The German federal motorways are now numbered according to a clear system. Since the mid-1970s there has been a numbering system for motorways, which sets out which number is replaced by a new motorway. Motorways with a single-digit number (e.g. A 1) are of national or even cross-border significance. Highways with a two-digit number (e.g. A 20) are usually of overriding national importance. Highways with three digits (e.g. A 999) are generally of regional or urban significance; often these motorways are feeders or detours. If there is more than one digit, the first digit indicates the approximate location of the motorway (A 10 to A 19 for Berlin; A 20 in the north to A99 in the south, A 100 for Berlin; A 200 in the north to A 999 in the south). Usually highways with even numbers predominantly run east–west, and those with odd numbers run north–south. Exceptions include the A14 and the A15.
A 1 to A 9
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vogelfluglinie, Hansalinie, Ruhrtangente, Kölner Ring, Eifelautobahn | Heiligenhafen – Lübeck – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Hamm – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Remscheid – Leverkusen – Cologne – Blankenheim
Kelberg – Trier – Saarbrücken |
748 | 465 | current
under construction: Danish border – Puttgarden planned: Blankenheim – Kelberg |
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| "Warschauer Allee", "Schalkeschleichweg", Dortmunder Ring | Oberhausen – Bottrop – Gelsenkirchen – Recklinghausen – Dortmund – Hamm − Bielefeld – Hannover – Braunschweig – Magdeburg – AD Werder | 473 | 294 | current | ![]() | |
| Hollandlinie, Rechtsrheinische Autobahn, Kölner Ring, Spessartautobahn, Donautalautobahn | (Arnhem A12 –) Emmerich – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Leverkusen – Cologne – Limburg an der Lahn – Wiesbaden – Frankfurt − Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Deggendorf – Passau (– A8 Linz) | 769 | 478 | current | ![]() | |
| Hollandlinie, Kölner Ring, Oberbergische Straße | (Maastricht A76 –) Aachen – Cologne – Olpe – Krombach
AD Kirchheim – Eisenach – Erfurt – Jena – Gera – Chemnitz – Dresden – Görlitz (– A4 Wrocław) |
583 | 362 | current | ![]() | |
| HaFraBa, Bergstraßenautobahn, Rheintalautobahn, Rechtsrheinische Autobahn | AD Hattenbach – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe – Freiburg im Breisgau – Weil am Rhein (– Basel A2)
(Mulhouse A36 –) AD Neuenburg |
440 | 270 | current | ![]() | |
| Neckarlinie, Kraichgau-Autobahn, Via Carolina / Straße der Könige | (Paris A320 –) Saarbrücken – Kaiserslautern – Mannheim – Heilbronn – Nuremberg – Amberg – Waidhaus (– Prague D5) | 484 | 301 | current | ![]() | |
| HaFraBa, Nord-Süd-Achse, Rhönautobahn / -linie | (Aarhus E45 –) Flensburg – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel – AD Hattenbach – Fulda – Würzburg – Ulm – Memmingen – Füssen (– Reutte/Fernpass) | 962 | 598 | current | ![]() | |
| Saar-Autobahn, Albauf- bzw. -abstieg, Salzburger/Wiener Autobahn | (Luxembourg A13 –) Perl – Saarlouis – Neunkirchen (Saar) – Pirmasens
Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich Munich – Rosenheim − Bad Reichenhall/Piding (– Salzburg A1) |
505 | 314 | current | ![]() | |
| MüLeiBerl, Berliner Autobahn, Nürnberger Autobahn | AD Potsdam – Dessau – Leipzig – Hof – Bayreuth – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich | 530 | 330 | current | ![]() | |
| Total Length | 5,494 | 3,414 | ||||
A 10 to A 19
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berliner Ring | AD Barnim – AD Spreeau – AD Potsdam – AD Werder – AD Havelland – AD Kreuz Oranienburg – AD Barnim | 196 | 122 | current | ![]() | |
| Berlinka | (A6 Szczecin–) Pomellen – Eberswalde – AD Barnim | 110 | 68 | current | ![]() | |
| Autobahn der Freiheit | AD Spreeau – Frankfurt (Oder) (– A2 Poznań) | 58 | 36 | current | ![]() | |
| AK Schönefeld – Lübbenau/Spreewald – Senftenberg – Dresden | 151 | 94 | current | ![]() | ||
| Altmarkautobahn, Mitteldeutsche Schleife | Wismar – Schwerin – Ludwigslust – Karstädt
Tangerhütte – Wolmirstedt |
318 | 198 | current
under construction and planned: Karstädt – Stendal – Tangerhütte under construction: Wolmirstedt – Magdeburg |
