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ROMANIA
Transfagarasan
By Roxana
History of the Road
Transf?g?r??an was built
between 1970 – 1974 during the
reign of Nicolae Ceausescu, who
wanted to provide a strategic
road over the mountains. The
inauguration took place in
September 20 1974. The road
over Fagaras Mountains was
done with considerable material
efforts and with the price of
many lives of soldiers and
workers who contributed to its
construction. It is said that 40
people died for this road to cross
the mountains, but after 35
years people are talking about
hundreds. Responding to an
interview, a witness said that
only at the construction of the
dam died about 400 boys.
Route
Road DN7C – Transf?g?r??an
start in Bascov village, Arges
County near the town of Pitesti,
Arges towards the town of
Curtea de Arges and ends at the
intersection with the road DN1
between Sibiu and Brasov, near
the village Câr?i?oara, with a
length of 151 km.
Transf?g?r??an (the prefix
“trans-” + Fagaras) is part of the
National Road 7C (DN7C) and is
one of the most spectacular
roads in Romania, called “path
of light“, which links the
historical region of Wallachia and
Transylvania.
One of the most difficult sections
of Transf?g?r??an is between
Balea Lake and Balea Waterfall.
Transf?g?r??an go over 830
bridges, 27 viaducts. For its
construction it had to be
deployed several million tons of
rock. For that, it were used:
6520 tons of dynamite, of which
20 tonnes only for the tunnel
Capra – Bale and many other
building materials.
Cultural References
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