European Route E30 - History

History

The E 30 is one of the longest European routes with a total length of about 5,800 km (3,600 mi) - 3,300 km (2,100 mi) from Cork to Moscow, 2,500 km (1,600 mi) from Moscow to Omsk. The naming is by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

Formerly the route only went from Cork to Samara, with an often reported length of 4,912 km (3,052 mi).

Formerly, before 1985, this was the E 8 (London-Berlin-Brest).

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