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{{Short description|Road in trans-European E-road network}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2009}}
{{Infobox road
| country        = EUR
| type           = E
| route          = 40
| length_km      = 8641
| length_ref     = 
| photo          = EchangeurBruges.JPG
| photo_notes    = E40 interchange near [[Bruges, Belgium]]
| map            = E40 route.svg
| direction_a    = West
| terminus_a     = {{jct|country=EUR|E|15}} in [[Calais, France]]
| junction = {{plainlist|1=
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|25}} in [[Liège, Belgium]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|35}} in [[Cologne, Germany]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|45}} in [[Kirchheim, Hesse|Kirchheim, Germany]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|55}} in [[Dresden, Germany]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|65}} in [[Legnica, Poland]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|75}} in [[Mysłowice, Poland]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|85}} in [[Dubno, Ukraine]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|95}} in [[Kyiv, Ukraine]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|50}} in [[Debaltseve, Ukraine]]
*{{jct|country=EUR|E|60|E|004}} in [[Bukhara, Uzbekistan]]
}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b     = [[Ridder, Kazakhstan]]
| countries      = [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]]
| previous_type  = E
| previous_route = 39
| next_type      = E
| next_route     = 41
}}

'''European route E40''' ('''E40''') is a [[European route]] connecting [[Calais]] in [[France]] with [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Ridder]] in [[Kazakhstan]] near the border with Russia and [[China]]. {{convert|8641|km|0|abbr=off}} long, is the longest route in the [[International E-road network]]. A different route, connecting Calais and Ridder, is about {{convert|2000|km|-2|abbr=off}} shorter, mostly using the [[European route E30|E30]] via [[Berlin]], [[Moscow]], and [[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.

From Dresden to Kyiv forms part of [[Pan-European Corridor III]].

Since 2014, parts of the road in eastern [[Ukraine]] have been under the control of the separatist [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic]]. During the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], [[Russia]] took [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|direct control]] of the areas in [[Donbas]].

== Route ==
=== France ===
*{{jct|country=FRA|A|16}}: [[Calais]] ([[European route E15|E15]] / [[European route E402|E402]]) - [[Dunkirk]] - [[Ghyvelde]]

=== Belgium ===
*{{jct|country=BEL|A|18}}: [[Adinkerke]] - [[Veurne]] - [[Jabbeke]] ([[European route E404 in Belgium|E404]])
*{{jct|country=BEL|A|10}}: [[Jabbeke]] ([[European route E404|E404]]) - [[Bruges]] ([[European route E403|E403]]) - [[Ghent|Gent]] ([[European route E17|E17]]) - [[Brussels]] ([[European route E19 in Belgium|E19]])
*{{jct|country=BEL|R|0|name1=Brussels Ring}}: [[Brussels]] ([[European route E19 in Belgium|E19]] Towards [[European route E411 in Belgium|E411]])
*{{jct|country=BEL|A|3}}: [[Brussels]] - [[Leuven]] ([[European route E314 in Belgium|E314]]) - [[Liège]] ([[European route E25 in Belgium|E25]] / [[European route E42 in Belgium|E42]] / [[European route E313 in Belgium|E313]], Towards [[European route E46 in Belgium|E46]]) - [[Verviers]] ([[European route E42 in Belgium|E42]]) - [[Lichtenbusch]] ([[European route E421 in Belgium|E421]])

=== Germany ===
*{{jct|country=DEU|A|44}}: [[Aachen]] ([[European route E314|E 314]])
*{{jct|country=DEU|A|4}}: [[Aachen]] ([[European route E314|E 314]]) - [[Cologne]] ([[European route E31 in Germany|E 31]] / [[European route E35 in Germany|E 35]], Towards [[European route E29 in Germany|E 29]] / [[European route E37 in Germany|E 37]]) - [[Olpe, Germany|Olpe]] ([[European route E41 in Germany|E 41]])
*{{jct|country=DEU|A|45}}: [[Olpe, Germany|Olpe]] (start of concurrency with [[European route E41 in Germany|E 41]]) - [[Siegen]] - [[Gießen]] ([[European route E44 in Germany|E 44]], end of concurrency with [[European route E41 in Germany|E 41]])
*{{jct|country=DEU|B|49}}: [[Gießen]] ([[European route E41 in Germany|E 41]] / [[European route E44 in Germany|E 44]])
*{{jct|country=DEU|B|429}}: [[Gießen]]
*{{jct|country=DEU|A|480}}: [[Gießen]] ([[European route E451 in Germany|E 451]])
*{{jct|country=DEU|A|5}}: [[Gießen]] ([[European route E451 in Germany|E 451]]) - [[Bad Hersfeld]] ([[European route E45 in Germany|E 45]])
*{{jct|country=DEU|A|7}}: [[Bad Hersfeld]] ([[European route E45 in Germany|E 45]])
*{{jct|country=DEU|A|4}}: [[Bad Hersfeld]] ([[European route E45 in Germany|E 45]]) - [[Eisenach]] - [[Erfurt]] - [[Zwickau]] ([[European route E49 in Germany|E 49]] / [[European route E51 in Germany|E 51]] / [[European route E40 in Germany|E 40]]) - [[Chemnitz]] ([[European route E441 in Germany|E 441]]) - [[Dresden]] ([[European route E55 in Germany|E 55]]) - [[Görlitz]]

