A d m 7 Volga 661 km. Federal highway M7 "Volga". Hotels on the M7 highway

It is not easy to break away and easily decide on a long journey by car. However, if you belong to the category of people who love the romance of roads, we suggest that you consider the route Moscow - Kazan. It runs along the M7 Volga federal highway, the distance between cities is 818 km, which is covered in 12 hours on average.

According to Avtodor, in the middle current year government Russian Federation project will be presented toll road connecting Moscow and the capital of Tatarstan, at the end of 2018 it is planned to start implementing the international project "Europe - Western China". Part of the path of the global highway will pass through the territory of the Russian Federation. One of its sections will be the Moscow-Kazan high-speed road, the length of which will be 828 kilometers. The estimated speed on the highway will be 100-150 km/h, and the number of lanes will vary from four to six. As expected, the toll highway to Kazan will be built by 2022.

One of the possible options for the road to Kazan today passes through such big cities like Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary. The infrastructure on the highway is well developed: mini-hotels, cafes, gas stations. Experienced autotourists are advised to stay overnight in the city of Gorokhovets Vladimir region.

According to drivers, the Moscow-Kazan road is "very good throughout the route, it is comfortable to drive with the exception of the section between Nizhny Novgorod and Cheboksary - the quality of the roadway is far from ideal there."

The M7 motorway, connecting the capital of Russia and the capital of Tatarstan, originates at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road and the Entuziastov highway and goes further along the territory of the Moscow Region, where it has from 4 to 8 lanes in different sections. The road has an improved asphalt concrete surface. According to drivers, the road is excellent with good coverage. The route passes through settlements with a large number of traffic lights, which definitely makes traffic difficult. A project for a new toll road in the Moscow region, bypassing Balashikha and Noginsk to Orekhovo-Zuev and then connecting with the M7. Its length will be 21.8 km. It will be designed to unload the flow on the Volga highway on one of the most difficult sections of the Moscow region, thereby average speed movement. However exact dates construction in Avtodor has not yet been called.

According to the traffic police, dangerous sections in the Moscow region are 20-26 km, 37 km, 43 km, 51 km, 65-69 km, 71-82 km, 89-98 km, 94 km. Traffic police posts are located on the following sections: 12 km, 21 km, 25 km, 34 km, 40 km, 73 km; DPS ambushes can be encountered at: 0.2 km, 23 km, 29 km, 77 km, 85 km, 92 km. Radars and cameras on the road to Kazan in the Moscow region are located: 10 km, 19 km, 25 km, 26 km, 36 km, 37 km, 41 km, 92 km. As a rule, it is better to leave Moscow so as not to lose time in traffic jams, either early in the morning or in the evening after 22:00.

The Vladimir region is the second one, through which the Volga highway runs. On the section from the beginning of the Vladimir region to Vladimir (94 - 170 km), a 4-lane traffic is organized, the intensity of which, according to drivers, is quite high on this section of the road, so you need to be extremely careful while driving, especially in adverse weather conditions. Passing Vladimir, you can drive directly through the city along the old section of the highway passing from its north side. Here you will have 15 minutes of traffic lights on a 2-lane road from 193 to 222 km. Another option is the Southern bypass of the city of Vladimir, which has a 2-lane traffic for 15 km and then from 16 to 54 km - a 4-lane road with a dividing strip.

Further along the Vladimir region, the route is a 4-lane road with a dividing fence, with the exception of settlements and lasts up to 339 km. According to auto travelers, the main traffic police posts are located in the following places: “interchange of the northern bypass of Vladimir and the southern bypass near the village of Penkino; v. Pestovo - the mobile radar/camera is usually hidden behind the 8th lighting pole in the direction from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod; in the Vyaznikovsky district (approximately 285th km) - a disguised tripod in front of the overpass through railway near the village of Kourkovo; the crew meets after the bridge. Sometimes the direction of control changes - sometimes from the Moscow side, sometimes from the Nizhny Novgorod side. In the village of Simontsevo (approximately 276th km), they are on duty with a radar in the gap of the dividing line opposite the cafe in the center of the village. Measure in both directions. Also, traffic police posts are located at the following sections: 154 km, 192 km, 239 km, 241 km, 303 km; traffic police ambushes are possible - 100 km, 126 km, 134 km, 144 km, 157 km, 164 km, 193 km, 237 km, 320 km, 338 km. Radars and cameras are installed according to the site http://www.dlinaputi.ru/ at: 165 km, 173 km.

