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European route {{IsIn|Europe}}[[File:E30.png|right|thumb|E30 road sign]]'''European route E30''' is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from the southern [[Ireland|Irish ]] port of [[Cork]] in the west to the Russian [[Russia]]n city of [[Omsk]] in the east.

==RouteHistory ==The E30 is one of the longest European routes with a total length of about 5800 km (3625 mi) (3300 km (2062 mi) from Cork to [[Moscow]], 2500 km (1560 mi) from Moscow to Omsk. The naming is by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Formerly the route only went from Corkto [[Samara]] – , with an often reported length of 3070 miles (4912km). Formerly, before 1985, this was the E8 (London-Berlin-Brest). == Itinerary ==The E30 routes over seven European countries, and includes two sea-crossings, one from [[Rosslare]] in [[Ireland]] to [[Fishguard]] in [[Wales]], and one from [[Felixstowe]] in [[England]] to [[Hoek van Holland]] in the [[Netherlands]].  === Ireland ===* [[N25 (Ireland)|N25]]: [[Cork]] - [[Waterford]] – - [[Wexford]] – - [[Rosslare|Rosslare Europort]] …  The ferry Rosslare - Fishguard departs twice daily, taking about 3 hours. === United Kingdom ===European routes are not recognized by UK authorities and not signposted in the UK. * A40: [[Fishguard]] – - [[Carmarthen]]* A48: Carmarthen - [[Swansea]] – * [[M4 (GB)|M4]]: Swansea - [[Bridgend]] - [[Cardiff]] – - [[Newport]] – - [[Bristol]] – -[[LondonSwindon]] - [[Reading]] - [[Slough]] * [[M25 (GB)|M25]]: [[Slough]] - [[Brentwood]]* A12: Brentwood - [[Chelmsford]] – - [[Colchester]] – - [[Ipswich]] – * A14: Ipswich - [[Felixstowe]] …  The nearest passenger ferries to Hoek Van Holland actually depart from [[Harwich]], across the Orwell river south of Felixstowe, at the {{E|32}}. That ferry has 4 daily departures and takes about 4 hours. Cargo ferries depart from Felixstowe. === Netherlands ===* N211: [[Hoek van Holland]] – - [[Den Haag]] * [[The HagueA12 (Netherlands)|A12]] – : Den Haag - [[Gouda]] – - [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]* [[A28 (Netherlands)|A28]]: Utrecht- [[Amersfoort]] – * [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]]: Amersfoort- [[Apeldoorn]] - [[Deventer]] – - [[Hengelo]] - [[Oldenzaal]] – - [[de Lutte]] === Germany ===* [[A30 (Germany)|A30]]: [[Osnabrück]] – - [[Bad Oeynhausen]] – * B61: Bad Oeynhausen* [[HanoverA2 (Germany)|A2]] – : Bad Oeynhausen - [[Hannover]] - [[Braunschweig]] – - [[Magdeburg]] – - [[Potsdam]]* [[A10 (Germany)|A10]]: Potsdam - [[Berlin]] – * [[A12 (Germany)|A12]]: Berlin - [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]] === Poland ===Within Poland the E30 follows the [[A2 (Poland)|A2 motorway]] and the National Roads (''Droga Krajowa'') {{National Road Number Poland|14}} and {{National Road Number Poland|2}}. * [[Świebodzin]] – - [[Poznań]] – - [[Konin]] - [[Łódź]] - [[Łowicz]] - [[Warsaw]] – - [[Siedlce]] - [[Biała Podlaska]] - [[Terespol]] === Belarus ===* [[M1 (Belarus)|M1]]: [[Brest, (Belarus)|Brest]] – - [[Minsk]] – - border with [[Russia]] === Russia ===The Russian stretch of this road coincides partly with the [[Asian Highway Network]]'s [[AH6]] (though this latter highway passes through [[Petropavl]], [[Kazakhstan]] in its stretch between Chelyabinsk and Omsk, unlike the E30). The E30 follows the Russian main road [[M1 (Russia)|M1 Belarus-Moscow]], [[M5 (Russia)|M5 Moscow-Chelyabinsk]] and [[M51 (Russia)|M51 Chelyabinsk-Kurgan]]. It goes along minor roads past [[Ishim]] in order to avoid the Kazak border towards [[Omsk]]. * [[M1 (Russia)|M1]]: [[Smolensk]] – - [[Moscow]] – * [[M5 (Russia)|M5]]: Moscow - [[Ryazan]] – - [[Penza]] – - [[Samara, Russia|Samara]] – - [[Ufa]] – - [[Chelyabinsk]]* [[M51 (Russia)|M51]]: Chelyabinsk- [[Kurgan (city)|Kurgan]] – * Minor roads: [[Kurgan]] – - [[Ishim]] – - [[Omsk]]{{wikipedia}}__NOTOC__

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