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Highway H20
Автошлях Н20
Route information
Length190.4 km (118.3 mi)
Existed2006–present
Major junctions
North end M 03 in Sloviansk
Major intersections H 15/ H 21 in Donetsk
South end M 14 in Mariupol
Location
CountryUkraine
OblastsDonetsk
Highway system
← H 19→ H 21
H20 road near Volnovakha

H20 is an important Ukraine national highway (H-highway) in the Donetsk Oblast, Donbas, Ukraine, running mainly north–south and connecting Sloviansk though Donetsk with Mariupol on the shores of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov near the mouth of the Kalmius River.[1] It passes through Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka & Osykove, Kostiantynivka, Berestok, Romanivka, Kamianka in Yasynuvats’kyi, Makiivka, Donetsk, Dolya in Volnovas'kyi, Syhnal'ne-Olenivka in Marinskyi, Berezove in Marinskyi, Novotroits'ke in Volnovas'kyi, Buhas, Volnovakha, Dmytrivka, Polkove, Pryvil'ne, Hranitne, and Kasyanivka in Telmanove Raion.

Before 1998, the road was designated as P40 and was P19 from 1998 to 2006.

War in Donbas

Significant armed conflict has occurred along and near the H20 during the war in Donbas. On 13 January 2015, pro-Russia militants attacked a bus near Buhas and Volnovakha.

Main route

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

MarkerMain settlementsNotesHighway Interchanges
0 km Sloviansk E40 M 03
Kramatorsk T0510
Kostiantynivka T-05-04
near Novokalynove and Ocheretyne in Yasynuvats'kyi T0511
Donetsk E50 M 04 • H 21 • T0508 • H 15
near Berezove and Dokuchaievsk T0509
Novotroits'ke in Volnovas'kyi T0509
Volnovakha T0512
near Pryvil'ne and Hranitne in Telmanove Raion T0523
190.6 km Mariupol M 14 E58

See also

References

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