=== Poland ===
*{{jct|country=POL|A|4}}: [[Zgorzelec]] - [[Bolesławiec]] ([[European route E36|E36]]) - [[Legnica]] ([[European route E65|E65]]) - [[Wrocław]] ([[European route E67|E67]]) - [[Opole]] - [[Gliwice]]  - [[Katowice]] - [[Mysłowice]] ([[European route E75|E75]], start of concurrency with [[European route E462|E462]]) - [[Kraków]] ([[European route E77|E77]], end of concurrency with [[European route E462|E462]]) - [[Rzeszów]] ([[European route E371|E371]]) - [[Korczowa]]

=== Ukraine ===
{{main|European route E40 in Ukraine}}
*{{Jct|country=UKR|M|10}}: [[Krakovets]] - [[Lviv]] ({{Jct|country=UKR|E|372}}{{Jct|country=UKR|E|471}})
*{{Jct|country=UKR|M|06}}: [[Lviv]] - [[Dubno]] ([[European route E85 in Ukraine|E85]]) - [[Rivne]] - [[Zhytomyr]] ([[European route E583 in Ukraine|E583]]) - [[Kyiv]] ([[European route E95 in Ukraine|E95]] / [[European route E101 in Ukraine|E101]])
*{{Jct|country=UKR|M|03}}: [[Kyiv]] ([[European route E95 in Ukraine|E95]] / [[European route E101 in Ukraine|E101]]) - [[Lubny]] - [[Poltava]] ([[European route E584 in Ukraine|E584]]) - [[Kharkiv]] ([[European route E105 in Ukraine|E105]]) - [[Sloviansk]] - [[Debaltseve]] ([[European route E50 in Ukraine|E50]])
*{{Jct|country=UKR|M|30}}: [[Debaltseve]] ([[European route E50 in Ukraine|E50]]) - [[Luhansk]] - [[Izvaryne (border checkpoint)|Izvaryne]]

=== Russia ===
*[[R260 highway (Russia)|R260]]: [[Kamensk-Shakhtinsky]] (E40) - [[Volgograd]] ([[European route E119|E119]])
*{{jct|country=RUS|P|22}}: [[Volgograd]] (start of concurrency with [[European route E119|E119]]) - [[Astrakhan]] (end of concurrency [[European route E119|E119]])
*12A-235: [[Astrakhan]] - [[Krasny Yar, Astrakhan Oblast|Krasny Yar]]

=== Kazakhstan (west) ===
*{{jct|country=KAZ|A|27}}: [[Kotyaevka]] - [[Atyrau]] (start of concurrency with [[European route E121|E121]]) - [[Dossor]]
*{{jct|country=KAZ|A|33}}: [[Dossor]] - [[Beyneu]] (end of concurrency with [[European route E121|E121]])
*{{jct|country=KAZ|P|1}}: [[Beyneu]] ([[European route E121|E121]]) - [[Akjigit]] - Border with [[Uzbekistan]]

=== Uzbekistan (west) ===
*{{RouteBox|A380||#0000CD}} A380 Road: Border with [[Kazakhstan]] - [[Qaraqalpaqstan (town)|Karakalpakstan]] - [[Qo'ng'irot]] - [[Xojeli]] - [[Nukus]]
*{{RouteBox|A381||#0000CD}} A381 Road: [[Xojeli]] - Border with [[Turkmenistan]]

=== Turkmenistan ===
*Border with [[Uzbekistan]] - [[Konye-Urgench]] - [[Daşoguz]] ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|003}})

