Expressway S7 (Poland)

Expressway S7 or express road S7 (Droga ekspresowa S7) is a Polish highway 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 is being constructed partially by upgrading national road 7 and partially on a new alignment. The construction is co-financed by the European Union funding. The total planned length of S7 is 720 km, of which 590 km has been built and further 60 km is under construction as of July 2024.

Route
The section between Gdańsk and Płońsk (275 km) is completed. From Płońsk to Warsaw (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 Warsaw, the road has partial concurrency with S2 and S8. From Warsaw to Miechów (240 km) the expressway is open to traffic. The section from Miechów to Kraków (45 km) 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. 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.