M10 highway (Russia)

Federal Highway M10
Федеральная автомобильная дорога M10
Russia–Scandinavia Highway
Route information
Part of
Length:	872 km (542 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Moscow
North end:	Finnish border
Highway system
Russian Federal Highways

The M10 is a federal highway in Russia connecting the country's two largest cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and continuing to the border with Finland. Other than in the vicinity of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the M10 is basically a two-lane highway (one lane for each direction), with an occasional third centre lane to allow overtaking or for left-turning traffic at intersections.

The highway Moscow - Tver - Novgorod existed even before the founding of Saint Petersburg. Along the way there were special checkpoints (Yam) in particular Yedrovo, Valday, Yazhelbitsy, Krestsy, and Bronnitsa. The first road, 778 kilometres (483 mi) long, in this area was built by order of Peter the Great from 1712 to 1746. The construction of this road was run by an office that formed for this purpose. After the completion of the road in 1755, it was transformed into the Office of the structure of public roads and later was known as the Commission on the Roads in the State.

The distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg by M10 is approximately 700 km.

The route runs through or near the cities and settlements of Khimki, Zelenograd, Solnechnogorsk, Klin, Tver, Torzhok, Vyshny Volochyok, Valdai, Kresttsy, Veliky Novgorod, Chudovo, Tosno and reaches the city border of Saint Petersburg in Pushkinsky District. The section of M10 between Moscow and St Petersburg is known as "Russia" (Russian: Россия) highway and is part of European route E105.

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