European route E40

European route E40 (E40) is a European route connecting Calais in France with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border with Russia and China. long, it is the longest route in the International E-road network. A different route, connecting Calais and Ridder, is about shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin, Moscow, and 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.

From Dresden to Kyiv, it forms part of Pan-European Corridor III.

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

Route

France

: Calais (E15 / E402) - Dunkirk - Ghyvelde

Belgium

: Adinkerke - Veurne - Jabbeke (E404)
: Jabbeke (E404) - Bruges (E403) - Gent (E17) - Brussels (E19)
: Brussels (E19 Towards E411)
: Brussels - Leuven (E314) - Liège (E25 / E42 / E313, Towards E46) - Verviers (E42) - Lichtenbusch (E421)

Germany

: Aachen (E 314)
: Aachen (E 314) - Cologne (E 31 / E 35, Towards E 29 / E 37) - Olpe (E 41)
: Olpe (start of concurrency with E 41) - Siegen - Gießen (E 44, end of concurrency with E 41)
: Gießen (E 41 / E 44)
: Gießen
: Gießen (E 451)
: Gießen (E 451) - Bad Hersfeld (E 45)
: Bad Hersfeld (E 45)
: Bad Hersfeld (E 45) - Eisenach - Erfurt - Zwickau (E 49 / E 51 / E 40) - Chemnitz (E 441) - Dresden (E 55) - Görlitz

Poland

: 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

: Krakovets - Lviv ()
: Lviv - Dubno (E85) - Rivne - Zhytomyr (E583) - Kyiv (E95 / E101)
: Kyiv (E95 / E101) - Lubny - Poltava (E584) - Kharkiv (E105) - Sloviansk - Debaltseve (E50)
: Debaltseve (E50) - Luhansk - Izvaryne

Russia

R260: Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (E40) - Volgograd (E119)
: Volgograd (start of concurrency with E119) - Astrakhan (end of concurrency E119)
12A-235: Astrakhan - Krasny Yar

Kazakhstan (west)

: Kotyaevka - Atyrau (start of concurrency with E121) - Dossor
: Dossor - Beyneu (end of concurrency with E121)
: Beyneu (E121) - Akjigit - Border with Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan (west)

A380 Road: Border with Kazakhstan - Karakalpakstan - Qo'ng'irot - Xojeli - Nukus
A381 Road: Xojeli - Border with Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Border with Uzbekistan - Konye-Urgench - Daşoguz ()

Uzbekistan (east)

4P159 Road: Border with Turkmenistan - Shovot - Urgench
4P156 Road: Urgench - Hazorasp -
A380 Road: - Bukhara ()
M37 Road: Bukhara () - Navoiy - Samarqand ()
M39 Road: Samarkand - Jizzax - Sardoba
A373 Road: Sardoba - Oqoltin
M34 Road: Oqoltin - Sirdaryo
M39 Road: Sirdaryo (start of concurrency with E123) - Chinoz - Tashkent () -G‘ishtko‘prik - Border of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (middle)

: Zhibek Zholy - Shymkent (end of concurrency with E123) - Taraz - Merki
: Merki - Chaldovar

Kyrgyzstan

ЭМ-03 Road: Border of Kazakhstan - Chaldovar - Kara-Balta ()
ЭМ-04 Road: Kara-Balta () - Bishkek (Start of Concurrency with )
ЭМ-02 Road: Bishkek Bypass
ЭМ-01 Road: Bishkek - Border of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (east)

: Korday - Almaty (E012, end of concurrency with E125)
: Almaty (E125 / E012) - Sary-Ozek (E013) - Taldykorgan - Usharal (E014) - Ayagoz - Qalbatau (E127) - Öskemen
: Öskemen - Sekisovka
: Sekisovka - Ridder

Gallery

File:E40 Jabbeke.jpg|At Jabbeke in Belgium

File:Borna-Viadukt-Tunel.jpg|Crossing a railway at Chemnitz in eastern Germany

File:Autostrada A4 w Zabrzu-Makoszowach (Nemo5576).jpg|at Zabrze in Upper Silesian Industrial Region in Poland

File:Київ-Житомир.JPG|E40 road on Ukrainian highway Kyiv-Zhytomyr

File:E8398-Korday-entering-KZ.jpg|On Kazakh-Kyrgyz border at Korday

File:E40 schlagloch kasachstan.jpg|Road between Beyneu (Kazakhstan) and Kungrad (Uzbekistan)

File:E40-Tashkent-Shymkent.jpg|E40 in Kazakhstan. Between Tashkent and Shymkent in the direction to Almaty

File:European route E40 between Almaty and Taldyqorghan near Konaev in Kazakhstan.jpg|Between Almaty and Taldyqorghan near city Konaev (Kazakhstan)