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| Spreewaldautobahn | Lübbenau/Spreewald – Cottbus – Forst (– A18 Breslau) | 64 | 40 | current | ![]() | |
| Leipzig-Lausitz-Achse | Leipzig – Torgau – Hoyerswerda – Weißwasser (– A18 Breslau) | Planning abandoned | ||||
| Via Porta Bohemica / Prager Autobahn | Dresden – Heidenau (Sachsen) – Pirna – Bad Gottleuba (– D8 Prague) | 45 | 28 | current | ![]() | |
| Bautzen – Zittau (– D35 Liberec) | Planning abandoned; partially built as B 178 | |||||
| Lausitzautobahn (?) | Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau | Planning abandoned; partially built as B 99 and B 115 | ||||
| Rostock – AD Wittstock/Dosse | 123 | 76 | current | ![]() | ||
| Total Length | 1,065 | 662 | ||||
A 20 to A 29
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Küstenautobahn, Nordwestumfahrung Hamburg, Ostseeautobahn | Bad Segeberg – Lübeck – Wismar – Rostock – Greifswald – Neubrandenburg – AD Kreuz Uckermark | 345 | 214 | current
planned: Westerstede – Bremerhaven – Glückstadt – Bad Segeberg |
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| Ostumfahrung Hamburg | Nettelsee – AK Bargteheide | 56 | 35 | current
under construction and planned: Kiel – Nettelsee planned: Bargteheide – Geesthacht – AD Handorf |
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| Küstenautobahn | Westerstede – Jaderberg – Wesertunnel – Bremervörde – Stade | Planning abandoned; renamed to A 20 in 2010 | ||||
| Westküstenautobahn | Heide – Itzehoe – Pinneberg – Hamburg | 96 | 60 | current | ![]() | |
| Hamburg – AK Schwerin – AD Wittstock/Dosse – AD Havelland (Berlin) | 237 | 147 | current | ![]() | ||
| Marschenlinie | Hamburg – Geesthacht | 18 | 11 | current
planned: Geesthacht – Geesthacht-Nord |
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| Altes-Land-Autobahn, Hafenquerspange | Stade – Neu Wulmstorf | 24 | 15 | current
planned: Drochtersen – Stade under construction: Neu Wulmstorf – AK Hamburg-Hafen planned: AK Hamburg-Hafen – AD Hamburg-Stillhorn |
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| Schellfischlinie, Blocklandlinie / -autobahn | Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Bremen – Walsrode | 162 | 101 | current | ![]() | |
| Nordautobahn / "Ostfriesenhighway" | Leer – Westerstede – Oldenburg – Stuhr (– Bremen) | 97 | 60 | current | ![]() | |
| Jadelinie | Wilhelmshaven – Oldenburg – AD Ahlhorner Heide | 95 | 59 | current | ![]() | |
| Total Length | 1,130 | 700 | ||||
A 30 to A 39
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A1 Hengelo –) Rheine – Ibbenbüren – Osnabrück – Bad Oeynhausen | 136 | 85 | current | ![]() | ||
| Emslandautobahn, (Ost-)Friesenspieß | Emden – Leer – Lingen – Schüttorf – Gronau – Gladbeck – Bottrop | 241 | 150 | current | ![]() | |
| Schwarmstedt – Celle – Wolfsburg | Never built | ![]() | ||||
| Teutoburger-Wald-Autobahn, Senne-Autobahn | Osnabrück – Halle – Bielefeld – Paderborn – AK Wünnenberg-Haaren | 104 | 65 | current
planned: AD Wallenhorst – Osnabrück-Widukindland |
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| Nienburg – Hannover – Hameln – Bielefeld | Planning abandoned; partially built as B 6, B 61 and B 66 |
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| Vienenburg – Wernigerode – Quedlinburg – Aschersleben – Bernburg (Saale)
Hameln – Alfeld – Goslar |
planned; designation to replace B 6n
Planning abandoned; partially built as B 6 and B 82 |
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| Nordharzautobahn | Braunschweig – Goslar – Wernigerode – Bernburg | 120 | 75 | current Former A 395 and former portion of B 6 |
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| Messeschnellweg, Messestutzen | Burgdorf – Hannover-Misburg
Hannover Messe – AD Hannover-Süd |
14 | 8.7 | current | ![]() | |
| Südharzautobahn, Südumgehung Leipzig, Mitteldeutsche Schleife | AD Drammetal – Nordhausen – Halle (Saale) – Leipzig – AD Parthenaue | 219 | 136 | current | ![]() | |
| Masch(e)ner Autobahn, Nordlandautobahn | Hamburg/Maschener Kreuz – Lüneburg
Wolfsburg – Braunschweig – AD Salzgitter |
99 | 62 | current
planned: Lüneburg – Wolfsburg |
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| Total Length | 933 | 580 | ||||
A 40 to A 49
