Transfagarasa –Romania
The Transfagarasan is a paved mountain road crossing the southern department of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It has a national road ranking and is the second-highest paved road in the country after the Transalpine. It starts near the village of Bascov, near Pitești, and stretches 90 kilometers 56 mi to the crossroad between the DN1 and Sibiu, between the highest peaks in the country, Moldoveanu, and Negoiu. The road, built in the early 1970s as a strategic service route, connects the momentous regions of Transylvania and Wallachia.
Built mainly by service forces, the road had a high financial and human cost. Work was conveyed out in an alpine climate, at an advancement of 2,000 meters 6,600 ft, using roughly six million kilograms of 5,900 long tons; 6,600 short tons of dynamite, and utilizing junior military personnel who were inexperienced in blasting techniques.