Bundesautobahn 7

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Map of the A 7 in Germany
Bundesautobahn 7
Basic data
Total length 945 km (under construction: 18 km)
Bundesländer Schleswig-Holstein
Hamburg
Lower Saxony
Hesse
Bavaria
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria

Bundesautobahn 7 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 7, short form Autobahn 7, abbreviated as BAB 7 or A 7) is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe at 935 km (581 mi). It splits the country almost evenly from north to south. In the north, it starts at the border to Denmark as an extension of the Danish E45. In the south, it ends 18 km from the Austrian border. This gap is in the process of being closed, including the construction of two tunnels of 630 and 1245 m length.

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[edit] The North

In the northern Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein the A7 follows a medieval trade route from Scandinavia to Hamburg. There, it passes underneath the Elbe river in four parallel tunnels.

Across the Lüneburg Heath the lanes for both directions run at an unusual distance from each other.

[edit] The Middle

Near Hannoversch Münden, the A 7 crosses the river Werra on the Werratalbrücke, most notably known for its speed traps on the long northbound slope. The autobahn crosses the river close to the ICE high-speed rail line running from Hanover to Würzburg. After crossing the Werra, it ascends and descends in a hilly landscape known to motorists as Kasseler Berge, before finally reaching the city of Kassel. This was intentional by design, as the early autobahn plans of the 1920s and 1930s were considering giving motorists "an appealing scenery" whilst traveling. As far as traffic is concerned not only are there numerous construction sites to meet the new traffic demands of the land, but this section of autobahn has some of the most traffic in volume this not only is one of the only 2 ways connecting Northern Germany to Southern Germany, but is part of only a handful routes connecting areas like Frankfurt/Main to the former East Germany and Berlin. That said this stretch of Autobahn is one of the most traveled and most congested.

[edit] The South

Construction of the southern parts was delayed by disagreements between the Bundesländer of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg about the route. When an agreement was reached in 1969, insufficient funding delayed the actual start of construction until the 1980s. Once actually started, construction proceeded unusually fast, although the challenging terrain of Frankenhöhe and Swabian Alb required the construction of two tunnels and multiple bridges.

[edit] Strecke 46

Through the Rhön Mountains and Spessart, where the autobahn was known as Strecke 46, some bridges were built as early as 1937, but construction was halted in October 1939 due to World War II. In 1954, the Strecke 46 trajectory was abandoned and the final route of the A7 in this area was later built on a slightly different route and finally completed in 1968. The remains of Strecke 46 have been classified as a listed building in 2003 by the government of Bavaria.


