Via Carpathia

The route was initially agreed upon in 2006 by Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2010, this group was joined by Romania, Bulgaria and Greece who signed the so called Łańcut Declaration.[2][3]

On 22 June 2017, Poland and Ukraine signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of the road. Signatories indicated the road could be part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).[4][5]

Construction commenced in individual sections along the road with the entire road expected to open in 2025.[1]

The sections known to be under construction or completed are:

Branch 1:

• 4 sections (184 kilometers) of S19 Expressway and 96 kilometers of S61 Expressway in Poland
• Parts of the M30 motorway in Hungary (Hungary to the Slovakian border expected to open 2022)[6]
• R4 expressway in Slovakia[7]
• Western part of A6 motorway in Romania (from Calafat to Lugoj)
• New Europe Bridge over Danube, from Calafat, Romania to Vidin, Bulgaria
• Parts of Botevgrad-Vidin expressway in Bulgaria
• Parts of Struma motorway in Bulgaria

Branch 2:

• A1 motorway in Romania (from Arad to Lugoj)
• A0 motorway south half-ring in Romania (from Bucharest West to Bucharest East)
• A2 motorway in Romania (from Bucharest to Constanta)

The road will run in a general north-south direction through central Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. Its northern terminus is the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda. It will then cross the country eastward, pass through eastern Poland, eastern Slovakia and the Hungarian and Romanian border. It will continue in western Romania and western Bulgaria before entering Greece. Its southern terminus is the Greek port city of Thessaloniki.[1] A fork in the south may continue eastwards through Romania to the Black Sea port town of Constanta.[8][9]

• Three Seas Initiative
• European route E79
• New Europe Bridge

European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Via Carpatia