- European route E40
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European route , more than 8000 km long, connectingCalais inFrance viaBelgium ,Germany ,Poland ,Ukraine ,Russia ,Kazakhstan ,Uzbekistan ,Turkmenistan , andKyrgyzstan , with Ridder inKazakhstan near the border toChina .Route
The route passes through:
*France:Calais -Dunkerque
*Belgium:Veurne -Bruges -Ghent -Brussels -Leuven - Liège
*Germany:Aachen -Cologne -Gummersbach - Olpe -Siegen -Wetzlar -Gießen -Bad Hersfeld -Herleshausen -Eisenach - Gotha -Erfurt - Weimar -Jena -Gera -Chemnitz -Dresden -Bautzen -Görlitz
*Poland:Zgorzelec -Bolesławiec -Legnica -Wrocław -Opole -Gliwice -Katowice -Jaworzno -Kraków -Tarnów -Rzeszów -Korczowa
*Ukraine:L'viv -Dubno -Rivne -Zhytomyr -Kiev -Lubny -Poltava -Kharkiv -Slovyansk -Debaltseve -Luhans'k
*Russia:Kamensk-Shakhtinsky -Volgograd -Astrakhan' (Russian route M21 andRussian route M6 )
*Kazakhstan:Atyrau -Beyneu
*Uzbekistan:Kungrad -Nukus
*Turkmenistan:Daşoguz
*Uzbekistan:Buchara -Samarkand -Jizzakh -Tashkent
*Kazakhstan:Shymkent -Taraz
*Kyrgyzstan:Bishkek
*Kazakhstan:Korday -Almaty -Sary-Ozek -Taldykorgan -Usharal -Taskesken -Ayagoz -Georgiyevka -Öskemen - RidderThe road makes a big detour in Central Asia. The shortest road between Calais and Ridder is about 2000 km shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin-Moscow-Omsk.
Local numbering
* Within France the E40 follows the A16 along 30 km
* Within Belgium the E40 follows the A18, the A10 and the A3
* Within Germany the E40 follows theBundesautobahn 44 , BAB 4, BAB 45, BAB 5, and again the BAB 4.
* WithinPoland the E40 follows the A4 highway and the DK 4 National Road.
* WithinUkraine the E40 follows the M11, M06, M03, M04 roads.
* Within Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, the E40 follows the local route M39.Gallery
Documentary
Stijn Segers is making an audiovisual documentary about the route E40. He travels from Calais to Ridder and makes music, video, photo and text to tell the story of man under way on this backbone of Europe.
More information on http://www.tourbadour.com
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