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M50 Denmark
Image:EU-Icon.svg (1) Border crossing Ellund
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Ellund
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (2) Flensburg / Harrislee B 199
Rest area Handewitter Forst/Altholzkrug
Image:AB-Brücke.svg 100 m
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg Kreuz Flensburg (planned) A 205
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (3) Flensburg B 200
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Treenetalbrücke 200 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (4) Tarp
Rest area Jalmer Moor/Jalm
Rest area Arenholz
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (5) Schleswig / Schuby B 201
Rest area Husby
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (6) Schleswig / Jagel
Rest area Moor/Lottorf
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (7) Owschlag
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Hüttener Berge
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (8) Rendsburg / Büdelsdorf B 203
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Europabrücke 1.498 m
Parking area Rade
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (9) Kreuz Rendsburg A 210
Rest area Ohe
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (10) Warder
Rest area Brahmsee/Dätgen
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (11) Bordesholm
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (12) Dreieck Bordesholm A 215
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (13) Neumünster-Nord B 205
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Aalbek
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (14) Neumünster-Mitte B 430
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (15) Neumünster-Süd B 205
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Brokenlande
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (16) Großenaspe
Rest area Biemölen/Sielsbrook
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (17) Bad Bramstedt B 206
Rest area Schmalfeld
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg Kreuz Bad Bramstedt (planned) A 20
Rest area Schmalfeld
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (18) Kaltenkirchen
Rest area Moorkaten
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (19) Henstedt-Ulzburg B 433
Rest area Beckershof
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg Ellerau (planned)
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (21) Quickborn
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Holmmoor
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg Norderstedt-Mitte (planned)
Rest area Bönningstedt
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (23) Hamburg-Schnelsen Nord (Airport) B 432
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (24) Hamburg-Schnelsen B 447
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (25) Dreieck Hamburg-Nordwest A 23
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (26) Hamburg-Stellingen B 4 B 5
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (27) Hamburg-Volkspark
Image:AB-Tunnel.svg Tunnel Überdeckelung Altona 3000 m (planned)
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (28) Hamburg-Bahrenfeld B 431
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (29) Hamburg-Othmarschen
Image:AB-Tunnel.svg Elbtunnel
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg Dreieck HH-Hafen (planned) A 252
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Hochstraße Elbmarsch 4.359 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (30) Hamburg-Waltershof
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (31) Hamburg-Moorburg
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (32) Hamburg-Heimfeld B 73
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (33) Dreieck Hamburg Südwest A 261
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (34) Hamburg-Marmstorf / Buchholz B 75
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Harburger Berge
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (35) Fleestedt B 4
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (36) Maschener Kreuz A 1 , A 250
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (37) Horster Dreieck A 1
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Seevetal
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (38) Seevetal - Ramelsloh
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Hasselhöhe
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (39) Thieshope
Parking area Eichberg
Parking area Utspann
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (40) Garlstorf
Rest area Garlstorfer Wald/Schaabbskaben
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg Dreieck Egestorf (planned) A 21
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (41) Egestorf
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (42) Evendorf
Parking area Auegrund
Parking area Vorm Naturschutzpark
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Brunautal
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (43) Bispingen
Parking area Bispinger Tor
Parking area Timmerloh
Parking area Am Stühbeckshorn
Parking area Bei den Schnellbergen
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (44) Soltau-Ost B 71 B 209
Rest area Abelbeck
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Vorm Wietzenbruch
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (45) Soltau-Süd B 3
Rest area Dorfmark
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (46) Dorfmark B 440
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (47) Fallingbostel B 209
Rest area Wolfsgrund
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (48) Dreieck Walsrode A 27
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (49) Westenholz
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Allertal (includes junction)
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Allerbrücke 200 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (50) Schwarmstedt B 214
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (51) Berkhof
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (52) Mellendorf
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (53) Dreieck Hannover-Nord A 352
Rest area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (54) Großburgwedel
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (55) Altwarmbüchen
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (56) Kreuz Hannover / Kirchhorst A 37
Rest area
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (57) Kreuz Kreuz Hannover-Ost A 2
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (58) Hannover-Anderten B 65
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Mittellandkanalbrücke
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Wülferode
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (59) Laatzen B 443
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (60) Dreieck Hannover-Süd A 37
Rest area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Brücke Stichkanal Hildesheim
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (61) Hildesheim-Drispenstedt B 494
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (62) Hildesheim B 1
Parking area
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Hildesheimer Börde
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke 100 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (63) Derneburg / Salzgitter B 6
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (64) Dreieck Dreieck Salzgitter A 39
Rest area Sillium
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (65) Bockenem B 243a
Rest area Bornum am Harz/?
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (66) Rhüden B 82
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Harz
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (67) Seesen B 243
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Raststätte Seesen (abolished)
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (68) Echte B 445
Rest area Kalefeld
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (69) Northeim-Nord B 3
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Flutbrücke Northeim300 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Leinebrücke75 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (70) Northeim-West B 241
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (71) Nörten-Hardenberg B 446
Rest area Parensen
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (72) Göttingen-Nord
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (73) Göttingen B 3
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Göttingen (includes junction)
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (74) Dreieck Drammetal A 38
Rest area Heckelberg/Hedemünden
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (75) Hann. Münden / Hedemünden
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Werratalbrücke 422 m
Rest area Hann. Münden-Humboldtblick
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (76) Hann. Münden / Lutterberg B 496
Rest area Staufenberg
Rest area Herkulesblick
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Niestebrücke 200 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (77) Kassel-Nord
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (78) Kassel-Ost B 7
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Lossetalbrücke 200 m
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (79) Kreuz Kassel-Mitte A 49
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Kassel (includes junction)
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (80) Dreieck Kassel-Süd A 44
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Fuldabrücke 200 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (81) Guxhagen
Rest area Markwald/Quillerwald
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Brückenbachtalbrücke 100 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (82) Melsungen B 253
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (83) Malsfeld
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Hasselberg
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (84) Homberg (Efze) B 323
