DN 7C (Transfăgărăşan) will be closed starting today from km 104 + 000 (Piscu Negru) to km 130 + 800 (Bâlea Cascadă Chalet).
The road area closed to traffic will be properly signposted.
Due to the unfavorable weather conditions (ice and snow), for the safety of traffic participants, the national company for roads and highways and the Traffic Police decided to keep the traffic closed for all categories of vehicles on DN 67C (Transalpina), between Rânca and Obârșia Lotrului (km 34). +800 – km 59 + 800).
Additional information on the state of the network of national roads and highways can be obtained from the Dispatch Office of the National Company for Road Infrastructure Management S.A., at the telephone numbers 021 / 264.33.33; 021/9360 or by accessing on the first page in the box on the left: www.cnadnr.ro – DISPATCHED – The Situation of National Roads, but also the Facebook page.
Transfagarasan alpine road has been repeatedly included among the world’s most scenic roadtrips and routes.
Transfagarasan or DN7C is a mountain paved road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains. It has national-road ranking and it is the second-highest paved road in Romania after Transalpina. The road starts near the village of Bascov, located near the city of Pitesti, ending on the crossroad between DN1 and Sibiu.
Also known as Ceausescu’s Folly, it was built as a strategic military route that stretches 90 km with twists and turns that run north to south across the tallest sections of the Southern Carpathians, between the highest peaks in the country, Moldoveanu, and the second highest, Negoiu. The road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia and the cities of Sibiu and Pitesti.
The Transfagarasan was constructed between 1970 and 1974, during Nicolae Ceausescu’s communist rule as a response to the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union.
Built mainly by military forces, the road had both a high financial and human cost. Work was carried out in an alpine climate, at an elevation of 2000 meters, using junior military personnel who were untrained in blasting techniques. Many non-commissioned officers (NCOs), foremen, and soldiers died due to hazardous working conditions. Roughly six million kilograms of dynamite were used on the northern face, and official records state that about 40 soldiers lost their lives in building accidents.