Federal road M7. Highway-M7 "Volga"

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

Entry into Moscow via the Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod- Kazan" (M7 "Volga") from the 60th kilometer of the route will cease to be free after 2020. The state company Avtodor submitted for approval to shareholders a project for the construction of an 82-kilometer toll road from the federal highway M-7 "Volga" on the MKAD section is 60 km bypassing Balashikha near Moscow. The first stage of construction will cost 1 billion rubles. The introduction of a backup route implies an increase in transport speed. But Tatarstan freight carriers surveyed by Realnoe Vremya are frightened by the introduction of tolls.

Remove traffic jam in Balashikha

The entrance from the east along the Novosavikha highway to the Moscow Ring Road, where the first distribution and warehouse centers were built in the late 90s, will come under the control of the state company Rosavtodor. On November 2, an adjusted financial plan for 2017-2019, including four large road and transport infrastructure projects, was submitted for approval to the Rosavtodor supervisory board. Among them, a project has been announced called “Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan Expressway. Construction and subsequent operation on a paid basis of “a new exit to the MKAD from the M-7 Volga federal highway on the MKAD section - km 60 (bypasses of 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 on 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 extremely high traffic intensity and a large number of intersections with traffic lights,” Avtodor notes. - The last circumstance concerns, first of all, the M-7 Volga highway. 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 reconstructing 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 redistribute traffic flow and relieve congestion on the M-7 Volga highway on the approaches to Moscow,” - noted the company. It is expected that the supervisory board of Avtodor will approve a major transaction to conclude an agreement to carry out a set of works on the Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan Expressway project.

The designed 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 at three junctions at a distance of 82 km

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 section of the route on the Nosovikhinskoye Highway and the R-109 highway, 15.5 km long, will begin and end with another interchange with the Central Ring Road with the Western Bypass of Orekhovo-Zuyevo highway, 37.3 km long.

The construction of the first transport interchange will ensure the redistribution of traffic flows from the outbound sections of highways in the south-eastern direction of Moscow, primarily the M-7 Volga and P-105 Yegoryevskoe Highway. In short, motorists are encouraged to move from one junction 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 thousand cars. And the estimated speed will increase to 150 km/h.

Motorway « New exit to the Moscow Highway from the M-7 Volga federal highway on the MKAD section - 60 km is initially designed for operation on a toll basis, Avtodor noted. This is an old idea, the state design order was given back in 2012, but only now investments have appeared. The Supervisory Board will have to approve the placement of exchange-traded bonds for 7 billion rubles. It is not known how much of this money will go directly to this project. "Based comprehensive analysis the results of economic surveys on the designed highway were adopted closed system toll collection, that is, toll collection points are located at the entrance and exit from the highway. To ensure maximum bandwidth roads and non-stop traffic along the main road, toll points are located at interchanges,” the statement says. explanatory note To project documentation. It has not yet been revealed when the toll highway will be built. But judging by the project documentation, the target date is 2019.

A closed toll collection system has been adopted on the designed highway, that is, toll points are located at the entrance and exit of 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 for the selection of contractors to prepare the territory for construction with a total cost of 1 billion rubles, as indicated on the Avtodor website. The following companies applied to participate in it: LLC IC "Russky Trest" located near Moscow, LLC "SITEL" from Moscow and LLC "Delta-Stroy". According to Spark-Interfax, RusTrest has carried out work worth 1 billion in the last two years, the main customers being JSC RZhDStroy and Roszheldor. The most expensive lot at 371.5 million rubles provides for the removal of utilities, the other three - for the preparation of the land foundation.

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

We bypass toll roads three miles away

Meanwhile, Tatarstan transport companies Those transporting goods to Moscow believe that the construction of the toll road is a little late for cargo 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 beyond the Moscow Ring Road,” says Sergei Sotnikov, executive director of the NP Logistics and Road Transportation of Tatarstan. - To be honest, we are against expanding the construction of toll roads, since they do not fundamentally change the traffic situation. The traffic jam will simply be moved from Balashikha to another place, and our transportation costs will increase,” he is indignant. In his opinion, the course taken to build toll roads is futile, since investments will not bring a quick return on investment.

