European route E40

E40
E40
	E40 interchange near Bruges, Belgium
Route information
Length	8,641 km (5,369 mi)
Major junctions
West end	E15 in Calais, France
	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;

European route E40 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 with Russia and China.

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, which have a combined population base approaching 50 million people as of 2021.

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

M 10: Krakivets - 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

A 260 (formerly M21): Donetsk - Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (E40) - Volgograd (E119)
R 22 (formerly M6): 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