Botevgrad-Vidin expressway

The Vidin-Botevgrad expressway (Bulgarian: Скоростен път „Видин-Ботевград“, romanized: Skorosten pat "Vidin-Botevgrad") is a planned expressway in Bulgaria, that will link the A2 Hemus motorway with Vidin and the New Europe Bridge, at the Danube border crossing to Romania. The expressway shall provide grade-separated dual carriageway with two lanes in each direction and it shall replace or supersede the existing I-1 road.

Vidin-Botevgrad expressway
Скоростен път „Видин-Ботевград“
Vidin-Botevgrad expressway highlighted
Route information
Length18.5 km (11.5 mi)
0 km (0 mi) under construction
185 km (115 mi) planned
Major junctions
FromVidin, New Europe Bridge;
ToBotevgrad,
Location
CountryBulgaria
Major citiesMezdra, Vratsa, Montana
Highway system

The route is part of the Pan-European Corridor IV. It is also part of the European route E79, that runs from Miskolc (Hungary) to Thessaloniki (Greece) and part of the proposed Via Carpatia route.

In June 2014, tenders for construction of two sections between Botevgrad and Mezdra were announced.[1][2] In September 2014, the Road Infrastructure Agency announced that construction of Vidin-Botevgrad expressway shall be financed by an EIB loan.[3]

In the end of December 2015, the bypass of Montana was inaugurated.[4]

Exit list
Exit km Destinations Lanes Notes
6 Vidin, Bregovo Construction works
8,9 Vidin, Vrashka chuka Construction works
9,6 Vidin-industrial zone Construction works
20,3 Dunavtsi, Sinagovtsi Construction works
30,2 Kula, Sratsimirovo Construction works
36 Makresh, Dimovo Planned
46.4 Bela, Dimovo Planned
51,6 I-1 road Planned
58,6 Planned
72,4 Planned
84,9 Planned
98 Montana Planned
102,7 Montana Planned
114,5 Planned
120 Krapchene Planned
127,5 Sumer Planned
143 Planned

References
  1. ""Определяне на изпълнител за допълнително проектиране и строителство на обект: "Път І–1 (Е-79) "Мездра – Ботевград" Лот 1, от км 174+800 до км 194+122"" (in Bulgarian). 2014-06-27. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  2. ""Определяне на изпълнител за допълнително проектиране и строителство на обект: "Път І–1 (Е-79) "Мездра – Ботевград" Лот 2, от км 161+367 до км 174+800"" (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  3. "Развитието на коридор №4 по направлението Видин – Ботевград е ключов приоритет на АПИ" (in Bulgarian). RIA. September 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17.
  4. "Над 46,5 млн. лв. са инвестирани в изграждането на обходния път на Монтана" (in Bulgarian). RIA. 29 December 2015.

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