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhrschnellweg / "Ruhrschleichweg" | (Antwerp – Venlo A67 –) Moers – Duisburg – Mülheim an der Ruhr – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund | 95 | 59 | current
under construction and planned: Dortmund – AK Dortmund/Unna |
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| Lipperandstraße / Lippeschnellweg | Kamp-Lintfort – Dinslaken – Marl – Lünen – Hamm – Beckum | Planning abandoned | ![]() | |||
| Nord-Süd-Autobahn Gelsenkirchen | Dorsten-Rhade – Gelsenkirchen – Sprockhövel | Planning abandoned; partially built as A 52 and L 608 | ![]() | |||
| Südumgehung Kamp-Lintfort, Emscherschnellweg | Kamp-Lintfort B 509 – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Bottrop – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Castrop-Rauxel – Dortmund | 58 | 36 | current | ![]() | |
| Münster – Marl – Recklinghausen – Herne – Bochum – Witten – Wuppertal | 93 | 58 | current | ![]() | ||
| Belgienlinie, DüBoDo, Nordumgehung Velbert
Ruhrschnellweg / "Ruhrschleichweg", Hellweglinie |
Belgien (Lüttich – Eupen) – Aachen – Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen
Mönchengladbach-Ost – Willich – Düsseldorf – Ratingen Heiligenhaus – Essen-Heisingen Helsa – Waldkappel |
282 | 175 | current
under construction: Ratingen – Heiligenhaus under construction and planned: Kassel – Helsa under construction and planned: Waldkappel – Eisenach |
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| Dortmunder Ring, Sauerlandautobahn / -linie, Siegerlandautobahn, Wetteraulinie, Odenwaldautobahn, Neckar-Alb-Autobahn (NAAB) / Odenwald-Neckar-Alb-Autobahn (ONAA), Großer Nordostring Stuttgart (GrNORSt) / Nordosttangente Stuttgart | Dortmund – Siegen – Gießen – Hanau – Aschaffenburg | 257 | 160 | current | ![]() | |
| Südlicher Zubringer, Wupperschnellweg
Saarlandstraße, Hochsauerlandlinie, Ruhrtalautobahn |
Heinsberg – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal
Arnsberg – Olsberg |
149 | 93 | current
planned: Hemer – Menden |
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| Werretalautobahn, Ostwestfalendamm (OWD) | Kirchlengern – Bielefeld – Rheda-Wiedenbrück – Lippstadt – Erwitte | Planning abandoned; partially built as B 55, B 61, and B 239 | ![]() | |||
| Eifelautobahn, HaFraBa (Hamburg-Frankfurt-Basel), Westerwaldautobahn | AD Vulkaneifel – Koblenz – AD Dernbach | 78 | 48 | current | ![]() | |
| Lohfeldener Rüssel / Rüsselschwenk, Südtangente Kassel, Wetterau-Autobahn | Kassel – Neuental– Schwalmstadt | 57 | 35 | current
under construction: Schwalmstadt – Stadtallendorf – Ohmtaldreieck |
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| Total Length | 1,069 | 664 | ||||
A 50 to A 59
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberbergische Straße | Aachen – Olpe | Constructed as part of A 4 | ||||
| Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Hückelhoven – Aachen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 509, B 57 and L 473n |
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| (Roermond N280–) Mönchengladbach – Neuss
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97 | 60 | current
planned: Essen – Gelsenkirchen |
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| (Lüttich A3–) Aachen – Düsseldorf | Planning abandoned; constructed as part of A 44 |
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| Viehbachtalstraße, Stadtautobahn Solingen | (Heerlen –) Jülich – Solingen – Lüdenscheid – Werdohl | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as A 542, B 55, B 477 and L 141n |
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| Goch – Kempen – Krefeld – Grevenbroich – Hürth | Never built | ![]() | ||||
| Ennertaufstieg | Selfkant – Jülich – Düren – Euskirchen – Bonn – Waldbröl | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as A 562 and B 56 |
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| Niederrheinautobahn / Trans-Niederrhein-Magistrale, Linksrheinische Autobahn | (Nijmegen A77 –) Goch – Moers – Krefeld – Neuss – Köln | 119 | 74 | current | ![]() | |
| Nord-Süd-Straße, Flughafenautobahn | Dinslaken – Duisburg
|
69 | 43 | current | ![]() | |
| Total Length | 285 | 177 | ||||
A 60 to A 69
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainzer Ring (southern part) | (Lüttich A27–) Winterspelt – Wittlich
Bingen – Mainz – Rüsselsheim |
113 | 70 | current | ![]() | |
