European route E22

E22
Route information
Length:	5,320 km (3,310 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Holyhead (Wales)
East end:	Ishim (Russia)
Location
Countries:	Wales, England, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Latvia, Russia
Highway system
International E-road network

The European route E 22 is one of the longest European routes. It has a length of about 5,320 km (3,310 mi). Many of the E-roads have been extended into Asia since the year 2000; the E 22 was extended on 24 June 2002.

Route

United Kingdom

Holyhead - A55 (A55(M)) (Primary Route) - Chester - M56 - Warrington - M62 - Manchester - M62 - Leeds - M62 - Doncaster - M180 - A180(Primary Route) - Immingham - A180 (Secondary Route) Cleethorpes - no ferry (North Sea)

There is now no ferry from Immingham to Amsterdam (when E 22 was first designated, Immingham had service to Amsterdam). The best alternative is Kingston upon Hull–Rotterdam.

Netherlands

No ferry - Amsterdam - A10 - A8 - Amsterdam - A7 - Groningen - A7 - Nieuweschans

Germany

Bunde - A 280 - Autobahndreieck Bunde - A 31 - Autobahndreieck Leer - A 28 - Autobahndreieck Oldenburg West - A 28 - Autobahndreieck Stuhr- A 1 - Bremen - A 1 - Hamburg -A 1 - Autobahnkreuz Lübeck - Bundesautobahn 20 A 20 - Autobahndreieck Vorpommern B 96- Stralsund - Sassnitz - ferry line run by Scandlines via the Baltic Sea to Sweden

There are currently plans to reroute the E22 between Lübeck and Westerstede, to go north of Hamburg and Bremen over the A20, when this new motorway will be built around 2020. The E22 would then use the planned tunnel under the Elbe at Drochtersen.

Sweden

Main article: European route E22 in Sweden

Trelleborg - Malmö - Lund - Kristianstad - Sölvesborg - Karlshamn - Karlskrona - Kalmar - Norrköping - (no ferry) (Baltic Sea)

In Sweden, E-Roads do not have national numbers. There is currently no ferry across the Baltic Sea between Norrköping and Ventspils. The best ferry alternative is from Nynäshamn to Ventspils. The line is run by Scandlines.

Latvia

Ventspils - A10 - Riga - A6 - Jēkabpils - A12 - Rēzekne - A12 - Zilupe

Russia

Zasitino - M9 - Velikie Luki - M9 - Moscow - M7 - Vladimir - M7 - Nizhniy Novgorod - M7 - Kazan - M7 - Yelabuga - Izhevsk - Igra - P242 - Perm - P242 (Asia) - Yekaterinburg - P351 - Tyumen - P402 - Ishim

Between Kazan and Igra, the road goes the detour over Yelabuga, because the shortest route between Kazan and Igra uses a ferry over the Vyatka River (), and the road is a bad gravel road around that area. Google Maps shows the E 22 to use the ferry, but that is wrong; the UN convention lists Yelabuga along a paved road without any ferry. Both routes are visible in Google Streetview. A much used shortcut is Izhevsk - Votkinsk - Perm.

Between Perm and Ishim, the E 22 follows the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Gallery

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  E 22/A55 at Penmaenmawr, North Wales, UK.

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  E 22/M62 at junction 22, the highest point on the English motorway network, West Yorkshire, UK

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  E 22 over Afsluitdijk in Netherlands

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  E 22 at Norrköping, Sweden

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  E 22 near Rīga, Latvia

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  E 22/M9 begins in Moscow

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  E 22 near Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow Oblast, Russia

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  E 22 in Pokrov, Russia

External links

• Unece: Route of E 22
• E22 route near Jūrmala, Latvia