Further, the motorway for 250 km passes through the Nizhny Novgorod region up to 590 km. Here the road for the most part has a good surface, the width of the canvas is from 2 to 6 lanes. Driving along the M7 highway, the driver can drive through Nizhny Novgorod and enjoy its architectural monuments. But if you want to shorten the road, then choose the route through the South Bypass Nizhny Novgorod. The new bypass road is a modern 6-lane highway with a dividing lawn and metal fenders. To date, it is not completely ready, 3 stages of the Southern Bypass with a total length of 76.5 kilometers have been built, the 3rd stage will be put into operation at the end of August 2016. The construction of the 4th stage of the 40-kilometer bypass road is ahead, which is planned to be completed by May 2018. In the Kstovo area, the Southern bypass leads to the main M7 Volga highway.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, traffic police posts are located at: 341 km, 360 km, 389 km, 457 km, 463 km, 508 km; traffic police ambushes can be arranged: 347 km, 358 km, 382 km, 396 km, 438 km. Radars and cameras meet at: km 407, km 418, km 424,

After Nizhny Novgorod to the border with Chuvashia, the route continues with the Kazan highway, which is characterized by many ups and downs. The road in this section is two-lane without a dividing strip with an average quality of coverage. As a result, the route in this section is characterized by a rather high degree of accidents. On the territory of the Chuvash Republic itself, the route is called Gorkovskoye Highway and runs for 170 km to 761 km. The road surface in some sections leaves much to be desired, partly due to the hilly-ravine relief of Chuvashia. At the entrance to Cheboksary the road goes south of the city. At many large crossroads of the bypass road, traffic control is organized by traffic lights, which operates during the daytime. From Cheboksary to the border with Tatarstan, the road is mainly two-lane, in some places three-lane with an overtaking lane.

In the Republic of Chuvashia, traffic police posts are located at: 661 km, 662 km, 680 km. 735 km, 759 km, 760 km. The camera stands at 631 km.

A new road bridge leads across the Volga. Prior to its construction, cars were ferried across the river. And now you can choose either a new road over the bridge across the Volga, or the old one by ferry to Zelenodolsk. After the bridge over the Volga, the M7 goes around Kazan along the Kazan bypass road. This highway is 49.5 km, it is a 4-lane road with a dividing strip.

In the Republic of Tatarstan, there will be a traffic police post at 787 km, and a radar at 807 km. According to locals, the roads in Kazan in 2016 are different good quality, however, driving without penalties will not work. The city is located a large number of photo and video recording cameras that record various types of violations: speeding, driving over the stop line, driving on the bus lane, non-compliance with the requirements prescribed road signs and markings, driving without fastened seat belts. In Kazan, cameras of the Avtodoria system are installed, which calculates the average speed of the car, and it is impossible for a radar detector to notice such cameras. Therefore, residents of the capital of Tatarstan advise travelers not to earn a lot of fines, to look closely at how the townspeople themselves drive.

Experienced autotourists advise beginners to have in the car or a navigator with the most latest versions maps, or a printed version of the Kazan road map, so that the trip does not cause difficulties, but only brings pleasure from beautiful views outside the window.

Republican truckers are not ready to pay for travel on toll roads on Moscow routes, despite the profitability of transportation

Entry to Moscow along the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod-Kazan high-speed highway (M7 Volga) from the 60th kilometer of the road will no longer be free after 2020. The Avtodor state company has submitted for shareholders' approval a project to build an 82-kilometer toll road from the M-7 Volga federal highway on the MKAD section - this is km 60 bypassing Balashikha near Moscow. The first stage of construction will cost 1 billion rubles. The introduction of a backup route implies an increase in the speed of transport. But the interviewees real time» Tatarstan cargo carriers are afraid of the introduction of paid travel.

Remove traffic jam in Balashikha

The entrance from the east along the Novosavikha highway to the Moscow Ring Road, where the first distribution and storage centers were built in the late 1990s, will come under the control of the state company Rosavtodor. On November 2, an adjusted financial plan for 2017-2019 was submitted for approval by the Supervisory Board of Rosavtodor, which includes four major road transport infrastructure projects. Among them, a project called "High-Speed highway Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan. Construction with subsequent operation on paid basis"a new exit to the Moscow Ring Road from the federal highway M-7" Volga "on the section of the Moscow Ring Road - km 60 (bypassing the cities of Balashikha, Noginsk), Moscow Region." As explained in Avtodor, the projected highway passes through the territory of the Moscow region and is a backup of the M-7 Volga highway in the section from the Moscow Ring Road to the Moscow big ring(MBK).

