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Northern Bypass Highway (Bulgarian: Северна скоростна тангента, Severna Skorostna Tangenta) or Sofia Northern Speed Tangent is a dual carriageway, grade separated road with controlled-access, designed for high speeds. The bypass has three traffic lanes and an emergency lane in each carriageway. It bypasses the Bulgarian capital Sofia from north with the purpose to carry the transit traffic, which otherwise has to pass through the city or via the Sofia ring road.
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The bypass is an important thoroughfare, as it connects four motorways - A1 Trakia motorway (via the Sofia ring road), A2 Hemus motorway, the future Kalotina motorway and A6 Lyulin motorway. Also, it connects 3 Pan-European corridors - IV, VIII and X.
Construction
In 2012, a tender for construction was announced. Construction works were expected to begin in 2013, but due to litigation the contract for design and build was signed in February 2014. The term for implementation of the contract is 18 months. Due to land expropriation issues, the construction works started in February 2015.
The first 13 kilometers of the motorway were opened in the end of 2015 and the remaining segment was inaugurated on 28 April 2016.