List of federal highways in Germany
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The following is a list of the German federal highways or Bundestraßen. The Bundesstraße
n do not have a numbering system like that used for German autobahns (motorways), but they do have a clockwise
regional numbering system:
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Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
n do not have a numbering system like that used for German autobahns (motorways), but they do have a clockwise
Clockwise
Circular motion can occur in two possible directions. A clockwise motion is one that proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back to the top...
regional numbering system:
- B 1 to B 10 across Germany from border to border
- B 11 to B 26 in Southeastern Germany (BavariaBavariaBavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
) - B 27 to B 39 in Southwestern Germany (Baden-WürttembergBaden-WürttembergBaden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
) - B 40 to B 53 in Western Germany (Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
) - B 54 to B 68 in Northwestern Germany (North Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
) - B 69 to B 83 in Northern Germany (Lower SaxonyLower SaxonyLower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
and Schleswig-HolsteinSchleswig-HolsteinSchleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
) - B 84 to B 100 in Central Germany (SaxonySaxonyThe Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
and ThuringiaThuringiaThe Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
) - B 101 to B 112 in Northeastern Germany (BrandenburgBrandenburgBrandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) - R 113 to R 125 in Pomerania and SilesiaProvince of SilesiaThe Province of Silesia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919.-Geography:The territory comprised the bulk of the former Bohemian crown land of Silesia and the County of Kladsko, which King Frederick the Great had conquered from the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the 18th...
(no longer in Germany) - R 126 to R 138 in East PrussiaEast PrussiaEast Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
(no longer in Germany) - B 139 to B 326 were assigned in 1937 in a similar way (but counterclockwise, beginning in East Prussia)
- B 399 to B 535 were assigned after 1950 in chronological order
Legend
| Brief description | |
| Background information (maps, pictures, etc.) available | |
| Number no longer exists, because road has been fully upgraded to motorway status | |
| Highway downgraded to a local road due to a (mostly complete nearby) motorway | |
| Number no longer exists (change of other route, etc.) | |
| Highway planned or under construction |
B 1 – B 100
| B 1 Bundesstraße 1 The Bundesstraße 1 or B1 is a German federal highway running in an east-west direction from the Dutch border near Aachen to the Polish border at Küstrin-Kietz on the Oder River.-Route description:... B 1a |
B 2 B 2 R B 2a |
B 3 B 3n |
B 4 Bundesstraße 4 The Bundesstraße 4 is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southly direction from the state of Schleswig-Holstein to Bavaria... B 4 R B 4f |
B 5 Bundesstraße 5 The Bundesstraße 5 or B5 is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll to Frankfurt . It provides a direct route for motorists traveling between Berlin and Hamburg. In Berlin B5 forms among others the following squares and... |
B 6 Bundesstraße 6 The Bundesstraße 6 runs from the North Sea coast in a southeasterly direction through the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony to the Polish border.- History :... B 6n Bundesstraße 6n The Bundesstraße 6n is a German federal road which was originally planned to be the A 36 motorway and is still currently under construction.It is intended to have four lanes running from the A 395 near Vienenburg through Wernigerode, Blankenburg, Quedlinburg, Aschersleben over the A 14 to... |
B 7 Bundesstraße 7 The Bundesstraße 7 in Germany is a federal highway that stretches from the Dutch border at Venlo in the West to Rochlitz by Chemnitz in the East. It is approximately 530 km long... B 7a |
