Expressway S7 (Poland)

Expressway S7 or express road S7 (Polish: Droga ekspresowa S7) is a major road in Poland which has been planned to run from Gdańsk on the Baltic coast through Elbląg, Warsaw, Radom, Kielce and Kraków to Rabka near the border with Slovakia. It was built partially by upgrading National Road 7 (DK 7) and partially on a new alignment. The construction is co-financed by the European Union funding.[1] The total planned length of S7 is 720 km (450 mi), of which 572 km (355 mi) has been built and a further 78 km (48 mi) is under construction as of April 2023.

Expressway S7
Droga ekspresowa S7
Route information
Part of E77
Length	572 km (355 mi) 720 km (447 mi) planned
Major junctions
From	S6 near Gdańsk
Major intersections	S22 near Elbląg S5 near Ostróda (planned) S51 near Olsztyn S50 near Płońsk (planned) S8 and S2 in Warsaw S12 near Radom S74 near Kielce A4 near Kraków
To	7 near Rabka
Location
Country	Poland
Major cities	Gdańsk, Elbląg, Warsaw, Radom, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Kielce, Kraków
Highway system
National roads in Poland Voivodeship roads
← S 6 → S 8

The 275 km (171 mi) long section between Gdańsk and Płońsk is completed. From Płońsk to Warsaw (59 km (37 mi)) 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. Two lanes per each direction are kept open throughout the time of reconstruction, except for the Vistula bridge where 2+1 lanes are available with the middle lane's direction changing based on the times of day.

In Warsaw, the road has partial concurrency with S2 and S8. From Warsaw to the border of Lesser Poland Voivodeship the expressway is open to traffic. The section from the voivodeship border to Kraków is partially completed and partially under construction, set to be finished in late 2024.

Between Kraków and Myślenice (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 S7 is open, which includes the Zakopianka tunnel.[2][3] In 2020, it was announced that a dual-carriageway extension of S7 from Rabka-Zdrój to the Polish-Slovak border (connecting to R3 expressway) will be constructed, and the study for choosing its route has been started.

S7 near Białobrzegi