List of motorways in Russia
This is a list of Russian federal highways and the motorway portions of them. Note that Russian federal highways in their entirety have often been mistakenly called "motorways" in English, even though they are traditionally two-lane physically undivided roads (i.e. not controlled access highways), due to their traditional name "Avtomagistral" (Автомагистраль) which can be translated to "motorway".
In 2024, Russia will have a nationwide motorway network with a length of 1701 km and expressway network of 1800.4 km.
The motorways and expressways have the numbering of the Russian federal highway network or their own name, as there is no separate numbering system for motorways and expressways and their sections are mostly part of the Russian federal highway network. The legal speed limit on motorways and expressways is 110 km/h, and 130 km/h[1] on some newly upgraded sections of motorway. Sections of Russian federal highway that have been upgraded to motorway status are marked with green signs. Federal highway roads that have been upgraded to expressways or dual and single carriageway with road junction are marked with blue signs.
In the classification of Russian federal highway roads, motorways are assigned to technical category IA and expressways to technical category IB.[2]
Motorways
| Name or road number | Total length of the road number | Motorway | Total length as motorway |
|---|---|---|---|
 Crimea |
720 km | 21–178 km (Moscow – Tula) | 157 km |
 Don |
1517 km | 18–120 km (Moscow – Kashira)
517–544 km (Voronezh – Rogachevka) 1024–1072 km (Novopersianovka – 1362–1374 km (Psekups – Saratovskaya) |
188.7 km |
 Volga |
1342 km | 0–45 km (Bypass Nizhny Novgorod) | 45.2 km |
 Kholmogory |
1271 km | 94–112 km (Vladimir Oblast) | 18 km |
 Baltia |
610 km | 19–114 km (Moscow – Volokolamsk) | 95 km |
 Neva |
684 km | 15–684 km (Moscow – Saint Petersburg) | 669 km |
 |
1283 km | 14–34 km (Perm – Bershet) | 20 km |
 Central Ring Road |
525 km | 0–251 km (Bukharovo – Lisintsevo) | 251 km |
 Saint Petersburg Ring Road |
142.2 km | Entire | 142.2 km |
 [3] |
189 km | 6–67 km (Kemerovo – Leninsk-Kuznetsky) | 61 km |
| Spur route Klin | 4 km | Entire | 4 km |
| Mezhdunarodnoye shosse | 3.3 km | Entire | 3.3 km |
| Western Rapid Diameter | 46.6 km | Entire | 46.6 km |
| Total | 1701 km | ||
Former motorways
| Name or road number | Total length of the road number | Motorway | Total length as motorway | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ural |
1879 km | 10 km in Samara Oblast 24 km[4] in Chelyabinsk Oblast |
34 km | Downgraded to Dual carriageway in November 2020[5] |
| Total | 34 km | |||
Expressways
| Name or road number | Total length of the road number | Expressway | Total length as expressway |
|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus |
440 km | 0–18 km (Moscow – Lesnoy Gorodok)
34–66 km (Lesnoy Gorodok – Kubinka) |
50 km |
 Ukraine |
490 km | 124–194 km (Maloyaroslavets – Besovo) | 70 km |
 Don |
1517 km | 170–194 km (Venyov – Karniki)
228–260 km (Bogoroditsk – Kusovka) 296–322 km (Zalesskoe – Pushkari) 339–460 km (Babarykino – Horse-Kolodezsky) 494–517 km (Voronezh International Airport –Voronezh) 634–713 km (Losevo – Verkhny Mamon) 0–51 km (Plastunovskaya – Maryanskaya) |
356 km |
 Kholmogory |
1271 km | 17–35 km (Moscow – Pushkino) | 18 km |
 Vostok |
~1600 km | 27–836 km (Moscow – Kazan) | 809 km |
 |
23 km | 24–42 km (Moscow – Moscow Domodedovo Airport) | 18 km |
 |
217 km | 190–198 km (Sochi – Adler) | 8.2 km |
 |
189 km | 0–6 km (Kemerovo International Airport – Novostroika)
67–189 km (Leninsk-Kuznetsky – Novokuznetsk) |
128 km |
 Moscow Ring Road |
108.9 km | Entire | 108.9 km |
| North-Eastern Chord | 40 km | Entire | 40 km |
| South-Eastern Chord | 36 km | Entire | 36 km |
| Bagration Avenue (Moscow) | 11 km | Entire | 11 km |
| Third Ring Road | 35.1 km | Entire | 35.1 km |
| Eastern arterial road (Ufa) | 13.9 km | Entire | 13.9 km |
| Tolyatti Bypass | 98.3 km | Entire | 98.3 km |
| Total | 1800.4 km | ||
Motorways or expressways under construction or planned
| Name or road number | Length | Construction period |
|---|---|---|
| Reconstruction of M 1 in Moscow oblast |
~150 km | 2008–2025 |
| Reconstruction of M 3 in Moscow oblast |
~90 km | 1998–2025 |
| Reconstruction of M 4 |
~1400 km | 1984–2025 |
| Reconstruction of M 5 in Moscow oblast |
~120 km | 1987–2025 |
See also
References
- ^ "На трассах М-11 и М-4 повысят скоростной режим до 130 км/ч :". Autonews (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Классификация автомобильных дорог" (PDF) (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ "First motorway opened in Kemerovo oblast". // kuzdor.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ^ "На М5 в Челябинской области появилась автомагистраль - Челябинск и область". Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "На трассе М-5 снизили скоростной лимит: Челябинская область лишилась единственной автомагистрали" (in Russian). 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2024-08-07.