Federal highway M3 “Ukraine. Federal highway M3 "Ukraine Speed at 131 km of the M3 highway
Monitoring compliance with traffic rules on the roads has been carried out automatically for several years. It has become too expensive to break the speed limit. By revealing some of the secrets of the location of photo radars on the M-3, we do not encourage readers to exceed the speed limit. The fact is that the condition of the M-3 on the section from the Moscow Ring Road to Selyatino fully complies with all the requirements of the highway. On this section of the Kyiv highway it is quite possible to go 120. Why this is not allowed by the rules is unknown.
Sometimes exceeding the speed is simply necessary to perform an overtaking maneuver. It is better for drivers to know where this can be done and where it should not be done.
By the way, last year all the radars were clearly visible from afar. They hung on special masts-supports. Now there are only two or three such supports left, the cameras were hung in inconspicuous and non-obvious places - on overhead pedestrian crossings, on road signs, on billboards indicating populated areas. If you don’t know that they are there, the likelihood of receiving a “chain letter” is very high. And so that the wolves are fed and the sheep are safe, we arm ourselves with a camera and a notepad and carefully record all photo radars
The first one is located immediately after the Moscow Ring Road. It hangs unnoticed, mounted on a signboard indicating settlements above the road. I didn't have time to take it off. (I hope he does me too 🙂). Just as I didn’t have time to record the second one – at the 23rd km. This radar hangs on the pedestrian crossing.
We find the third one next to the road signs before the turn to Valuevo - Rasskazovka.
Did you notice the camera? In a static photo you can barely see it, let alone the track!
The fourth one is 3-4 km before the turn to Vnukovo airport, also on a support where road signs are attached.
This means that we counted four photo radars before Vnukovo. We safely pass the plane; it is located near the road to Vnukovo.
The next, fifth radar was hidden unnoticed at a pedestrian crossing. In front of it there is a road sign “Novomoskovsk Administrative Okrug”.
Here's the shield. In the distance you can see the passage where the photo radar hangs 
Radar close up The sixth radar is waiting at km 36. We pass the Dunznayka River.
In the picture the camera is already visible at the crossing. Immediately after the sign, at the overpass, another camera monitors the speed on the road.
But there is no radar itself in this village. Previously there was, in 2014 it is absent.
The next photo recording of speed awaits us at the 39th km.
Landmark – road sign to the Gazpromneft gas station 
The camera was again installed at the pedestrian crossing. 
Here, on the left side of the road, there is a speed limit sign discreetly hanging - 90.
Then we pass a pedestrian bridge, and right behind it is a camera. It hangs very inconspicuously, from afar it is not visible behind the passage.
The ninth chamber hangs in Selyatino - 51 km.
In this village you should drive at the speed limit in populated areas. The camera hangs at the exit from the village.
Rassudovo is already marked with a white background. Therefore, the speed should be no more than 60 km/h.
Even though there was no camera there until recently, we are not being rude, we are slowing down.
In Kievsky you should also reduce your speed.
There are no cameras there, but traffic police inspectors sometimes stand there.
But the most favorite point for installing a mobile camera is 68 km of M-3. We received our only “letter of happiness” from this route from there. The mechanism is usually installed at a bus stop. The radar is covered by a non-suspicious civilian vehicle.
The penultimate camera of the MKAD – Balabanovo section is installed at the 71st km. But they hung it in front of the Naro-Fominsk road sign, so you can safely drive 100 km/h.
Another section where you should slow down is around the 81st km. There's another landmark mobile radar site on the rise.
84th km – the last camera before the town of Balabanovo.
Now we're going in the opposite direction.
And let us remind you once again that the M-3 is often patrolled by traffic police inspectors with mobile radars. We talk only about stationary radars.
Photo radars on the M-3 Balabanovo-MKAD section
The first radar on this section of the M-3 is the same 84th km. That is, immediately after the border of the Kaluga and Moscow regions, it is already installed in the Moscow region. It obviously hangs on the mast and is clearly visible from afar.
We notice the next one after we pass Naro-Fominsk. Just like on the way to the region, the camera hangs after the settlement sign. Therefore, it is not at all necessary to sneak 60 km/h.
The third photo radar in this area is observed only in Selyatino. But I remind you again, at the 68th km, at the entrance to the village of Kyiv, be careful! A mobile camera is very often installed here, most often at a bus stop. I took a photo of this place.
A mobile radar is sometimes placed opposite a stop, at an intersection; in the photo it is visible on the right. There is no camera in Rassudovo. But you should slow down, this is a “white” village!
In Selyatino we are warned about the speed limit.
The camera hangs on a support mast at the exit of a populated area.