Parking area Raboldshausen
Rest area Am Pommer
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (85) Bad Hersfeld-West B 324
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (86) Kirchheimer Dreieck A 4
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Raststätte Kirchheim (abolished)
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (87) Kirchheim B 454
Autobahnkirche Kirchheim/Hesse
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Aulatalbrücke 200 m
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (88) Hattenbacher Dreieck A 5
Parking area Strampen/Ottersbach
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (89) Niederaula B 62
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Fuldabrücke
Parking area Dornbusch/Richtgraben
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Großenmoor
Parking area Mahlertshof
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (90) Hünfeld / Schlitz
Parking area Fuchsberg/Rotkopf
Parking area Hummelskopf/Geißhecke
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (91) Fulda-Nord B 27
Parking area Rauschenberg/Petersberg
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg Fulda-Mitte opens 2006 (under construction)
Parking area Röther Tannen
Parking area Pilgerzell
Parking area Eichenzell
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (93) Fulda-Süd / Dreieck Fulda A 66
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Fuldabrücke 932 m
Parking area Steinhauk/Riederberg
Parking area Steinborntal
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Thalaubachtalbrücke ca. 400 m
Parking area Lohmühle
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Döllbachtalbrücke ca. 600 m
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Uttrichshausen
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Uttrichshausen 870 m
Parking area Röhneiche
Parking area Forsthaus
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Grenzwaldbrücke 965 m
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (94) Bad Brückenau-Volkers B 27
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Römershagbrücke 313 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Sinntalbrücke 810 m
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (95) Bad Brückenau / Wildflecken B 286
Parking area
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Rhön
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (96) Bad Kissingen / Oberthulba
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Thulbabrücke 493 m
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Fränkische-Saale-Brücke 372 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Brücke 150 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (97) Hammelburg B 287
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Klöffelsbergbrücke 367 m
Parking area
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (98) Schweinfurt / Niederwerrn B 303
Parking area
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (99) Kreuz Schweinfurt / Werneck A 70 B 26a
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Stettbachbrücke 249 m
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Schraudenbachbrücke 249 m
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Werntalbrücke 482 m
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Image:AB-Autobahnhotel.svg Raststätte / Motel Riedener Wald
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (100) Gramschatzer Wald
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Pleichachtalbrücke 375 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (101) Würzburg / Estenfeld B 19
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Kürnachtalbrücke 375 m
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Rothofbrücke 440 m
Parking area
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (102) Kreuz Biebelried A 3
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (103) Kitzingen B 8
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Kaltensondheim 155 m
Rest area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Mainbrücke Marktbreit 928 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Bräubachtalbrücke 247 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (104) Marktbreit
Rest area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (105) Gollhofen B 13
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (106) Uffenheim / Langensteinach
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Ohrenbach
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (107) Bad Windsheim B 470
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Enstalbrücke 181 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (108) Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Rest area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Wolfsau 344 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Pfeffermühle 406 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (109) Wörnitz
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (110) Kreuz Feuchtwangen / Crailsheim A 6
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (111a) Feuchtwangen-West / Schopfloch
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg Dreieck Feuchtwangen-Süd (planned) A 91
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (112) Dinkelsbühl / Fichtenau
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Buchbachtalbrücke 300 m
Image:AB-Tunnel.svg Virngrundtunnel 468/465 m
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Ellwanger Berge
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (113) Ellwangen
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg Sechtatal (planned)
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Jagsttalbrücke 547 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (114) Aalen / Westhausen B 29
Image:AB-Tunnel.svg Agnesburgtunnel 704/702 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (115) Aalen / Oberkochen
Heidenheimer Kohlplatten/Härtsfeld - to be rebuilt as:
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg Heidenheim-Nord (planned)
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Möhntalbrücke 208 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Lindletalbrücke 300 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (116) Heidenheim
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Taubentalbrücke 115 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Brenztalbrücke 372 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (117) Giengen / Herbrechtingen B 19
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Hürben 178 m
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Lonetal
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (118) Niederstotzingen
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Hungerbrunnentalbrücke 240 m
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Lonetalbrücke 282 m
Rest area Vor dem Donauried/Sankt Jakob
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (119) Langenau B 19
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (120) Kreuz Ulm / Elchingen A 8
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Donaubrücke 270 m
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (121) Nersingen B 10
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (121a) Neu-Ulm
Rest area
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (122) Dreieck Hittistetten B 28
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Brücke 200 m
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (123) Vöhringen
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (124) Illertissen
Parking area
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (125) Altenstadt an der Iller
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Illerbrücke 320 m
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Illertal
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (126) Dettingen an der Iller
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Illerkanalbrücke 150 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (127) Berkheim B 312
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Illerbrücke 160 m
Parking area
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (128) Kreuz Memmingen A 96
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (129) Memmingen-Süd B 300
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (130) Woringen
Parking area
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (131) Bad Grönenbach
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte Allgäuer Tor
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (132) Dietmannsried
Parking area
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Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (133) Kempten-Leubas B 19
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (134) Kempten im Allgäu B 12
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (135) Betzigau
Parking area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke 290 m
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (136) Dreieck Allgäu A 980
Rest area
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Rottachtalbrücke 705 m
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (137) Oy-Mittelberg B 309
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Wertachtalbrücke 335 m
Image:AB-Tank.svg Image:AB-Rast.svg Autobahnraststätte
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (138) Nesselwang
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (XX) Temporary junction

Image:AB-AS-blau.svg Enzenstetten (under construction)
Image:AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Enzenstetten 546 m
Image:AB-Kreuz-blau.svg Dreieck Rosshaupten (planned) A 91
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg 'Hopfensee (under construction)
Image:AB-Tunnel.svg Tunnel Reinertshof 630 m

(single lane, second lanes under construction)

Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (-) Temporary junction
Image:AB-AS-blau.svg (142) Füssen
Image:AB-Tunnel.svg Grenztunnel Füssen 1.245 m
Image:EU-Icon.svg ( ) Border crossing
B 179 Austria

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