page_title: Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway / History / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Opening Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway (2014-12-23) Русский: 24 декабря 2014 года было открыто движение на первом участке трассы "Москва-Санкт-Петербург", в церемонии открытия которого принял участие Мэр Москвы Сергей Собянин. По словам градоначальника, сотни тысяч жителей столичного региона теперь смогут проще добираться до Шереметьева, Зеленограда и многих других мест, а в перспективе - и до Санкт-Петербурга. За проезд планируется брать оплату в размере порядка 300 рублей с июля следующего года. Длина новой дороги составит около 670 километров. Строительство магистрали ведется в несколько этапов. Участок 15-58 км пройдет в Химкинском и Солнечногорском районах Московской области в обход Химок.
context_page_description: The Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway, designed as the М11 Neva, is a Russian federal highway in the European part of Russia, running parallel to the M10 highway, serving from the federal cities of Moscow to St. Petersburg. The M11 would go through the Moscow, Tver, Novgorod, and Leningrad Oblasts, running pass the cities of Khimki, Zelenograd, Solnechnogorsk, Klin, Tver, Vyshny Volochyok, Valday, Veliky Novgorod, Chudovo, and Tosno.
  The M11 is a category 1A highway, defined as a motorway, which has two to five lanes on each side and a calculated speed limit of around 150 kilometres per hour. The M11 is one of the most recent federal highways; construction began in 2010. It was planned that the highway was put into operation in 2018, before the start of Russia FIFA World Cup, but some speculated that it was finished by 27 November 2019. On 4 September 2018, the Russian Ministry of Transport announced that the entire M11 was completed and opened on 27 November 2019. When the M11 finishes completion, St. Petersburg would become the second city in Russia after Ufa that has a connection to Moscow with two federal highways. The M11's total length is 684 kilometres.
context_section_description: On 14 December 2010, the Russian government decided to start the construction through Khimki Forest. Speaking in Saint Petersburg, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov stated that new saplings would be planted on a territory of 500 hectares (1,200 acres) to compensate for the deforesting of about 100 hectares (250 acres) of the Khimki Forest. On 29 September 2011, the construction of the Moscow–Solnechnogorsk section from 15 to 58 km (9.3 to 36.0 mi) began.
   In January 2012, the Businovskaya Interchange with the Moscow Ring Road was renovated to create a starting point for the M11 motorway. The interchange was put into operation despite not being completed on 23 December 2014, together with the M11's starting point. It was until June 2015 that the reconstruction of the junction would be completed. Today, the Businovskaya Interchange is the only five-level junction in Russia, with the maximum height of the highest level being 35 metres (115 ft) above ground level. In the spring of 2012, preparations were being made the construction of the 58 to 97 km section. On 21 June 2012, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree ordering the end of the concession agreement for the 646–684 km portion of the motorway in Leningrad Oblast near St. Petersburg. The contract will be expired for a period of 30 years. The competition for the concession agreement would occur from 2012 to 2013 in the autumn season while the planned construction period is 2014–2016.
  On 18 November 2014, Two Capitals Highway LLC was declared the winner of the competition and the company signed the concession agreement on the financing, construction and operation of the road at the 543–646 km and the 646–684 km sections with state highway company Avtodor.
  On 28 November 2014, the Vyshny Volochyok bypass section (258–334 km) became the first section of the motorway to be completed. The section's toll in the daytime is ₽240 and its commencement will start at September 21, 2015. On 23 December 2014, the Moscow–Solnechnogorsk section (15 km to 58 km) was completed and opened. The section was tolled on 23 November 2015. The toll from Moscow to Sheremetyevo was from ₽80 to ₽250, and from Sheremetyevo to Solnechnogorsk will cost from ₽160 to ₽500 rubles, depending on the time of the traffic. On 17 June 2015, construction of the M11 started in the Leningrad and Novgorod Oblasts. As of December 2015, all designed sections of the road are under construction or under preparation for construction, except for the 58 km to 149 km section, where no contractor was found.
  On 15 December 2017, Avtodor completed and opened traffic on the 208 km to 258 km section of the motorway, which would bypass the city of Torzhok in Tver Oblast. This section would connect to the Vyshny Volochyok bypass section. On 6 June 2018, the Vyshny Volochyok–Myasnoy Bor (334 km to 543 km) section was completed and opened. Starting at Vyshny Volochyok, the M11 would go through Novgorod Oblast and pass by cities such as Bologoye, Okulovka, and Borovichi and finally end at the town of Myasnoy Bor, which is less than 35 km away from Veliky Novgorod. On 1 September 2018, the Solnechnogorsk–Klin (58 km to 97 km) section was completed and opened. 3 days later on 4 September, the Russian Ministry of Transport announced that the M11 would be completed and open for traffic in 2019. A connection between the eastern end of the M11 and Dmitrovskoye Highway in Moscow was completed and opened a day later on 5 September.
  On 3 July 2019, Avtodor completed and opened traffic on the Klin–Tver (97 km to 149 km) section of the motorway, which would reduce travel time from Tver to Moscow and vice-versa, as well as relieve Klin and the surrounding areas of traffic. A few months later, Avtodor completed the Myasnoy Bor–Tosno section (543 km to 646 km), having the motorway interchange with the A-120 highway in Tosno.
  On 13 November 2019, the press service of Rostekhnadzor's Northwest Department announced that construction of the motorway on sections done by Two Capitals Highway LLC is completed with the completion of t
caption: Opening of traffic on the first section of the M11 motorway on 23 December 2014.
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