M7 motorway (Hungary)

M7 motorway shield
M7 motorway
M7-es autópálya
Map key - blue in use Map key - grey other highways
Route information
Part of E65 / E71
Length233 km (145 mi)
Existed1964–present
HistoryCompleted: 2008
Major junctions
FromBudapest
Major intersections
  • M1 in Budaörs
  • M0 in Érd
  • 81 in Székesfehérvár-ipari zóna
  • 8 / 63 in Székesfehérvár-dél
  • M8 near Balatonvilágos (planned)
  • 71 in Balatonvilágos
  • 65 in Siófok
  • 67 near Balatonlelle
  • 68 near Balatonkeresztúr
  • M76 near Hollád (planned)
  • 61 in Nagykanizsa-kelet
  • 74 in Nagykanizsa-Centrum
  • M70 near Letenye
ToLetenye
A4 border with  Croatia
Location
CountryHungary
CountiesPest, Fejér, Veszprém, Somogy, Zala
Major citiesBudapest, Érd, Székesfehérvár, Siófok, Nagykanizsa
Highway system
  • Roads in Hungary
Junction near Budapest
The motorway between Budapest and Székesfehérvár
Köröshegyi völgyhíd
Köröshegyi völgyhíd from Balaton
The road near Nagykanizsa
Hungarian-Croatian border

The M7 motorway (Hungarian: M7-es autópálya) 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.