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European route E40

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From:
  
Calais (France)

Length
  
8,500 km

To:
  
Ridder (Kazakhstan)

European route E40

Countries:
  
France,  Belgium,  Germany,  Poland,  Ukraine,  Russia,  Kazakhstan,  Uzbekistan,  Turkmenistan,  Kyrgyzstan

Highway system
  
International E-road network

European route E 40 is the longest European route, 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.

Contents

Map of E40, Belgium

Route

  •  France
  • Calais ( ) - Ghyvelde
  •  Belgium
  • Adinkerke - Veurne - Jabbeke ()
  • Jabbeke () - Brugge () - Gent () - Brussels ()
  • Brussels (. Towards )
  • Brussels - Leuven () - Liège (, Towards ) - Verviers () - Lichtenbusch ()
  •  Germany
  • Aachen ()
  • Aachen () - Köln (, Towards ) - Olpe ()
  • Olpe (Start of Concurrency with ) - Gießen (, End of Concurrency with )
  • Gießen ()
  • Gießen
  • Gießen ()
  • Gießen () - Bad Hersfeld ()
  • Bad Hersfeld ()
  • Bad Hersfeld () - Eisenach - Erfurt - Gera () - Chemnitz () - Dresden () - Görlitz
  •  Poland
  • Zgorzelec - Bolesławiec () - Legnica () - Wrocław ( ) - Opole - Gliwice - Katowice - Mysłowice (, Start of Concurrency with ) - Kraków (, End of Concurrency with ) - Rzeszów () - Korczowa
  •  Ukraine
  • Krakivets - Lviv ()
  • Lviv - Dubno () - Rivne - Zhytomyr () - Kiev ()
  • Kiev () - Lubny - Poltava () - Kharkiv () - Sloviansk - Debaltseve ()
  • Debaltseve () - Luhansk - Izvaryne

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

  •  Russia
  • (Formerly ) Donetsk - Kamensk-Shakhtinsky () - Volgograd ()
  • (Formerly ) Volgograd (Start of Concurrency with ) - Astrakhan (End of Concurrency )
  • Astrakhan - Volodarsky
  •  Kazakhstan
  • Kotyaevka -Atyrau (Start of Concurrency with ) - Dossor
  • Dossor - Beyneu (End of Concurrency with )
  • Beyneu () - Akjigit
  •  Uzbekistan
  • Karakalpakstan - Qo‘ng‘irot - Nukus
  •  Turkmenistan
  • Konye-Urgench - Daşoguz ()
  •  Uzbekistan
  • Yablykangly - Urgench - Buxoro ()
  • M37 Buxoro () - Navoiy - Samarqand ()
  • M39 Samarqand () - Jizzakh - Sirdaryo (Start of Concurrency with ) - Tashkent ()
  •  Kazakhstan
  • Zhibek Zholy - Shymkent (End of Concurrency with ) - Taraz - Merki
  • Merki - Chaldovar
  •  Kyrgyzstan
  • M39 Chaldavar - Kara-Balta () - Bishkek (Start of Concurrency with ) - Konstantinovka
  •  Kazakhstan
  • Korday - Almaty (, End of Concurrency with )
  • Almaty () - Sary-Ozek () - Taldykorgan - Usharal () - Ayagoz - Kalbatau ( - Öskemen
  • Öskemen - Ridder

    • 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.

    References

    European route E40 Wikipedia
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