Highway M06 (Ukraine)

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Highway M06
Автошлях M06
Route information
Part of
Length 821.5 km (510.5 mi)
846.2 km (525.8 mi) with city routes
Major junctions
East end in Kiev
West end Hungarian border near Chop
Location
Regions: Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast
Highway system
Roads in Ukraine

Highway M06 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kiev to the Hungarian border near Chop, where it continues as the M34 to Záhony.[1]

General overview

The M06 is a major transnational corridor and along with the M03 combines into European route E40.[2] The highway is also part of the Pan-European Transportation corridors III and V as well as the "Europe-Asia" Transportation corridor. It is the second longest route spanning over 800 kilometres (500 mi). For most of its length it is categorized as the category Ia highway in Ukraine (see Roads in Ukraine). The M06 connects four major European routes: E40, E50, E85, and E95.

History

The route from Lemberg via Stryj to the then Austro-Hungarian border belonged until 1918 to the Austrian crown land of Galicia and was called the Stryjer Reichsstraße.[3]

Description

From Kiev to Lviv the M06 is part of European route E40, European route E471 from Lviv to Mukacheve, European route E50 from Stryi (Lviv Region) to Uzhhorod, and European route E573 from Uzhhorod to the Hungarian border.

From Kiev to Rivne, the road features 2 lanes in both directions with physical separation, with the exception of Zhytomyr bypass. From Rivne on, the road is mostly a single carriageway, though some dual carriageway sections exist.

Main route

Main route and connections to/intersections with other highways in Ukraine.

The route starts at the intersection of the Kiev's beltway and Victory Parkway (Prospekt Peremohy), for which it serves as an extension. It used to be known as Brest-Litovsk Highway (Brest-Lytovske Shose).

MarkerMain settlementsNotesHighway Interchanges
0 km Kiev /( - ) • • • •
103 km Korostyshiv Bypass 17 km (11 mi)
128 km Zhytomyr Bypass 25 km (16 mi) •
220 km Novohrad-Volynskyi Bypass 15 km (9.3 mi)
258 km Korets Bypass 9 km (5.6 mi)
322 km Rivne Bypass 18 km (11 mi)
374 km Dubno
441 km Brody
530 km Lviv Bypass 24 km (15 mi) (alt. ) • [a] • • • (Vynnyky) •
612 km Stryi •
651 km Skole
744 km Svaliava
770 km Mukacheve
Uzhhorod
821 km Chop / Border (Hungary) HungaryM34
Notes

^a). intersects on its city's northern access route away from the main branch.

Access routes

The highway passes the following cities going around them, however it has spurred away access routes towards them.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ukraine International Highways in Russian
  2. ↑ European Highways in Russian
  3. ↑ Kundmachung der k.k. Finanz-Landes-Direktion in Lemberg vom 21. September 1892 Zl. 69.797, betreffend die Vermauthung der Aerarialstraßen in Galizien. LGBl. Nr. 73/1892, p. 181.
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