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| Федеральная автомобильная дорога Р504 | ||||
| Kolyma Highway | ||||
 The Kolyma Highway and others in the region. The Kolyma Highway is shown in red. | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 2,031 km (1,262 mi) | |||
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| West end |  A 360 A360 Lena Highway at Nizhny Bestyakh | |||
| East end | Magadan | |||
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| Country | Russia | |||
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The R504 Kolyma Highway (Russian: Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma», "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road through the Russian Far East. It connects Magadan with the town of Nizhny Bestyakh, located on the eastern bank of the Lena River, opposite of Yakutsk. At Nizhny Bestyakh the Kolyma Highway connects to the Lena Highway.
The Kolyma Highway is colloquially known as the Road of Bones (Russian: Дорога Костей Doróga Kostéy).[1][2] Locally, the road is known as the Kolyma Route (Russian: Колымская трасса Kolýmskaya trássa).
- ^ Warren, Marcus (10 August 2002). "'Road of Bones' where slaves perished". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ Westcott, Gary & Monica (2012). "Road of Bones to the Coldest Place in the World –". Russian Life. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2012.