Owners of cars with no more than 8+1 seats and cargo carriers weighing up to 3.5 tons will pay 27 lei (EUR6) to cross the bridge from Calafat to Vidin. The toll for cars with more than 9 seats but no more than 23 is RON54 (EUR12). A similar sum is charged for cargo carriers weighing between 3.5 tons and 7.5 tons.
Trucks weighing between 7.5 tons and 12 tons will pay RON81 (EUR18) for crossing the bridge.
For passenger cars with more than 23 seats and cargo carriers heavier than 12 tons, which have 3 axles, the toll is RON113 (EUR25). Four-axled trucks weighing more than 12 tons will pay RON167 (EUR37).
Tolls will be adjusted annually.
In 2000, Romania and Bulgaria signed an agreement to build a second bridge, between Calafat and Vidin, but the project has been delayed because of funding issues.
The 1,791-meter Calafat-Vidin bridge is part of Pan-European Corridor IV linking Dresden (Germany) to Istanbul (Turkey).
Construction costs reached almost EUR300 million. According to Transport Ministry data, Romania secured some EUR72.5 million, of which EUR36.6 million came from the state budget and the remainder from EU pre-accession funds.
Bulgaria contributed approximately EUR226 million, with EUR61 million coming from the state budget and the remainder from EU pre-accession funds, the European Investment Bank, the French Development Agency and German bank KfW.