Bundesstraße 243

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B243
Bundesstraße 243
Route information
Length: 113 km (70 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest end: Hildesheim
 
Southeast end: Nordhausen
Location
States: Lower Saxony, Thuringia
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany

The B 243 runs from Hildesheim to Nordhausen.

Route

Districts and municipalities

Combined routing

Rivers crossed

History

Origins

The metalled artificial road (Chaussee) between Seesen and Osterode was built between 1785 and 1795 as an extension of the Frankfurt Road and known as the Thuringian Road (Thüringer Straße).

It was established as Reichsstraße 243 between Hildesheim and Nordhausen in 1937.

This federal road was interrupted by the division of Germany and was only opened again from end to end on 18 November 1989 when the border crossing between Nüxei and Mackenrode was installed.

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