Federal motorway 4 - Bundesautobahn 4

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Federal motorway 1

The Federal motorway 4 (BAB 4 or A 4) is a federal trunk road that runs from the GermanDutch Border northwest of Aachen, here to the w: Rijksweg 76 then, south on Cologne over, then a short distance together with the Federal motorway 3 and further through that Bergische Land to Federal motorway 45 runs east of this originally the Rothaar Mountains should cross (the planning was abandoned) and is therefore interrupted here. The eastern section of the BAB 4 starts again at the Kirchheimer Dreieck on the Federal motorway 7 and leads Eisenach, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena over, crosses the Federal motorway 9 and leads Chemnitz over over Dresden to the Germanpolish Border they north of Gorlitz exceeds. The connection on the Polish side forms the Autostrada A4.

For most of its length, the motorway forms part of European route 40, which runs from Calais to Kiev and on to the limit China leads.

The total length of the motorway is 583 km; 150 km of this are on the western branch.

background

Much of the motorway was completed in the 1930s and 1940s, but the division between Bad Hersfeld and Eisenach was largely interrupted. After the accession of the GDR, a generous expansion of the eastern section took place with partial relocation of the line, especially north of Eisenach. On the western section, the route was redrawn on a longer section due to the expansion of the Hambach open-cast lignite mine.

The continuation to the Dutch border was completed in 1970, the one to the Polish border was opened in 1996.

The large gap in the Rothaargebirge and in Central Hesse can be over Federal motorway 45 and the Federal motorway 5 be bypassed. In doing so, to water a shortcut via the federal highway 49 and the BAB 485 and BAB 480 can be taken.

Regions

Cologne Bay, Bergisches Land, Siegerland, Seulingswald, Thuringian Forest, Saale valley, Thuringian woodland, Osterland, Middle Ore Mountains, Central Saxon hill country, Saxon Elbland, Upper Lusatia

Route description

The motorway in front of the Dutch border (photo 2010)
New building between Düren and Kerpen after relocation (photo 2018)
Wommen Viaduct (photo 2009)
Federal motorway 4 near Jena (photo 2014)
Bahrebach mill viaduct near Chemnitz (photo 2007)
Parking lot An der Neisse (photo December 2018)

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

From the German-Dutch border to the Kerpen cross

From the Kerpen junction to the Köln-Ost junction

From the Köln-Ost junction to the Krombach exit

From the Kirchheimer Dreieck to the Erfurt cross

From the Erfurt junction to the Hermsdorfer Kreuz triangle

From the Hermsdorfer Kreuz to the Chemnitz cross

From the Chemnitz junction to the Dresden-Nord triangle

From the Dresden-North triangle to the German-Polish border

security

There is a particularly high risk of traffic jams around Aachen and Cologne!

trips

Bautzen, old town

literature

Web links

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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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