The Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency has announced temporary traffic restrictions for trucks over 12 tonnes on 24 and 26 July 2026 оn:
– Trakia motorway,
– Struma motorway, and
– on road I-1, on the section from Simitli road junction (km 376) to the Kulata border crossing point (with Greece).

The restrictions will apply for both directions of travel:
– on Friday 24 July from 16.00 to 23.00 (Eastern European Summer Time), and
– on Sunday 26 July from 15.30 to 22.00 (EEST).

The restrictions do not apply to vehicles over 12 tonnes transporting dangerous goods (ADR), live animals, perishable food products or temperature-controlled goods, as well as specialised carcass trucks and vehicles of road maintenance companies.

Recommended alternative routes:
– for Trakia motorway: road I-6;
– for Struma motorway and road I-1: road II-19 Simitli–Gotse Delchev, from the junction of road I-1 with road II-19 in Simitli to the intersection with road III-198 in Gotse Delchev, along road III-198 Gotse Delchev–Kulata, to the intersection with road III-1981 in Chuchuligovo, and along road III-1981 to the intersection with road I-1 in Kulata, and back.