European route E40

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.

Since 2014, parts of the road in eastern Ukraine have been under the control of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia took direct control of the areas in Donbas.

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

Main article: European route E40 in Ukraine

• M 10: Krakovets - 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: 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

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