Bundesstraße 5

The Bundesstraße 5 (abbr. B5) is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll to Frankfurt (Oder). It provides a direct route for motorists traveling between Berlin and Hamburg. In Berlin B5 forms among others the following squares and streets Heerstraße, Theodor-Heuss-Platz, Kaiserdamm, Straße des 17. Juni, Großer Stern, Unter den Linden, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Alexanderplatz, Karl-Marx-Allee, Frankfurter Tor, and Frankfurter Allee. The section north of Hamburg is partially paralleled by Bundesautobahn 23.

B5
Bundesstraße 5
Route information
Length553 km (344 mi)
Major junctions
 
B 5 Route Map
(DK) Böglum/Sæd border crossing
Schleswig-Holstein
Süderlügum
Klixbüll B199
Niebüll
Bredstedt
Hattstedt
Husum-Nord
Horstedt
Husum-Kielsburg B200
Husum-Rosenburg B201
Husum-Dreimühlen
Husum-Rödemis
Husum-Südhafen
B202
Tönning B202
Lunden
Hemme
(2) Heide-West A23 B203
Heide B203
(3) Heide-Süd A23
Meldorf B431
Marne
Brunsbüttel-Nord
Nord-Ostsee Canal
Brunsbüttel-Süd
Sankt Margarethen B431
Wilster
Bekdorf
(9) Itzehoe-West B206 B204
(10) Itzehoe-Süd A23 B77

replaced by the A23 A7

Hamburg
(21) Hamburg-Eidelstedt A23 B4
(22) Hamburg-Nordwest 3-way interchange A7
(26) Hamburg-Stellingen A7

Hamburg-Eimsbüttel B4
Hamburg-Hoheluft B447
Hamburg-Groß Borstel B433
Hamburg-Barmbek-Süd
Hamburg-Eilbek B75
(33) Hamburg-Billstedt A1
Hamburg-Bergedorf B207
(6) Hamburg-Curslack A25
Schleswig-Holstein
(7) Geesthacht A25 B404
Geesthacht B404
Lauenburg B209
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Boizenburg B195
Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park
Pritzier B321
Ludwigslust B106 B191
Grabow
Brandenburg
Prignitz district (Registration plates: PR )
Elbe Water Meadows Biosphere Reserve
Diversion
Karstädt local diversion
Diversion
Perleberg local diversion
Perleberg-Nordwest B189
Perleberg-Nord
Perleberg-Nordost B189
Perleberg-Ost
Gumtow OT Neuschrepkow B107
Gumtow
Ostprignitz-Ruppin district (Registration plates: OPR )
Kyritz B103
Wusterhausen
Bückwitz B102 B167
Westhavelland Nature Park
Havelland district (Registration plates: HVL )
Friesack
B188
Pessin
Selbelang
Ribbeck
Berge
Lietzow
Diversion
Nauen local diversion B273
Nauen Major Transmission Site
Wustermark-West B273
Wustermark-Nord
(26) Berlin-Spandau A10
Wustermark-Priort
Wustermark-Elstal
former Olympic Village
Dallgow-Döberitz
Berlin
Berlin (Registration plates: B )
Berlin-Staaken
Berlin-Wilhelmstadt B2

together with the B2 Ri. Müncheberg
Berlin-Westend
(7/8) Kaiserdamm A100
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Berlin-Tiergarten
Brandenburger Tor
together with the B2 Ri. Nauen

Berlin-Mitte B1 B2

together with the B1 Ri. Müncheberg
Berlin-Friedrichshain B96a
Berlin-Lichtenberg
Berlin-Friedrichsfelde
Berlin-Biesdorf B158
Berlin-Kaulsdorf
Berlin-Mahlsdorf
Brandenburg
Märkisch-Oderland district (Registration plates: MOL )
Diversion
Hoppegarten local diversion
Oder-Spree district (Registration plates: LOS )
Schöneiche
Märkisch-Oderland district (Registration plates: MOL )
Vogelsdorf
(4) Berlin-Hellersdorf A10
Rüdersdorf bei Berlin B1
Märkische Schweiz Nature Park
Herzfelde
Lichtenow
Hoppegarten
Diversion
Müncheberg local diversion
Müncheberg-West B168
together with the B1 Ri. Berlin

Müncheberg-Südost B1
Oder-Spree district (Registration plates: LOS )
Heinersdorf
Arensdorf
Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland (Registration plates: MOL )
Petershagen
Treplin
Land Lebus
Frankfurt (Oder) (Registration plates: FF )
Frankfurt (Oder)- Booßen B112n
Frankfurt (Oder)-Nord B112
Frankfurt (Oder)-Vorstadt B112
(D) Frankfurt (Oder) / Słubice border crossing
Frankfurt (Oder) Town Bridge
Oder

 Poland Droga krajowa 31
Powiat Słubicki (Registration plates: FSL )
Location
StatesSchleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Brandenburg
Highway system

History

The numbering of Bundesstraße 5 follows the numbering of highways, then called in German: Fernverkehrsstraßen (literally in English: far traffic streets), in the Weimar Republic, issued on 17 January 1932. The Fernverkehrsstraße 5, or simply 5, however, continued from Frankfurt upon Oder (today as Polish DK29) via Crossen upon Oder, (today as Polish DK32) via Grünberg in Silesia, (today as Polish S3) via Lüben, (today as Polish DK36) via Parchwitz, (today as Polish DK94) via Breslau, Ohlau, Brieg, Oppeln in Silesia, Peiskretscham, (today as Polish DW901) via Gleiwitz (today as Polish DK88) to Beuthen in Upper Silesia.

The route between Berlin and Frankfurt upon Oder was already completed in 1803. The route from there to Breslau was built between 1817 and 1819. In 1824 the route was extended from Breslau until Gleiwitz. The section between Berlin and Hamburg was upgraded to a highway between 1827 and 1830, with its section crossing the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin representing the first structurally designed road there. The routes Northwest of Hamburg were built in the 1850s. The section from Itzehoe until Bredstedt was finished in 1858.

In 1934 the Fernverkehrsstraßen were renamed into Reichsstraßen (literally in English: Reich's streets), but the numbering remained Reichsstraße 5 or R 5. By the Agreement of Potsdam in August 1945 the section East of the Oder-Neiße Line came under Polish authority and was subsequently renumbered within the Polish system of long-distance routes. After the foundation of the two new German republics in 1949 the section of R 5 within the West German Federal Republic of Germany and in West Berlin became Bundesstraße 5 (literally in English: federal street) or B 5. The section in the East German Democratic Republic (GDR) and East Berlin was given back its former name Fernverkehrsstraße 5 or F 5.

During the division of Germany the F 5 played a crucial role as transit route (German: Transitstrecke) between West Berlin and West German Northern Germany. Transit passengers were not allowed to deviate from the route. In East Berlin F 5 passed the Brandenburg Gate, which became an East Berlin checkpoint within the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961, but was closed the very next day until December 22, 1989.

F 5 gradually lost its function as transit route to new built autobahns (today's A 19 and A 24) until it was rededicated for intra-GDR traffic only on 21 December 1987. After the unification of East Berlin, the GDR and West Berlin with the Federal Republic of Germany on October 3, 1990 the F 5 was named into Bundesstraße 5 or B 5.

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