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European route E40 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 with Russia and China.

E40

E40 interchange near Bruges, Belgium
Route information
Length	8,641 km (5,369 mi)
Major junctions
West end	E15 in Calais, France
Major intersections	E17 in Ghent, Belgium E19 in Brussels, Belgium E25 in Liège, Belgium E35 in Cologne, Germany E36 in Bolesławiec, Poland E45 in Kirchheim, Germany E55 in Dresden, Germany E65 in Legnica, Poland E75 in Mysłowice, Poland E85 in Dubno, Ukraine E95 in Kyiv, Ukraine E105 in Kharkiv, Ukraine E50 in Debaltseve, Ukraine E119 in Astrakhan, Russia E123 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan E125 in Almaty, Kazakhstan
East end	Ridder, Kazakhstan

Location
Countries	France Belgium Germany Poland Ukraine Russia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan

Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class

A different route, connecting Calais and Ridder, is about 2,000 kilometres (1,243 miles) shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin-Moscow-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.

Route

France

A 16: Calais (E15 / E402) - Dunkirk - Ghyvelde

Belgium

A18: Adinkerke - Veurne - Jabbeke (E404)
A10: Jabbeke (E404) - Bruges (E403) - Gent (E17) - Brussels (E19)
R0 (Brussels Ring): Brussels (E19 Towards E411)
A3: Brussels - Leuven (E314) - Liège (E25 / E42 / E313, Towards E46) - Verviers (E42) - Lichtenbusch (E421)

Germany

A 44: Aachen (E 314)
A 4: Aachen (E 314) - Cologne (E 31 / E 35, Towards E 29 / E 37) - Olpe (E 41)
A 45: Olpe (start of concurrency with E 41) - Siegen - Gießen (E 44, end of concurrency with E 41)
B 49: Gießen (E 41 / E 44)
B 429: Gießen
A 480: Gießen (E 451)
A 5: Gießen (E 451) - Bad Hersfeld (E 45)
A 7: Bad Hersfeld (E 45)
A 4: Bad Hersfeld (E 45) - Eisenach - Erfurt - Zwickau (E 49 / E 51 / E 40) - Chemnitz (E 441) - Dresden (E 55) - Görlitz

Poland

A 4: 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

M 10: Krakivets - Lviv ( E372 E471)
M 06: Lviv - Dubno (E85) - Rivne - Zhytomyr (E583) - Kyiv (E95 / E101)
M 03: Kyiv (E95 / E101) - Lubny - Poltava (E584) - Kharkiv (E105) - Sloviansk - Debaltseve (E50)
M 30: Debaltseve (E50) - Luhansk - Izvaryne

Russia

R260: Donetsk - Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (E40) - Volgograd (E119)
R 22: Volgograd (start of concurrency with E119) - Astrakhan (end of concurrency E119)
12A-235: Astrakhan - Krasny Yar

Kazakhstan (west)

A 27: Kotyaevka - Atyrau (start of concurrency with E121) - Dossor
A 33: Dossor - Beyneu (end of concurrency with E121)
P 1: Beyneu (E121) - Akjigit - Border with Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan (west)

A380 A380 Road: Border with Kazakhstan - Karakalpakstan - Qo'ng'irot - Xojeli - Nukus
A381 A381 Road: Xojeli - Border with Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Border with Uzbekistan - Konye-Urgench - Daşoguz ( E003)

Uzbekistan (east)

4P159 4P159 Road: Border with Turkmenistan - Shovot - Urgench
4P156 4P156 Road: Urgench - Hazorasp - A380
A380 A380 Road: 4P156 - Bukhara ( E60 E004)
M37 M37 Road: Bukhara ( E60 E004) - Navoiy - Samarqand ( E005)
M39 M39 Road: Samarkand - Jizzax - Sardoba
A373 A373 Road: Sardoba - Oqoltin
M34 M34 Road: Oqoltin - Sirdaryo
M39 M39 Road: Sirdaryo (start of concurrency with E123) - Chinoz - Tashkent ( E007) -G‘ishtko‘prik - Border of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (middle)

A 2: Zhibek Zholy - Shymkent (end of concurrency with E123) - Taraz - Merki^[a]
M 39: Merki - Chaldovar

Kyrgyzstan

ЭМ-03 ЭМ-03 Road: Border of Kazakhstan - Chaldovar - Kara-Balta ( E010)
ЭМ-04 ЭМ-04 Road: Kara-Balta ( E010) - Bishkek (Start of Concurrency with E125)
ЭМ-02 ЭМ-02 Road: Bishkek Bypass
ЭМ-01 ЭМ-01 Road: Bishkek - Border of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (east)

A 2: Korday - Almaty (E012, end of concurrency with E125)
A 3: Almaty (E125 / E012) - Sary-Ozek (E013) - Taldykorgan - Usharal (E014) - Ayagoz - Qalbatau (E127) - Öskemen
A 10: Öskemen - Sekisovka
A 9: Sekisovka - Ridder

Gallery

At Jabbeke in Belgium
Crossing a railway at Chemnitz in eastern Germany
at Zabrze in Upper Silesian Industrial Region in Poland
E40 road on Ukrainian highway Kyiv-Zhytomyr
On Kazakh-Kyrgyz border at Korday
Road between Beyneu (Kazakhstan) and Kungrad (Uzbekistan)
E40 in Kazakhstan. Between Tashkent and Shymkent in the direction to Almaty
Between Almaty and Taldyqorghan near city Konaev (Kazakhstan)

Notes

^ The A2 A-2 highway hasn't been fully built.

References

^ Antill, Peter; Dennis, Peter (2007). Stalingrad 1942. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84603-028-5.

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