The construction of Braşov—Borş section (415 km) began in june 2004. The contract has been assigned by the Romanian government directly (without any offer competiton) to the American company Bechtel; that caused some political problems in the Parliament and the discontent of the European Union. Nevertheless, there is an urging need for an alternative at DN1 road, the most congested in Romania. Braşov (Hungarian: Brassó, German: Kronstadt) is a city in Romania, residence of Braşov county. ... Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group) is the largest civil engineering company in the world. ... The Romanias DN1 road links Bucharest with the north-west part of the country. ...
Today, the A3 (Transylvannia motorway) is currently the largest infrastructure project in Europe. A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...
The A3freeway or TransylvaniaFreeway (Autostrada Transilvania in Romanian) is a freeway currently being constructed in Romania and linking Transylvania to the capital, Bucharest.
The project of the A3freeway is rather new in comparison to the other infrastructure projects in Romania.
The construction of Braşov—Borş section (415 km) of the A3 began in June 2004.