The A7 is a national road in Latvia connecting Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

 to Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n border (Grenctāle), through Bauska

Bauska

Bauska is a town in Bauska municipality, in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Mūsa and Mēmele where they form the Lielupe River...

, also known as Bauska highway or Via Baltica in Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. The road is part of European route E67

European route E67

European route E 67 is a E-road running from Prague in the Czech Republic to Helsinki in Finland by way of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia....

 and Latvian TEN-T road network. After the border, the road turns in to Lithuanian A10

Transport in Lithuania

This article provides an overview of the transport infrastructure of Lithuania. For transport in the Soviet Union, see Transport in the Soviet Union.- Railways :There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:...

. The length of A7 in Latvian teritorry is 86 kilometers. Currently A7 has 2x2 lanes only in territory of Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

, other parts have 1x1 lanes. The current speed limit is 90 km/h. In period of 2005 - 2006 A7 was reconstructed from 25th till 43rd kilometer and from 67th till 85th kilometer. A 2 kilometer strech of the road is currently under reconstruction in Iecava

Iecava

Iecava is a village on the via Baltica in Iecava municipality, in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. The village has a population of around 5,000....

, and reconstruction of other 15 kilometer long strech will start this year. It's planned that in 2014 there will start construction of Ķekava

Kekava

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 bypass, thus reconstructing many other stretches of A7. The bypass will be built to expressway

Limited-access road

A limited-access road known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway and expressway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway , including limited or no access to adjacent...

 or motorway  standards. The average AADT on A7 in 2010 was 11107 cars per day.