The next video recording awaits in Aprelevka. It is covered with road signs,
visible only when approaching it.
The fifth radar is installed on the road sign, turn to Krivosheino, Akinshino, this is the 37th km.
Now let's not relax. The sixth radar hangs on the pedestrian crossing, this is the 34th km.
Here the radar is installed at a pedestrian crossing. There are three cameras before the turn to Valuevo. Approximately at the 28th km, fixed next to the road shield.
And soon another one, on an overpass.
And again, on the road sign.
The last camera before the Moscow Ring Road is installed at km 19.
If we made any inaccuracies, please correct us. And let's obey the speed limit! Let's not drive too fast! And there’s no need to “vomit” in front of the camera either, it doesn’t bite! It hardly makes sense to drive obviously slower than the permitted speed.
It is not necessary to remember the location of all radars. All you need to do is install the Strelka program on your smartphone or tablet and you won’t have to track speed fines on government services.
Federal highway M3 "Ukraine" (Kyiv highway) is a federal highway.
Moscow - Kaluga - Bryansk - state border with Ukraine. Part of the European route E101.
It was finally put into operation in 1976.
The continuation of the road through the territory of Ukraine is the M-02 (E101) highway in the direction of Kyiv and Odessa.
The length of the highway is 510 kilometers.
The width of the M-3 "Ukraine" highway is 7 meters.
It passes through the territory of the Moscow, Kaluga, Bryansk and Kursk regions.
The route has access roads to: Kaluga (16 km), Bryansk (20 km), Sukhinichi (5 km).
The speed limit along the entire route is 90 km/h, with the exception of populated areas and other restrictions. 
A number of road sections require increased driver attention:
- with steep descents and ascents (245 km);
- with sharp turns and areas with limited visibility (50 km, 167 km, 220 km, 426 km).
The road crosses significant rivers: Nara (near the town of Naro-Fominsk), Sukhodrev (near the settlement of Detchino), Ugra and Oka (near the town of Kaluga), Zhizdra (near the town of Zhizdra), Snezhet (near the settlement of White Shores).
All bridges have a load capacity of 60-80 tons.
Route
The M3 road begins at the intersection of Leninsky Prospekt and the Moscow Ring Road, then runs in a southwestern direction through the territory of the Moscow region, passing south of the Solntsevo district of Moscow and Vnukovo airport.
Before the junction with the A107 it is a modern motorway with interchanges, elevated pedestrian crossings, a median and 4-5 lanes in each direction.
After 37 kilometers the road narrows to three lanes in each direction.
In Selyatin the road narrows to two lanes in each direction. Further, the M3 highway passes along the southern outskirts of the city of Naro-Fominsk.
Then the road goes through the territory of the Kaluga region, crossing the A101 highway near the city of Obninsk, passing by Kaluga at a distance of 16 kilometers west of the city (crossing P93).
Then it goes through the territory of the Bryansk region in a southern direction, lying at a distance of 10 kilometers east of Bryansk and intersecting with the A141 highway, passes several kilometers through the territory of the Kursk region, turns southwest at the junction of the Orel - Kiev highway and reaches the state border with Ukraine. 
Start
(30 km)
Vnukovo
(67 km)
Naro-Fominsk
(90 km)
Balabanovo
(101 km)
Obninsk
(168 km)
Kurovskaya.
Access to Kaluga (16 km)
(382 km)
Turn to Bryansk.
Highway A141 (10 km)
(479 km)
Sevsk
(510 km)
Sopych.
State border with Ukraine.
On the territory of Ukraine, the highway continues as the M-02 highway to Kharkov and M-18 Kharkov - Zaporozhye - Simferopol - Yalta.
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Highway M-3 “Ukraine” (Kyiv highway)- a federal road in Russia. It starts in Moscow, then passes through Kaluga, Bryansk and ends at the state border with Ukraine at the Troebortnoye checkpoint. Continues through the territory of Ukraine under the number M-02. It is part of the European road route E 101.
The total length is 500 km.
The stationary traffic police post is located in the village of Alabino, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region, at 51 km of the highway.
Compared to other federal highways leading to the south, the M-3 road does not have very high traffic. In summer, the congestion on the route increases. There are significant queues at the border, which can reach several kilometers.
Number of lanes
For 30 km from the Moscow Ring Road the road has 8 lanes, then to Selyatino - 6 lanes, on the Selyatno - Muromtsevo section there are 4 lanes, the rest of the road has 2 lanes, one in each direction.
State
Overall the road is smooth and in good condition. The road surface is deteriorating in the area from the turn to Kaluga to the border with the Bryansk region.
Gas stations
73 km – Gazpromneft (from Moscow)
73 km – Tatneft (from Moscow)
76 km - Lukoil (to Moscow)
83 km – Tatneft (from Moscow)
85 km - Lukoil (from Moscow, cafe)
85 km – Tatneft (to Moscow)
88 km - Shell (to Moscow)
107 km - Lukoil (to Moscow)
132 km - Lukoil (from Moscow)
143 km - Gazprom (to Moscow)
144 km - Lukoil (from Moscow, cafe)
149 km - Lukoil (to Moscow, cafe)
158 km - Gazprom (from Moscow)
166 km - Gazprom (to Moscow)
355 km - Lukoil (from Moscow, cafe)
424 km - Lukoil (to/from Moscow, cafe (right and left sides))
515 km - Lukoil (to/from Moscow, cafe (right and left sides))
Attractions
Obninsk - the Bugry estate (19th century), in the 20th century it was the dacha of the artist P. P. Konchalovsky, the remains of the Belkino estate with the Church of Boris and Gleb (1773), the cascade of Belkinsky ponds, the restored Belkinsky Park, 310-meter meteorological a mast included in the meteorological complex of NPO Typhoon;
Kaluga - stone chambers of Korobov (1697), stone residential buildings (XVIII century), Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1687) with a bell tower (XVIII century), St. George at the Top (1700- 1701), Transfiguration (1709), Sign (1720- 1731), Makarov's chambers (XVIII century), Obolensky's house (XVIII century), ensemble of Public places (1778- 1787), Trinity Cathedral (1786- 1819), Gostiny Dvor (1782- 1796), house of Zolotarev-Kologrivova (1805- 1808), Meshkov House (1826), Assembly of the Nobility (1848- 1850), Great Stone Bridge - a 160-meter stone viaduct in the Romanesque style (1775- 1778);
Bryansk - Mound of Immortality (1967- 1972), park-museum named after A.K. Tolstoy (1936), Gagarin Boulevard, Intercession Cathedral (1698), Spaso-Grobovskaya Church (1900- 1904), Svensky Monastery (presumably 1288).
Federal highway M-3"Ukraine" Moscow - Kaluga-Bryansk - state border with Ukraine.
The length across the territory of the Russian Federation is 454.016 kilometers.
The highway originates at the intersection of Leninsky Prospekt and the Moscow Ring Road, then in a southwestern direction through the territory of the Moscow region, passing south of the Solntsevo district of Moscow and Vnukovo Airport. Before turning to Vnukovo Airport, it is a modern highway with interchanges, elevated pedestrian crossings, a dividing strip and 4-5 lanes in each direction. It passes south of the city of Naro-Fominsk.
Further, the highway goes through the territory of the Kaluga region, intersecting in the area of the city of Obninsk with the A-101 “Moscow-Maloyaroslavets-Roslavl” highway, passes Kaluga at a distance of 20 kilometers northwest of the city, then goes through the territory of the Bryansk region in a southern direction , lying at a distance of 10 kilometers east of Bryansk, passes several kilometers through the territory of the Kursk region, turns southwest at the junction of the Orel-Kiev highway and reaches the state border with Ukraine.
The following entrances adjoin the M-3 Ukraine highway:
to the cities of Naro-Fominsk, Obninsk, Kaluga, Sukhinichi, the village of Belye Berega, the cities of Bryansk, Navlya, Lokot, Sevsk.
The route passes through the Kaluga, Bryansk and Kursk regions in a southwestern direction.
In 1998, work began on widening the M-3 "Ukraine" road on the head section of the MKAD - Vnukovo to 8-10 lanes, and the Vnukovo - Small Concrete Ring section to 6 lanes.
In 1999, major repairs were started and completed in 2006 according to category I standards of the 67-kilometer section of the road up to the entrance to the city of Kaluga (at km 106+753 - 172+390 - the roadbed was widened, the number of lanes of the roadway was increased to four with the construction of a dividing strip, extension of culverts, major repairs of bridges and overpasses).
In 2007, a major overhaul of the road section km 172+390-173+357 was carried out and transferred to category I.
A continuation of the development of the M-3 “Ukraine” highway is the projected section km 172+390 – km 194+000. The section is the most intense in terms of traffic volumes and traffic intensity. According to the “National Program for the Modernization of Highways of the Russian Federation until 2025,” it should be expanded to four lanes.
Major repairs were carried out on sections of the road:
Km 507+200-km512+467 – in 2007.
km 512+467-km518+000, km518+000 – km519+868 – in 2008.
km 253+000-km260+000, km350+000-km365+050 – in 2009.
km 343+159-km350+000 – in 2010.
