M7 motorway (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. M7 is the first highway of the country, its first section was opened in 1965.
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.

Openings timeline

Junctions, exits and rest area

Distance from Zero Kilometre Stone in Budapest in kilometres.
  • The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130 km/h, with .
  • ''Planned section''

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by these highway engineers.

Payment

From 1 February 2015, the motorway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:
Type of vignetteAvailable section
Pest Countybetween Egér Street junction and Martonvásár
Fejér Countybetween Pusztazámor and Balatonvilágos
Veszprém Countybetween Polgárdi and Siófok east
Somogy Countybetween Balatonvilágos and Zalakomár
Zala Countybetween Sávoly and Letenye

Toll-free section

Significant artifacts

From Budapest to the Croatian border, the M7 motorway features the following bridges, tunnels or covered cuts:
; Bridge
; Viaduct