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B 3
Bundesstraße 3
Babenhäuser Landstraße in Frankfurt.jpg
Route information
Length755 km (469 mi)
Major junctions
Major intersections
Lower Saxony

Project B 3n (Junction )

Landkreis Stade (Registration plates: STD )
Buxtehude-Ovelgönne B 73
Harburg (Registration plates: WL )
Neu Wulmstorf-Elstorf
Neu Wulmstorf-Rade
Neu Wulmstorf-Mienenbüttel
(44) Rade A 1 E22
Buchholz in der Nordheide B 75
Buchholz-Sprötze
Welle-Höckel
Welle (Mitte)
Soltau-Fallingbostel (Registration plates: SFA )
Wintermoor an der Chaussee
Schneverdingen-Heber
Soltau-Huckenrieth
Soltau-Ahlften
Soltau (Zentrum) B 71
(45) Soltau-Süd A 7 E45
Wietzendorf
Landkreis Celle (Registration plates: CE )
Bergen-Wardböhmen
Bergen-Bleckmar
Bergen (Zentrum)
Bergen-Belsen
Bergen-Offen

start of Project B 3n

Winsen-Wolthausen
Celle-Groß Hehlen
Celle (Zentrum) B 191 B 214
Motor road
Motor road
Kraftfahrstraße
Adelheidsdorf
Nienhagen

end of Project B 3n

Region Hannover (Registration plates: H )
Burgdorf-Otze
Burgdorf-Schillerslage B 443
Burgdorf B 188
(2) Beinhorn A 37

replaced by the A 37
(3) Hannover/Kirchhorst interchange A 7
(4) Hannover-Buchholz interchange A 2

(5) Misburg A 37
Hannover-Weidetor
Hannover-Pferdeturm/Zentrum
Hannover-Bult
Kreuz () Seelhorster Kreuz B 6 B 65
Hannover-Döhren/Stadtmitte
Leine
Hannover-Ricklingen B 6 B 65
Hemmingen-Westerfeld
Hemmingen-Arnum
Diversion
Diversion
Pattensen local diversion B 443
Pattensen-Thiedenwiese
Landkreis Hildesheim (Registration plates: HI )
Adensen
Wülfingen
Diversion
Diversion
Elze (Zentrum) local diversion B 1
Gronau (Leine) B 240 L482
Dehnsen bei Alfeld
Godenau
Alfeld-Limmer
Alfeld (Leine) (Zentrum)
Landkreis Holzminden (Registration plates: HOL )
Delligsen
Ammensen
Landkreis Northeim (Registration plates: NOM )
Diversion
Diversion
Einbeck local diversion B 64
Hohnstedt
(69) Northeim-Nord A 7 E45
Northeim B 241 B 248
Nörten-Hardenberg B 446
Landkreis Göttingen (Registration plates: )
Bovenden Nord
Bovenden
Göttingen-Weende B 27 A 7
common route with B 27
Göttingen (Zentrum) B 27 A 7
(73) Göttingen A 7 E45
Göttingen-Groß Ellershausen
Dransfeld
Scheden-Niederscheden
Hann. Münden-Volkmarshausen
Hann. Münden (Zentrum) B 80 B 496
Hesse
Landkreis Kassel (Registration plates: KS )
Fuldatal-Wilhelmshausen
Fuldatal-Wahnhausen
Diversion
Diversion
Fuldatal-Ihringshausen local diversion
Kassel (Registration plates: KS )
Kassel B 7 B 83 B 251 B 520
(5) Kassel-Auestadion A 49

replaced by the A 49
(7) Südkreuz Kassel A 44 E331

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (Registration plates: HR )
(16) Borken (Hessen) A 49 L3223
Borken-Kerstenhausen
Bad Zwesten B 485 L3074
Jesberg
Gilserberg-Sebbeterode
Gilserberg
Gilserberg-Lischeid
Marburg-Biedenkopf (Registration plates: MR )
Rauschenberg-Josbach
Wohra
Rauschenberg-Schöne Aussicht
Cölbe-Schönstadt
Bürgeln B 62

common route with the B 62
Kreuz () Cölbe B 62 B 252

Marburg-Wehrda
Marburg-Messe
Marburg-Hauptbahnhof
Hochstraße 800m
Universitätsstadt Marburg
Marburg-Mitte
Tankstelle
parking area
Tankstelle
Marburg-Süd B 255
Lahn
Marburg-Gisselberg / Niederweimar-Nord
Weimar (Lahn)-Niederweimar
Lahn Bridge 300m
Weimar (Lahn)-Roth
Fronhausen / Ebsdorfer Grund
Tiefenbach Valley Bridge 250m
Landkreis Gießen (Registration plates: GI )
Staufenberg-Nord
Staufenberg-Süd / Lollar
Talbrücke Lumda 400m
Kreuz (1) Gießener Nordkreuz A 480 A 485

