European route E22
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 5,320 km (3,310 mi) |
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| West end: | Holyhead (United Kingdom) |
| East end: | Ishim (Russia) |
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| Countries: | United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Latvia, Russia |
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The European route E 22 is one of the longest European routes. It has a length of about 5,320 km (3,310 mi). Many of the E-roads have been extended into Asia since the year 2000; the E 22 was extended on 24 June 2002.
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[edit] Route
[edit] United Kingdom
Holyhead - A55 - Chester - M56 - Warrington - M62 - Manchester - M62 - Leeds - M62 - Doncaster - M180 - A180 - Immingham - no ferry (North Sea)
There is now no ferry from Immingham to Amsterdam (when E 22 was first designated, Immingham had service to Amsterdam). The best alternative is Kingston upon Hull–Rotterdam.
[edit] Netherlands
No ferry - Amsterdam - A10 - A8 - Amsterdam - A7 - Groningen - A7 - Nieuweschans
[edit] Germany
Bunde - A 280 - Autobahndreieck Bunde - A 31 - Autobahndreieck Leer - A 28 - Autobahndreieck Oldenburg West - A 28 - Autobahndreieck Stuhr- A 1 - Bremen - A 1 - Hamburg -A 1 - Autobahnkreuz Lübeck - Bundesautobahn 20 A 20 - Autobahndreieck Vorpommern B 96- Stralsund - Sassnitz - ferry line run by Scandlines via the Baltic Sea to Sweden
There are currently plans to reroute the E22 between Lübeck and Westerstede, to go north of Hamburg and Bremen over the A20 and A22, when these new motorways will be built around 2020. The E22 would then use the planned tunnel under the Elbe at Drochtersen.[citation needed]
[edit] Sweden
Trelleborg - Malmö - Lund - Kristianstad - Sölvesborg - Karlshamn - Karlskrona - Kalmar - Norrköping - (no ferry) (Baltic Sea)
In Sweden, E-Roads do not have national numbers. There is currently no ferry across the Baltic Sea between Norrköping and Ventspils. The best ferry alternative is from Nynäshamn to Ventspils. The line is run by Scandlines.
[edit] Latvia
Ventspils - A10 - Riga - A6 - Jēkabpils - A12 - Rēzekne - A12 - Zilupe
[edit] Russia
Zasitino - M9 - Velikie Luki - M9 - Moscow - M7 - Vladimir - M7 - Nizhniy Novgorod - M7 - Kazan - M7 - Elabuga - M7 - Igra - P242 - Perm - P242 (Asia) - Ekaterinburg - P351 - Tyumen - P402 - Ishim
In Moscow, the E 22 follows the Trans-Siberian Railway.
[edit] Gallery
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E 22/A55 at Penmaenmawr, North Wales, UK.
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E 22/M62 at junction 22, the highest point on the English motorway network, West Yorkshire, UK
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E 22 over Afsluitdijk in Netherlands
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E 22 at Norrköping, Sweden
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E 22 near Rēzekne, Latvia
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E 22/M9 begins in Moscow
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E 22 near Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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E 22 in Pokrov, Russia
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[edit] External links
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- International E-road network
- Roads in Bremen
- Roads in Doncaster
- Roads in England
- Roads in Latvia
- Roads in Lower Saxony
- Roads in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Roads in the Netherlands
- Roads in Russia
- Roads in Schleswig-Holstein
- Motorways in Sweden
- Roads in Wales
- Transport in Anglesey
- Roads in Cheshire
- Transport in Denbighshire
- Transport in Flintshire
- Roads in Greater Manchester
- Transport in Gwynedd
- Transport in Lincolnshire
- Transport in West Yorkshire
- Transport in Yorkshire
- Roads in Hamburg
