Highway M06 (Ukraine)
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is a state international highway (M-highway
State Highways (Ukraine)
State Highways in Ukraine are subdivided into three categories: International , National , and Regional . The letter's indexes are of the Cyrillic alphabet standing for they respective abbreviation in the Ukrainian language....

) in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 connecting Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 to the Hungarian border near Chop
Chop
Chop, CHOP, Chops, or CHOPS may refer to:-Music:*Embouchure, in music, a synonym for chops*CHOPS, Asian-American hip-hop producer, rapper and member of rap group Mountain Brothers*Chops , 2006...

, where it connects to the Hungarian Highway .

General overview

is a major transnational corridor and along with combines into . The highway is also part of the 3rd and 5th Pan-European Transportation corridors
Pan-European corridors
The ten Pan-European transport corridors were defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference in Crete, March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were made at the third conference in Helsinki in 1997...

 as well as the "Europe-Asia" Transportation corridor. It is the second longest route spanning over half a thousand miles. For most of its length it is categorized as the category Ia highway in Ukraine (see Roads in Ukraine). M06 connects four major European routes E40, E50, E85, and E95.

History

The route from Lemberg via Stryj to the then Austro-Hungarian border belonged until 1918 to the Austrian crown land of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...

 and was called the Stryjer Reichsstraße
Reichsstraße (Austria)
A Reichsstraße was the official designation from 1804 to 1918 of trunk roads in Old Austria maintained by the State A Reichsstraße (literally "imperial road") was the official designation from 1804 to 1918 of trunk roads in Old Austria maintained by the (from 1867 Cisleithanian) State A...

.

Description

From Kiev to Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

 M06 is part of the , from Lviv to Mukacheve - on which from Stryi
Stryi
Stryi is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine . Serving as the administrative center of the Stryi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. Thus, the city has two administrations - the city and the raion...

 (Lviv Region
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...

) to Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod or Uzhgorod is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodskyi Raion within the oblast...

 M06 also follows , and then from Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod or Uzhgorod is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodskyi Raion within the oblast...

 to the Hungarian border by .

Main Route

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

The route starts at the intersection of the Kiev's beltway and Victory Parkway (Prospekt Peremohy), for which it serves as an extension and formerly is known as Brest-Litovsk Highway (Brest-Lytovske Shose).
Highway M06
Marker Main settlements Notes Highway Interchanges
0 km Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

E95/E101( - ) • E373 • E40 • •
103 km Korostyshiv
Korostyshiv
Korostyshiv is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 26,068 ....

Bypass 17 km (10.6 mi)
128 km Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...

Bypass 25 km (15.5 mi) E583
220 km Novohrad-Volynskyi
Novohrad-Volynskyi
Novohrad-Volynskyi is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine...

Bypass 15 km (9.3 mi)
258 km Korets
Korets
Korets is a city in the Rivne Oblast in Ukraine. The city is located on the Korchyk river, 66 kilometers to the east of Rivne. It is administrative center of the Korets Raion. As of 2001, the population of Korets was 8,649....

Bypass 9 km (5.6 mi)
322 km Rivne
Rivne
Rivne or Rovno is a historic city in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Rivne Raion within the oblast...

Bypass 18 km (11.2 mi)
374 km Dubno
Dubno
Dubno is a city located on the Ikva River in the Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Dubno Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...

E85
441 km Brody
Brody
Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...

530 km Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

Bypass 24 km (14.9 mi) E40(alt. ) • E372 • E471 • • (Vynnyky
Vynnyky
Vynnyky is a city in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 13,654 .The city is part of Lviv-city municipality and is part of Lychakiv Raion of Lviv city.-History:...

) •
612 km Stryi
Stryi
Stryi is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine . Serving as the administrative center of the Stryi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. Thus, the city has two administrations - the city and the raion...

E50
651 km Skole
Skole
thumb|right|200px|A church in SkoleSkole is a city in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Skole Raion. As of 2001, the population is 6,742.- History :...

744 km Svalyava
770 km Mukacheve
Mukacheve
Mukachevo or Mukacheve is a city located in the valley of the Latorica river in the Zakarpattia Oblast , in southwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Mukachivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...

Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod or Uzhgorod is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodskyi Raion within the oblast...

E50
821 km Chop
Chop
Chop, CHOP, Chops, or CHOPS may refer to:-Music:*Embouchure, in music, a synonym for chops*CHOPS, Asian-American hip-hop producer, rapper and member of rap group Mountain Brothers*Chops , 2006...

 / Border (Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

)
 


Notes
M06 intersects on its city's northern access route away from the main branch.

Access routes

The highway passes the following cities going around them, however it has spurred away access routes towards them.
  • Zhytomyr
    Zhytomyr
    Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...

     10 km (6.2 mi)
  • Novohrad-Volynskyi
    Novohrad-Volynskyi
    Novohrad-Volynskyi is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine...

     5.6 km (3.5 mi)
  • Lviv
    Lviv
    Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

     5.7 km (3.5 mi)
  • Rivne
    Rivne
    Rivne or Rovno is a historic city in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Rivne Raion within the oblast...

    3.4 km (2.1 mi)

External links

Webpage dedicated to M06
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