Bundesautobahn

highway, Germany

Also known as: National Expressway

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The Bundesautobahn is Germany's national highway system, forming the basis of the first modern expressway network. Planned in the early 1930s, it expanded into a national network by 1942. After World War II, West Germany rebuilt and expanded the system. Following German reunification in 1989, the West German system absorbed the East German network. Today, the Bundesautobahnen span over 12,000 km (7,200 miles), ranking as the third-largest highway system globally, after those in the United States and China. The system is integrated with the Berliner Ring, a circular highway around Berlin.12

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The Bundesautobahn (National Expressway) in Berlin is part of a national superhighway network inaugurated before World War II. The system is linked with the Berliner Ring, a circle of autobahns around the city with Berlin in the centre of access spokes. Even before 1990, both Germanys…
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The Bundesautobahn (National Expressway) in Berlin is part of a national superhighway network inaugurated before World War II. The system is linked with the Berliner Ring, a circle of autobahns around the city with Berlin in the centre of access spokes. Even before 1990, both Germanys…
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