R504 Kolyma Highway
59°35′17.84″N 150°49′54.12″E / 59.5882889°N 150.8317000°E
| Federal Highway R504 | ||||
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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. | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 2,031 km (1,262 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | A 360 A360 Lena Highway at Nizhny Bestyakh | |||
| East end | Magadan | |||
| Location | ||||
| 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 has been colloquially called the Road of Bones (Russian: Дорога Костей Doróga Kostéy). Locally, the road is known as the Kolyma Route (Russian: Колымская трасса Kolýmskaya trássa).