Highway H20 (Ukraine)

H20 is an important Ukraine national highway (H-highway) in the Donetsk Oblast, Donbas, Ukraine, running mainly north–south and connecting Sloviansk though Donetsk with Mariupol on the shores of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov near the mouth of the Kalmius River.[1] It passes through Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka & Osykove, Kostiantynivka, Berestok, Romanivka, Kamianka in Yasynuvats’kyi, Makiivka, Donetsk, Dolya in Volnovas'kyi, Syhnal'ne-Olenivka in Marinskyi, Berezove in Marinskyi, Novotroits'ke in Volnovas'kyi, Buhas, Volnovakha, Dmytrivka, Polkove, Pryvil'ne, Hranitne, and Kasyanivka in Telmanove Raion.

Highway H20
Автошлях H20
Route information
Length190.4 km (118.3 mi)
Existed2006–present
Major junctions
North end M03 in Sloviansk
  H15/ H21 in Donetsk
South end M14 in Mariupol
Location
RegionsDonetsk Oblast
Highway system
Roads in Ukraine
← H19→ H21
H20 road near Volnovakha

Before 1998, the road was designated as P40 and was P19 from 1998 to 2006.

War in Donbass

Significant armed conflict has occurred along and near the H20 during the War in Donbass. On January 13, 2015, pro-Russia militants attacked a bus near Buhas and Volnovakha.

Main route

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

MarkerMain settlementsNotesHighway Interchanges
0 km Sloviansk E40 M03
Kramatorsk T0510
Kostiantynivka T-05-04
near Novokalynove and Ocheretyne in Yasynuvats'kyi T0511
Donetsk E50 M04 • H21 • T0508 • H15
near Berezove and Dokuchaievsk T0509
Novotroits'ke in Volnovas'kyi T0509
Volnovakha T0512
near Pryvil'ne and Hranitne in Telmanove Raion T0523
190.6 km Mariupol M14 E58

See also

References
  1. National Highways of Ukraine in Russian
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