replaced by the A 485

(10) Langgöns A 485
Wetteraukreis (Registration plates: FB )
Butzbach A 5 B 488
Bad Nauheim
Diversion
Diversion
Friedberg (Hessen) local diversion B 275 B 455
Wöllstadt-Ober-Wöllstadt
Wöllstadt-Nieder-Wöllstadt B 45
Karben
Bad Vilbel-Dortelweil
Bad Vilbel/Nieder-Erlenbach
Bad Vilbel
Frankfurt (Registration plates: F )
Kreuz (8) Preungesheimer Dreieck A 661

replaced by the A 661

(9) FFM - Friedberger Landstraße A 661 B 521
Frankfurt B 8 B 40
Ignatz Bubis Bridge/Flößer Bridge
Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen B 43
Offenbach am Main (Registration plates: OF )
(17) Offenbacher Kreuz A 3, A 661 B 46
Landkreis Offenbach (Registration plates: OF )

replaced by the A 661

(21) Egelsbach (Mitte) A 661
Egelsbach-Bayerseich
Darmstadt (Registration plates: DA )
Darmstadt-Wixhausen
Darmstadt (Zentrum) B 42 B 26
(27) Pfungstadt A 5 E35 B 426

From here the B 3 runs parallel to the A 5.
Bickenbach
Kreis Bergstraße (Registration plates: HP )
Zwingenberg
Bensheim B 47
Heppenheim (Bergstraße) B 460
Baden-Württemberg
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (Registration plates: HD )
Laudenbach
Hemsbach
Weinheim-Sulzbach
Weinheim (Zentrum) B 38
Weinheim-Lützelsachsen
Hirschberg-Großsachsen
Hirschberg-Leutershausen
Schriesheim
Dossenheim
Heidelberg (Registration plates: HD )
Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim
Heidelberg-Neuenheim
Theodor Heuss Bridge
Heidelberg B 37
Heidelberg-Rohrbach
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (Registration plates: HD )
Leimen-Nord
Leimen-Nordwest B 535
Leimen-Zentrum
Leimen-Sankt Ilgen
Nußloch
Wiesloch-Nord
Wiesloch-West
Wiesloch
Landkreis Karlsruhe (Registration plates: KA )
Bad Schönborn-Mingolsheim
Bad Schönborn (Mitte) B 292
Bad Schönborn-Langenbrücken
Ubstadt-Weiher-Stettfeld
Ubstadt
Bruchsal B 35
Bruchsal-Untergrombach
Weingarten (Baden)
Karlsruhe (Registration plates: KA )
Karlsruhe-Durlach B 10 A 5
Diversion
Diversion
Wolfartsweier local diversion
Landkreis Karlsruhe (Registration plates: KA )
Ettlingen-Nordwest
(47) Ettlingen A 5
(48) Karlsruhe-Süd A 5
Ettlingen-West
Bruchhausen
Malsch-Neumalsch
Landkreis Rastatt (Registration plates: RA )
Diversion
Diversion
Muggensturm local diversion

