European route 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 | |
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.
Outlook
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.
Due 2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine, E50 also passes through two state-like formations - Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. The original Ukraine-Russia border is open, but territories controlled by the formations may be unsafe due to the Russo-Ukrainian War. Note: international border-like crossing procedure exists between the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic which are regulated by local warlords.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the areas of the Donbass on this road are now in the middle of a war zone.
Route
France
D 112: Brest (
E60) - Gouesnou
N 12: Gouesnou - Saint-Brieuc - Tramain (
E401) - Rennes
N 136: Rennes (
E3)
N 157: Rennes ( E3) - La Gravelle
A 81: La Gravelle - Laval - Le Mans (
E501)
A 11: Le Mans ( E501 
E502) - Ablis
A 10: Ablis (
E5) - Massy ( E5 
E15)
A 6b: Massy ( E5 E15) - Paris ( E15)- Boulevard Périphérique: Paris ( E15
E54) 
A 4: Paris ( E15) - Reims (
E17 
E46 
E420) - Châlons-en-Champagne ( E17) - Metz (
E21 
E23 
E25) - Freyming-Merlebach ( E25)
A 320: Freyming-Merlebach ( E25) - Forbach
Germany
Czech Republic
Slovakia
I/9: Drietoma - Trenčín (
E572, Start of Concurrency with 
E75 )
D1: Trenčín ( E75 E572) - Žilina (
E442)
D3: Žilina
I/18: Žilina (End of Concurrency with E75) - Martin- D1: Martin
- I/18: Martin - Ružomberok (
E77) - D1: Ružomberok - Prešov
- I/18: Prešov (
E371) 
I/20: Prešov- D1: Prešov - Bidovce
I/19: Bidovce (
E58 
E71 
E571) - Vyšné Nemecké
Ukraine (Note: since April 2021, M12 and M04 Stryi – Kropyvnytskyi – Debaltseve were combined into M30)[1][2]
M 08: Uzhhorod border - Uzhhorod (
E573)
M 06: Uzhhorod ( E573) - Mukachevo (
E81 
E471, End of Concurrency with 
E58) - Stryi ( E471)
M 12: Stryi ( E471) - Ternopil (
E85) - Khmelnytskyi - Vinnytsia (
E583) - Uman (
E95) - Kropyvnytskyi (
E584)
M 04: Kropyvnytskyi ( E584) - Oleksandriia ( E584) - Dnipro (
E105) - Donetsk - Debaltseve (
E40)
M 03: Debaltseve ( E40) - Dovzhansky
Russia
A 270: border with Ukraine - Novoshakhtinsk (Start of concurrency with
E115)
M 4: Novoshakhtinsk - Rostov-on-Don (
E58) - Pavlovskaya (End of concurrency with E115)
R 217: Pavlovskaya ( E115) - Armavir - Mineralnye Vody (
E117) - Beslan ( E117) - Makhachkala (
E119)- Major towns along the R217 highway (Russia) include Kropotkin, Nevinnomyssk, Mineralnye Vody, Pyatigorsk, Nalchik, Beslan, Grozny, Gudermes, Khasavyurt, Makhachkala, and Derbent on the Caspian Sea. After skirting the Greater Caucasus, the route continues to Baku.
References
External links
Geographic data related to European route E50 at OpenStreetMap
