European route 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

E 40 roadsign in Skołoszów, Poland

European route E 40 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.

Route

France
- A 16: Calais (E 15 / E 402) - Dunkirk - Ghyvelde
Belgium
- A18: Adinkerke - Veurne - Jabbeke (E 404)
- A10: Jabbeke (E 404) - Brugge (E 403) - Gent (E 17) - Brussels (E 19)
- R0 (Brussels Ring): Brussels (E 19 Towards E 411)
- A3: Brussels - Leuven (E 314) - Liège (E 25 / E 42 / E 313, Towards E 46) - Verviers (E 42) - Lichtenbusch (E 421)
Germany
- A44: Aachen (E 314)
- A4: Aachen (E 314) - Köln (E 31 / E 35, Towards E 29 / E 37) - Olpe (E 41)
- A45: Olpe (start of concurrency with E 41) - Siegen - Gießen (E 44, end of concurrency with E 41)
- B49: Gießen (E 41 / E 44)
- B429: Gießen
- A480: Gießen (E 451)
- A5: Gießen (E 451) - Bad Hersfeld (E 45)
- A7: Bad Hersfeld (E 45)
- A4: Bad Hersfeld (E 45) - Eisenach - Erfurt - Zwickau (E 49 / E 51 / E 40) - Chemnitz (E 441) - Dresden (E 55) - Görlitz
Poland
- A4: 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^[a]
- M10: Krakivets - Lviv ( E372 E471)
- M06: Lviv - Dubno (E85) - Rivne - Zhytomyr (E583) - Kyiv (E95 / E101)
- M03: Kyiv (E95 / E101) - Lubny - Poltava (E584) - Kharkiv (E105) - Sloviansk - Debaltseve (E50)
- M04: Debaltseve (E50) - Luhansk - Izvaryne
Russia
- A260: (formerly M21) Donetsk - Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (E40) - Volgograd (E119)
- R22: (formerly M6) Volgograd (start of concurrency with E119) - Astrakhan (end of concurrency E119)
- A340: Astrakhan - Volodarsky
Kazakhstan
- A27: Kotyaevka - Atyrau (start of concurrency with E121) - Dossor
- A33: Dossor - Beyneu (end of concurrency with E121)
- P1: Beyneu (E121) - Akjigit
Uzbekistan
- Karakalpakstan - Qo'ng'irot - Nukus
Turkmenistan
- Konye-Urgench - Daşoguz ( E003)
Uzbekistan
- Yablykangly - Urgench - Bukhara ( E60 E004)
- M37: Bukhara ( E60 E004) - Navoiy - Samarqand ( E005)
- M39: Samarqand ( E005) - Jizzakh - Sirdaryo (start of concurrency with E123) - Tashkent (E007)
Kazakhstan
- A2: Zhibek Zholy - Shymkent (end of concurrency with E123) - Taraz - Merki^[b]
- M39: Merki - Chaldovar
Kyrgyzstan
- M39: Chaldavar - Kara-Balta ( E010) - Bishkek (Start of Concurrency with E125) - Konstantinovka
Kazakhstan
- A2: Korday - Almaty (E012, end of concurrency with E125)
- A3: Almaty (E125 / E012) - Sary-Ozek (E013) - Taldykorgan - Usharal (E014) - Ayagoz - Qalbatau (E127) - Öskemen
- A350: Öskemen - Sekisovka
- A10: Sekisovka - Ridder

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.