B 8 Bundesstraße 8 The Bundesstraße 8 is a road in southwestern Germany of great historical importance. It has existed since the 9th century, known then as Via Publica, and until recent times was a key trade route linking the towns of Duisburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Regensburg and Passau... |
B 9 | B 10 |
| B 11 B 11a |
B 12 B 12n |
B 13 B 13n |
B 14 | B 15 B 15n |
B 16 Bundesstraße 16 The Bundesstraße 16 or B 16 is one of the German federal highways crossing southern Bavaria from east to south. It runs from the Bavarian Forest to Regensburg and then along the river Danube to Günzburg. From Roding to Regensburg the highway is developed without any junctions and is in parts signed... B 16a B 16n |
B 17 | B 18 B 18a |
B 19 | B 20 |
| B 21 | B 22 Bundesstraße 22 Bundesstraße 22 is a German federal highway that runs from Würzburg in Lower Franconia, through the Upper Franconian cities of Bamberg and Bayreuth and the Upper Palatine town of Weiden, to Cham... |
B 23 Bundesstraße 23 Bundesstraße 23 is a German federal highway in Bavaria that runs from Peiting to the Austrian border near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The road is partially a part of the “German Alpine Road”... |
B 24 | B 25 | B 26 B 26a B 26n |
B 27 B 27a |
B 28 Bundesstraße 28 Bundesstraße 28 or B 28 is a German road. The road continues as the French route nationale 4 after the crossing of the Rhine river near Strasbourg.... B 28a |
B 29 | B 30 Bundesstraße 30 The Bundesstraße 30 is a highly frequented federal highway in Germany running through Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg from Ulm to Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance... |
| B 31 B 31a |
B 32 | B 33 B 33a |
B 34 | B 35 | B 36 | B 37 | B 38 B 38a |
B 39 | B 40 B 40a |
| B 41 | B 42 | B 43 B 43a |
B 44 | B 45 | B 46 | B 47 B 47a B 47n |
B 48 | B 49 | B 50 |
| B 51 Bundesstraße 51 The Bundesstraße 51 runs from Bremen in south-west direction though Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, and ends at the French border in the town Kleinblittersdorf.See also:*Transport in Germany... |
B 52 | B 53 | B 54 B 54n |
B 55 Bundesstraße 55 The Bundesstraße 55 is a Bundesstraße road in Germany, connecting Jülich with Rheda-Wiedenbrück via Cologne, Gummersbach, Olpe and Meschede.... B 55a |
B 56 B 56n |
B 57 | B 58 | B 59 | B 60 |
| B 61 B 61n |
B 62 Bundesstraße 62 Bundesstraße 62 or B62 is a German federal road. It connects Roth with Barchfeld.... B 62n |
B 63 | B 64 | B 65 | B 66 B 66n |
B 67 B 67n |
B 68 | B 69 | B 70 |
| B 71 Bundesstraße 71 The Bundesstraße 71 is one of the longer German federal roads numbered in the 60s and 70s series. It begins at the B 6 in Bremerhaven by the Unterweser and ends in Könnern near Halle in Saxony-Anhalt... B 71n |
B 72 B 72a |
B 73 Bundesstraße 73 The Bundesstraße 73 or B73 is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from Cuxhaven to Hamburg. It runs partially beside the Bundesautobahn 26.... |
B 74 B 74n |
B 75 Bundesstraße 75 The Bundesstraße 75 is a German federal highway running in a northeast to southwest direction from the Lübeck borough of Travemünde to Delmenhorst near Bremen.... |
B 76 | B 77 | B 79 | B 80 | |
| B 81 Bundesstraße 81 The German Bundesstraße 81 acts as a main road link between the Magdeburg, Halberstadt and Nordhausen.- Course :... |
B 82 | B 83 | B 84 Bundesstraße 84 Bundesstraße 84 or B84 is a German federal road. It connects Hünfeld in Hesse via Eisenach with Ebeleben in Thuringia.- External links :*... |
B 85 Bundesstraße 85 The Bundesstraße 85 runs southeast through Thuringia and Bavaria, from Kyffhäuser to Passau, near the Austrian border. B85 is approximately long.Cities and towns along B85:... |
B 86 | B 87 | B 88 | B 89 | B 90 |
| B 91 | B 92 | B 93 | B 94 | B 95 | B 96 Bundesstraße 96 The Bundesstraße 96 is a federal highway in Germany. It begins in Zittau in the Saxony, close to the border triangle between Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, heads north through Berlin and ends in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea... B 96a B 96b B 96n |
B 97 | B 98 | B 99 | B 100 |
B 101 – B 200
| B 101 | B 102 | B 103 | B 104 | B 105 | B 106 | B 107 | B 108 | B 109 | B 110 |
