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M10

Russia / Scandinavia Highway

Length:

872 km

Southern end:

Moscow

Northern end:

Finnish border

The M10 near Novgorod

The M10 is a federal highway in Russia connecting the country's two largest cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and continuing to the border with Finland. Other than in the vicinity of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the M10 is basically a two-lane highway (one lane for each direction), with an occasional third centre lane to allow overtaking or for left-turning traffic at intersections.

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The distance from Moscow to Saint Petersburg is 680 km, and from there to the Finnish border it is a further 192 km.

From Moscow to Finland the route runs via Khimki, Zelenograd, Solnechnogorsk, Klin, Tver, Torzhok, Vyshny Volochyok, Valdai, Krestsy, Velikiy Novgorod, Chudovo, Tosno, Saint Petersburg, and Vyborg. Between Moscow and St Petersburg the M10 is known as the "Russia" (Russian: Россия) highway and is part of European route E105. Between Saint Petersburg and Finland it is known as the "Scandinavia" (Russian: Скандинавия) highway and is part of European route E18.

In Moscow the M10, known as the "Leningrad Highway" (Russian: Ленинградское шоссе), terminates near a junction with the Volokolamsk Highway. Both avenues merge in Leningradsky Prospekt which continues into 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street and then Tverskaya Street to Manege Square in the heart of Moscow.

In Saint Petersburg the Moscow-bound M10 extends from Moskovsky Prospect, on Victory Square in the city centre, and is known as the "Moscow Highway" (Russian: Московское Шоссе).