M3 highway (Russia)

The Russian route M3 (also known as the Ukraine Highway) is a major trunk road that runs across a distance of about 490 kilometres from Moscow to Russia's border with Ukraine.

Federal Highway M3
Федеральная автомобильная дорога M3
Ukraine Highway
Route information
Part of E101
Length490 km (300 mi)
Existed1976–present
Major junctions
West endUkrainian border
East endMoscow
Highway system
Russian Federal Highways
M2 M4

The highway starts at the crossing of Leninsky Prospekt and Moscow Ring Road as Kiyevskoye Highway, passes south of Solntsevo and Vnukovo, then continues westward through Kaluga, Bryansk and Sevsk to the Ukrainian border. After crossing the border, the road continues as the Ukrainian M02 route to Kiev.

The M3 is covered by the European Road E101 (Moscow-Bryansk-Hlukhiv-Kipti).

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