resources. Construction continued after 1998, the motorway being completed in late 2012.
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