French
DeutschExpressway S7 (Poland)
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| Droga ekspresowa S7 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
 Part of E77 | ||||
| Length | 590 km (370 mi) 720 km (447 mi) planned | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end |  S 6 near Gdańsk | |||
 S 22 near Elbląg
 A 4 near Kraków | ||||
| South end |  DK 7 near Rabka | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Poland | |||
| Major cities | Gdańsk, Elbląg, Warsaw, Radom, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Kielce, Kraków | |||
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Expressway S7 or express road S7 (Polish: Droga ekspresowa S7) is a Polish highway which has been planned to run from Gdańsk on the Baltic coast through Elbląg, Warsaw, Radom, Kielce and Kraków to Rabka near the border with Slovakia. It is being constructed partially by upgrading national road 7 and partially on a new alignment. The construction is co-financed by the European Union funding.[1] The total planned length of S7 is 720 km (450 mi), of which 603 km (375 mi) has been built and further 47 km (29 mi) is under construction as of December 2024.
Route
[edit]The section between Gdańsk and Płońsk (275 km) is completed. From Płońsk to Warsaw (59 km) a dual-carriageway national road 7 from the 1970s (with traffic lights and pedestrian crossings) is used for traffic, and it is partially under reconstruction into S7. Since July 2024, the 2+2 profile (two lanes per each direction) is provided on whole length of the reconstruction site.[2] In Warsaw, S7 has partial concurrency with S2 and S8.
From Warsaw to Kraków (276 km) the expressway is open to traffic, providing an unbroken expressway connection between Poland's two largest cities. Near the Kraków Mistrzejowice interchange (under construction) only a single carriageway of S7 is open to traffic, with one lane per each direction available.
In Kraków, S7 is ultimately planned to be routed over the eastern and southern bypass of the city since late 2025 or early 2026, when the last section of the eastern bypass is planned to get completed. Until then, it is instead temporarily signposted on the route through the northern and western Kraków bypass (concurrency with S52 and A4).
Between Kraków and Myślenice (25 km) the existing dual-carriageway national road 7 will serve the traffic until S7 is constructed in unspecified future. Between Myślenice and Rabka-Zdrój S7 is open, which includes the Zakopianka tunnel.[3][4] In 2020, it was announced that a dual-carriageway extension of S7 from Rabka-Zdrój to the Polish-Slovak border will be constructed, set to be finished by 2033.[5] At the border it will connect to the planned R3 expressway.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Press corner".
- ^ "9,5 km nowymi jezdniami trasy głównej DK7 - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad- Oddział Warszawa - Portal Gov.pl".
- ^ "Zakopianka Lubień-Rabka Zdrój". Facebook. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ "Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - Portal Gov.pl".
- ^ "Rządowy Program Budowy Dróg Krajowych do 2030 r. (Z perspektywą do 2033 r.) - Ministerstwo Infrastruktury - Portal Gov.pl".
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