“Currently, the M-7 Volga federal highway, as well as other regional roads on the approaches to Moscow, are heavily congested due to the extremely high traffic intensity and a large number of intersections with traffic lights,” Avtodor notes. - The last circumstance concerns, first of all, the highway M-7 Volga. On the head section within Balashikha, the speed of movement to the exit from the city is 5-10 km / h. Due to the complexity of the reconstruction of the M-7 Volga road, the construction of a new backup road bypassing the cities of Balashikha and Noginsk is an extremely important task, since its solution will allow redistributing the traffic flow and unloading the M-7 Volga highway on the approaches to Moscow, - noted in the company. It is expected that Avtodor's Supervisory Board will approve a major deal to conclude a contract for the implementation of a set of works on the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod-Kazan High-Speed ​​Highway.

The projected highway passes through the territory of the Moscow region and is a backup of the M-7 Volga highway in the section from the Moscow Ring Road to the Moscow Big Ring (MBK). Photo roads.ru

Detour on three interchanges at a distance of 82 km

The total length of the new highway will be 82.6 km. The project provides for the construction of three transport interchanges. It is from them that the segment of the road on the Nosovikhinskoye highway and the R-109 highway with a length of 15.5 km will begin and end with another interchange with the Central Ring Road with the Western bypass of the city of Orekhovo-Zuevo with a length of 37.3 km.

The device of the first road junction will ensure the redistribution of traffic flows from the departure sections of motorways in the south-eastern direction of Moscow, primarily M-7 Volga and R-105 Egoryevskoye Highway. In a word, motorists are invited to move from one interchange to another. This route will be built according to the standards of the first automobile category, i.e., the traffic intensity per day will be 14,000 vehicles. And the estimated speed will increase to 150 km/h.

The motorway "A new exit to the Moscow highway from the federal highway M-7" Volga "on the section of the Moscow Ring Road - 60 km is initially designed for operation on a toll basis," Avtodor noted. This is an old idea, the state assignment for designing was given back in 2012, but investments have appeared only now. The Supervisory Board will have to approve the placement of exchange-traded bonds for 7 billion rubles. How much of them will go directly to this project is not known. “Based on a comprehensive analysis of the results of economic surveys, a closed toll collection system has been adopted on the projected highway, that is, toll collection points are arranged at the entrance and exit from the highway. To ensure maximum road capacity and non-stop traffic along the main course, toll collection points are located at interchanges,” the explanatory note to the project documentation says. When will it be built toll highway until it is revealed. But judging by the project documentation, the planned date is 2019.

A closed toll collection system has been adopted on the projected highway, that is, toll collection points are arranged at the entrance and exit from the highway. Photo gazeta.ru

Tatarstan road workers did not go to the Moscow region

In November, Rosavtodor will sum up the results of four open competitions on the selection of contractors for the preparation of the territory for construction with a total cost of 1 billion rubles, indicated on the Avtodor website. To participate in it declared: LLC IC "Russian Trest" near Moscow, LLC "SITEL" in Moscow and LLC "Delta-Stroy". According to Spark-Interfax, in the past two years RusTrest has performed work for 1 billion, the main customers are JSC RZHDStroy and Roszheldor. The most expensive lot of 371.5 million rubles provides for the removal of utilities, the other three - for the preparation of the land base.

“Tatarstan road workers do not participate in these competitions, since the construction is taking place on the territory of the Moscow region. rebase production capacity and labor resources will cause higher overhead costs than local contractors,” explains Tagir Sungatullin, owner of the Chelny company RBR-Group. The amount of 1 billion rubles announced at the tenders caused some bewilderment. “With this money you can build only 5 km federal roads high category,” Tatarstan road builders believe.

We go around toll roads for three miles

Meanwhile, the Tatarstan transport companies that transport goods to Moscow believe that the construction of the toll road is a little late for freight carriers. “Now new distribution centers are being built on the southern outskirts of Moscow - in Obukhovo, and those who are bound by contracts with the old centers continue to travel outside the Moscow Ring Road,” says Sergey Sotnikov, executive director of NP Logistics and Road Transportation of Tatarstan. - To be honest, we are against the expansion of the construction of toll roads, since they do not fundamentally change the traffic situation. It's just that the cork will be moved from Balashikha to another place, and our transportation costs will increase, ”he is indignant. In his opinion, the course taken for the construction of toll roads is unpromising, since investments will not bring a quick payback.

