Epic descent on Transfăgărășan by bike II – Adventure on Romania’s spectacular road, Balea lake | 🇷🇴

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This video features a 28 minutes 4k virtual tour TRANSFAGARASAN, Romania`s most scenic alpine road, starting from Balea lake and finishing some 20km+ further on the Arges side. Closed Captions [CC] which include historical facts and descriptions are available in all languages.

CHAPTERS :

00:00 – Start
00:10 – Tunnel entrance
02:00 – Tunnel exit
02:05 – Alpine area
13:18 – Foothills area

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INFO :

The TRANSFAGARASAN (trans + Fagaras) or DN7C is a paved mountain road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It has national-road ranking and is the second-highest paved road in the country after the Transalpina. It starts near the village of Bascov, near Pitești, and stretches 90 kilometres (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 military route, connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia.

The TRANSFAGARASAN was constructed between 1970 and 1974 during the rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu as a response to the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union.
Ceaușescu wanted to ensure quick military access across the mountains in case of a Soviet invasion. At the time, Romania already had several strategic mountain passes through the Southern Carpathians, whether inherited from the pre-communist era (the DN1 and the high-pass DN67C) or built during the initial years of the Communist regime (the DN66). These passes, however, were mainly through river valleys, and would be easy for the Soviets to block and attack. Ceaușescu therefore ordered the construction of a road across the Făgăraș Mountains, which divide northwestern and southern Romania.

Lower section of the road
Built mainly by military forces, the road had a high financial and human cost. Work was carried out in an alpine climate, at an elevation of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), using roughly six million kilograms (5,900 long tons; 6,600 short tons) of dynamite, and employing junior military personnel who were untrained in blasting techniques. Many workers died; official records state that only 40 soldiers lost their lives, but unofficial estimates by workers put the number in the hundreds.[2]

The road was officially opened on 20 September 1974, although work, particularly paving of the roadbed, continued until 1980.

The road climbs to an altitude of 2,042 metres (6,699 ft), making it the second highest mountain pass in Romania after the Transalpina. It is a winding road, dotted with steep hairpin turns, long S-curves, and sharp descents. It is both an attraction and a challenge for hikers, cyclists, drivers and motorcycle enthusiasts. Due to the topography, the average speed is around 40 km/h (25 mph). The road also provides access to Bâlea Lake and Bâlea Waterfall.

The TRANSFAGARASAN has more tunnels (a total of 5) and viaducts than any other road in Romania. Near the highest point, at Bâlea Lake, the road passes through Bâlea Tunnel, the longest road tunnel in Romania at 884 m (2,900 ft).

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transf%C4%83g%C4%83r%C4%83%C8%99an

Deep house mix. Shot in 4K.

After passing through the longest tunnel in Romania, which pierces the mountain for a distance of 887m, Transfagarasanul begins to really show its toughness, through numerous serpentines that come one after the other. The Transfagarasan is a road which starts in Bascov commune, Arges county near the city of Pitesti and ends at the intersection with the road between Sibiu and Brasov, near the commune of Cartisoara. North of the town of Curtea de Arges the road passes in front of the Vidraru hydropower plant, located in the Cetatuia massif. From here, near the Poenari citadel, the road goes up serpentines and viaducts, passing through three shorter tunnels, and reaches the Vidraru Dam, one of the important tourist sights on Transfagarasan. Lake Vidraru is a reservoir created in 1965 by the Vidraru Dam in Arges County, on the Arges River, for electricity production, irrigation and flood prevention. Also, the lake and adjacent facilities are used for recreation, tourism and sports. This is bear country! On my way to Balea Lac from Lake Vidraru we saw about five adult bears, some with cubs along the side of the road, so I made the descent a bit short. Work was done throughout the year, the conditions being made difficult by the fact that the alpine climate at over 1,600 meters altitude – with strong winds and abundant blizzards – normally only allowed for 4-5 months of work per year. The road was made with considerable material efforts and at the cost of the lives of soldiers and workers who contributed to its construction, the official toll being 40 dead. The official inauguration, in the presence of Nicolae Ceausescu, took place on September 20, 1974, but the works continued for several more years, for its asphalting and other related activities, being completed in its current form in 1980. Thank you for watching, like and Subscribe if you enjoyed it!