Roads in Romania
Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows:
- motorways – colour: green; designation: A followed by one or two digits
- expressways – colour: red; designation: DEx followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
- national road – colour: red; designation: DN followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
- county road – colour: blue; designation: DJ followed by three digits and an optional letter; unique numbers per county
- local road – colour: yellow; designated DC followed by a number and an optional letter; unique numbers per county
As of 31 December 2021, public roads totaled : 17,530 km national roads, 35,096 km county roads and 33,573 km local roads.
From the point of view of the type of cover, the structure of the public road network registers at the end of 2022 was: 41,653 km modernized roads, 20,956 km with light-duty asphalt surface, 15,713 km stone paving and 8,014 km dirt roads.
Regarding the technical condition, 29,9% of modernized roads and 41,1% of roads with light road clothing have exceeded their "service life".
Motorways
Development of the overall length :| Year | 1972 | 1987 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Length in km | 96 | 113 | 113* | 113* | 228 | 262 | 262* | 304 | 332 | 390 | 530 | 635 | 685 | 711 | 732 | 748 | 806 | 850 | 914 | 946 | 996 | 1,033 | 1,272 |
Motorways are identified by A followed by a number. As of April 2024, Romania has 1,098 km of motorway in use, with another 720 km under construction. In recent years, a master plan for the national motorway network has been developed and many works have begun around the country, which will result in significant changes by 2015, and eventually by 2022.
There are few tolls for using roads in Romania. There is one at the Giurgeni – Vadu Oii Bridge over the river Danube on highway DN2A at Vadu Oii and one at the Cernavodă Bridge, on the A2 motorway, a 17 km long section between Fetești and Cernavodă which consists of two road/railway bridges. Nevertheless, every owner of a car that uses a motorway or a national road in Romania must purchase a vignette from any of the main petrol stations or at any post office throughout the country.
Expressways
Planned expressways according to CNADNR :European routes
Total length of European routes in Romania at the end of 2019 is 6,176 km.Class A
- — – Halmeu – Dej – Bistrița – Suceava – Botoșani – Târgu Frumos – Iași – Sculeni –
- — – Borș – Oradea – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Târgu Mureș – Brașov – Ploiești – Bucharest – Urziceni – Slobozia – Constanța –
- — – Nădlac – Arad – Deva – Sebeș – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Brașov
- — – Timișoara – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Craiova – Alexandria – Bucharest – Giurgiu –
- — – Borș – Oradea – Beiuș – Deva – Petroșani – Târgu Jiu – Filiași – Craiova – Calafat –
- — – Halmeu – Livada – Satu Mare – Zalău – Cluj-Napoca – Turda – Sebeș – Miercurea Sibiului – Sibiu – Pitești – Bucharest – Constanța
- — – Siret – Suceava – Roman – Bacău – Buzău – Urziceni – Bucharest – Giurgiu –
- — – Galați – Brăila – Tulcea – Constanța – Vama Veche –
Class B
- — Bacău – Onești – Târgu Secuiesc – Brașov – Pitești – Craiova
- — Cluj-Napoca – Dej
- — Slobozia – Brăila – Galați –
- — Sărățel – Reghin – Toplița – Gheorgheni – Miercurea Ciuc – Sfântu Gheorghe – Chichiș
- — Mărășești – Tecuci – Bârlad – Huși – Albița –
- — Săbăoani – Iași – Sculeni –
- — – Galați – Slobozia
- — Timișoara – Arad – Oradea – Satu Mare
- — Lugoj – Deva
- — Constanța – Agigea – Negru Vodă –
- — Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Porțile de Fier –
National roads
In 2019 16,088 km of National Roads are asphalt concrete roads of heavy/medium type, 880 km concrete roads and 720 km of light asphalt road "clothing". 54.7% of heavy/medium roads and 79.4% of light asphalt roads have exceeded their "service life" and are in need of some form of repair or replacement.
Seven one-digit national roads start off in Bucharest in a radial pattern.
Trunk roads
| National Road | Route | Length | European System |
| Bucharest – Ploiești – Brașov – Făgăraș – Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Turda – Cluj-Napoca – Oradea – Borș –> Hungary | 642 | | |
| Bucharest – Urziceni – Buzău – Focșani – Bacău – Roman – Fălticeni – Suceava – Siret –> Ukraine | 446 | ||
| Bucharest – Fundulea – Lehliu Gară – Călărași – Ostrov – Murfatlar – Constanța | 260 | ||
| Bucharest – Popești-Leordeni – Budești – Oltenița | 72 | ||
| Bucharest – Giurgiu –> Bulgaria | 67 | ||
| Bucharest – Alexandria – Caracal – Craiova – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Caransebeș – Lugoj – Timișoara – Sânnicolau Mare –> Hungary | 639 | ||
| Bucharest – Găești – Pitești – Râmnicu Vâlcea – Sibiu – Deva – Arad –> Hungary | 525 | | |
| Bucharest ring road | 82 | ||
| Timișoara ring road | 12 |