According to Leonid Shteinberg, heavy trucks themselves have already learned to look for detours, and toll roads intend to go around for three miles. Photo lechaim.ru

“Nosovikhinskoye highway is an eternal traffic jam,” agrees CEO TKF "Kama-Trucks" Leonid Steinberg. But if the fare is real, and not taken “from the ceiling”, then why not,” he expressed his position. “The real fee is 50 kopecks per 1 km, and not 250 rubles, as it is now along the Leningradskoye Highway,” he argues. According to him, heavy trucks themselves have already learned to look for detours, and toll roads are going to bypass for three miles. “We have launched a toll road on the Leningradskoye Highway - 250 rubles. But few people go. We are definitely not,” said the Tatarstan truckers with one voice.

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Values ​​that goes through such major cities as Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Kazan and Vladimir. Also, the road passes with entrances to a number of other cities, and part European route E22 refers to E017.

Despite the fact that the highways "Siberia", "Irtysh", "Amur" and "Baikal" are continuations of the M-5, as the main highway connecting Far East With European part Russia, it is considered the M-7, since it provides shortest way from Moscow to the eastern regions.

basic information

This highway originates in the east of the capital, from the intersection of the Entuziastov highway and the Moscow Ring Road, but it should be noted that all distances are measured from the center of Moscow. In the future, it passes through the Vladimir, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod regions, as well as the republics of Chuvashia, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Its total length is 1351 kilometers.

In addition, the highway also includes various access roads to:

• Ivanov, the length is 101 km;
• Cheboksary, western entrance - 11 km, eastern - 3 km;
• Izhevsk, the length reaches 165 km;
• Perm, length 294 km.

It is also worth noting that the M-7 highway includes the Southern bypass of Vladimir with a length of 54 km, as well as Nizhny Novgorod, which has a length of 16 km.

The road itself passes through slightly hilly terrain, and in some areas there are steppe and wooded-marshy areas. The temperature conditions on this road are often exactly the same, and in January the average temperature is -10 ° C, and in July - +20 ° C.

For a long time, a project to extend the highway was hatched, and it was supposed to go from Ufa through the Zhukovsky interchange with the M-5 highway, as well as through the villages of Taptykovo, Berezovka, Zhukovo, Bulgakovo and further through Kartaly up to the border of Russia with Kazakhstan. In the end, the M-7 Volga highway was never developed, because due to the existence of the ZATO Mezhgorie, the project was not approved, although the area of ​​​​the design route in the area of ​​​​Zhukovskaya interchange was nevertheless built up.

Moscow region

Through the Vladimir and Moscow regions this route passes through flat areas of swamps located in various watercourses, which were changed during the construction process, as well as relatively high humidity, have a negative impact on the state of the M-7 Volga highway. Within the boundaries of the region, the road is quite straight, and the only exception is the 52nd km, which is located under the A-107 overpass, and does not have any strong longitudinal slopes. It is also worth noting that the road here passes through a fairly large number of settlements and traffic lights.

Almost throughout the entire territory on which the M-7 highway runs, the direction has at least four lanes, with each of them having a width of more than 3.5 meters. The entire section of the road is characterized by an improved asphalt concrete surface, and in most dangerous and high-speed sections it is also equipped with an axial barrier. In the period from 2005 to 2007, capital work was also carried out on the overwhelming majority of overpasses and bridges, and from 2006 to 2008 interchanges were also built on the 52nd km of the track. From May to June 2008, the pavement of the section from km 68 to km 79 was restored, and in autumn the bridge located at km 86 was also repaired.

In 2009, it was decided to repair the pavement, as well as install an axial fence at the 33-37th km section, and at the end of the year it was also decided to install specialized cameras for recording violations on especially hazardous areas. In 2010, we also installed axial barriers and an additional chamber stand located at the 66th km.

Special attention should be paid to the fact that the state of the M-7 highway is constantly updated and modernized. In 2012, a large-scale improvement of the lighting system was carried out, as well as traffic lights equipped with a specialized time meter were installed, and in the next year an elevated pedestrian crossing was built.

