Expressway S7 or express road S7 () is a Polish highway which has been planned to run from

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on the

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through

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and

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near the border with

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. It is being constructed partially by upgrading national road 7 and partially on a new alignment. The construction is co-financed by the

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funding. The total planned length of S7 is , of which has been built and further is under construction as of December 2024.

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The section between

and

Płońsk Płońsk (; ) is a town in central Poland with 21,591 inhabitants (2022). Situated at the Płonka river in the historic region of Mazovia, it is the seat of Płońsk County in the Masovian Voivodeship. History According to archaeological researc ...

(275 km) is completed. From Płońsk to

(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. In

, S7 has partial concurrency with S2 and S8. From Warsaw to

(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

, S7 is ultimately planned to be routed over the eastern and southern bypass of the city after the last section of the eastern bypass is completed in early 2026. 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 Myślenice is a town in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 30 km south of Kraków. The town is divided into six districts. The most popular of them, Zarabie, is a famous tourist destination. It is located behind the Ra ...

(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 Rabka-Zdrój (, Goral: ''Robka'', colloquially: ''Rabka'') is a spa town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is located between Kraków and Zakopane in a valley on the northern slopes of the Gorce Mountains, where the rivers Poniczanka and ...

S7 is open, which includes the Zakopianka tunnel. 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. At the border it will connect to the planned R3 expressway. Bialobrzegi-s7

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