In October 2011, sections of the road km 65+200 - km 511+000 - km 518+494 and km 519+146 - km 519+868 M-3 "Ukraine" were transferred to trust management of the State Company "Avtodor".
In the Russian Federation there are roads of different categories. Among those that are repaired at federal expense and maintained by government agencies are federal highways.
These include roads that connect Moscow with other capitals of countries or key cities of different constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Such roads are designated by the prefix M. One of these is the M3 highway.
Where does the road lead?
The federal highway M-3 “Ukraine” was previously called differently. Its name was Kievskoye Highway. Many people do not know where the MZ highway is. The answer is simple: it crosses the territory of three constituent entities of the Russian Federation at once. The route crosses the Moscow region, then Kaluga and then Bryansk. The M3 highway ends at the border with Ukraine, at the Troebortnoye checkpoint.
It is an integral part of the European direction E101. Along the entire route, the climate is moderate; there is no need to be afraid of sudden changes in ambient temperature. The terrain through which the route runs is mostly flat. But there are also quite steep hilly and wooded areas. Moving along the route, you will have to cross several large bodies of water on bridges equipped specifically for this. In particular, such large rivers as the Oka and Nara will have to be crossed.
Track route
Almost 500 km is the length of this federal highway. So, let’s figure out how the M3 highway runs, what highway leads from Moscow to the Ukrainian border. It begins at the confluence of the capital's ring road and Leningradsky Prospekt. Then it winds to the southwest of the region and goes further. The road runs south of the village of Solntsevo, as well as Vnukovo Airport.
Winding in this direction, the road goes into the Kaluga region. It lies not far from Obninsk, but goes past Kaluga. The town remains approximately 20 km from the highway. After this, M3 enters the territory of the Bryansk region, but does not reach the capital of the region, but bypasses it at a distance of about 10 km. A very small section of the route then runs within the Kursk region, after which the road goes southwest. As a result, it stretches to the border with Ukraine.
When was the M3 built?
The construction of this federal road began in the 50s. XX century. The road was finally put into operation in 1976. It was originally made from concrete slabs. Traces of such construction were felt until recently, despite the attempts of road workers to pave the M3 highway with asphalt. Reviews from those who drove along this road indicate that the joints between the slabs are noticeable in some sections of the route. True, this was the case until 2015. The peculiarity of the M3 is that it has one lane in each direction of travel. However, this situation is only on the section of the road to Kaluga. After that, two lanes in both directions.
Repair
The best, judging by the reviews, is the section stretching from the capital of Russia to Kaluga. This is apparently due to the fact that the road was improved more than 15 years ago with lanes being widened. Major repairs of various sections of the road were carried out in both 1999 and 2007. The road was also repaired in 2015.
Starting this year, as many motorists note in their reviews, driving along the highway is a pleasure. The quality of the coating is excellent. This road is not very busy. The abundance of cars on it is observed only during the holiday period.
Dangerous road
It is worth noting that the M3 highway is considered far from the safest in Russia. At least that was the case just a few years ago. In one of the ratings of the most dangerous roads in our country, it was in third place. At that time, only the M5 Ural and M10 Russia highways were worse than it from a safety point of view. There are currently no toll sections on this federal highway. And there’s not much to pay for yet. Perhaps they will appear after the reconstruction that is planned. After this, the maximum permitted speed on it should be 120 km/h. In 2015, a project was launched to reconstruct the M3 highway (photo in the article). The project is planned for several years in advance. It has already been announced that some sections of the road will become toll roads after the repairs are completed. It was previously announced that the first section of the M3, for which you will have to fork out for travel, will be put into operation in 2018. This is a piece of the federal highway from 124 to 174 km, it ends before the turn to Kaluga. The free alternative will remain. This will be the A-130 highway, which leads from Moscow to Belarus and on the indicated section lies not far from the M3.
Features of the route
There are a number of features that are mentioned by those who had the opportunity to travel the section from the capital of the Russian Federation to the border with Ukraine where the M3 highway passes.
Firstly, motorists note that there are no problems with gas stations along the route. Along the way there are gas stations of most large companies. There are no problems with service points or catering. Motorists will have a place to rest or have a snack along the way. Secondly, judging by the reviews, the route crosses a small number of settlements. This means that there are few “white” signs along the highway, which means there are not many speed limits. Thirdly, on the highway there are not many restrictions on maneuvers in the form of solid lines, so most people do not have any difficulties with overtaking. However, there are still limitations. There are many descents and ascents with continuous roads on the section from Kaluga to the Ukrainian border. Fourthly, the highway is not a transport artery, so very few trucks and heavy vehicles travel along it.