Highway M18 (Ukraine)

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Highway M18
Автошлях М18
Route information
Part of E105
Length682.6 km (424.1 mi)
731.6 km (454.6 mi) with access roads
Major junctions
North end M 03 / M 20 in Kharkiv
Major intersections M 30 in Novomoskovsk
M 14 in Melitopol
M 17 in Dzhankoy
South end H 19 in Yalta
Location
CountryUkraine
OblastsKharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea
Highway system
M 17 M 19
A roadside cafe on M18 near Melitopol

Highway M18 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kharkiv to the southern coast of Crimea in Yalta.[1] The highway is also has an alternative route (M29) which runs parallel and designed as an expressway between Kharkiv and Novomoskovsk. The section from Novomoskovsk to Yalta is part of European route E105.[2] The section from Kharkiv to Krasnohrad was previously P51.

The section between Yalta and the border of Crimea belongs to Crimea which has been annexed by Russia in 2014. Russia refers to the section in Crimea as 35A-002.