Botevgrad-Vidin expressway

The Vidin-Botevgrad expressway (Bulgarian: Скоростен път „Видин-Ботевград“, romanized: Skorosten pat "Vidin-Botevgrad") is a planned expressway in Bulgaria, that will link the A2 Hemus motorway with Vidin and the New Europe Bridge, at the Danube border crossing to Romania. The expressway shall provide grade-separated dual carriageway with two lanes in each direction and it shall replace or supersede the existing I-1 road.

Vidin-Botevgrad expressway
Скоростен път „Видин-Ботевград“
Vidin-Botevgrad expressway highlighted
Route information
Length	18.5 km (11.5 mi) 88 km (55 mi) under construction 176 km (109 mi) planned
Major junctions
From	Vidin, New Europe Bridge, E79;
To	Botevgrad, E79,
Location
Country	Bulgaria
Major cities	Mezdra, Vratsa, Montana
Highway system
Highways in Bulgaria

The route is part of the Pan-European Corridor IV. It is also part of the European route E79, that runs from Miskolc (Hungary) to Thessaloniki (Greece) and part of the proposed Via Carpatia route.

In June 2014, tenders for construction of two sections between Botevgrad and Mezdra were announced.^[1][2] In September 2014, the Road Infrastructure Agency announced that construction of Vidin-Botevgrad expressway shall be financed by an EIB loan.^[3]

In the end of December 2015, the bypass of Montana was inaugurated.^[4]

Sections of the expressway

Section	km	Destinations	Notes
1	30	Vidin - Makresh	Under Construction
2.1	14	Makresh - Bela	Under Construction
2.2	11	Bela - Ruzhintsi	Under Construction
2.3	30	Ruzhintsi -Montana	Tender
2.4	11	Montana By-Pass	In service
3.1	28.7	Montana - Vratsa	Planned
3.2	14	Vratsa By-Pass	Planned
3.3	9	Vratsa - Mezdra	Planned
4.1	13	Mezdra - Lyutidol	Under Construction
4.2	19.32	Lyutidol - Botevgrad	Under Construction

Exit list

Exit	km	Destinations	Lanes	Notes
	2.9	Vidin, Koshava		In service
	6	Vidin, Bregovo		Under Construction
	8,9	Vidin, Vrashka chuka		Under Construction
	9,6	Vidin-industrial zone		Under Construction
	20,3	Dunavtsi, Sinagovtsi		Under Construction
	30,2	Kula, Sratsimirovo		Under Construction
	36	Makresh, Dimovo		Under Construction
	46.4	Bela, Dimovo		Under Construction
	51,6	I-1 road		Under Construction
	58,6	Ruzhintsi		Under Construction
	72,4	Belotins		Under Construction
	84,9	Vinishte		Tender
	98	Montana		Tender
	102,7	Montana		In service
	114,5	Scrap, Lom		In serivce
	120	Krapchene		In service
	127,5	Sumer		Planned
	143	Vratsa		Planned

References

1. (in Bulgarian). 2014-06-27. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
2. (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
3. (in Bulgarian). RIA. September 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17.
4. (in Bulgarian). RIA. 29 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2015.