European route E40
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European route E 40 is the longest European route,[1] more than 8000 km 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.
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[edit] Route
The route passes through:
- France: Calais - Dunkerque
- Belgium: Veurne - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Liège
- Germany: Aachen - Cologne - Gummersbach - Olpe - Siegen - Wetzlar - Gießen - Bad Hersfeld - Herleshausen - Eisenach - Gotha - Erfurt - Weimar - Jena - Gera - Chemnitz - Dresden - Bautzen - Görlitz
- Poland: Zgorzelec -Bolesławiec - Legnica - Wrocław - Opole - Gliwice - Katowice - Jaworzno - Kraków - Tarnów - Rzeszów - Korczowa
- Ukraine: L'viv - Dubno - Rivne - Zhytomyr - Kiev - Lubny - Poltava - Kharkov - Slovyansk - Debaltseve - Luhans'k
- Russia: Kamensk-Shakhtinsky - Volgograd[1] - Astrakhan' (Russian route M21 and Russian route M6)
- Kazakhstan: Atyrau - Beyneu
- Uzbekistan: Kungrad - Nukus
- Turkmenistan: Daşoguz
- Uzbekistan: Buchara - Samarkand - Jizzakh - Tashkent
- Kazakhstan: Shymkent - Taraz
- Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
- Kazakhstan: Korday - Almaty - Sary-Ozek - Taldykorgan - Usharal - Taskesken - Ayagoz - Georgiyevka - Öskemen - Ridder
The road makes a big detour in Central Asia. The shortest road between Calais and Ridder is about 2000 km shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin-Moscow-Omsk.
[edit] Local numbering
The E40 coincides with the following national roads:
- France:
- A16 Calais - Dunkirk (border)
- Belgium:
- Germany:
- Poland:
- Ukraine:
- Russia:
- Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan:
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 At Jabbeke in Belgium |
 Crossing a railway at Chemnitz in eastern Germany |
 E 40 road on Ukrainian highway Kyiv-Zytomyr |
 On Kazakh-Kyrgyz border at Korday |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Antill, Peter; Dennis, Peter (2007). Stalingrad 1942. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1846030285.
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