AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION OF HIGHWAYS IN ROMANIA

Highways are road communication routes that allow the movement of means of transport in a shorter time, at high speed and under safe conditions. They are extremely important for the economy of any state as they generate extremely important economic and social effects. This article provides an overview of the situation of highways in Romania from a European, national and regional perspective. The analysis of the evolution of the length of highways in Romania is carried out especially for the period after 1989, when the actions regarding the construction of highways began to intensify. At the EU level, Romania ranks 17th in terms of the number of km of highway built. In Romania, there are currently only three completed highways, two in more advanced phases of execution, three in the initial phase and two in the preparation phase. At the regional level, there are only two regions with a length of more than 250 km of highway, one with a length of more than 150 km, four regions with less than 100 km and one region without highways.