M7 motorway | |
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M7 autópálya | |
Route information | |
Part of | |
Length: | 233 km (145 mi) |
Major junctions | |
From: | Budapest |
M1 near Budapest M0 near Budapest M8 near Székesfehérvár M70 near Letenye |
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To: |
Letenye A4 border with Croatia |
Location | |
Counties: | Pest, Fejér, Veszprém, Somogy, Zala |
Major cities: | Budapest, Érd, Székesfehérvár, Siófok, Nagykanizsa |
Highway system | |
Motorways in Hungary |
The M7 motorway is a Hungarian motorway which runs from Budapest towards the Croatian border at Letenye, reaching Székesfehérvár, then Siófok, a town on Lake Balaton, and the city of Nagykanizsa in the southwest of the country.
The motorway connects with the Croatian motorway A4 at Goričan and forms part of the Pan-European corridor Vb, connecting Budapest with Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, and Rijeka, the largest Croatian seaport. Since the completion of the M7 it is possible to travel on motorway from Budapest to the Adriatic Sea, a popular tourist destination for Hungarians.
The last portion of the motorway to the Croatian border, including the Zrinski Bridge on the river Mura, was completed on 22 October 2008. The road's first sections were built in the 1960s and 1970s. The completion of the last sections was undertaken since 2001.
From Budapest to the Croatian border, the M7 motorway features the following bridges, tunnels or covered cuts: