Highway H20 (Ukraine)

{{Short description|Highway in Ukraine}}

{{Infobox road

|country=UKR

|type=H

|route=20

|map=Ukraine road h20.jpg

|map notes=

|established=2006

|length_km=190.4

|length_round=1

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|direction_a=North

|terminus_a={{Jct|country=UKR|M|03}} in Sloviansk

|junction={{Jct|country=UKR|H|15}}/{{Jct|country=UKR|H|21}} in Donetsk

|direction_b=South

|terminus_b= {{Jct|country=UKR|M|14}} in Mariupol

|previous_type=H

|previous_route=19

|next_type=H

|next_route=21

| oblasts=Donetsk

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File:Автошлях Н 20.JPG]]

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.[http://euro2012highway.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_05.html National Highways of Ukraine in Russian] 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

{{RJL|date=November 2021}}

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

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MarkerMain settlementsNotesHighway Interchanges
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|Sloviansk

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|{{jct|country=EUR|E|40 }} {{Jct|country=UKR|M|03}}

|Kramatorsk

|

|{{Road marker simple|Highway T0510 (Ukraine)|T0510|blue|white

}}
|Kostiantynivka

|

|{{Road marker simple|Highway T-05-04 (Ukraine)|T-05-04|blue|white

}}
|near Novokalynove and Ocheretyne in Yasynuvats'kyi

|

|{{Road marker simple|Highway T0511 (Ukraine)|T0511|blue|white

}}
|Donetsk

|

|{{jct|country=EUR|E|50 }} {{Jct|country=UKR|M|04}} • {{Jct|country=UKR|H|21}} • {{Road marker simple|Highway T0508 (Ukraine)|T0508|blue|white

}} • {{Jct|country=UKR|H|15}}
|near Berezove and Dokuchaievsk

|

|{{Road marker simple|Highway T0509 (Ukraine)|T0509|blue|white

}}
|Novotroits'ke in Volnovas'kyi

|

|{{Road marker simple|Highway T0509 (Ukraine)|T0509|blue|white

}}
|Volnovakha

|

|{{Road marker simple|Highway T0512 (Ukraine)|T0512|blue|white

}}
|near Pryvil'ne and Hranitne in Telmanove Raion

|

|{{Road marker simple|Highway T0523 (Ukraine)|T0523|blue|white

}}
190.6 km

|Mariupol

|

|{{Jct|country=UKR|M|14}}{{jct|country=EUR|E|58 }}

See also

References

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