| Linksrheinische Autobahn | (Venlo A74 –) Kaldenkirchen – Mönchengladbach-Wanlo
Jackerath – Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler – Koblenz – Bingen – Worms – Ludwigshafen – Hockenheim |
313 | 194 | current | ![]() | |
| Nonnweiler – Pirmasens | 79 | 49 | current | ![]() | ||
| Mainz – Kaiserslautern | 70 | 43 | current | ![]() | ||
| Luxemburger Autobahn, Meulenwaldautobahn | (A1–) Grenzübergang Mesenich – Trier | 18 | 11 | current | ![]() | |
| Pfälzer Autobahn | Ludwigshafen – Neustadt – Wörth | 59 | 37 | current | ![]() | |
| Rheingau-Höhenstraße, Rhein-Main-Schnellweg, Kinzigtalautobahn, "Route 66", Mainzer Ring (northern part) | Wiesbaden – Frankfurt – Frankfurt-Miquelallee
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125 | 78 | current
under construction: AD Erlenbruch – Frankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim |
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| Rechtsrheinische Autobahn | Rüsselsheim – Darmstadt – Viernheim | 58 | 36 | current | ![]() | |
| Bienwaldautobahn | Schifferstadt – Germersheim – Wörth am Rhein (– Strasbourg A35) | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 9 |
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| Total Length | 835 | 519 | ||||
A 70 to A 79
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintalautobahn | Schweinfurt – Bamberg – Bayreuth | 120 | 75 | current | ![]() | |
| Thüringer-Wald-Autobahn | Sangerhausen – Erfurt – Suhl – Schweinfurt | 220 | 140 | current | ![]() | |
| Vogtlandautobahn | Hof – Zwickau – Chemnitz – Rötha | 162 | 101 | current
under construction: Rötha – Leipzig |
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| Frankenschnellweg (northern part)
Südwesttangente (eastern part) |
Suhl – Coburg – Bamberg – Erlangen – Nürnberg/Fürth
Nürnberg-Hafen-Ost – Feucht |
167 | 104 | current | ![]() | |
| Mittelfrankenautobahn | Baiersdorf – Nürnberg – Hilpoltstein | Never built | ![]() | |||
| Frankenschnellweg (southern part) | Nürnberg-Hafen – Weißenburg in Bayern – Donauwörth | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 2 and K 4 |
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| Total Length | 669 | 416 | ||||
A 80 to A 89
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filstalautobahn | Germersheim – Bruchsal – Stuttgart – Göppingen – Ulm – Senden | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 10, B 28, and B 35 |
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| Neckarlinie, Bodenseeautobahn / "Spätzle-Highway", Gipsstrecke | Würzburg – Heilbronn – Stuttgart – Sindelfingen – Villingen-Schwenningen – Singen (Hohentwiel) – Gottmadingen | 276 | 171 | current | ![]() | |
| Karlsruhe – Pforzheim – Stuttgart | Never built; formerly a section of A 8 | ![]() | ||||
| Mannheim – Heilbronn – Bruchsal | Never built | |||||
| Göttingen – Halle (Saale) | Redesignated as A 38 and A 143 | |||||
| Lauffen am Neckar – Stuttgart – Tübingen – Villingen-Schwenningen – Donaueschingen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 27 |
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| Chemnitz – Leipzig | Constructed as A 72 | |||||
| (Strasbourg A35 –) Freudenstadt – Tübingen – Reutlingen – Kirchheim unter Teck | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 28a |
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| Filderautobahn | Schwäbisch Hall – Stuttgart – Metzingen – Ravensburg | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 14 |
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| Schwarzwaldautobahn | Breisach – Freiburg im Breisgau – Donaueschingen – Tuttlingen – Riedlingen – Ulm – Langenau | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 31, B 31a, and B 33 |
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| Remstalautobahn | Stuttgart/Zuffenhausen Nord – Waiblingen – Schorndorf – Schwäbisch Gmünd – Aalen | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 29 |
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| Riedlingen – Biberach – Memmingen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 312 |
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| Ulm – Biberach – Ravensburg – Friedrichshafen | Planning abandoned; under construction as B 30 | ![]() | ||||
| Total Length | 276 | 171 | ||||