Start of Project B 3n see Infobox B 3n below

Rastatt B 36 B 462
Baden-Baden (Registration plates: BAD )
(50) Rastatt-Süd A 5
Baden-Baden-Haueneberstein
Baden-Baden-Sandweier
Baden-Baden-Oos B 500
Landkreis Rastatt (Registration plates: RA )
Sinzheim
Baden-Baden (Registration plates: BAD )
Exit Mührich
Exit Steinbach
Landkreis Rastatt (Registration plates: RA )
Bühl
Hatzenweier
Ottersweier
Ortenaukreis (Registration plates: OG )
Sasbach
Achern (Zentrum)
end of Project B 3n
Achern-Fautenbach
Renchen
Appenweier-Urloffen
Appenweier (Mitte) B 28
Offenburg B 33 B 33a
Hohberg-Hofweier
Hohberg-Niederschopfheim
Friesenheim
Lahr/Schwarzwald (Zentrum) B 36 B 415
Lahr-Mietersheim
Kippenheim
Mahlberg
Ettenheim-Altdorf
Kappel-Grafenhausen
Ringsheim
Landkreis Emmendingen (Registration plates: EM )
Herbolzheim
Kenzingen
Teningen-Köndringen
Emmendingen (Zentrum)
Emmendingen-Wasser
Denzlingen
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (Registration plates: FR )
Gundelfingen B 294
Freiburg im Breisgau (Registration plates: FR )
Freiburg B 31 B 31a
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (Registration plates: FR )
Schallstadt
Ehrenkirchen-Norsingen
Diversion
Diversion
Bad Krozingen local diversion
Staufen im Breisgau
Heitersheim
Buggingen-Seefelden
Buggingen (Mitte)
Müllheim-Hügelheim
Müllheim (Zentrum) B 378
Auggen
Landkreis Lörrach (Registration plates: )
Schliengen
Kandern-Tannenkirch
Efringen-Kirchen-Welmlingen
Schallbach-Egringen
(2) Eimeldingen A 98 E54
Weil am Rhein-Haltingen B 532
Weil am Rhein (Zentrum) B 317
(CH) Weil-Otterbach border crossing
Continues to Basel Hauptstrasse 3
Location
CountryGermany
StatesHamburg, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany

The Bundesstraße 3 (abbr. B3) is one of the longest federal highways in Germany. It begins in Buxtehude and continues through Bergen, Celle, Hanover, Alfeld, Einbeck, Göttingen, Kassel, Marburg, Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Freiburg in southwestern Germany and ends at Weil-Otterbach on the border with Switzerland. Between Darmstadt and Wiesloch it is referred to as Ferienstraße Bergstraße.

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History

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Origins

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The Bundesstraße 3 is the latest incarnation of a trade route that has been in use since the Middle Ages. The stretch between Frankfurt and Heidelberg belonged to the Archbishop of Mainz until 1461. Thereafter it was a part of the Electorate of the Palatinate until 1651. In 1661 the Archbishop of Mainz and Hesse-Darmstadt agreed to divide the toll revenue: the Archbishophric controlled the road between Frankfurt and Heppenheim when the Frankfurt Fair took place, and Hesse-Darmstadt controlled the route at all other times.

Bridge over the Leine river at Salzderhelden near Einbeck.

Construction of the modern road in the 18th century

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Because of its importance to trade, in 1759 the portions immediately north and south of Heidelberg were turned into fixed roads. As the local compulsory laborers did not have the skills necessary for the construction of a high quality road, skilled road workers and engineers were recruited from Allgäu to finish the project in 1763. By 1771 the portion around Freiburg im Breisgau was also completed.

In the northern portion between Hanover and Göttingen, the second oldest road in northern Germany replaced the old dirt path in 1768 (the present-day B 217 between Hannover and Hameln already had opened two years previously as first road in Northern Germany). A decade later (1777) the stretch between Göttingen and Kassel was likewise modernised.

Earlier sections and designations

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The road from Frankfurt to Basel was designated as Badische Staatsstraße (National Road) No 1.

In the early numbering system of 1932, the Reichsstraße 3 continued in what is today the stretch between Hamburg and Lübeck. This northern segment became a part of the extended Reichsstraße 75 in 1937.

Characteristics

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While in the north the B 3 is straight and at times, namely between Celle and Hanover, built like an autobahn, south of Hanover it becomes narrower and more curvy.

Between Göttingen and Kassel the B 3 is quite curvy, but also picturesquely set against the central German landscape.

Although the stretch from Borken to Marburg is particularly irregular, it is frequently used by tractor trailers from the direction of Frankfurt that want to bypass the mountains and hills around Kassel. From Marburg to Gießen the B 3 is again built like an autobahn.

See also

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References

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  • Niedersachsen On the B-3-Umgehung Hemmingen
  • From Hassell, William, Das Kurfürstenthum Hannover vom Baseler Frieden bis zur preußischen Occupation im Jahre 1806 – nach archivalischen und handschriftlichen Quellen English: The Electorate of Hanover by the Basel peace to the Prussian Occupation in 1806 - according to archival and manuscript sources, Hanover 1894, p. 86
  • Als Bundes-Mord-Straße – In: Der SPIEGEL, H.45, 1952.
  • Geschäftsbericht des Großherzoglich Badischen Ministeriums des Innern, Karlsruhe: Ferdinand Thiergarten (Badische Presse) 1907, p. 247 or Annual Report of the Grand Ducal Baden Ministry of the Interior, Karlsruhe: Ferdinand animal garden (Badische Presse).
  • Land sperrt 400 km Straße für Lkws, Truck Road, 7 July 2006.