On the highway m 7. Highway M7 from Nizhny Novgorod to Cheboksary

We parted at. For a long time, transit workers hardly used it, because it ended at the P158 highway leading to Saransk. Finally, in the fall of 2016, the third section of the bypass from P158 to the city of Kstovo was opened. Now you can drive along the M7 highway, bypassing the millionth with its busy traffic and traffic jams.

Highway M7. Bypass Nizhny Novgorod

In Lesnaya Polyana we turn right onto the detour Nizhny Novgorod.Congress to the bypass was patched up in haste. At the end of the exit, traffic cops are on duty and stop black cars 🙂 My Volkswagen is gray, so I passed by without any problems. Green signs indicate that this is a motorway. This is the newest section of the Nizhny Novgorod bypass, opened less than a year ago. Unfortunately, the last section of the route has not yet been built. We have to turn onto Kstovo. A flat but rather narrow road leads there. We cross the Shelokshonka River on a new bridge and enter the Kstovo industrial zone. The Lukoil oil refinery operates nearby, and fuel trucks often come across on the road. The new route connects to the Kstovo bypass. At the circle, we need to turn right. At the village of Sheloksha, you can turn onto the local road and go onto the M7 as far as the village of Rabotki, but we will leave such delights for the all-knowing local residents and follow the sign to Kazan. The Nizhny Novgorod detour ends after about 45 km and we leave the M7 far beyond.

Highway M7 from Kstovo to Chuvashia

This is probably the hardest part. federal highway Volga. Instead of a highway, our path goes along a narrow two-lane highway. Sometimes a third lane is added on the uphills. The road is clearly designed for GAZ 51, at best - for MAZ 500, and not for modern heavy Volvos.

The hilly relief of the right bank of the Volga, dissected by deep valleys, adds long rises, on which traffic jams sometimes accumulate.

The road is obviously busy. Transport goes in a continuous stream. But the surroundings are very picturesque. Pictures taken on the move from the car cannot convey the beauty of the places there. We drive into Lyskovo. There are numerous gas stations, including Lukoil, tire shops and roadside shops. The condition of the road surface is not very good. The photo shows the track, pressed through by heavy trucks, but there are no frank holes. The traffic is still dense, but at least we are driving without traffic jams. Shortly before the border with Chuvashia, the M7 highway expands to 4 lanes, a bump stop and lights appear.

Highway M7 from the border of Chuvashia to Cheboksary

At the entrance to Chuvashia there are capital booths of a traffic police post and numerous cameras hang. Perhaps this is the Rotenberg Platon system, unloved by truckers, but it is better to slow down. Soon after the border with Chuvashia, the M7 highway crosses the Sura River. West Bank the river is gentle, but the eastern one is more than steep. To the east we drive along the old bridge. A disgusting shaky section leads to it, all covered in patches of old asphalt. The traffic on the bridge seems to be two-lane, but I did not dare to overtake. The movement towards Nizhny Novgorod goes along the new bridge. However, although the exit to it was completed, it was never opened. You have to drive down the old steep slope and make a sharp 90-degree turn to get to the new bridge. This is very dangerous place especially in the dark.

Behind the Sura River, the M7 highway turns into a beautiful new highway. However, the fairy tale does not last long - 40 kilometers. Further, the same narrow two-three-lane highway goes towards Kazan. The coverage in Chuvashia is perhaps the worst. At the entrance to the capital of the republic, the M7 highway again turns into a four-lane highway. The detour of Cheboksary does not cause delight. The narrow road with numerous traffic lights is not in the best condition. But with traffic cops everything is in order.

Road P176 “Vyatka”

starts from the M7 highway beyond Cheboksary and soon goes to the dam of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station. On it we cross the Volga in the direction of Yoshkar-Ola. At the entrance to the dam, formidable shields have been installed prohibiting photography strategic object. Obviously the Chuvash KGB officers have no idea about google earth🙂A fairly decent asphalt has been laid on the dam itself, but the road going further along the northern dam is simply disgusting: cracks, patches, a bunch of small holes. Shaking on this disgrace, we enter the Republic of Mari El. The road is leveled as if by magic. 80 kilometers of the Vyatka road left the most pleasant impressions. Smooth asphalt, clear markings, beautiful forest and an almost complete lack of traffic. A huge roundabout has been built 50 kilometers from Yoshkar Ola at the crossroads with the road to Kazan. Pine forest and there is a Lukoil gas station. We met with something similar at Gryazovets, when

Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod
Length 409 km

The busiest part of the route. It is believed that every day from Moscow to the side Nizhny Novgorod leaves about 100 thousand cars. 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-Zuyevo) and in Pokrov(24/7 traffic lights).

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 Vladimir region there are still enough sections without a dividing bar, but in Nizhny Novgorod region The route is divided into two carriageways for almost its entire length. City Vladimir It has a bypass road (Southern bypass), which narrows to two lanes for the first 17 km (from the side of Moscow), and then becomes as wide as the rest of the sections of the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod highway. Perhaps on this 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 places of interest here, cities on the highway, as well as 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.

The “legendary” problem area near the city of Lyskovo (Nizhny Novgorod Region) has been significantly improved today, you won’t have to slow down, and the tires will remain intact. And in December 2012, a long-awaited event took place on the Chuvash section of the route: new bridge over Sura, in a place where there used to be constant congestion. new bridge two-lane, but the old one remains in service - the 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.

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 passes through the federal highway M7 "Volga", the distance between cities is 818 km, which on average is overcome in 12 hours.

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 stop for the night 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 big amount 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 named.

According to the traffic police, dangerous areas 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 segment of the road, so you need to be extremely careful while driving, especially in unfavorable conditions. 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 Southern Bypass of 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. Now you can choose either new road on the bridge across the Volga, or the old one on the 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.