M7 highway (Russia)

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|alternate_name=Volga Highway

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|terminus_a={{jct|country=RUS|MKAD}} in Moscow

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|terminus_b=R240 in Ufa

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The Russian Route M7 (also known as the Volga Highway) is a major trunk road running from Moscow through Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan in Tatarstan, formerly continue to Ufa in Bashkortostan. It generally follows the route of the historic Vladimirka road and, to a large extent, forms part of the European route E22. The section from Yelabuga to Ufa is also part of European route E017.

On 1 November 2023, Russian Federal Government announced to shorten the M7 highway to Kazan,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-01 |title=О внесении изменений в постановление Правительства РоссийскойФедерации от 17 ноября 2010 г. № 928 |url=http://static.government.ru/media/files/jUQbzFiJIxmtJDyQVtd3qHUqWdJdLh2i.pdf |access-date=2024-01-13 |language=ru}} by 31 December 2024. The cut section will be altered to parts of M12 from Shali, Kazan to Diltuli; R240 from Diltuli to Ufa; and R243 for the branch section to either Izhevsk or Perm.{{Cite web |title=проекту постановления Правительства РФ |url=https://regulation.gov.ru/Regulation/Npa/PublicView?npaID=138965}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|fix-attempted=yes}}

Major junctions

Federal subject	District	Location	km	Destinations	Notes
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Moscow			16	Moscow Ring Road	Interchange
Moscow Oblast		Obukhovo	43	{{jct\|country=RUS\|Р\|109\|city1=Losino-Petrovsky\|city2=Monino\|city3=Elektrougli }}	Interchange is under construction{{cite web \|title=Строительство развязки на трассе М7 в подмосковном пос. Обухово планируют завершить в конце 2020 г. \|url=https://news.rambler.ru/other/42218205-stroitelstvo-razvyazki-na-trasse-m7-v-podmoskovnom-pos-obuhovo-planiruyut-zavershit-v-kontse-2020-g/?updated \|website=news.rambler.ru \|accessdate=24 May 2020 \|language=ru}}
	Bogorodsky		53	{{jct\|country=RUS\|A\|107\|city1=Elektrostal\|city2=Noginsk }}	Interchange
			62	{{jct\|country=RUS\|A\|113\|city1= }}	Interchange
			84	{{jct\|country=RUS\|A\|108\|city1=Sergiyev Posad }}	Interchange
Vladimir Oblast	Sobinsky		165	17A-2 – Koloksha, Dvoriki
	Sudogodsky		189	{{jct\|country=RUS\|P\|132}} / 17R-1 – Vladimir, Gus-Khrustalny, Murom, Diveyevo	Interchange
	Kovrovsky		246	17K-1 – Seninskiye Dvoriki, Kovrov, Shuya, Kineshma
	Gorokhovetsky		324	17K-2 – Murom, {{ill\|Muromsky Zakaznik\|ru\|Муромский заказник}}
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast		Dzerzhinsk	399	22K-0101 – Nizhny Novgorod	Interchange
			?	22N-5018 – Strigino Airport	Interchange
			?	{{jct\|country=RUS\|P\|158\|city1=Nizhny Novgorod\|city2=Arzamas\|city3=Saransk }}
			?	22K-0007
			472	22K-0162

Route

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| caption1 = M7 highway in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast.

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| caption2 = M7 highway in Lezhnevsky District of Ivanovo Oblast.

| image3 = М-7 «Волга», подъезд к Владимиру, мост через Клязьму в районе дер. Пенкино · 4.jpg

| caption3 = A bridge over Klyazma river in the area of the village of Penkino in Vladimir Oblast.

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: 0 km — Moscow Ring Road

: 35 km — Elektrostal and Noginsk

: 65 km — Malaya Dubna near Orekhovo-Zuyevo

: Vladimir Oblast

: 81 km — Pokrov

: 130 km — Lakinsk

: 158 km — Yuryevets

: 162 km — Vladimir

: 225 km — a branch to Kovrov

: 273 km — Vyazniki

: 313 km — Gorokhovets

: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

: 397 km — crossing the Oka River in Nizhny Novgorod (over the Myza Bridge)

: 430 km — Kstovo

: 463 km — Rabotki

: 491 km — Lyskovo

: 544 km — Vorotynets

: Chuvash Republic

: 634 km — crossing the Vyatka Highway in Cheboksary

: 679 km — Tsivilsk

: Tatarstan

: 761 km — crossing the Volga River in Zelenodolsk

: 809 km — Kazan

: 969 km — crossing the Vyatka River in Mamadysh

: 1024 km — Yelabuga

: 1044 km — crossing the Kama River in Naberezhnye Chelny

: Bashkortostan

: 1134 km — Verkhneyarkeyevo

: 1230 km — Kushnarenkovo

: 1280 km — Ufa, M5

Gallery

М-7 «Волга», подъезд к Ижевску, 42 км, мост через реку Колтымак · 1.jpg|A bridge over {{ill|Koltymak River|ru|Колтымак (нижний приток Тоймы)}} in Alnashsky District of the Udmurt Republic.

М-7 «Волга», 821 км, транспортная развязка · 5.jpg|

М-7 «Волга», 777-й км, мост через Волгу в Татарстане (Займищенкий мост) · 2.jpg|The {{ill|Zaymishchensky bridge|ru|Займищенский мост}} of the M7 highway in Tatarstan.

Путепровод на 807-м км трассы М-7 «Волга» (1).jpg|M7 highway in Tatarstan (807th km)

М-7 «Волга», участок с 698 по 705 км после реконструкции · 1.jpg|M7 highway in the area of the hamlet of {{ill|Andreyevo-Bazary|ru|Андреево-Базары}} in Chuvashia.

References

Category:Roads in Russia