The
M37 highway is the most important highway in
Turkmenistan. It is the Turkmenistan section of the
European route E60 which connects
Brest, France to
Irkeshtam,
Kyrgyzstan on the border with
People's Republic of China. It connects most of the major cities in the country from
Garabogaz (Bekdash) on the
Caspian Sea on the west coast to
Bukhara,
Uzbekistan which then continues to Irkeshtam in Kyrgyzstan. The highway passing through the Turkmen capital of
Ashgabat can be seen on
google maps] From Garabogaz the highway goes south to the city of
Türkmenbasy where it starts to move east, passing through Dzhanga,
Dzhebel,
Balkanabat,
Gumdag,
Kazandzhik,
Serdar,
Bäherden,
Geok Tepe,
Ashgabat,
Gämi,
Annau, Jashlyk,
Artyk,
Kaakhka, Karakhan,
Dushak,
Tejen, Hanhowuz (and
reservoir),
Mary, Vekil'-Bazar,
Bayramaly, crosses the
Garagumskij Canal south of Zahmet, proceeding north into the
Karakum Desert of the
Repetek Nature Reserve, passing Uknown,
Uch-Adzhi, Repetek town, Karaul-Kuyu, Komsomolsk,
Turkmenabat,
Farab, before crossing the
Amu Darya and into
Uzbekistan. On the way to Bukhara, the M37 passes through the settlements of Karaul' Sain, Khal'fa,
Karakul, Dzhanafar, Chassakar and Swerdlow.