| B 111 Bundesstraße 111 The B 111 begins at the A 20 motorway near Gützkow and ends at the B 110 near Mellenthin in northeast Germany. Since January 2008 the Bundesstraße 111 has followed the course of the old state road L 265... |
B 112 B 112n |
B 113 | B 115 | B 117 | |||||
| B 122 | |||||||||
| B 131n | |||||||||
| B 156 B 156a |
B 158 B 158a |
B 160 | |||||||
| B 166 | B 167 | B 168 | B 169 | B 170 | |||||
| B 171 | B 172 B 172a B 172b |
B 173 | B 174 | B 175 B 175n |
B 176 | B 177 | B 178 B 178n |
B 179 | B 180 |
| B 181 | B 182 | B 183 B 183a |
B 184 | B 185 | B 186 | B 187 B 187a |
B 188 Bundesstraße 188 The Bundesstraße 188 or B 188 is one of the longer German federal highways crossing northern Germany. It connects the B3 with the B5.... |
B 189 B 189n |
B 190 B 190n |
| B 191 Bundesstraße 191 The Bundesstraße 191 or B 191 is a German federal road. It begins in Celle at the B 3 and ends in Plau am See at the B 103.- Origins :The old unmetalled road between Ludwigslust and Parchim was upgraded in 1845 to a surfaced road... |
B 192 | B 193 | B 194 | B 195 | B 196 B 196a |
B 197 | B 198 | B 199 | B 200 |
B 201 – B 300
| B 201 | B 202 | B 203 | B 204 | B 205 | B 206 | B 207 | B 208 | B 209 Bundesstraße 209 Bundesstraße 209 is a German federal road that runs from Nienburg/Weser district in Lower Saxony to Schwarzenbek in the district of Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein.- Route :... |
B 210 |
| B 211 | B 212 B 212n |
B 213 | B 214 Bundesstraße 214 The Bundesstraße 214 is a federal road that runs from Lingen to Brunswick in North Germany.- Route :The B 214 begins on the Lingen Heights, the highest elevation in the Emsland, where it branches off the B 70 and B 213, and runs eastwards in the north of Osnabrück district, where it crosses the... |
B 215 | B 216 | B 217 | B 218 | B 219 | B 220 |
| B 221 | B 222 | B 223 | B 224 Bundesstraße 224 The Bundesstraße 224 or B 224 is a German federal highway in North Rhine-Westphalia.- Route description :The B 224 runs from Raesfeld in southern Münsterland through the city of Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr area and Essen in the Bergische Land, and ending in Solingen.From the Gelsenkirchen-Hassel... |
B 225 | B 226 | B 227 B 227n |
B 228 | B 229 | B 230 |
| B 231 Bundesstraße 231 The Bundesstraße 231 or B 231 is a German federal highway in North Rhine-Westphalia.- Route description :The B 231 runs from Oberhausen, near CentrO. through the Essen district Borbeck and ends in the Essen Westviertel, leads ahead to the inner city.- History :Until the year-end 2006 the route led... |
B 232 | B 233 | B 234 | B 235 | B 236 | B 237 | B 238 | B 239 | B 240 |
| B 241 Bundesstraße 241 The B 241 is a federal road in Germany. It runs from Hohenwepel to Vienenburg.- States and districts :* North Rhine-Westphalia** Höxter district*** Hohenwepel, Borgentreich, Dalhausen, Beverungen* Lower Saxony... |
B 242 Bundesstraße 242 - Route :The B 242, also known as the Harz High Road , runs right across the Harz mountains in central Germany. From Seesen on the northwestern edge of the Harz near the A 7 motorway it runs through the Upper Harz past Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the High Harz, where it is combined for several kilometres... |
B 243 Bundesstraße 243 - Districts and municipalities :* Lower Saxony** Hildesheim *** Hildesheim*** Diekholzen: Egenstedt*** Bad Salzdetfurth: Groß Düngen, Wesseln*** Bockenem: Nette, Bönnien, Bockenem, Bornum** Goslar... B 243a |
B 244 Bundesstraße 244 Bundesstraße 244 is a federal road in Germany that branches off the B 4 west of Dedelstorf towards the east and runs through Wittingen, Brome, Rühen, Velpke, Helmstedt, Schöningen, Dardesheim, Wernigerode to Elbingerode, where it ends at the B 27.... |
B 245 Bundesstraße 245 The Bundesstraße 245 is a German federal highway in Saxony-Anhalt. It runs from Haldensleben in Börde to Halberstadt in Harz.... B 245a |
B 246 B 246a |
B 247 | B 248 Bundesstraße 248 The Bundesstraße 248 is a German federal highway that runs from Northeim to Dannenberg where it ends in the town at its junction with the B 191. Shortly before, the road branches and a short section, the B 248a, runs over B 191 as far as the B 216 at Streetzer roundabout... B 248a |
B 249 | B 250 |
