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{{Infobox road
| country = EUR
| type    = E
| route   = 40
| length_km = 8500
| photo   = EchangeurBruges.JPG
| photo_notes = E40 interchange near [[Bruges]], Belgium
| map        = E40 route.svg
| terminus_a = '''{{Highway E (Europe)|15}}''' [[Calais]] ([[France]])
| junction   = '''{{Highway E (Europe)|17}}''' [[Ghent]] ([[Belgium]]) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|19}}''' [[Brussels]] ([[Belgium]]) <br>  '''{{Highway E (Europe)|25}}''' [[Liège]] ([[Belgium]]) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|35}}''' [[Cologne]] ([[Germany]]) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|36}}''' [[Bolesławiec]] (Poland) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|45}}''' [[Kirchheim, Hesse|Kirchheim]] (Germany) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|55}}''' [[Dresden]] (Germany) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|65}}''' [[Legnica]] ([[Poland]]) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|75}}''' [[Mysłowice]]/[[Gliwice]] (Poland) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|85}}''' [[Dubno]] ([[Ukraine]]) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|95}}''' [[Kiev]] (Ukraine) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|105}}''' [[Kharkiv]] (Ukraine) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|50}}''' [[Debaltseve]] (Ukraine) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|119}}''' [[Astrakhan]] (Russia) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|123}}''' [[Tashkent]] (Uzbekistan) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|125}}''' [[Almaty]] (Kazakhstan)
| terminus_b = [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Ridder]] ([[Kazakhstan]])
| countries  = {{flag|France}}, {{flag|Belgium}}, {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Poland}}, {{flag|Ukraine}}, {{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Kazakhstan}}, {{flag|Uzbekistan}}, {{flag|Turkmenistan}}, {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
}}
[[File:Skołoszów, cesta k Radymnu.jpg|thumb|290px|E&nbsp;40 roadsign in Skołoszów, Poland]]
[[File:E40 route.png|thumb|290px|E&nbsp;40 in Eastern Europe and Asia]]

'''European route E&nbsp;40''' is the longest [[European route]],<ref name=stalingrad>{{cite book|title=Stalingrad 1942|first1=Peter |last1=Antill|first2=Peter|last2=Dennis|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year= 2007|ISBN=1-84603-028-5}}</ref> more than {{convert|8000|km|0|abbr=off}} long, connecting [[Calais]] in [[France]] via [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Kyrgyzstan]], with [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Ridder]] in [[Kazakhstan]] near the border to [[China]].