According to Leonid Steinberg, heavy trucks themselves have already learned to look for bypass routes, and they intend to bypass toll roads three miles away. 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 out of thin air, then why not,” he expressed his position. - Real fee“That’s 50 kopecks per 1 km, and not 250 rubles, as it is now on the Leningradskoe Highway,” he argues. According to him, heavy trucks themselves have already learned to look for bypass routes, and they intend to bypass toll roads three miles away. “We launched a toll on Leningradskoye Highway - 250 rubles. But few people go. We definitely don’t,” Tatarstan truck drivers said unanimously.

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The values ​​that go through such big cities, like Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Kazan and Vladimir. The road also has access to a number of other cities, and part of the European route E22 belongs to E017.

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

basic information

This highway starts in the east of the capital, from the intersection of the Entuziastov Highway and the Moscow Ring Road, but it is worth noting that all distances are measured from the center of Moscow. Later 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, length is 101 km;
• Cheboksary, western entrance - 11 km, eastern - 3 km;
• Izhevsk, length reaches 165 km;
• Perm, length 294 km.

It is also worth noting that the M-7 highway includes the Southern Bypass of Vladimir, which is 54 km long, as well as Nizhny Novgorod, which is 16 km long.

The road itself passes through slightly hilly terrain, and on separate areas there are steppe and wooded-swampy areas. Temperature conditions on a given road are often absolutely the same, and in January the average temperature is -10 o C, and in July - +20 o C.

For a long time, a project to extend the highway was hatched, and it was supposed to go from Ufa through the Zhukovskaya interchange with the M-5 highway, as well as through the villages of Taptykovo, Berezovka, Zhukovo, Bulgakovo and further through Kartaly up to the Russian border with Kazakhstan. Ultimately, the M-7 Volga highway was never developed, since due to the existence of the Mezhgorye Closed Administrative Unit, the project was not approved, although the project route area in the area of ​​​​the 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 that were changed during the construction process, as well as relatively high humidity negatively affect the condition 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, 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 quite a a large number of settlements and traffic lights.

Almost throughout the entire territory where 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. Throughout the entire section, the road has an improved asphalt concrete surface, and in most dangerous and high-speed sections it is also equipped with an axial barrier. Between 2005 and 2007, there were also capital works along the vast majority of overpasses and bridges, and from 2006 to 2008, interchanges were also built on the 52nd km of the route. From May to June 2008, the pavement of the section from the 68th to the 79th km was restored, and in the fall the bridge located at the 86th kilometer was also repaired.

In 2009, they decided to repair the coating and also install an axial fence on the 33-37th km section, and at the end of the year it was also decided to install specialized cameras for recording violations in particularly dangerous areas. In 2010, axial barriers and an additional chamber stand were also installed, located at the 66th km.

Special attention should be paid to the fact that the condition of the M-7 highway is constantly updated and modernized. In 2012, we carried out a large-scale improvement of the lighting system, and also installed traffic lights equipped with a specialized time counter, and the very 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 route includes the following attractions:

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

Vladimir region

A kilometer-long diagram of the M-7 Volga highway shows that during Vladimir region the road differs in many respects from the Moscow one in that it runs along a more rugged terrain, which provides for the presence more longitudinal slopes and bends, which can make movement somewhat more difficult.

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

The southern bypass of the city of Vladimir, which has a length of 54 km, has only a two-lane road for the first fifteen kilometers, 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. It is worth noting that its length is approximately 2 kilometers less compared to the Southern Bypass. After the M-7 highway was repaired, 15 traffic lights appeared on it, and as a result, traffic jams can be noticed during rush hours. Special attention should be paid to the fact that from the 193rd to the 222nd kilometer the road has only two lanes.

Further along the Vladimir region, the route passes along a fairly satisfactory four-lane highway, often with dividing fences (except for some settlements), so it does not cause any special complaints.

Posts

The construction of the M-7 highway was carried out in parallel with the construction of checkpoints, and the government made sure that there were enough of them to ensure maximum safe 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 location, a car radar or camera is often located behind the eighth lighting pole, if you count in the direction from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod.
• In the Vyaznikovsky district (approximately 285th kilometer). A specially camouflaged tripod is installed here, which is located in the area of ​​​​the village of Kourkovo in front of the overpass through railway, and the crew itself is located directly next to the bridge. It is worth noting that the direction of control may change from time to time, and sometimes it is carried out from the Moscow side, and sometimes from the Nizhny Novgorod side.
• In the village of Simontsevo (approximately 276th kilometer). The duty post along with the radar is located in the dividing gap opposite the cafe, located in the center of the village. Here control is already exercised over both directions of movement at once.

