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| Автомагистрала „Тракия“ | |
 Trakia motorway highlighted in red and yellow | |
| Route information | |
Part of E80 | |
| Length | 360 km (220 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Sofia |
| To | Burgas |
| Location | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Major cities | Pazardzhik,Plovdiv,Stara Zagora,Yambol |
| Highway system | |
TheTrakia motorway (Bulgarian:Aвтомагистрала „Тракия“,Avtomagistrala "Trakiya") orThrace motorway, designatedA1, is amotorway inBulgaria. It connects the capital city ofSofia, the city ofPlovdiv and the city ofBurgas on theBlack Sea coast. The motorway is named after the historical region ofThrace, the northern (Bulgarian) part of which it spans from west to east. The total length of Trakia motorway is 360 km (220 mi) and the final section opened on 15 July 2013[1] after 40 years of construction.[2]
Trakia motorway connects with theSofia ring road at its eаst end, allowing fast access toHemus motorway (A2) andStruma motorway (A3) via Sofia Northern Bypass motorway (part of Europe motorway, A6).
At its east end, nearbyBurgas, Trakia motorway will merge with the plannedCherno More motorway (A5) providing fast access from the south to the city ofVarna and the beach resorts on theBlack Sea.
Maritsa motorway (A4) branches off at Orizovo Interchange at kilometer 169 to link Trakia motorway withTurkey at theKapitan Andreevo border crossing. The interchange is situated betweenPlovdiv andChirpan, roughly 5 km north of Parvomay.
The construction of the motorway began in 1973 and the first 10 km from Sofia toNovi Han entered in service in 1978. In 1984 the motorway reachedPlovdiv, thesecond largest city in Bulgaria. In 1995 a 32 km section between Plovdiv and Plodovitovo interchange was completed withEBRD co-financing.[3] In 2000EIB loan was secured for the construction of two sections, between Orizovo interchange andStara Zagora (lot 1), and lot 5, betweenKarnobat andBurgas, fourth largest city, situated at the Black sea coast. The motorway reached Stara Zagora in 2007, and lot 5 entered in service in 2006.
Meanwhile, in 2005 a controversial concession contract was signed by the Bulgarian government and a Portuguese-led consortium.[4] The concession was granted for 35 years without tender procedure and included 433 km from the Serbian border, at Kalotina border checkpoint, to Burgas. However, the contract was cancelled in 2008 and the sections between Stara Zagora and Karnobat (lots 2, 3 and 4) were approved forEU funds financing.
In 2009 and 2010, tenders for the construction of Stara Zagora - Nova Zagora, Nova Zagora - Yambol-west interchange, and Yambol-west interchange - Karnobat sections, totalling 116.8 km, were conducted and contracts were signed. The sections between Stara Zagora and Yambol-east interchange opened to traffic in mid-2012, while the last remaining section between Yambol-east interchange and Karnobat interchange was completed on 15 July 2013.[5]
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| Exit | km | Destinations | Lanes | Notes |
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  | 0 | Sofia ring road,Tsarigradsko shose |  | In service |
| 4,4 | Lozen,Ravno pole | | In service |
| 5.9 | Novi Han |  | In service |
| 23,3 | Vakarel | | In service |
| 34,3 | Ihtiman-north | | In service |
| 46,2 | Ihtiman-south,Kostenets | | In service |
 | 54,0 | Trayanovi vrata (675 m) | | In service |
| 60,2 | Vetren | | In service |
| 68,9 | Tserovo,Velingrad | | In service |
| 79,8 | Kalugerovo,Dinkata | | In service |
| 89,9 | Pazardzhik,Panagyurishte | | In service |
| 112,3 | Tsalapitsa,Saedinenie | | In service |
| 118,9 | Plovdiv-west,Pamporovo (to and from west only) | | In service |
| 120,6 | Plovdiv-west,Pamporovo (to and from east only) | | In service |
| 126,1 | Plovdiv-north | | In service |
| 132,3 | Plovdiv-east | | In service |
| 137,2 | Trilistnik | | In service |
| 150,2 | Belozem | | In service |
| 164,3 | Parvomay,Plodovitovo | | In service |
 | 168,5 |  (Haskovo/Dimitrovgrad;Istanbul ; ) | | In service |
| 174,5 | Chirpan-west | | In service |
| 184,7 | Chirpan-east,Stara Zagora-west | | In service |
| 208,2 | Stara Zagora,Haskovo  | | In service |
| 240 | Nova Zagora | | In service |
| 275,4 | Yambol-west,Sliven | | In service |
| 283 | Rest area,Kabile | | In service |
| 289,4 | Yambol-east | | In service |
| 323,8 | Karnobat | | In service |
| 351 | Balgarovo,Neftochim oil refinery | | In service |
 | 359 | Burgas,Vetren,Aytos  | | In service |
