Road in trans-European E-road network
E50 Route information Length 5,100 km (3,200 mi) Major junctionsWest end Brest, France Major intersections E5 /E15 inParis, France E25 inMetz, France E35 south ofWalldorf, Germany E45 inNuremberg, Germany E55 /E65 inPrague, Czechia E75 inTrenčín, Czechia E85 inTernopil, Ukraine E95 inUman, Ukraine E105 inSamar, Ukraine E40 inDebaltseve, Ukraine E115 inRostov-on-Don, Russia East end E119 inMakhachkala, Russia LocationCountries France Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Ukraine Russia Highway system
European route E 50 is an A-type east–west connection across theEuropean continent . It connects the key naval port ofBrest inFrance withMakhachkala , on theCaspian Sea in the Russian republicDagestan .
Half the route comprises highways and the other half provincial roads. The route is some 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) long and runs fully across the European continent.
E50 nearTernopil inUkraine , looking east towardsKhmelnytskyi andUman . 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 easternUkraine have been under the control of the separatistDonetsk People's Republic andLugansk People's Republic . During the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ,Russia tookdirect control of the areas inDonbas .
France Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Ukraine (Note: since April 2021, M12 and M04 Stryi – Kropyvnytskyi – Debaltseve were combined into M30)[ 1] [ 2] Russia A 270 : border with Ukraine -Novoshakhtinsk (Start of concurrency withE115 )M 4 :Novoshakhtinsk -Rostov-on-Don (E58 ) -Pavlovskaya (End of concurrency withE115 )R 217 :Pavlovskaya (E115 ) -Armavir -Mineralnye Vody (E117 ) -Beslan (E117 ) -Makhachkala (E119 )Major towns along theR217 highway (Russia) include Kropotkin, Nevinnomyssk, Mineralnye Vody, Pyatigorsk, Nalchik, Beslan,Grozny , Gudermes, Khasavyurt, Makhachkala, andDerbent on theCaspian Sea . After skirting theGreater Caucasus , the route continues toBaku . Wikimedia Commons has media related to
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Geographic data related toEuropean route E50 atOpenStreetMap