A 90 to A 99
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paartalautobahn | Aichach – Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm – AK Holledau – Saalhaupt | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as A 93 and B 300 |
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| Reichsstädtelinie, Ries-Autobahn, Lechfeldautobahn | Feuchtwangen – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Landsberg am Lech – Füssen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 2, B 17, and B 25 |
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| Isarlinie / Deggendorfer Autobahn / Bayerischer-Wald-Autobahn, Flughafenzubringer | AD Munich-Feldmoching – Munich Airport – Landshut – Deggendorf | 134 | 83 | current | ![]() | |
| Ostbayernautobahn, Inntalautobahn, Brennerautobahn | Hof – Weiden – Regensburg – AD Holledau
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268 | 167 | current
Planning abandoned: Regensburg – Rosenheim (became B 15n) |
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| Töginger Straße, Isentalautobahn | Munich – Burghausen
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103 | 64 | current
planned: Burghausen – Malching under construction: Malching – AD Pocking |
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| Garmischer Autobahn, Olympiastraße (in Munich) | Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 69 | 43 | current | ![]() | |
| Lindauer Autobahn / Bodenseeautobahn / Allgäuautobahn, Ammerseestraße | (Bregenz A14 –) Lindau – Memmingen – Landsberg – Munich | 173 | 107 | current | ![]() | |
| Hochrheinautobahn, Bodenseeautobahn, Voralpenautobahn | Weil am Rhein – Rheinfelden-Ost
Murg – Hauenstein Waldshut-Tiengen – Lauchringen |
47 | 29 | current
planned: Rheinfelden-Ost – Murg planned: Hauenstein – Waldshut-Tiengen |
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| Autobahnring Munich | AD Munich-Süd-West – AK Munich-West – AK Munich-Nord – AK Munich-Ost – AK Munich-Süd | 54 | 34 | current | ![]() | |
| Eschenrieder Spange | AD Munich-Allach – AD Munich-Eschenried (unofficially designated as |
4 | 2.5 | |||
| Total Length | 852 | 529 | ||||
A 100 to A 199
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Stadtring | Seestraße – AD Funkturm – AK Schöneberg – Grenzallee | 21 | 13 | current was A 10 from 1975-1990 under construction: Grenzallee – Am Treptower Park planned: Am Treptower Park – Storkower Straße | |
| Zubringer Gradestraße | AK Tempelhof – Gradestraße | Became a branch of the A 100 in 2006 was A 12 from 1975–1990 | |||
| Abzweig Schöneberg | Sachsendamm – AK Schöneberg – Wolfensteindamm/Schloßstraße | 4 | 2.5 | current was A 13 from 1975–1990 | |
| Autobahnzubringer Schmargendorf | Konstanzer Straße – AK Wilmersdorf – Schildhornstraße | Became a branch of the A 100 in 2006 was A 14 from 1975–1990 | |||
| Zubringer Kurt-Schumacher-Platz | AK Reinickendorf – Kurt-Schumacher-Platz | Became a branch of the A 111 in 2006 was A 11 from 1975–1990 | |||
| Berlin Südtangente | Berlin-Schöneberg – Berlin-Kreuzberg – Berlin-Treptow – Berlin-Köpenick | Never built was A 16 from 1975–1990 | |||
| Berlin Nordtangente | Berlin-Tiergarten – Berlin-Mitte – Berlin-Friedrichshain | Never built was A 17 from 1975–1990 | |||
| Autobahnzubringer Hamburg | AD Kreuz Oranienburg – AD Charlottenburg | 23 | 14 | current was A 11 from 1975–1990 | |
| Zubringer Dresden | AD Neukölln – AK Schönefeld | 19 | 12 | current | |
| Abzweig Berlin-Pankow | AD Pankow | 9 | 5.6 | current | |
| AVUS | AD Funkturm – Potsdam – AD Nuthetal | 28 | 17 | current was A 15 from 1975–1990 | |
| AD Treptow – AD Waltersdorf | 5 | 3.1 | current Former section of A 113 | ||
| Leipzig Südtangente | AD Halle-Süd – Halle (Südumfahrung) – Leipzig (Südumfahrung) – AD Parthenaue | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 38 | |||
| Westumfahrung Halle, Mitteldeutsche Schleife | Halle-Neustadt – AD Halle-Süd | 9 | 5.6 | current
under construction: AD Halle-Nord – Halle-Neustadt | |
| Total Length | 118 | 73 | |||
A 200 to A 299
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
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| Rügenzubringer | Grimmen – Stralsund – Rügen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 96 |
