Highway M03 (Ukraine)

Highway M03 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kyiv with Dovzhansky on the border with Russia, where it continues into Russia as the A270.[1] It is part of European route E40 from Kyiv to Debaltseve at which it is part of European route E50 to the border with Russia.[2] At 844 km (524 mi), the M03 is the longest international state highway in Ukraine.

Highway M03
Автошлях M03
Route information
Length844.2 km (524.6 mi)
858.9 km (533.7 mi) with access roads
Kyiv - Boryspil (part of E40)
Length18.0 km (11.2 mi)
E40 (main)
Length1.0 km (0.6 mi)
West end(Kyiv) E40 M06 E101 E95 E373
Major
junctions		(Poltava) E584
(Kharkiv) E105
East end(Debaltseve) E40 M04 E50
E50 (Donbas)
Length1.0 km (0.6 mi)
West end(Debaltseve) E50 M04 E40
East end(Dovzhansky) (Sverdlovsk Raion) / E50 M19
Location
RegionsKyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast
Highway system
Roads in Ukraine
M03 motorway between Kyiv and Boryspil
M03 near Boryspil International Airport
M03 road in Poltava region

In Soviet times the M03 was part of the M19. Today, the highway stretches through five oblasts and ends at the border checkpoint at Dovzhansky which is part of Sverdlovsk Raion (Luhansk Oblast). The route connects Kyiv and Kharkiv with the industrial region of Donbass. Part of the M03 between Kyiv and Boryspil was reconstructed into an automagistral to handle higher traffic between Kyiv and the Boryspil International Airport.

From Boryspil to Lubny, the road is a dual carriageway, thereon it continues as a single carriageway with some 2x2 sections.

Significant armed conflict has occurred on or near the eastern portions of the highway during the War in Donbass.

Kyiv - Boryspil

Kyiv – Boryspil auto-magistrale is the better kept motorway in Ukraine. It provides direct access from Kyiv to the Boryspil International Airport. Its traffic passing ability amasses to 40,000 vehicle per day. It has length of 18 km (11 mi) with maximum allowable speed at 130 km/h (81 mph). The motorway is part of the M03 that stretches from Kyiv to the Russo–Ukrainian border at the Dovzhansky border checkpoint.

Route
Marker, kmMain settlementsNotesHighway Interchanges
0 km Kyiv E95/ E101( M01 - M05) • E373 M07 • E40 M06 • H01 • H07
18 km Boryspil H08
Poltava E584( M22) • H12
Lyubotyn E105
Kharkiv E105( M18 / M20)
Sloviansk H20
Debaltseve E40/ E50( M04)
844.2 km Dovzhansky / Border (Russia) A270

See also

References
  1. Ukraine International Highways in Russian
  2. European Highways in Russian
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