=== Uzbekistan (east) ===
*{{RouteBox|4P159||#0000CD}} 4P159 Road: Border with [[Turkmenistan]] - [[Shovot]] - [[Urgench]]
*{{RouteBox|4P156||#0000CD}} 4P156 Road: [[Urgench]] - [[Hazorasp]] - {{RouteBox|A380||#0000CD}}
*{{RouteBox|A380||#0000CD}} A380 Road: {{RouteBox|4P156||#0000CD}} - [[Bukhara]] ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|60}}{{Jct|country=EUR|E|004}}) 
*{{RouteBox|M37||#0000CD}} M37 Road: [[Bukhara]] ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|60}}{{Jct|country=EUR|E|004}}) - [[Navoiy]] - [[Samarqand]] ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|005}})
*{{RouteBox|M39||#0000CD}} M39 Road: [[Samarkand]] - [[Jizzax]] - [[Sardoba]]
*{{RouteBox|A373||#0000CD}} A373 Road: [[Sardoba]] - [[Oqoltin, Sirdaryo|Oqoltin]] 
*{{RouteBox|M34||#0000CD}} M34 Road: [[Oqoltin, Sirdaryo|Oqoltin]] - [[Sirdaryo]] 
*{{RouteBox|M39||#0000CD}} M39 Road: [[Sirdaryo]] (start of concurrency with [[European route E123|E123]]) - [[Chinoz]] - [[Tashkent]] ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|007}}) -[[G‘ishtko‘prik]] - Border of [[Kazakhstan]]

=== Kazakhstan (middle) ===
*{{jct|country=KAZ|A|2}}: [[Zhibek Zholy, Village|Zhibek Zholy]] - [[Shymkent]] (end of concurrency with [[European route E123|E123]]) - [[Taraz]] - [[Merki]]{{efn|The [[A2 Highway (Kazakhstan)|A2]] A-2 highway hasn't been fully built.}}
*{{jct|country=KAZ|M|39}}: [[Merki]] - [[Chaldovar, Kazakhstan|Chaldovar]]

=== Kyrgyzstan ===
* {{RouteBox|ЭМ-03||#1E90FF}} ЭМ-03 Road: Border of [[Kazakhstan]] - [[Chaldovar]] - [[Kara-Balta]]  ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|010}})
* {{RouteBox|ЭМ-04||#1E90FF}} ЭМ-04 Road: [[Kara-Balta]] ({{Jct|country=EUR|E|010}}) - [[Bishkek]] (Start of Concurrency with {{Jct|country=EUR|E|125}})
* {{RouteBox|ЭМ-02||#1E90FF}} ЭМ-02 Road: [[Bishkek]] Bypass
* {{RouteBox|ЭМ-01||#1E90FF}} ЭМ-01 Road: [[Bishkek]] - Border of [[Kazakhstan]]

=== Kazakhstan (east) ===
*{{jct|country=KAZ|A|2}}: [[Korday]] - [[Almaty]] ([[European route E012|E012]], end of concurrency with [[European route E125|E125]])
*{{jct|country=KAZ|A|3}}: [[Almaty]] ([[European route E125|E125]] / [[European route E012|E012]]) - [[Sary-Ozek, Almaty Region|Sary-Ozek]] ([[European route E013|E013]]) - [[Taldykorgan]] - [[Usharal]] ([[European route E014|E014]]) - [[Ayagoz]] - [[Qalbatau]] ([[European route E127|E127]]) - [[Öskemen]]
*{{jct|country=KAZ|A|10}}: [[Öskemen]] - [[Sekisovka]]
*{{jct|country=KAZ|A|9}}: [[Sekisovka]] - [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Ridder]]

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== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:E40 Jabbeke.jpg|At [[Jabbeke]] in [[Belgium]]
File:Borna-Viadukt-Tunel.jpg|Crossing a railway at [[Chemnitz]] in eastern Germany
File:Autostrada A4 w Zabrzu-Makoszowach (Nemo5576).jpg|at Zabrze in [[Upper Silesian Industrial Region]] in [[Poland]]
File:Київ-Житомир.JPG|E40 road on [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] highway Kyiv-Zhytomyr
File:E8398-Korday-entering-KZ.jpg|On Kazakh-Kyrgyz border at [[Korday]]
File:E40 schlagloch kasachstan.jpg|Road between [[Beyneu]] (Kazakhstan) and [[Kungrad]] (Uzbekistan)
File:E40-Tashkent-Shymkent.jpg|E40 in Kazakhstan. Between Tashkent and [[Shymkent]] in the direction to [[Almaty]]
File:European route E40 between Almaty and Taldyqorghan near Konaev in Kazakhstan.jpg|Between Almaty and [[Taldyqorghan]] near city [[Konaev]] (Kazakhstan)
</gallery>

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|E40}}
* [https://unece.org/DAM/trans/conventn/MapAGR2007.pdf UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130728211624/http://www.geschichtswerkstatt-europa.org/expired-project-details/items/e40.html The E40 as a Path of Remembrance in Europe]

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