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| (Padborg E45–) Flensburg – Handewitt | Downgraded to B 200 in 1987 | |||||
| Mettenhofzubringer | Rendsburg – AK Kiel-West | 25 | 16 | current | ![]() | |
| Kieler Abzweig | Kiel – AD Bordesholm | 23 | 14 | current | ![]() | |
| AD Bad Schwartau – Lübeck-Siems | 5 | 3.1 | current | |||
| Lübeck-Zentrum – Lübeck-Travemünde | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 75 | |||||
| Schweriner Anschluss | Wismar – Schwerin | Became a portion of A 14 in 2006 | ||||
| Maschener Autobahn | Maschener Kreuz – Lüneburg | Became a portion of A 39 in 2010 | ||||
| Hafen(quer)spange | Hamburg-Wilmhelmsburg – AK Hamburg-Süd | Downgraded to B 75 in 2019 | ||||
| Harburger Umgehung | Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg – Hamburg-Harburg | Downgraded to B 75 in 2019 | ||||
| Abzweig Veddel | Hamburg-Veddel – AK Hamburg-Süd | 2 | 1.2 | current | ||
| Eckverbindung Harburg | AD Hamburg-Südwest – Buchholzer Dreieck | 9 | 5.6 | current | ||
| Schwarzenbek – Lüneburg | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 404 Under planning as a portion of A 21 |
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| Lesumer Schnellweg / Nordumgehung Bremen / Stadtautobahn Bremen-Nord | Bremen-Blumenthal – Ritterhude | 11 | 6.8 | current | ||
| (Groningen A7 –) AD Bunde | 5 | 3.1 | current | |||
| Eckverbindung Bremen | AD Bremen-Industriehäfen – Burg-Grambke
Bremen-Seehausen – Bremen Airport |
11 | 6.8 | current
under construction: Burg-Grambke – Seehausen under construction and planned: Bremen Airport – Arsten |
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| Delmenhorst – Bremen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 75 | |||||
| Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 210 | |||||
| Westumgehung Oldenburg, Stadtautobahn Oldenburg | AK Oldenburg-Nord – AD Oldenburg-West | 9 | 5.6 | current | ||
| Total Length | 98 | 61 | ||||
A 300 to A 399
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
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| (Enschede N35–) Gronau – Münster | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 54 |
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| Nordumgehung Bad Oeynhausen | Dehme – AK Bad Oeynhausen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as A 30 |
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| Eckverbindung Hannover | AD Hannover-Nord – AD Hannover-West | 17 | 11 | current | ||
| Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Vienenburg | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 395 |
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| Zubringer Bad Harzburg, Harz-Highway | Bad Harzburg – Harlingerode – Vienenburg | 4 | 2.5 | current Former portion of B 6 |
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| Messestutzen, Messeschnellweg | Hannover-Messegelände – AD Hannover-Süd | Planning abandoned; constructed as the southern extension of A 37 | ||||
| Nordumgehung Göttingen | AD Göttingen-Nord – Göttingen-Weende | Downgraded to B 27 in 2003 | ||||
| Westtangente Braunschweig | Braunschweig-Wenden – AD Braunschweig-Südwest | 12 | 7.5 | current | ||
| Nordtangente Braunschweig | Watenbüttel – Siegfriedviertel | 4 | 2.5 | current | ||
| Harz-Highway | Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Goslar | AD Vienenburg – Bad Harzburg: Downgraded to B 6 and B 4 in 2001 Remainder renumbered to A 36 and A 369 in 2019 |
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| Total Length | 37 | 23 | ||||
A 400 to A 499
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhrschnellweg / "Ruhrschleichweg" | Duisburg – Mülheim an der Ruhr – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund | Became the eastern extension of A 40 in 1992 | |||
| Herne – Bochum | Never realized | ||||
| Lünen – Dortmund – Schwerte | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 236 | ||||
| Querspange Unna | Unna – Unna-Süd | Downgraded to B 233 and L 679 in 2006 | |||
| Werl-Nord – Arnsberg-Neheim | 14 | 8.7 | current
planned: Hamm – Werl-Nord | ||
| Bochumer Außenring, Opelquerspange | AD Bochum-West – AK Dortmund/Witten | 18 | 11 | current | |
| Remscheid – Gummersbach – Waldbröl | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 256 | ||||
