European route E50
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.
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Route information | |
Length | 5,100 km (3,200 mi) |
Major junctions | |
West end | Brest, France |
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Highway system | |
International E-road network |
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.
E50 also passes through two disputed regions of Ukraine - Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. The Ukraine-Russia border is open, but these regions are unsafe due to ongoing unrest.
Route
France
D 112: Brest (
E 60) - Gouesnou
N 12: Gouesnou - Saint-Brieuc - Tramain (
E 401) - Rennes
N 136: Rennes (
E 3)
N 157: Rennes (
E 3) - La Gravelle
A 81: La Gravelle - Laval - Le Mans (
E 501)
A 11: Le Mans (
E 501
E 502) - Ablis
A 10: Ablis (
E 5) - Massy (
E 5
E 15)
A 6b: Massy (
E 5
E 15) - Paris (
E 15)
- Boulevard Périphérique: Paris (
E 15
E 54)
A 4: Paris (
E 15) - Reims (
E 17
E 46
E 420) - Châlons-en-Champagne (
E 17) - Metz (
E 21
E 23
E 25) - Freyming-Merlebach (
E 25)
A 320: Freyming-Merlebach (
E 25) - Forbach
Germany
A6 Saarbrücken (
E29
E422) - Mannheim (
E31
E35) - Heilbronn (
E41) - Feuchtwangen (
E43) - Nürnberg (
E45
E51
E56) - Waidhaus
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
M08: Uzhhorod border - Uzhhorod (
E573)
M06: Uzhhorod (
E573) - Mukachevo (
E81
E471, End of Concurrency with
E58) - Stryi (
E471)
M12: Stryi (
E471) - Ternopil (
E85) - Khmelnytskyi - Vinnytsia (
E583) - Uman (
E95) - Kropyvnytskyi (
E584)
M04: Kropyvnytskyi (
E584) - Oleksandriia (
E584) - Dnipro (
E105) - Donetsk - Debaltseve (
E40)
M03: Debaltseve (
E40) - Dovzhansky
Russia
A270: Shakhty (Start of concurrency with
E115) Rostov-on-Don (
E58) - Pavlovskaya (End of concurrency with
E115)
R217: 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.
External links
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Geographic data related to European route E50 at OpenStreetMap