European route E40 in Belgium
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E40 interchange near Bruges, Belgium
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 8,641 km (5,369 mi) |
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 Calais (France) |
 Ghent (Belgium) Brussels (Belgium) Liège (Belgium) Cologne (Germany) Bolesławiec (Poland) Kirchheim (Germany) Dresden (Germany) Legnica (Poland) Mysłowice (Poland) Dubno (Ukraine) Kiev (Ukraine) Kharkiv (Ukraine) Debaltseve (Ukraine) Astrakhan (Russia) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
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| To: | Ridder (Kazakhstan) |
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| Countries: |
 France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan
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| International E-road network | |
European route E 40 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.
Note: in italic are cities in a war zone and/or controlled by separatists
Note: The 
A-2 highway hasn't been fully built.
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.
Crossing a railway at Chemnitz in eastern Germany
at Zabrze in Upper Silesian Industrial Region in Poland
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