Bulgaria continues with Struma motorway, Blagoevgrad to Krupnik

Bulgaria has started work on a 12.6km section of Struma motorway between the southwestern towns of Blagoevgrad and Krupnik. A consortium led by Bulgarian construction company Agromah is building the section under a contract worth just over €71 million, according to the regional development ministry.
September 14, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Bulgaria has started work on a 12.6km section of Struma motorway between the southwestern towns of Blagoevgrad and Krupnik.


A consortium led by Bulgarian construction company Agromah is building the section under a contract worth just over €71 million, according to the regional development ministry.

Work is scheduled to end in August 2019.

The 156km Struma Highway runs from the capital Sofia to the border with Greece. Around 87km of the highway has been completed and in use. However, some sections of the route pass through difficult terrain and work has involved construction of viaducts and the tunnel sections.

Construction of the motorway has been divided into four sections, of which three have already been completed: the 17km Dolna Dikanya – Dupnitsa section, the Dupnitsa – Blagoevgrad section of around 37km and the nearly 15km section Sandanski-Kulata to the border with Greece.

In June, the government retendered work for the Zheleznitsa tunnel, a project expected to cost in the order of €128 million.

Finance & Funding

Related Content

  • Bulgaria road tunnel tender recommencing
    June 20, 2017
    The tender process for a tunnel project on Bulgaria’s Struma Highway is now reopening. The project did go to tender earlier this year but has now had to be restarted following unexpected technical issues.
    Read More
  • Bulgaria lets contract for Struma Motorway’s Zheleznitsa Tunnel
    February 15, 2019
    A consortium including local firms GP Group, Global Construction and Via Plan will build the 2km Zheleznitsa Tunnel, part of the Struma Motorway. The contract is worth around €97.5 million and the tunnel will be the longest in Bulgaria. The EU Cohesion Fund will co-finance the project, along with the Bulgarian government under the Operational Programme Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014-2020. Completion is set for the end of 2023. Two previous tender processes to award the construction con
    Read More
  • Bulgaria eyes €6.1 billion infra plan
    January 17, 2022
    The programme includes building up to five bridges across the Danube River.
    Read More
  • Work to start on section of Bulgaria’s controversial Struma road
    August 19, 2016
    Work will start next month on a 24km section of Bulgaria’s controversial Struma Highway, part of the the Pan-European Corridor IV. Corridor IV runs from Dresden in Germany to Istanbul in western Turkey. The route, named after the Struma River, is part of Е79 that runs from Miskolc in Hungary to the Greek Aegean port of Thessaloniki, passing through the Romanian cities of Deva and Craiova. The 156km route has been under construction in four sections, with work on the third and final section now abou
    Read More

Highlighted Content