Bundesautobahn 5
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| Total length | 445 km |
| Bundesländer | Hesse Baden-Württemberg |
Bundesautobahn 5 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 5, short form Autobahn 5, abbreviated as BAB 5 or A 5) is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection (with the A 7. The southern end is at the Swiss border near Basel. It continues inside Switzerland as A 2.
Construction for the first section (between Frankfurt and Darmstadt was started on 23 September 1933 by Adolf Hitler personally. Propaganda celebrated the project as "the Führer's Autobahn" and "Germany's first Autobahn," however there is no truth in that statement. The AVUS race track in Berlin was opened in September 1921. The first public Autobahn was the Cologne-Bonn motorway opened in August 1932 (later called A 555).
In 1926, a private society proposed a fast road from Hamburg via Frankfurt to Basel (HaFraBa) - these plans were stopped in the Reichstag by a coalition of Communists and Nazis. This didn't stop Hitler from using these plans after he came to power in 1933. Work progressed slowly, however, because Hitler favored east-west routes.
After the war, plans to continue the A 5 to the north were abbandoned for ecological reasons. Instead, an already completed section of the proposed A 48 near Gießen was used to connect the a A 5 to the A 7 form Hamburg. The HaFraBa route was finally completed in 1962.
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(1) | Hattenbacher Dreieck A 7 |
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Autobahnraststätte Rimberg |
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(2) | Alsfeld-Ost B 62 |
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(3) | Alsfeld-West B 49 |
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(6) | Homberg |
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(7) | Grünberg |
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(8) | Reiskirchener Dreieck A 480 |
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(9) | Reiskirchen B 49 |
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(10) | Fernwald |
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(11) | Gambacher Kreuz A 45 |
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(12) | Butzbach |
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(13) | Bad Nauheim |
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(14) | Ober-Mörlen B 275 |
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Autobahnraststätte Wetterau |
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(16) | Friedberg B 455 |
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(17) | Bad Homburger Kreuz A 661 |
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Urselbachtalbrücke 370 m | |
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Autobahnraststätte Taunusblick |
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(18) | Nordwestkreuz Frankfurt A 66 |
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(19) | Westkreuz Frankfurt A 648 |
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(20) | Frankfurt-Westhafen |
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Europabrücke 400 m | |
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(21) | Frankfurt-Niederrad |
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(22a) | Frankfurt-Flughafen-Nord B 43 |
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(22) | Frankfurter Kreuz A 3 |
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(23) | Zeppelinheim |
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(24) | Langen/Mörfelden B 486 |
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Autobahnraststätte Gräfenhausen |
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(25) | Weiterstadt B 42 |
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(26) | Dreieck Darmstadt A 672 |
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(26) | Darmstädter Kreuz A 67 |
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(27) | Darmstadt-Eberstadt B 3B 426 |
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(28) | Seeheim-Jugenheim |
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Autobahnraststätte Alsbach  |
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(29) | Zwingenberg |
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Autobahnraststätte Bergstraße  |
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(30) | Bensheim B 47 |
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(31) | Heppenheim B 460 |
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(32) | Hemsbach |
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(33) | Kreuz Weinheim A 659 B 38a |
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(34) | Hirschberg |
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(35) | Ladenburg |
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(36) | Dossenheim |
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Neckarbrücke 390 m | |
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(37) | Kreuz Heidelberg A 656 B 37 |
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(38) | Heidelberg/Schwetzingen |
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Autobahnraststätte Hardtwald |
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(39) | Walldorf/Wiesloch B 39 |
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(40) | Kreuz Walldorf A 6 |
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(41) | Kronau |
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Autobahnraststätte Bruchsal |
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(42) | Bruchsal B 35 |
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Karlsruhe-Nord (under construction) |
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(44) | Karlsruhe-Durlach B 10 |
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(45) | Karlsruhe-Mitte |
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(46) | Dreieck Karlsruhe A 8 |
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(47) | Ettlingen |
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(48) | Karlsruhe-Süd B 3 |
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(49) | Rastatt B 462 |
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Murgbrücke 251 m | |
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Autobahnraststätte Baden-Baden |
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(51) | Baden-Baden B 500 |
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Autobahnraststätte Bühl northbound |
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(52) | Bühl |
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(53) | Achern |
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Autobahnraststätte Renchtal |
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(54) | Appenweier B 28 |
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(55) | Offenburg B 33a |
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(56) | Lahr B 36B 415 |
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Autobahnraststätte Mahlberg |
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(57a) | Ettenheim |
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(57b) | Rust |
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(58) | Herbolzheim |
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(59) | Riegel |
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(60) | Teningen |
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(61) | Freiburg-Nord B 294 |
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(62) | Freiburg-Mitte B 31a |
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(63) | Freiburg-Süd B 31 |
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Autobahnraststätte Breisgau |
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(64a) | Bad Krozingen |
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Autobahnraststätte Markgräfler Land |
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(64b) | Hartheim/Heitersheim |
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(65) | Müllheim/Neuenburg am Rhein B 378 |
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(66) | Dreieck Neuenburg A 862 |
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Autobahnraststätte Bad Bellingen |
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(67) | Efringen-Kirchen |
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(68) | Dreieck Weil am Rhein A 98 |
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Autobahnraststätte Weil 10px |
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(69) | Weil am Rhein/Hüningen |
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(70) | Border crossing Weil am Rhein |
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Autobahnraststätte Basel/Weil |
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[edit] External links
- Working Papers in History of Mobility including the HaFraBa by Prof. Vahrenkamp, of the University of Kassel
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German bundesautobahns |
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A 1 | A 2 | A 3 | A 4 | A 5 | A 6 | A 7 | A 8 | A 9 | A 10 | A 11 | A 12 | A 13 | A 14 | A 15 | A 17 | A 19 | A 20 | A 21 | A 22 | A 23 | A 24 | A 25 | A 26 | A 27 | A 28 | A 29 | A 30 | A 31 | A 33 | A 37 | A 38 | A 39 | A 40 | A 42 | A 43 | A 44 | A 45 | A 46 | A 48 | A 49 | A 52 | A 57 | A 59 | A 60 | A 61 | A 62 | A 63 | A 64 | A 65 | A 66 | A 67 | A 70 | A 71 | A 72 | A 73 | A 81 | A 85 | A 86 | A 91 | A 92 | A 93 | A 94 | A 95 | A 96 | A 98 | A 99 | A 100 | A 102 | A 103 | A 104 | A 105 | A 111 | A 113 | A 114 | A 115 | A 143 | A 210 | A 215 | A 226 | A 241 | A 250 | A 252 | A 253 | A 255 | A 261 | A 270 | A 280 | A 281 | A 293 | A 352 | A 388 | A 391 | A 392 | A 395 | A 443 | A 445 | A 480 | A 485 | A 516 | A 524 | A 535 | A 540 | A 542 | A 544 | A 553 | A 555 | A 559 | A 560 | A 562 | A 565 | A 571 | A 573 | A 602 | A 620 | A 623 | A 643 | A 648 | A 650 | A 656 | A 659 | A 661 | A 671 | A 672 | A 680 | A 683 | A 687 | A 831 | A 833 | A 861 | A 862 | A 864 | A 952 | A 980 | A 995 | A 999 |
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