Bundesautobahn 20

Bundesautobahn 20 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 20, short form Autobahn 20, abbreviated as BAB 20 or A 20) is an autobahn in Germany. It is colloquially known as Ostseeautobahn[1] ("Baltic Freeway") or Küstenautobahn[2] ("Coastal Freeway") due to its geographic location near the Baltic Sea coastline. The road is not built along a straight line, instead it is built near important cities (Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund), to make it more beneficial for travel between these cities, and also to serve as bypass.

A20
Bundesautobahn 20
Route information
Length279 km (173 mi)
Existed1997–present
Location
StatesSchleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany
← A19→ A21
1100m long A20 motorway bridge crossing the river Peene near Jarmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Construction started in 1992, only two years after the German reunification, near the junction Wismar-Nord and was completed in December 2005, when the last section was opened near Tribsees by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Building costs are estimated at € 1.8 billion. 279 km of the autobahn are in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 27 km in Brandenburg and 30 km in Schleswig-Holstein, making the A 20 the longest continuously built new autobahn since 1945.

On July 28, 2009, the western extension started with the opening between Autobahnkreuz Lübeck and junction Geschendorf. In the meantime the next six kilometers to the temporary end at Weede has been opened for traffic. The extension and opening of the section between the temporary end in Weede and Autobahnkreuz Bad Segeberg is planned for the end of 2010. Further extension west is planned and awaiting funding, including a tunnel under the Elbe and a 2-way connection with the also-planned A 26.

North of Hamburg the A 20 will have a unique function, namely the connection of the highways A 1, A 21, A 7 and A 23, but it will also function as a northern bypass of the city-region of Hamburg which will take traffic going from France and the Benelux countries to Denmark and Sweden away from Hamburg.

Exit list
3-way interchange Wiefelstede (planned) A28
Wiefelstede (planned)
Spohle (planned)
Kreuz Jaderberg (planned) A29
Jaderberg (planned)
Jade (planned)
Ovelgönne (planned)
Stadland (planned) B437
Nordenham (planned) B212
built as B437
Tunnel Weser tunnel 1645 m
built as B437
Dedesdorf (planned)
3-way interchange Stotel (planned) A27 E234
3-way interchange Bremerhaven-Süd (planned) A27 E234
Beverstedt-West (planned) B71
Beverstedt-Ost (planned)
Bremervörde (planned) B495
Ostebrücke (planned)
Oldendorf (planned)
Himmelpforten (planned) B73
3-way interchange Drochtersen (planned) A26
Tunnel Elbquerung 5113 m (planned)
Road toll Elbtunnel (planned)
Glückstadt (planned) B431
Krempe Marsh (planned)
Krempe (planned)
Kreuz Steinburg (planned) A23
Rest area Glindesmoor (planned)
Bokel (planned)
Grünbrücke (planned)
Lentföhrden (planned) B4
Kreuz Schmalfeld (planned) A7

E45

Schmalfelder Au 180 m (planned)
Hartenholm (planned)
Todesfelde/Bark (planned)
Grünbrücke 60 m (planned)
Wittenborn (under construction)
Wahlstedt-Süd (under construction)
3-way interchange Bad Segeberg A21
Brücke 371 m
( ) Bad Segeberg-Ost
Rest area Kronberg
( ) Geschendorf
Grünbrücke
( ) Mönkhagen
(1) Lübeck 4-way interchange A1
Tunnel Moisling 120 m
Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal
(2a) Lübeck-Genin
Rest area Auf dem Karkfeld
(2b) Lübeck-Süd (Lübeck Airport)
(3) Groß Sarau B207
(4) Luderdorf
Schönberg Land parking area
(5) Schönberg
(6) Grevesmühlen
Rest area Brettäger Wisch
(7) Bobitz
Rest area Mölenbarg
(8) Wismar-Mitte B105 B208
(9) Wismar 4-way interchange A14 B105
Tunnel Weser
(10) Zurow B192
Rest area Selliner See-Nord
(11) Loxstedt
Rest area Fuchsberg
(12) Satow-Ost
Rest area Quellental
(13) Bad Doberan
(14) Rostock-West B103
(15) Rostock-Südstadt
Ostebrücke
Rest area
(16) Rostock 4-way interchange A19
(17) Dummestorf B103
Rest area Speckmoor
(18) Sanitz B110
Tunnel Elbe
(19) Tessin B110
Lindholz parking area
(20) Horst
(21) Tribsees
Rest area Trebeltal-Nord
(22) Grimmen-West
(23) Grimmen-Ost B194
(24) Stralsund interchange B96 E22 E251
Rest area
Grünbrücke
(25) Walstedt-Süd
Dersekow (planned)
Rest area Peenetal-Nod
Rest area Peenetal-Süd
(27) Gützkow B111
(28) Geschendorf
Demminer Land parking area
(29) Mönkhagen
(30) Altentreptow
(31)
Rest area Vier-Tore-Stadt
(32) Neubrandenburg-Ost interchange B197 E251
Talbrücke Wakenitz 294 m
(33) Lüdersdorf
Talbrücke Maurine 200 m
(34) Stasburg
Services
Talbrücke Radegast 435 m
Talbrücke Stepenitz
Rest area Ravensmühle
(35) Pasewalk-Nord
Talbrücke Plüschower Mühlenbach 318 m
(36) Pasewalk-Süd
Rest area Klockow-West
(37) Prenzlau-Ost
(38) Prenzlau-Süd
Talbrücke Wallensteingraben 264 m
(39) Uckermark 4-way interchange A11 B166

References
  1. http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/ostsee-autobahn-freie-fahrt-zwischen-luebeck-und-stettin-a-387747.html
  2. http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/Weser-Kurier-Zur-Kuestenautobahn-schreibt-der-quot-Weser-Kurier-quot-Bremen-in-seiner-Ausgabe-vom-19-August-2013-2609149


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