M1 highway (Belarus)

The M1 (Belarusian: Магістраль М1, Russian: Магистраль M1), Magistral Route Nr. 1, olimpijka (Russian: олимпийка)^[1] is a main road crossing Belarus. It is a part of European route E30 and is the most important road in the country, connecting Moscow to Poland and Western Europe.

M1
Магістраль М1
Route information
Part of E30 / E85
Length	611 km (380 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end	Brest
Northeast end	Border with Russia
Location
Country	Belarus
Major cities	Brest, Baranavichy, Minsk, Barysaw, Orsha
Highway system
Roads in Belarus

The M1 near Orsha

View to M1 road at the intersection with the road Pabiednaje — Fanipol near Minsk

Running from east to west, the road runs from the Russian frontier via Orsha, Barysaw, Minsk, the capital, and Baranavichy to the Polish frontier at Brest. It follows the country's main transit axis, running parallel with the main Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow railway line. Between Orsha (0.5 km west of intersection with P87 road) and Kobryn (M10), a stretch of approximately 505 kilometres (314 mi), the M1 is signed as expressway.

Distance (approx.)		Name	Other roads
		Poland	68 E30
0 km		Kazlovichy (border crossing)
9 km		Brest	P 83
21 km		Brest
35 km		Zhabinka	P 7
56 km		Kobryn	M 12 E85
65 km		Kobryn	M 10
81 km			P 81
114 km		Byaroza	P 84
150 km		Ivatsevichy	P 6
176 km			P 43 P 2 E85
202 km			P 2 E85
213 km		Baranavichy	P 108
222 km		Baranavichy	P 5
262 km		Haradzyeya, Nyasvizh	P 11
271 km		Stowbtsy	P 64
282 km		Stowbtsy	P 54
293 km		Stowbtsy	P 2 E85
322 km		Dzyarzhynsk	P 1 P 65
346 km		Minsk	P 23
366 km		Minsk	M 4 M 5 E271
387 km		Minsk, Minsk International Airport	M 2
397 km		Smalyavichy	P 69
399 km		Smalyavichy	P 59
420 km		Zhodzina
437 km		Barysaw	P 67
449 km		Barysaw	P 53
469 km		Krupki	P 19
492 km		Krupki	P 62
521 km		Talachyn	P 26
535 km		Talachyn	P 19
557 km		Orsha	P 15
574 km		Orsha	M 8 E95 P 87
588 km		Dubrowna	P 22
611 km		Redźki (border crossing)
		Russia	M 1 / E30 / AH6