The Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency has announced temporary driving restrictions for trucks over 12 tonnes on 31 July and 2 August 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 31 July from 16.00 to 23.00, and
– on Sunday 2 August from 15.30 to 22.00.
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (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.