R7 is an

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( sk, rýchlostná cesta) in southern Slovakia. It starts in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

and will end near Lučenec. Its route starts in

in an intersection with the D1 motorway, and it continues through its other intersection with the D4 motorway and around the towns of

Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda (; hu, Dunaszerdahely; german: Niedermarkt; he, דונהסרדהיי) is a town located in southern Slovakia ( Trnavský kraj). Dunajská Streda is the most culturally significant town in the Žitný ostrov area. The town has a p ...

, Nové Zámky,

Veľký Krtíš Veľký Krtíš (before 1927 ''Veľký Krtýš'', hu, Nagykürtös) is a town in middle Slovakia, situated in the historical Novohrad region. The town's most important economic sectors are mining and agriculture. Etymology The name is of Hunga ...

and Lučenec, where it ends in an intersection with the R2 expressway. Another intersection with the R3 expressway is planned near the village of

Horné Semerovce Horné Semerovce ( hu, Felsőszemeréd) is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1268. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 1 ...

. The European route E575 will lead through the section between Bratislava and Dunajská Streda. The R7 expressway was included in the expressway network by the Resolution of the Slovak Government from November 10, 2004. Along with the R8 expressway it is the only expressway the route of which is not even partially based on plans from before 1989. With the current intentions of the Ministry of Transport, the completion of the entire expressway cannot be expected before 2050.

History

The R7 expressway was intended to be a

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in the 90s. The preparation of the project was approved by the Slovak Government on the 26th of June 2003. In October 2005, a comprehensive technical study was prepared, followed by the preparation of documents and variant solutions for routing individual sections for environmental impact assessment. The opinions for the first sections were issued by the Slovak Ministry of Environment in May 2009. The foundation stone of the outer Bratislava bypass, which includes, in addition to the D4 motorway, also sections of the R7 road, was ceremonially tapped on October 24, 2016, in the presence of the Minister of Transport Árpád Érsek. The first two sections from the Bratislava, South intersection (D4xR7) to holice were opened on the 19th of July 2020. The section between the Bratislava, Nivy and Bratislava, South intersections was opened on the 3rd of October 2021.

Sections of the expressway

Gallery

File:R7 Ketelec.jpg, R7 expressway near D4 intersection Ketelec File:R7 Šamorín 01.jpg, R7 expressway near intersection Šamorín-Západ File:R7 Šamorín 02.jpg, R7 expressway near Šamorín

References

External links

Highways portal by INEKO Institute ''(slovak)''

Project's official website
Highways in Slovakia {{Slovakia-transport-stub