European route E40 (E40) is a European route connecting Calais in France with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border with Russia and China. long, it is the longest route in the International E-road network. A different route, connecting Calais and Ridder, is about shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin, Moscow, and Omsk. The E40 differs from that route in order to provide additional direct east–west access to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with a combined population base approaching 50 million people as of 2021.
From Dresden to Kyiv, it forms part of Pan-European Corridor III.
Since 2014, parts of the road in eastern Ukraine have been under the control of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia took direct control of the areas in Donbas.
Route France : Calais (E15 / E402) - Dunkirk - Ghyvelde
Belgium : Adinkerke - Veurne - Jabbeke (E404) : Jabbeke (E404) - Bruges (E403) - Gent (E17) - Brussels (E19) : Brussels (E19 Towards E411) : Brussels - Leuven (E314) - Liège (E25 / E42 / E313, Towards E46) - Verviers (E42) - Lichtenbusch (E421)
Germany : Aachen (E 314) : Aachen (E 314) - Cologne (E 31 / E 35, Towards E 29 / E 37) - Olpe (E 41) : Olpe (start of concurrency with E 41) - Siegen - Gießen (E 44, end of concurrency with E 41) : Gießen (E 41 / E 44) : Gießen : Gießen (E 451) : Gießen (E 451) - Bad Hersfeld (E 45) : Bad Hersfeld (E 45) : Bad Hersfeld (E 45) - Eisenach - Erfurt - Zwickau (E 49 / E 51 / E 40) - Chemnitz (E 441) - Dresden (E 55) - Görlitz
Poland : Zgorzelec - Bolesławiec (E36) - Legnica (E65) - Wrocław (E67) - Opole - Gliwice - Katowice - Mysłowice (E75, start of concurrency with E462) - Kraków (E77, end of concurrency with E462) - Rzeszów (E371) - Korczowa
Ukraine
: Krakovets - Lviv () : Lviv - Dubno (E85) - Rivne - Zhytomyr (E583) - Kyiv (E95 / E101) : Kyiv (E95 / E101) - Lubny - Poltava (E584) - Kharkiv (E105) - Sloviansk - Debaltseve (E50) : Debaltseve (E50) - Luhansk - Izvaryne
Russia R260: Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (E40) - Volgograd (E119) : Volgograd (start of concurrency with E119) - Astrakhan (end of concurrency E119) 12A-235: Astrakhan - Krasny Yar
Kazakhstan (west) : Kotyaevka - Atyrau (start of concurrency with E121) - Dossor : Dossor - Beyneu (end of concurrency with E121) : Beyneu (E121) - Akjigit - Border with Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (west) A380 Road: Border with Kazakhstan - Karakalpakstan - Qo'ng'irot - Xojeli - Nukus A381 Road: Xojeli - Border with Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan Border with Uzbekistan - Konye-Urgench - Daşoguz ()
Uzbekistan (east) 4P159 Road: Border with Turkmenistan - Shovot - Urgench 4P156 Road: Urgench - Hazorasp - A380 Road: - Bukhara () M37 Road: Bukhara () - Navoiy - Samarqand () M39 Road: Samarkand - Jizzax - Sardoba A373 Road: Sardoba - Oqoltin M34 Road: Oqoltin - Sirdaryo M39 Road: Sirdaryo (start of concurrency with E123) - Chinoz - Tashkent () -G‘ishtko‘prik - Border of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (middle) : Zhibek Zholy - Shymkent (end of concurrency with E123) - Taraz - Merki : Merki - Chaldovar
Kyrgyzstan ЭМ-03 Road: Border of Kazakhstan - Chaldovar - Kara-Balta () ЭМ-04 Road: Kara-Balta () - Bishkek (Start of Concurrency with ) ЭМ-02 Road: Bishkek Bypass ЭМ-01 Road: Bishkek - Border of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (east) : Korday - Almaty (E012, end of concurrency with E125) : Almaty (E125 / E012) - Sary-Ozek (E013) - Taldykorgan - Usharal (E014) - Ayagoz - Qalbatau (E127) - Öskemen : Öskemen - Sekisovka : Sekisovka - Ridder
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References
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007) The E40 as a Path of Remembrance in Europe