Federal motorway 2 - Bundesautobahn 2

Federal motorway 2

The Federal motorway 2 (BAB 2 or A 2) is a federal trunk road that Ruhr area with the Berlin Ring connects. The route, which was built in the 1930s, is one of the main axes of the Reichsautobahn network and today the most important east-west traffic axis in Germany as well as part of Europastraße 30 for most of its length (in Germany together with the Federal motorway 30, the Federal motorway 12 and the southern section of the Berliner Ring), which runs from Ireland across the room London and the Netherlands coming over to the east Warsaw and Minsk to Moscow until after Omsk in Siberia leads. In their western part (west of Bad Oeynhausen) the A 2 forms part of the European route 34.

The total length of the motorway is 473 km.

background

The Autobahn, built in the 1930s, connects the Ruhr area with Berlin. During the time of the division of Germany, it was the most important transit route to Berlin (Helmstedt-Marienborn crossing).

Regions

Ruhr area, Westphalian Bay, Teutoburg Forest, Weser Uplands, Calenberger Land, Magdeburg Börde, High Fläming

traffic

The entire length of the motorway has been expanded to six lanes since 2011.

Route description

The Autobahn near Lünen (photo 2006)

Motorway near Bad Salzuflen (photo 2015)

Between Braunschweig and Hanover (photo 2007)

Hohenwarthe Elbe Bridge (photo 2003)

The route is described from west to east (direction of travel east = ). A detailed list of junction points, parking spaces and other tourist facilities can be found here.

From the Oberhausen cross to the Kamen cross

(1) cross Oberhausen
(3) triangle Bottrop
(5) eat/Gladbeck
(8) cross Recklinghausen
(12) cross Dortmund-Northwest
(13) Dortmund-Northeast
(16) Kamen Cross

From the Kamener Kreuz to the Bielefeld Kreuz

(18) Hamm
(19) Hamm-Uentrop
(20) Beckum
(23) Rheda-Wiedenbrück
(24) Gutersloh
(25) cross Bielefeld

From the Bielefeld junction to the Bad Oeynhausen junction

(27) Bielefeld-East
(29) Herford/Bad Salzuflen
(32) cross Bad Oeynhausen

From the Bad Oeynhausen junction to the Hannover-Ost junction

(33) Porta Westfalica
(35) Bad Eilsen
(37) Lauenau
(38) Bad Nenndorf
(42) Hanover-Herrenhausen
(43) triangle Hanover-West
(45) Hanover-Langenhagen
(47) cross Hanover- Buchholz
(48) cross Hanover-East

From the Hannover-Ost junction to the Wolfsburg / Königslutter junction

(49) Taught
(52) Pain
(53) Braunschweig-Wadenbüttel
(55) cross Braunschweig-North
(57) Braunschweig-East
(58) cross Wolfsburg/Königslutter

From the Wolfsburg / Königslutter junction to the Magdeburg junction

(59) Königslutter
(61) Helmstedt-West
(63) Helmstedt-East
(65) Express life
(66) Bornstedt
(68) cross Magdeburg

From the Magdeburg junction to the Werder triangle

(69) Magdeburg-Kannenstieg
(70) Magdeburg-Center
(73) Castle-Center
(74) Castle-East
(76) Ziesar
(78) Brandenburg
(81) triangle Werder

security

There is a particularly high risk of traffic jams around Recklinghausen, Dortmund, Porta Westfalica, Barsinghausen, Hanover and Braunschweig!

trips

Rothensee boat lift

literature

Web links

Motorways in Germany

Main routes:A 1 · A 2 · A 3 · A 4 · A 5 · A 6 · A 7 · A 8 · A 9
Supraregional:A 10 · A 11 · A 12 · A 13 · A 14 · A 15 · A 17 · A 19 --- A 20 · A 21 · A 23 · A 24 · A 25 · A 26 · A 27 · A 28 · A 29 --- A 30 · A 31 · A 33 · A 36 · A 37 · A 38 · A 39 --- A 40 · A 42 · A 43 · A 44 · A 45 · A 46 · A 48 --- 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 92 · A 93 · A 94 · A 95 · A 96 · A 98 · A 99 ·

_{see also the guidelines for trunk roads}

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