Maritsa motorway
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| Автомагистрала „Марица“ | |
Maritsa motorway highlighted in red and yellow
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Part of  E80
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| Length: | 117 km (73 mi) 117 km (73 mi) planned |
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Chirpan, 
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Kapitan Andreevo  ;  
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| Major cities: | Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo, Svilengrad |
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| Motorways in Bulgaria | |
The Maritsa motorway (Bulgarian: Автомагистрала „Марица“, Avtomagistrala "Maritsa"), designated A4, is a motorway in Bulgaria, part of the Pan-European Corridor IV, which connects Central Europe with Asia. The project links Trakia motorway (A1), at the town of Chirpan, and Kapitan Andreevo, at the Turkish border. The planned completion of the last remaining stretch of the motorway was in 2013, but a delay occurred and the complete motorway enterеd service in October 2015.
The motorway is named after Maritsa River.
In October 2010, a 31 km section of the Maritsa motorway between the towns of Harmanli and Lyubimets officially opened to traffic. The new interchange at Kapitan Petvo Voyvoda neighbourhood of Svilengrad, providing direct connection with the border crossing to Greece, also opened in October 2010. During construction, 6000-year-old Neolithic remains were found near Haskovo. The bypass of Kapitan Andreevo village in the border area entered in service in August 2014. The construction of Haskovo-Harmanli section began in July 2011 and was completed on 28 May 2015. A 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) long second carriageway near Svilengrad was inaugurated on 7 June 2015, while the other carriageway had been built during the 1980s. The last remaining section, between Chirpan and Haskovo, entered in service in on 29 October 2015.
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