Attractions

As mentioned above, there are a lot of significant places near which the M-7 highway is located. The destination includes the following attractions:

• The estate of the princes Golitsins, which is located in Balashikha.
• The house where Sergei Fedorovich Pankratov lived, which is a unique manifestation of personal creativity.
• Assumption Church, located in the village of Bogoslovo, on the 64th kilometer of the way.

Vladimir region

The per-kilometer scheme of the M-7 Volga highway shows that in the Vladimir region the road differs in many respects from the Moscow one in that it passes through a more rugged terrain, which provides for the presence more longitudinal slopes and bends, which can somewhat complicate the movement.

The section that runs from the border of the Vladimir region to Vladimir itself includes a fragment that has a four-lane traffic. On this section, the construction of the M-7 bypass was carried out in such a way that the dividing fences along the axis are encountered only periodically, and the traffic intensity in this section is approximately 40,000 vehicles per day. Due to the fact that the route is quite busy and insufficiently equipped, traffic along it is tense, and sometimes quite dangerous, especially in adverse weather conditions.

The southern bypass of the city of Vladimir, which has a length of 54 km, for the first fifteen kilometers has only a two-lane road, and the further section already has four lanes with a normal dividing line. It is worth noting that you can get to Nizhny Novgorod through the Southern Bypass of Vladimir, which was opened in 2001. You can also do this along the old section of the highway passing directly through Vladimir from the north side. It should be noted that its length is approximately 2 kilometers less compared to the Southern Bypass. After the repair of the M-7 highway, 15 traffic lights appeared on it, and as a result, traffic jams can be noticed during peak hours. Special attention should be paid to the fact that from the 193rd to the 222nd kilometer the road has only two lanes.

In the future, in the Vladimir region, the path passes along a fairly satisfactory four-lane highway, often with a dividing fence (not counting some settlements), therefore, it does not cause any particular complaints.

Posts

The construction of the M-7 highway was carried out in parallel with the construction of posts, while the government made sure that there were enough of them to ensure the safest possible traffic. Thus, the following posts can be distinguished:

• At the junction of the Southern bypass near the village of Penkino and the northern bypass of Vladimir. IN this place a car radar or camera is often located behind the eighth lighting column, if you count in the direction from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod.
• In the Vyaznikovsky district (approximately the 285th kilometer). A specially disguised tripod is installed here, which is located near the village of Kourkovo in front of the overpass across the railway, and the crew itself is located directly near the bridge. It should be noted that from time to time the direction of control may change, and sometimes it is carried out from the Moscow side, and sometimes from the Nizhny Novgorod side.
• In the village of Simontsevo (approximately the 276th kilometer). The duty post, together with the radar, is located in the gap of the dividing line opposite the cafe, located in the center of the village. Here, control is already being carried out immediately over both directions of movement.

Nizhny Novgorod Region

It should be noted that in the Nizhny Novgorod region, for the most part, the section of the highway is covered with a fairly good road. Overall Width the canvas here is from two to six lanes, and its length itself is 250 kilometers. On this moment this section of the route passes directly through Nizhny Novgorod, and every day more than 45 thousand cars pass through the M-7 highway. Hotels are located almost along the entire stretch of the road, constantly accepting more and more new guests. The choice is large, you can choose the option according to your pocket.

Southern Bypass

This is a relatively new bypass road, which includes a section of the track that fully meets all modern quality and safety requirements. In terms of performance, it is a highway with a dividing lawn, as well as various metal fenders along the edges, having an embankment height of 12-22 m. It should be noted that this highway has not yet been completed to the end, therefore it breaks off at the intersection with the road R158. After that, they indicated that they were already going to Bolshoye Mokroe and, approximately in the Kstovo area, they were taken to the main road.

The construction and reconstruction of the M-7 highway in the area of ​​the Southern Bypass has been going on since 1984. The first stage, which is 16 kilometers long, connected this road with P125, and its construction was carried out between 1984 and 1993, including a bridge over the Oka River. The second line, passing through P125 and P158, having a length of 14.5 kilometers, was laid in just two and a half years, and it was opened in 2008. The third and fourth were never built due to the fact that the state could not finance construction work due to economic crisis. In 2010, after a proposal from Sergei Ivanov, it was decided to work out a plan for the construction of the third stage, where public-private partnership with the further organization of paid travel should also be used. The third section was 46 kilometers long, and the cost of laying it is estimated at 20 billion rubles.