==Route==
*{{flag|France}}
**[[File:Autoroute française 16.svg|x15px|link=A16 autoroute]] [[Calais]] ({{BAB-E|15|F}} {{BAB-E|402|F}}) - [[Ghyvelde]]
*{{flag|Belgium}}
**[[File:BE-A18.svg|x16px|link=A18 motorway (Belgium)]] [[Adinkerke]] - [[Veurne]] - [[Jabbeke]] ({{BAB-E|404|B}})
**[[File:BE-A10.svg|x16px|link=A10 motorway (Belgium)]] [[Jabbeke]] ({{BAB-E|404|B}}) - [[Brugge]] ({{BAB-E|403|B}}) - [[Ghent|Gent]] ({{BAB-E|17|B}}) - [[Brussels]] ({{BAB-E|19|B}})
**[[File:BE-R0.svg|x16px|link=Brussels Ring]] [[Brussels]] ({{BAB-E|19|B}}. Towards {{BAB-E|411|B}})
**[[File:BE-A3.svg|x16px|link=A3 motorway (Belgium)]] [[Brussels]] - [[Leuven]] ({{BAB-E|314|B}}) - [[Liège]] ({{BAB-E|25|B}}{{BAB-E|42|B}}{{BAB-E|313|B}}, Towards {{BAB-E|46|B}}) - [[Verviers]] ({{BAB-E|42|B}}) - [[Lichtenbusch]] ({{BAB-E|421|B}})
*{{flag|Germany}}
**{{BAB-A|44}} [[Aachen]] ({{BAB-E|314|D}})
**{{BAB-A|4}} [[Aachen]] ({{BAB-E|314|D}}) - [[Köln]] ({{BAB-E|31|D}}{{BAB-E|35|D}}, Towards {{BAB-E|29|D}}{{BAB-E|37|D}}) - [[Olpe, Germany|Olpe]] ({{BAB-E|41|D}})
**{{BAB-A|45|D}} [[Olpe, Germany|Olpe]] (Start of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|41|D}}) - [[Gießen]] ({{BAB-E|44|D}}, End of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|41|D}})
**{{BAB-B|49}} [[Gießen]] ({{BAB-E|41|D}}{{BAB-E|44|D}})
**{{BAB-B|429}} [[Gießen]]
**{{BAB-A|480}} [[Gießen]] ({{BAB-E|451|D}})
**{{BAB-A|5}} [[Gießen]] ({{BAB-E|451|D}}) - [[Bad Hersfeld]] ({{BAB-E|45|D}})
**{{BAB-A|7}} [[Bad Hersfeld]] ({{BAB-E|45|D}})
**{{BAB-A|4}} [[Bad Hersfeld]] ({{BAB-E|45|D}}) - [[Eisenach]] - [[Erfurt]] - [[Gera]] ({{BAB-E|49|D}}{{BAB-E|51|D}}) - [[Chemnitz]] ({{BAB-E|441|D}}) - [[Dresden]] ({{BAB-E|55|D}}) - [[Görlitz]]
*{{flag|Poland}}
**[[File:A4-PL.svg|x15px|link=A4 autostrada (Poland)]] [[Zgorzelec]] - [[Bolesławiec]] ({{BAB-E|36|PL}}) - [[Legnica]] ({{BAB-E|65|PL}}) - [[Wrocław]] ({{BAB-E|67|PL}} ) - [[Opole]] - [[Gliwice]]  - [[Katowice]] - [[Mysłowice]] ({{BAB-E|75|PL}}, Start of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|462|PL}}) - [[Kraków]] ({{BAB-E|77|PL}}, End of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|462|PL}}) - [[Rzeszów]] ({{BAB-E|371|PL}}) - [[Korczowa]]
*{{flag|Ukraine}}
**{{Highway M (Ukraine)|10}} [[Krakivets (border checkpoint)|Krakivets]] - [[Lviv]] ({{BAB-E|372|UA}}{{BAB-E|471|UA}})
**{{Highway M (Ukraine)|06}} [[Lviv]] - [[Dubno]] ({{BAB-E|85|UA}}) - [[Rivne]] - [[Zhytomyr]] ({{BAB-E|583|UA}}) - [[Kiev]] ({{BAB-E|95|UA}}{{BAB-E|101|UA}})
*{{Highway M (Ukraine)|03}} [[Kiev]] ({{BAB-E|95|UA}}{{BAB-E|101|UA}}) - [[Lubny]] - [[Poltava]] ({{BAB-E|584|UA}}) - [[Kharkiv]] ({{BAB-E|105|UA}}) - [[Sloviansk]] - ''[[Debaltseve]]'' ({{BAB-E|50|UA}})
*{{Highway M (Ukraine)|04}} ''[[Debaltseve]]'' ({{BAB-E|50|UA}}) - ''[[Luhansk]]'' - ''[[Izvaryne (border checkpoint)|Izvaryne]]''

