European route E40
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E40 interchange near Bruges, Belgium
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 8,500 km (5,300 mi) |
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 Calais (France) |
 Ghent (Belgium) Brussels (Belgium) Liège (Belgium) Cologne (Germany) Bolesławiec (Poland) Kirchheim (Germany) Dresden (Germany) Legnica (Poland) Mysłowice/Gliwice (Poland) Dubno (Ukraine) Kiev (Ukraine) Kharkiv (Ukraine) Debaltseve (Ukraine) Astrakhan (Russia) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
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| To: | Ridder (Kazakhstan) |
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 France,  Belgium,  Germany,  Poland,  Ukraine,  Russia,  Kazakhstan,  Uzbekistan,  Turkmenistan,  Kyrgyzstan
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European route E 40 is the longest European route, 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 to China.
Note: in italic are cities in a war zone and controlled by separatists
The road makes a big detour in Central Asia. The shortest road between Calais and Ridder is about 2,000 kilometres (1,243 miles) shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin-Moscow-Omsk.
Crossing a railway at Chemnitz in eastern Germany
at Zabrze in Upper Silesian Industrial Region in Poland
E 40 road on Ukrainian highway Kyiv-Zytomyr
On Kazakh-Kyrgyz border at Korday
Road between Beyneu (Kazakhstan) and Kungrad (Uzbekistan)
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