Moscow – Saint Petersburg motorway
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Aвтомагистраль Москва — Санкт-Петербург |
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| Length: | 700 km (400 mi) |
| History: | First portions opened in 2014-2015 |
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| East end: | Moscow |
| West end: | Saint Petersburg |
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| Russian Federal Highways | |
The Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway or М11 is a planned toll road between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The first sections of the motorway were finished in 2014 and 2015. The road will run parallel to the M10 highway. Its construction has been met with strong protest from environmentalist groups and residents' groups, mainly around the Khimki forest.
Its route is parallel to the M10 highway. It will start in Moscow, will run via Moscow Oblast (90 km or 56 mi), Tver Oblast (253 km or 157 mi), Novgorod Oblast (233 km or 145 mi), Leningrad Oblast (75 km or 47 mi) to its destination in Saint Petersburg.
On July 27, 2009, "Severo-Zapadnaya Concessionnaya Kompaniya" (North-West Concession Company, NWCC), a consortium comprising the VINCI company and other leaders signed a concession contract for the first section (15–58 km or 9.3–36.0 mi) of the motorway with the Federal Highway Agency of Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (Rosavtodor), the grantor, in the presence of the Russian Minister of Transport, Mr Levitin. Total construction cost is estimated at approximately 1 billion Euros.
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