European route E40

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E40 shield

E40
E40 interchange near Bruges, Belgium
Route information
Length: 8,500 km (5,300 mi)
Major junctions
From: Calais (France)
  Ghent (Belgium)
Brussels (Belgium)
Liège (Belgium)
Cologne (Germany)
Bolesławiec (Poland)
Kirchheim (Germany)
Dresden (Germany)
Legnica (Poland)
Mysłowice/Gliwice (Poland)
Dubno (Ukraine)
Kiev (Ukraine)
Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Debaltseve (Ukraine)
Astrakhan (Russia)
Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Almaty (Kazakhstan)
To: Ridder (Kazakhstan)
Location
Countries:  France,  Belgium,  Germany,  Poland,  Ukraine,  Russia,  Kazakhstan,  Uzbekistan,  Turkmenistan,  Kyrgyzstan
Highway system
International E-road network
E 40 roadsign in Skołoszów, Poland
E 40 in Eastern Europe and Asia

European route E 40 is the longest European route,[1] more than 8,000 kilometres (4,971 miles) long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border to China.

Route description

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France

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Main article: European route E40 in France

E40 follows the A16.

Belgium

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Main article: European route E40 in Belgium

E40 follows the A18 Adinkerke-Bruges, R0 past Brussels, A10 Bruges-Brussels and A3 Brussels-Eupen.

Germany

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Main article: European route E40 in Germany

E40 follows the A44 past Aachen, A4 Aachen-Olpe, A45 Olpe-Wetzlar, B49/B429/A480 past Giessen, A5 Giessen-Bad Hersfeld and A4 Bad Hersfeld-Görlitz.

Poland

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Main article: European route E40 in Poland

Ukraine

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Main article: European route E40 in Ukraine

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See also: Roads in Ukraine

It traverses Ukraine from west to east and crosses the following important cities along the way:

Note: in cursive are cities in a war zone and controlled by separatists

Russia

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Main article: European route E40 in Russia

Kazakhstan

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Main article: European route E40 in Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan

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Main article: European route E40 in Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

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Main article: European route E40 in Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

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Main article: European route E40 in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

The road makes a big detour in Central Asia. The shortest road between Calais and Ridder is about 2,000 kilometres (1,243 miles) shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin-Moscow-Omsk.

Major junctions

The E40 coincides with the following national roads:

External links

Gallery


References

Notes

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