Up to 24,000 cars per day on M-11 near St. Petersburg

In 2025, trips on Avtodor's high-speed roads increased by 5%, exceeding 397 million. The main growth was driven by the M-12 'Vostok' highway, which was extended to Yekaterinburg.
Feb 14, 2026
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The M-11 highway experiences up to 24,000 daily trips in areas adjacent to St. Petersburg and Moscow.
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Mikhail Ognev / FONTANKA.RU

Avtodor State Company reported on January 26 that over 397 million trips were made on its high-speed highways in 2025.

On the M-11 «Neva» and M-4 «Don» highways, the number of trips remained at last year«s level: about 19 million and over 179 million, respectively. Meanwhile, the average route length increased.

On M-11, drivers traveled 3.2 billion kilometers — almost 100 million kilometers more than in 2024. On M-4, nearly 12 billion kilometers were covered, compared to 11.6 billion the year before.

Sections of M-11 adjacent to St. Petersburg and Moscow handled an average of 21,000 to 24,000 trips per day.

The key factor in traffic growth was the M-12 «Vostok» highway. In July 2025, a new high-speed section from Dyurtyuli to Ačit, spanning 275 kilometers through Bashkortostan, Perm Krai, and Sverdlovsk Oblast, was opened. It was used daily by an average of 6,500 vehicles, mostly freight trucks.

In total, 3.2 billion kilometers were driven on M-12 over the year, which is 10% more than in 2024. The average route length increased from 110 to 122 kilometers. In the Moscow region, traffic intensity on this highway reached 34,000 trips per day.

The Central Ring Road (TsKAD) in Moscow Oblast was used approximately 79 million times, covering over 1.4 billion kilometers. On the new A-289 Krasnodar–Kerch road, about 10 million trips were made over the year, and the total distance traveled exceeded 416.5 million kilometers.

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