 As of 2016 10 km (6 miles) of the motorway are completed, from the Asparuhov bridge in Varna to the village of Priseltsi.The Cherno More motorway is expected to considerably shorten the journey between the two cities, since the traffic is today congested at the passage of the Balkan Mountains between Nesebar and Obzor, especially during the summer season.As part of the Bulgarian motorway network, the motorway is to be linked with the Hemus motorway (A2) at Varna and with the Trakia motorway (A1) at Burgas, both leading to the capital Sofia.