Nizhny Novgorod Region

It is worth noting that in the Nizhny Novgorod region, for the most part, the highway section is covered with a fairly good road. The total width of the road here ranges 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 road, constantly accepting more and more new guests. The choice is large, you can choose an option to suit your pocket.

Southern bypass

This is a relatively new bypass road, which includes a section of track that fully meets all modern quality and safety requirements. In terms of its level of execution, it is a highway with a dividing lawn, as well as various metal fenders along the edges, with an embankment height of 12-22 m. It is worth noting that this highway has not yet been completed, so it breaks off at the intersection with the road P158. After this, they indicated that they were already going to Bolshoye Mokroe and, approximately in the Kstovo area, they were leading out onto the main road.

The construction and reconstruction of the M-7 highway in the Southern Bypass area 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 crossing over the Oka River. The second stage, passing through P125 and P158, having a length of 14.5 kilometers, was laid in just two and a half years, and it opened in 2008. The third and fourth were never built due to the fact that the state could not finance construction works due to the 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 partnerships would also be used with the further organization of tolls. The third section had a length of 46 kilometers, and the costs of its construction are estimated at 20 billion rubles.

At the beginning of 2016, the construction of the third stage of the Southern Bypass was already at its final stage. The road surface and main engineering Communication, and artificial structures were 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 with the subsequent laying of the final layer road surface. Travel along this section opens in 2016, and it is worth noting that the dates were originally planned for 2017. The operational movement should be launched by July 25, and final commissioning will not occur until late August or early September, after the necessary tests have been carried out.

The fourth stage of the Southern Bypass will presumably be the longest and most expensive section, and its length will be about 40 kilometers. Through the construction of this section, it will subsequently be possible to provide a complete bypass of Kstov and Nizhny Novgorod, providing access to the main M-7 Volga highway. Financing for 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

Afterwards, the route continues along the Kazan Highway, after which it comes out onto the M-7 highway. Photo clearly shows how noticeably the relief changes, as a fairly large number of steep ascents and descents appear. The section 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 coverage is average, and only periodically the authorities carry out renovation work. On this section of the road you can only find the town of Vorotynets, as well as the cities of Lyskovo and Kstovo, through which the M-7 highway passes. Gas stations are 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 predominantly hilly-ravine terrain, in many sections of the highway road surface not the best quality. In 2013, a bridge was built across the Sura for vehicles to cross, and roads began to be built at various sections of the approach to that bridge. At most major intersections of bypass roads there are well-established traffic lights, but they operate mainly only during the day.

Bridge over the Volga

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

After the bridge, located near the village of Naberezhnye Morkvashi, was put into operation in 1990, the M-7 highway was changed, and a new site, passing through a picturesque place at the updated bridge intersection with Svyaga near Isakovo. Later, in the Verkhneuslonsky district, a four-lane road begins after the turn from Ulyanovsk.

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

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 over the Volga ends, the route goes around Kazan via the Kazan Bypass Road, where it also crosses the Kazanka River.

Further 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, making it a full-fledged four-lane highway. Further, the route in the format of a 2x2 road runs to the village of Shali, where it ends at a two-level interchange, from which there is also access to the P-239 highway. After this junction 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 the Mamadyshsky and Rybnoslobodsky districts. It is worth noting that 20-30 kilometers before the Mamadysh exit, which the highway bypasses to the south, there is a large parking lot with a 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 a new bridge over 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 need to cross some sections of it. Thanks to detailed explanations, you can not only overcome various obstacles, but also visit a lot of attractions, having a pleasant time along the way.

Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod
Length 409 km

The busiest part of the route. It is believed that about 100 thousand cars leave Moscow towards Nizhny Novgorod every day. The main problems are also associated with this: long and almost round-the-clock traffic jams from the Entuziastov Highway in Moscow to the exit from Balashikha. Further along the route, difficulties most often 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 highway 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 beam, but in the Nizhny Novgorod region the highway is divided into two carriageways almost along 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. Perhaps for now the best way to avoid traffic jams in a narrow place - go directly through Vladimir, and in the city center turn towards the bridge over the Klyazma onto Sudogodskoye Highway (P72, P73) to get to the bypass at a wide point. Through travel through Vladimir along the old Vladimirsky highway is not recommended due to the narrow and congested 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 completed. On this section of the bypass the highway speed limit applies. The road leads to a bridge over the Oka River, and then forces transit transport to still enter Nizhny Novgorod (Gagarina Ave., Larina St., or via Olgino to Fedyakovo) in order to then go to Kazan. The entire southern bypass of Nizhny Novgorod should be built by 2018.

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

Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan
Length 387 km

This section of the route requires more driving effort and, in some places, caution. You can leave Nizhny Novgorod along the street. Larina (continuation of the unfinished bypass) or through the city center, the Verkhnie 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 of passenger vehicles can drive right through the city and only gain time.

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

Before Cheboksary, the road has mainly three lanes - the middle row is intended for overtaking alternately in both directions. As a rule, the overtaking lane opens before a long ascent 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 city 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 had previously been constant congestion. 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 still remain old and in very poor condition.

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

On the territory of Tatarstan, the roads are 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 route leads to a section of the route that 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 there are two lanes again.

After the exit to Mamadysh, the route passes over a new bridge over Vyatka to Elabuga. The city remains to the south, and the road goes towards Naberezhnye Chelny. You won’t be able to go around Chelny: the entrance to the city starts from the Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power station dam, and then the M7 highway goes through the city all the way 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 expansion 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. A bypass around the area is currently being built, which will end in front of the Zatonsky Bridge. Most of transit transport leaves in front of Ufa to an interchange on the Birsky tract and then to a 27-kilometer transition to the M5 highway towards Chelyabinsk.

Federal highway M-7 "Volga"(Beijing) starts from the city of the hero of Moscow with a four-lane highway 400 kilometers long in fairly good condition. There is a dividing strip between oncoming traffic, two lanes in each direction. It then becomes a standard two-lane road in reasonable condition with a third lane for overtaking. The M-7 Volga highway is the safest road in Russia.

The history of the highway begins in the 50s of the last century, when I.V. Stalin was still alive and the Russian and the Chinese were supposed to become brothers forever. Then the friendship between the USSR and China seemed eternal and unshakable, and therefore, to commemorate this unbreakable friendship, it was decided to build transcontinental highway Moscow-Beijing. The people quickly dubbed the future Beijing highway. Time passed, the future highway was quietly being built, but I.V. Stalin passed away, and the new leader of the USSR N.S. Khrushchev did not agree on political views with Mao. Relations with China deteriorated, Khrushchev received the stigma of a revisionist and great project the two great nations was never completed, but the unofficial name "Beijing" seems to have stuck with this road for a long time.

Currently, between our countries, there are intentions to resume this project. It is assumed that now route St. Petersburg - Beijing will be laid in the following way: from St. Petersburg through Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Orenburg, then Aktobe, Kyzylorda, Shymkent, then Taraz, Kordai, Almaty, Khorgos, Urumqi and finally Lanzhou, Zhengzhou, Lianyungang. The highway will have three lanes for traffic in each direction. It’s hard to say now whether this project is being implemented or not, but it seems like a Chinese one section of the route is already ready for delivery, and the Kazakh road section will launch soon.

Now daily from Moscow towards Ufa by M7 "Volga" highway about 100,000 cars leave. This causes many kilometers of traffic jams even at the exit from the capital from the Entuziastov highway to Balashikha, but this section M-7 highway is in the best condition. People who are forced to regularly travel along this highway speak about it something like this: “This hellish road is always there, everywhere, at any time and in any direction.”

The section to Nizhny Novgorod is characterized by high traffic intensity. Further from N. Novgorod to Kazan, the traffic density decreases. After Kazan, the highway finally switches to two-lane mode. There are areas with repair work.

Highway M-7 "Volga" has a very developed infrastructure. On the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod section alone there are more than 1,500 motels, cafes, hotels and repair services.