Romania’s Transfăgărășan road carries the national-road number DN7C.
The designation means “National Road 7C,” while Transfăgărășan is the road’s famous name. It crosses the Făgăraș Mountains, linking the historical regions of Wallachia and Transylvania across southern Romania.
Construction took place mainly between 1970 and 1974 under Nicolae Ceaușescu. The road was conceived partly as a strategic military route after the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. It was built at high altitude with extensive blasting, tunnels, viaducts, and hairpin bends.
DN7C is often confused with DN67C, the Transalpina, another celebrated Romanian mountain road. The Transfăgărășan reaches about 2,042 meters near Bâlea Lake and Bâlea Tunnel, but it is not Romania’s highest paved mountain road; that distinction belongs to the Transalpina. Seasonal snow commonly closes the upper section.