Note: in italic are cities in a war zone and controlled by separatists

*{{flag|Russia}}
**{{Road marker-RU|A|260}} (Formerly {{Road marker-RU|M|21}}) [[Donetsk, Russia|Donetsk]] - [[Kamensk-Shakhtinsky]] ({{BAB-E|40|RUS}}) - [[Volgograd]] ({{BAB-E|119}})
**[[File:P22-RUS.svg|30px|link=M6 highway (Russia)]] (Formerly [[File:M6-RUS.svg|30px|link=M6 highway (Russia)]]) [[Volgograd]] (Start of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|119|RU}}) - [[Astrakhan]] (End of Concurrency {{BAB-E|119|RU}})
**{{Road marker-RU|A|340}} [[Astrakhan]] - [[Volodarsky District, Astrakhan Oblast|Volodarsky]]
*{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
**{{Road marker-KZ|A|27}} [[Kotyaevka]] -[[Atyrau]] (Start of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|121|KZ}}) - [[Dossor]]
**{{Road marker-KZ|A|33}} [[Dossor]] - [[Beyneu]] (End of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|121|KZ}})
**{{Road marker-KZ|P|1}} [[Beyneu]] ({{BAB-E|121|KZ}}) - [[Akjigit]]
*{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
**[[Karakalpakstan (Village)|Karakalpakstan]] - [[Qo‘ng‘irot]] - [[Nukus]]
*{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
**[[Konye-Urgench]] - [[Daşoguz]] ({{BAB-E|003}})
*{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
**[[Yablykangly]] - [[Urgench]] - [[Buxoro]] ({{BAB-E|60}}{{BAB-E|004}}) 
**[[M37 Highway (Uzbekistan)|<span style="color:white; background:#0000cd; padding-left:.3em; padding-right:.3em;">M37</span>]] [[Buxoro]] ({{BAB-E|60}}{{BAB-E|004}}) - [[Navoiy]] - [[Samarqand]] ({{BAB-E|005}})
**[[M39 Highway (Uzbekistan)|<span style="color:white; background:#0000cd; padding-left:.3em; padding-right:.3em;">M39</span>]] [[Samarqand]] ({{BAB-E|005}}) - [[Jizzakh]] - [[Sirdaryo]] (Start of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|123}}) - [[Tashkent]] ({{BAB-E|007}})
*{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
**{{Road marker-KZ|A|2}} [[Zhibek Zholy, Village|Zhibek Zholy]] - [[Shymkent]] (End of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|123|KZ}}) - [[Taraz]] - [[Merki]]
**[[Merki]] - [[Chaldovar, Kazakhstan|Chaldovar]]
*{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
**[[M39 Highway (Kyrgyzstan)|<span style="color:white; background:#0000cd; padding-left:.3em; padding-right:.3em;">M39</span>]] [[Chaldavar]] - [[Kara-Balta]] ({{BAB-E|010}}) - [[Bishkek]] (Start of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|125}}) - [[Konstantinovka, Kyrgyzstan|Konstantinovka]]
*{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
**{{Road marker-KZ|A|2}} [[Korday]] - [[Almaty]] ({{BAB-E|012|KZ}}, End of Concurrency with {{BAB-E|125|KZ}})
**{{Road marker-KZ|A|3}} [[Almaty]] ({{BAB-E|125|KZ}}{{BAB-E|012|KZ}}) - [[Sary-Ozek, Kazakhstan|Sary-Ozek]] ({{BAB-E|013|KZ}}) - [[Taldykorgan]] - [[Usharal]] ({{BAB-E|014|KZ}}) - [[Ayagoz]] - [[Kalbatau]] ({{BAB-E|127|KZ}} - [[Öskemen]]
**{{Road marker-KZ|A|9}} [[Öskemen]] - [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Ridder]]

The road makes a big detour in Central Asia. The shortest road between Calais and Ridder is about {{convert|2000|km|0|abbr=off}} shorter, mostly using the [[European route E30|E30]] via Berlin-Moscow-Omsk.

==External links==
* [http://www.geschichtswerkstatt-europa.org/expired-project-details/items/e40.html The E40 as a Path of Remembrance in Europe]

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
E40 Jabbeke.jpg|At [[Jabbeke]] in [[Belgium]]
Borna-Viadukt-Tunel.jpg|Crossing a railway at [[Chemnitz]] in eastern Germany
Autostrada A4 w Zabrzu-Makoszowach (Nemo5576).jpg|at Zabrze in [[Upper Silesian Industrial Region]] in [[Poland]]
Київ-Житомир.JPG|E&nbsp;40 road on [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] highway Kyiv-Zytomyr
E8398-Korday-entering-KZ.jpg|On Kazakh-Kyrgyz border at [[Korday]]
E40 schlagloch kasachstan.jpg|Road between [[Beyneu]] (Kazakhstan) and [[Kungrad]] (Uzbekistan)
</gallery>

== References ==

=== Citations ===
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[[Category:Roads in Belgium|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in North Rhine-Westphalia|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Hesse|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Thuringia|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Saxony|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Poland|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Russia|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Kazakhstan|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Uzbekistan|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Turkmenistan|E040]]
[[Category:Roads in Kyrgyzstan|E040]]


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