| Gießener Ring | Aßlar – AK Wetzlar
Wettenberg – AK Gießen-Nord – AD Reiskirchen |
19 | 12 | current | |
| Gießener Ring | Wetzlar – Gießen | Downgraded to B 49 | |||
| Osttangente Gießen, Gießener Ring | AK Gießener-Nord – Langgöns | 19 | 12 | current | |
| Total Length | 52 | 32 | |||
A 500 to A 599
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zubringer Oberhausen | AK Oberhausen – Oberhausen-Eisenheim | 5 | 3.1 | current | ||
| AD Breitscheid – Brühl | 8 | 5.0 | current
under construction and planned: Krefeld – Duisburg-Huckingen |
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| "Phantasialand-Autobahn" | AK Bliesheim – Brühl | Redesignated as A 553 | ||||
| Velbert – Wuppertal | 13 | 8.1 | current | |||
| Zubringer Grevenbroich | Jüchen – Grevenbroich | Downgraded to B 59 in 2020 | ||||
| Monheim – Langenfeld | 6 | 3.7 | current | |||
| Aachener Zubringer | Aachen-Europaplatz – AK Aachen | 5 | 3.1 | current | ||
| Aachen – Bad Münstereifel | Never built | |||||
| Köln-Roggendorf/Thenhoven – Niehl | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as a Stadtstraße | |||||
| "Phantasialand-Autobahn" / -highway", Rheinsprange 553 | AK Bliesheim – Brühl | 13 | 8.1 | current
planned: Brühl – A 555 – A 59 |
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| Köln-Bonner Autobahn, "Diplomatenrennbahn" | Cologne – Bonn | 20 | 12 | current | ![]() | |
| Frechen – Rodenkirchen | Never built | |||||
| AK Köln-Gremberg – AD Porz | 7 | 4.3 | current | ![]() | ||
| Siegtal-Autobahn | Sankt Augustin – Hennef | 13 | 8.1 | current | ![]() | |
| Südumfahrung Bonn / Abzweig Bonn-Süd | Bonn-Friesdorf – AK Bonn-Ost | 4 | 2.5 | current | ||
| Bonner Stadtautobahn | AD Bonn-Nordost – Meckenheim | 27 | 17 | current | ![]() | |
| Abzweig Sinzig | Ehlingen – AD Sinzig | 3 | 1.9 | current | ||
| Abzweig Bad Neuenahr–Ahrweiler | Grafschaft – Bad Neuenahr | 3 | 1.9 | current | ||
| Aachener Zubringer / Abzweig Aachen | Aachen-Europaplatz – AK Aachen | Redesignated as A 544 | ||||
| Total Length | 127 | 79 | ||||
A 600 to A 699
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trierer Zubringer / Abzweig Trier / Moseltalautobahn | Trier – AD Moseltal | 10 | 6.2 | current | |
| Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 41 | ||||
| Saarautobahn, Stadtautobahn Saarbrücken | Saarlouis – Saarbrücken | 32 | 20 | current | |
| Saarlouis – Überherrn | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 269 | ||||
| Grühlingsstraße | Friedrichsthal – Saarbrücken | 10 | 6.2 | current | |
| Mainzer Ring (western part) | Wiesbaden – Mainz | 8 | 5.0 | current | |
| Taunusautobahn | Frankfurt-Höchst – Königstein im Taunus | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 8 | |||
| Wiesbadener Straße | AD Eschborn – Messe Frankfurt | 5 | 3.1 | current | |
| Bad Dürkheim – Ludwigshafen | 14 | 8.7 | current | ||
| Kandel – Wörth am Rhein | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as A 65 and B 10 | ||||
| Ludwigshafen – Speyer | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 44 and B 9 | ||||
| Wörth am Rhein – Malsch | Never built | ||||
| Worms – Ludwigshafen – Schwetzingen | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 9, B 36, and B 535 | ||||
| Mannheim – Heidelberg | 12 | 7.5 | current | ||
| Weinheim – Viernheim | 7 | 4.3 | current | ||
| Osttangente Frankfurt, Taunusschnellweg | Oberursel (Taunus) – Frankfurt – Offenbach am Main – Egelsbach | 37 | 23 | current | |
| Mainzer Ring (eastern part) | Wiesbaden – AD Mainspitz | 12 | 7.5 | current | |
| Querspange Darmstadt | Griesheim – Darmstadt | 2 | 1.2 | current | |
| Darmstadt – Dieburg | Downgraded to B 26 in the 1980s | ||||
| Rodgauautobahn | Dieburg – Hanau | Downgraded to B 45 in the 1980s | |||
| Stockstadt am Main – Obernburg am Main | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 469 | ||||
| Total Length | 149 | 93 | |||
A 700 to A 799
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estenfeld – Würzburg-Heidingsfeld | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 19 | ||||
| Leipzig | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 72 | ||||
| AD Bayrisches Vogtland – AD Hochfranken | Ran across the East German border; now part of A 72 | ||||
