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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.
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 E40 interchange near Bruges, Belgium | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 8,641 km (5,369 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  E15 in Calais, France |
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| East end | Ridder, Kazakhstan |
| Location | |
| Countries |  France Belgium Germany Poland Ukraine Russia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan |
| Highway system | |
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.
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France
Belgium
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
Ukraine
Russia
- 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)
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)
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)
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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
Between Almaty and Taldyqorghan near city Konaev (Kazakhstan)
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- The A2 A-2 highway hasn't been fully built.
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