Margina–Holdea A1 highway segment makes significant progress

Margina–Holdea A1 highway Tunnel 1 Tunnel 2 prefabricated beams

The National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration (CNAIR) reports that work on the Margina–Holdea missing segment of Romania's A1 highway is advancing rapidly. The two galleries of Tunnel 1 have exceeded 90 % completion, while Tunnel 2 still requires excavation of roughly 270 m on the UMB‑executed gallery and 107 m on the Euro‑Asfalt‑executed gallery. Three working fronts are organised for these stages and excavation continues across ten fronts.

All four tunnel portals are finished and will undergo architectural finishing. Tunnel 2 will be equipped with modern safety and communication systems, including fans, emergency phones, sensors, hydrants and radio antennas. Road works have laid a stabilised ballast foundation coated with a cationic bitumen emulsion to reduce cracking. An on‑site asphalt plant and a prefabricated‑beam factory are operating, the latter producing 442 beams at a rate of about six 40‑metre beams per day.

The consortium UMB GRUP together with Euro‑Asfalt is executing the construction. Completion of the Margina–Holdea section will enable uninterrupted traffic on the A1 motorway between western and central Romania, linking the Lugoj–Deva corridor with the rest of the national network.

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[● 5 SOURCES] Completion of the Margina‑Holdea segment will enable continuous traffic on the A1 highway between western Romania and the central region. (CNAIR progress reports)
[● 5 SOURCES] Approximately 270 metres remain to be excavated on one gallery of tunnel 2 and 107 metres on the other. (CNAIR progress reports)
[● 5 SOURCES] Three working fronts are organized for the tunnel 2 stages, and excavation continues in ten fronts across both galleries. (CNAIR progress reports)
[● 5 SOURCES] A prefabricated‑beam factory on site will produce about six 40‑metre beams per day. (CNAIR progress reports)
[● 5 SOURCES] A total of 442 prefabricated beams will be used for bridges and passages on the Margina‑Holdea segment. (CNAIR progress reports)
[● 5 SOURCES] An asphalt plant on the site will produce the mixtures needed for the road layers. (CNAIR progress reports)
[● 5 SOURCES] Work on the two galleries of tunnel 1 has exceeded 90 percent completion. (CNAIR progress reports)
[● 4 SOURCES] Tunnel 2 will be equipped with modern safety and communication systems, including ventilation fans, emergency phones, sensors, extra hydrants and radio antennas. (All articles)
[● 7 SOURCES] Work on the two galleries of Tunnel 1 has exceeded 90 % completion. (CNAIR)
[● 4 SOURCES] A prefabricated‑beam factory on site can produce about six 40‑metre beams per day, with a total of 442 beams planned. (CNAIR progress report)
[● 2 SOURCES] The Margina‑Holdea segment is the last missing section of the A1 highway between Sibiu and Nădlac; its completion will enable continuous traffic across the route. (CNAIR progress report)
[● 4 SOURCES] Approximately 270 metres of excavation remain on one gallery of tunnel 2. (CNAIR progress report)