| B 251 | B 252 | B 253 | B 254 | B 255 | B 256 | B 257 | B 258 | B 259 | B 260 |
| B 261 | B 262 | B 263 | B 264 | B 265 | B 266 | B 267 | B 268 | B 269 | B 270 |
| B 271 | B 272 | B 273 | B 274 | B 275 | B 276 | B 277 B 277a |
B 278 | B 279 | B 280 |
| B 281 B 281a |
B 282 | B 283 | B 284 | B 285 | B 286 | B 287 | B 288 | B 289 Bundesstraße 289 The German federal highway, the Bundesstraße 289 , runs from Coburg to Rehau in southern Germany.Bundesstraße 289 branches eastwards from the B 4 south of Coburg near Untersiemau... B 289n |
B 290 |
| B 291 | B 292 | B 293 | B 294 | B 295 | B 296 | B 297 | B 298 | B 299 Bundesstraße 299 The Bundesstraße 299 or B 299 is a major route in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria. It runs through Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Amberg and Weiden.... B 299a |
B 300 Bundesstraße 300 The Bundesstraße 300 or B 300 is one of the German federal highways crossing southern Bavaria from Memmingen in direction to Regensburg via Krumbach , Augsburg und Aichach.... |
B 301 – B 400
| B 301 | B 302 | B 303 Bundesstraße 303 The Bundesstraße 303 is a German federal highway that runs from west to east, beginning at the A 7 autobahn west of Schweinfurt and ending at the border with the Czech Republic east of Schirnding... |
B 304 | B 305 | B 306 | B 307 | B 308 | B 309 | B 310 |
| B 311 | B 312 | B 313 | B 314 | B 315 | B 316 | B 317 | B 318 | B 319 | B 320 |
| B 321 | B 322 | B 323 | B 324 | B 326 | B 327 | ||||
| B 340 | |||||||||
| B 378 | |||||||||
| B 388 | |||||||||
| B 399 | B 400 |
B 401 – B 500
| B 401 | B 402 | B 403 | B 404 | B 405 | B 406 | B 407 | B 408 | B 409 | B 410 |
| B 411 | B 412 | B 413 | B 414 | B 415 | B 416 | B 417 | B 418 | B 419 | B 420 |
| B 421 | B 422 | B 423 | B 424 | B 425 | B 426 | B 427 | B 428 | B 429 | B 430 Bundesstraße 430 The Bundesstraße 430 is a German federal road or Bundesstraße and the east-west link between Dithmarschen and Holstein in the southern part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.- Route :... |
| B 431 Bundesstraße 431 The Bundesstraße 431 is a German federal highway running in a Northwest to Southeast direction from Meldorf to the Altona borough of Hamburg.... |
B 432 | B 433 | B 434 | B 435 | B 436 | B 437 | B 438 | B 439 | B 440 Bundesstraße 440 The B 440 is a German federal road in Lower Saxony. It runs from the district town of Rotenburg an der Wümme to Bad Fallingbostel. It was based on an old Army road built by Napoléon Bonaparte.- Course :... |
| B 441 | B 442 | B 443 | B 444 | B 445 | B 446 Bundesstraße 446 The Bundesstraße 446 is a German federal road in southern Lower Saxony.The B 446 begins east of the town of Hardegsen as an extension of the B 241 as the latter swings towards the north. After about four kilometres the B 446 crosses the A 7 motorway at the Nörten-Hardenberg junction and after,... |
B 447 | B 448 | B 449 | B 450 |
| B 451 | B 452 | B 453 | B 454 | B 455 Bundesstraße 455 Bundesstraße 455 is a German Bundesstraße in the federal state of Hesse. The route runs southwest from Schotten in Vogelsbergkreis to Mainz-Kastel, a borough of the Hessian capital city of Wiesbaden.... |
B 456 | B 457 | B 458 | B 459 | B 460 |
| B 461 | B 462 | B 463 | B 464 | B 465 | B 466 B 466a |
B 467 | B 468 | B 469 | B 470 |
| B 471 | B 472 | B 473 | B 474 B 474n |
B 475 B 475n |
B 476 | B 477 | B 478 | B 479 | B 480 |
| B 481 | B 482 | B 483 | B 484 | B 485 | B 486 | B 487 | B 488 | B 489 | B 490 |
| B 491 | B 492 | B 493 | B 494 | B 495 | B 496 | B 497 | B 498 | B 499 | B 500 |
B 501 – B 588
588 is the highest number allocated to date.| B 501 | B 502 | B 503 | B 504 | B 505 | B 506 | B 507 | B 508 | B 509 | B 510 |
| B 511 | B 512 | B 513 | B 514 | B 515 | B 516 | B 517 | B 518 | B 519 | B 520 |
| B 521 | B 522 | B 523 | B 524 | B 525 | B 528 | B 530 | |||
| B 532 | B 533 | B 535 | |||||||
| B 588 |
B 611
One Bundesstraße is currently being planned.| B 611 |
B 999
The number 999 is sometimes used for a new Bundesstraße before its final number is confirmed.| B 999 |
B E – B Z
The letters E to Z are replacement highways in former West BerlinWest Berlin
West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...
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| B E | |||
| B R | B S | B Z |