[1] It will follow the route: Craiova, Calafat, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Lugoj, connecting with the A1 motorway near Balinț.

[2] The section between Balinț and Calafat, where it will provide access to the New Europe Bridge,[3] is part of the southern branch of the Pan-European Corridor IV.

The segment was part of the construction contract for the first section of the A1 motorway sector between Lugoj and Deva,[5] and is operational since December 2013.

[6] The rest of the project has been in pre-feasibility phase since October 2012, as the South Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Sudului), and the precise route is yet to be decided.

[1] The Lugoj-Calafat segment has received attention in 2020 for being built as a NATO strategic project.