European route E 50 is an A-type east–west connection across the European continent. It connects the key naval port of Brest France with Makhachkala, on the Caspian Sea in the Russian republic Dagestan.
E50 | |
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Route information | |
Length | 5,100 km (3,200 mi) |
Major junctions | |
West end | Brest, France |
E05 Paris E15 Paris E25 Metz E35 (south of) Walldorf E45 Nuremberg E55 Prague E65 Prague E75 Trenčín E85 Ternopil E95 Uman E105 Novomoskovsk E40 Debaltseve E115 Rostov-na-Donu | |
East end | E119 Makhachkala, Russia |
Location | |
Countries | France Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Ukraine Russia |
Highway system | |
Half the route is on highways and the other half is on provincial roads. The route is in estimation some 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) long and runs fully across the European continent.
On its way through Europe it crosses several major European routes, such as:
It is one of the longest E roads on the continent.
Since 2014, parts of the road in eastern Ukraine have been under the control of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia took direct control of the areas in Donbas.
Geographic data related to European route E50 at OpenStreetMap