European route E40 is the longest European route, more than 8000 km 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 2000 km 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, with a combined population base approaching 50 million people as of 2021.

Route

France

Belgium

Germany

Poland

Ukraine

Russia

Kazakhstan (west)

Uzbekistan (west)

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan (east)

Kazakhstan (middle)

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan (east)

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