At the beginning of 2016, the construction of the third stage of the Southern Bypass was already at the final stage. The roadbed and main engineering communications have already been laid, as well as artificial structures have been erected. Among the remaining work, it is worth noting the laying of two additional oil pipelines, as well as the construction of another power line, followed by laying the final layer of the roadway. Traffic on this section opens in 2016, and it is worth noting that the dates were originally scheduled for 2017. labor movement should be launched by July 25, and the final commissioning will occur only in late August or early September, after the necessary tests have been carried out.

The fourth phase of the Southern Bypass is expected to be the longest and most costly section, and its length will be about 40 kilometers. Due to the construction of this section, it will subsequently be possible to provide a full-fledged bypass of Kstov and Nizhny Novgorod, providing access to the main M-7 Volga highway. Financing of this stage will be organized exclusively from the federal budget, and its construction is planned to be completed before the 2018 World Cup.

Nizhny Novgorod - border with Chuvashia

After the route continues to the Kazanskoe highway, after which it goes to the Photo of the M-7 highway clearly shows how the terrain changes noticeably, as a fairly large number of steep ascents and descents appear. The site has a fairly high accident rate, because the road has only two lanes, but there is no dividing line on it. The quality of the pavement is average, and only periodically the authorities carry out repairs. On this section of the road, you can only meet the urban settlement Vorotynets, as well as the cities of Lyskovo and Kstovo, through which the M-7 highway passes. Refueling is also quite rare.

Chuvashia

The so-called Gorky highway passes through the Chuvash Republic, the length of which is from 160 to 170 kilometers. On the way of this road there are a lot of geographical objects, including Cheboksary, the Sura River, the city of Tsivilsk and many others. Due to the fact that Chuvashia itself is characterized by a predominantly hilly-ravine relief, the road surface is not of the highest quality in many sections of the highway. In 2013, a bridge was built across the Sura for vehicles to cross, and roads began to be built at various sections of the entrance to that bridge. At most major intersections of bypass roads, there is an established traffic light regulation, but it works mainly only during the day.

Bridge across the Volga

Before the construction of an automobile bridge across the Volga on the M-7 began, the route initially passed in Tatarstan, and again returned to Chuvashia approximately at a section of about the ninth kilometer. At the same time, two ferries were regularly launched, which could transport various trucks.

After the bridge was commissioned in 1990, located near the village of Naberezhnye Morkvashi, the M-7 highway was changed, and a new section was built in Tatarstan, passing through beautiful place at the renovated bridge crossing with Svyaga near Isakovo. In the future, a four-lane road begins in the Verkhneuslonsky district after a turn from Ulyanovsk.

Which is located near Nizhniye Vyazovye, is still functioning today, and one ferry for cargo ships runs through it, cars and pedestrians. IN winter time there it is customary to organize a special ice crossing, along which cars can move.

For some time, on various maps (including electronic ones), the M-7 highway near Tyurlema ​​was indicated by two separate roads - this is the new one, which led to the bridge over the Volga River, and the old one, going through the ferry to Zelenodolsk.

Tatarstan

After the bridge across the Volga ends, the route goes around Kazan via the Kazan bypass road, where it also crosses the Kazanka River.

Then the road goes through the Pestrechinsky district. A fairly large amount of work was carried out here, aimed at extending the bypass road to R-239, performing it in the form of a full-fledged four-lane highway. Further, the route in the format of a 2x2 road passes to the village of Shali, where it rests on a two-level interchange, from which there is also an exit to the R-239 highway. After this interchange, there is a two-lane road again.

The continuation of the four-lane highway can be seen again only at the 900th kilometer, and it is located at the entrance to the Rybno-Slobodsky district. At the end of the Pestrechinsky district, the road goes through Mamadyshsky and Rybnoslobodsky districts. It should be noted that 20-30 kilometers before the Mamadysh exit, which the highway bypasses to the south, there is a large parking lot with fish market, and the highway here is two-lane. But after the bridge over the Kirmyanka River, the route again divides into four streams, and so it goes through the new bridge along the Vyatka River, passing through the Yelabuga region. The Elabuga bypass road also has four lanes, and three kilometers after the bypass there is a connection with the highway towards Mendeleevsk.

All this information can be quite useful for those who do not know where the M-7 highway is, or who must cross some of its sections. Thanks to detailed explanations, you can not only overcome various obstacles, but also visit a lot of sights, having a good time along the way.

Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod
Length 409 km

The busiest part of the route. It is believed that about 100,000 cars leave Moscow for Nizhny Novgorod every day. The main problems are also connected with this: long and almost round-the-clock traffic jams from the Enthusiasts highway in Moscow to the exit from Balashikha. Further along the route, most often difficulties arise in Malaya Dubna (intersection with the A108 highway from Orekhovo-Zuevo) and in Pokrov (traffic lights working around the clock).

The condition of this part of the route is the best along the entire length of the M7. Almost everywhere there are at least two lanes in each direction. In the Vladimir region, there are still enough sections without a dividing bar, but in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the route is divided into two carriageways for almost its entire length. The city of Vladimir has a bypass road (Southern bypass), which narrows to two lanes for the first 17 km (from Moscow), and then becomes as wide as the rest of the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod highway. Possibly at the moment best way avoid traffic jams in a narrow place - go directly through Vladimir, and in the city center turn towards the bridge over the Klyazma to the Sudogodskoe highway (P72, P73) to get to the bypass already in a wide place. Passing through Vladimir along the old Vladimirsky tract is not recommended due to the narrow and busy section at the exit towards Nizhny Novgorod.

Five kilometers before the entrance to Nizhny Novgorod (in Lesnaya Polyana), the M7 Volga highway goes to the right. This is the future Nizhny bypass, which is currently partially commissioned. This section of the bypass has a high-speed highway. The road leads to the bridge across the Oka, and then it forces the transit transport to still call in Nizhny Novgorod (Gagarina Ave., Larina St. or through Olgino to Fedyakovo) in order to then go to Kazan. The complete southern bypass of Nizhny Novgorod should be completed by 2018.

According to our portal, along the entire length of the M7 section from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod, there are about 1,700 infrastructure facilities - motels, cafes, car services, tire fitting points, etc. This is the most developed section of the route in terms of service. There are also many attractions, both in the cities on the highway and beyond.

Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan
Length 387 km

This section of the route requires more driver stress, and in some places caution. From Nizhny Novgorod, you can leave on the street. Larina (continuation of the unfinished bypass) or through the city center, the Upper Pechery microdistrict and the village of Afonino. The first city on the way - Kstovo - has its own bypass, which is recommended for heavy trucks. Drivers passenger transport can drive right through the city and only gain time.

The condition of this section of the M7 Volga highway is heterogeneous: there are segments no worse than Moscow, but at times the road narrows, and the speed drops noticeably. This is due to the repair or complete restructuring of individual sections.

The road to Cheboksary has mainly three traffic lanes - the middle lane is designed for overtaking alternately in both directions. As a rule, the overtaking lane opens before a long climb, and ends before the descent. In general, this section of the route is quite winding and hilly, and this seriously differs from the “linear” Moscow section of the M7.

"Legendary" problem area near the town of Lyskovo ( Nizhny Novgorod Region) today has been significantly improved, the speed will not have to be reduced, and the tires will remain intact. And in December 2012, a long-awaited event took place on the Chuvash section of the route: a new bridge across the Sura was opened for traffic, in a place where there used to be constant traffic jams. The new bridge is two-lane, but the old one remains in service - traffic on each of them is now one-way. At the same time, the entrances to Sura are still old and very unimportant in condition.

The M7 highway passes south of the capital Chuvashia, and on weekends traffic jams are possible here due to the mass departure of Cheboksary residents to gardens and nature.

On the territory of Tatarstan, the road is generally of normal quality. The M7 Volga highway goes around Kazan from the north.

Kazan – Ufa
Length 514 km

After a good bypass of Kazan, the track leads to a section of the track, which was actively reconstructed for the Kazan Universiade-2013. Plot to the village Shali has two lanes in each direction, then the road narrows. After the 900th kilometer - again two lanes.

After the exit to Mamadysh, the route passes along the new bridge across Vyatka to Yelabuga. The city remains to the south, and the road goes towards Naberezhnye Chelny. It will not be possible to bypass Chelny: the entrance to the city starts from the dam of the Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power station, and then the M7 highway goes through the city up to the Oryol ring, where it goes to the right. The road to the border with Bashkortostan is two-lane. It remains the same in most of the territory of Bashkortostan. There are several sections with an extension to four lanes.

The route ends at the entrance to the Zaton microdistrict of the city of Ufa, which stretches for several kilometers along the route. Currently, a bypass around the area is being built, which will end in front of the Zatonsky bridge. Most of transit transport leaves in front of Ufa to the interchange on the Birsk highway and then to the 27-kilometer transition to the M5 highway in the direction of Chelyabinsk.