| Bamberg – Pommersfelden | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 505 | ||||
| Frankenschnellweg (southern part) | Nürnberg – Schwabach | Planning abandoned; initially planned as part of A 77 or B 2a; now a portion of N 4 | |||
| Südwesttangente (western part) | Diespeck – Nürnberg | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 8 | |||
| Frankenschnellweg (northern part) | Erlangen – Nürnberg | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 73 |
A 800 to A 899
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Baden – Geroldsau | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 500 | ||||
| Stuttgart-Vaihingen – AK Stuttgart | 2 | 1.2 | current | ||
| Sindelfingen – Böblingen | Downgraded to B 464 in 2002 | ||||
| Stuttgart-Vaihingen – Stuttgart-Möhringen | Never built | ||||
| Kehl – Appenweier | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 28 | ||||
| Stadtautobahn Freiburg | Umkirch – Freiburg – Kirchzarten | Planned
The section between B 31 and B 31a will be upgraded following the completion of the Freiburg City Tunnel | |||
| Querspange Rheinfelden | Karsau – Rheinfelden (–A3 Zurich) | 4 | 2.5 | current | |
| (Mulhouse A 36 –) AD Neuenburg | Integrated as an entrance ramp to the A 5 in 2005 | ||||
| Baden-Baden – Iffezheim (– Beinheim, Frankreich) | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 500 | ||||
| Denzlingen – Freiburg im Breisgau | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 3 and B 294 | ||||
| Donaueschingen – AD Bad Dürrheim | 6 | 3.7 | current originally planned as part of A 86 | ||
| Junction Hegau – Konstanz | Planning abandoned; partially built as B 33 | ||||
| Ulm-Grimmelfingen – Ulm-Wiblingen | Planning abandoned; constructed as K 9915 | ||||
| Total Length | 12 | 7.5 | |||
A 900 to A 999
| Highway shield | Expressway Name | Connects | Length (km) |
Length (mi) |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munich Airport – Munich | Planning abandoned | ||||
| Flughafenzubringer | Munich Airport – AD Munich-Feldmoching | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 92 | |||
| Mühldorf – Simbach | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 94 | ||||
| Munich – Ebersberg – Wasserburg am Inn | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 304 | ||||
| Abzweig Starnberg | AD Starnberg – Percha | 5 | 3.1 | current | |
| Abzweig Waltenhofen, Südumfahrung Kempten | AD Allgäu – Waltenhofen | 5 | 3.1 | current Formerly a portion of A 98 | |
| Kempten – Oberstdorf | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 19 | ||||
| Fröttmaning – Schwabing | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 9 | ||||
| AD Munich-Feldmoching – Olympiapark | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as B 304 | ||||
| Munich-Steinhausen – AK Munich-Ost | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 94 | ||||
| Perlach – Putzbrunn | Planning abandoned; partially constructed as S 2078 | ||||
| Ramersdorfer Autobahn | Munich-Ramersdorf – AK Munich-Süd | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 8 | |||
| Südzubringer Munich, Giesinger Autobahn | Munich-Giesing – Sauerlach – AK Munich-Süd | 11 | 6.8 | current | |
| Munich-Sendling – Forstenrieder Park | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 95 | ||||
| Ammerseestraße | AD Munich-Südwest – Munich-Sendling | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 96 | |||
| AK Munich-West – Munich-Obermenzing | Planning abandoned; constructed as A 8 | ||||
| Middle ring road around Munich | Planning abandoned; constructed as B 2 R | ||||
| Total Length | 21 | 13 | |||
See also
- List of federal roads in Germany
- List of expressways
- Bundesverkehrswegeplan 2030
References
External links
Geographic data related to List of autobahns in Germany at OpenStreetMap- Liste aller deutschen Autobahnen
- Patricks Autobahn-Atlas
- Verkehrsprognose Nordrhein-Westfalen (OLSIM)
- Autobahn-Ausweichflugplätze auf geschichtsspuren.de (vormals lostplaces.de)
- Vorgeschichte der Autobahnen (to 1924 zurück) und Relikte angefangener Projekte auf geschichtsspuren.de (vormals lostplaces)
- Entwicklung des Autobahnnetzes in Deutschland beim Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung































































































