List of autobahns in Germany

The German federal motorways are now numbered according to a clear system. Since the mid-1970s there has been a numbering system for motorways, which sets out which number is replaced by a new motorway. Motorways with a single-digit number (e.g. A 1) are of national or even cross-border significance. Highways with a two-digit number (e.g. A 20) are usually of overriding national importance. Highways with three digits (e.g. A 999) are generally of regional or urban significance; often these motorways are feeders or detours. If there is more than one digit, the first digit indicates the approximate location of the motorway (A 10 to A 19 for Berlin; A 20 in the north to A99 in the south, A 100 for Berlin; A 200 in the north to A 999 in the south). Usually highways with even numbers predominantly run east–west, and those with odd numbers run north–south. Exceptions include the A3, A14, A15 and the A25.

A 1 to A 9 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMapVogelfluglinie, Hansalinie, Ruhrtangente, Kölner Ring, EifelautobahnHeiligenhafen – Lübeck – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Hamm – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Remscheid – Leverkusen – Cologne – Blankenheim

Kelberg – Trier – Saarbrückencurrent

under construction: Danish border – Puttgarden

planned: Blankenheim – KelbergWarschauer Allee, SchalkeschleichwegOberhausen – Bottrop – Gelsenkirchen – Recklinghausen – Dortmund – Hamm − Bielefeld – Hannover – Braunschweig – Magdeburg – AD WerdercurrentHollandlinie, Rechtsrheinische Autobahn, Kölner Ring, Spessartautobahn, Donautalautobahn(Arnhem A12 –) Emmerich – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Leverkusen – Cologne – Limburg an der Lahn – Wiesbaden – Frankfurt − Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Deggendorf – Passau (– A8 Linz)currentHollandlinie, Kölner Ring, Oberbergische Straße(Maastricht A76 –) Aachen – Cologne – Olpe – Krombach

AD Kirchheim – Eisenach – Erfurt – Jena – Gera – Chemnitz – Dresden – Görlitz (– A4 Wrocław)currentHaFraBa, Bergstraßenautobahn, Rheintalautobahn, Rechtsrheinische AutobahnAD Hattenbach – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe – Freiburg im Breisgau – Weil am Rhein (– Basel A2)

(Mulhouse A36 –) AD NeuenburgcurrentNeckarlinie, Kraichgau-Autobahn, Via Carolina(Paris A320 –) Saarbrücken – Kaiserslautern – Mannheim – Heilbronn – Nuremberg – Amberg – Waidhaus (– Prague D5) currentHaFraBa, Nord-Süd-Achse, Rhönautobahn / -linie(Aarhus E45 –) Flensburg – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel – AD Hattenbach – Fulda – Würzburg – Ulm – Memmingen – Füssen (– Reutte/Fernpass)currentSaar-Autobahn, Albauf- bzw. -abstieg, Salzburger/Wiener Autobahn(Luxembourg A13 –) Perl – Saarlouis – Neunkirchen (Saar) – Pirmasens

Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich

Munich – Rosenheim − Bad Reichenhall/Piding (– Salzburg A1) currentMüLeiBerl, Berliner Autobahn, Nürnberger AutobahnAD Potsdam – Dessau – Leipzig – Hof – Bayreuth – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – MunichcurrentTotal Length

A 10 to A 19 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMapBerliner RingAD Barnim – AD Spreeau – AD Potsdam – AD Werder – AD Havelland – AD Kreuz Oranienburg – AD BarnimcurrentBerlinka(A6 Szczecin–) Pomellen – Eberswalde – AD Barnim currentAutobahn der FreiheitAD Spreeau – Frankfurt (Oder) (– A2 Poznań)currentAK Schönefeld – Lübbenau/Spreewald – Senftenberg – DresdencurrentAltmarkautobahn, Mitteldeutsche SchleifeWismar – Schwerin – Ludwigslust – Karstädt

Lüderitz – Wolmirstedt

Magdeburg – Halle – Leipzig – AD Nossencurrent

under construction and planned: Karstädt – Stendal – Lüderitz

under construction: Wolmirstedt – MagdeburgSpreewaldautobahnLübbenau/Spreewald – Cottbus – Forst (– A18 Wrocław)currentLeipzig-Lausitz-AchseLeipzig – Torgau – Hoyerswerda – Weißwasser (– A18 Wrocław)Planning abandoned; cancelled by 2011Via Porta Bohemica / Prager AutobahnDresden – Heidenau – Pirna – Bad Gottleuba (– D8 Prague)currentBautzen – Zittau (– D35 Liberec)Cancelled in the 1990sPartially built as B 178LausitzautobahnCottbus – Görlitz – ZittauCancelled by 1992Partially built as B 99 and B 115Rostock – AD Wittstock/DossecurrentTotal Length

A 20 to A 29 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMapKüstenautobahn, Nordwestumfahrung Hamburg, OstseeautobahnBad Segeberg – Lübeck – Wismar – Rostock – Greifswald – Neubrandenburg – AD Kreuz Uckermarkcurrent

planned: Westerstede – Bremerhaven – Glückstadt – Bad SegebergOstumfahrung HamburgKlein Barkau – AK Bargteheidecurrent

planned: Kiel – Klein Barkau

planned: Bargteheide – Geesthacht – AD HandorfKüstenautobahnWesterstede – Bremerhaven – StadePlanning abandonedAbsorbed into the A 20 in 2010WestküstenautobahnHeide – Itzehoe – Pinneberg – HamburgcurrentHamburg – AK Schwerin – AD Wittstock/Dosse – AD Havelland (Berlin)currentMarschenlinieHamburg – Geesthachtcurrent

planned: Geesthacht – Geesthacht-NordAltes-Land-Autobahn, HafenquerspangeStade – Neu Wulmstorfcurrent

planned: Drochtersen – Stade

under construction: Neu Wulmstorf – AK Hamburg-Hafen

planned: AK Hamburg-Hafen – AD Hamburg-StillhornSchellfischlinie, Blocklandlinie / -autobahnCuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Bremen – WalsrodecurrentOstfriesenhighwayLeer – Westerstede – Oldenburg – Stuhr (– Bremen)currentJadelinieWilhelmshaven – Oldenburg – AD Ahlhorner HeidecurrentTotal Length

A 30 to A 39 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMap(Amsterdam A1 –) Bad Bentheim – Rheine – Osnabrück – Bad Oeynhausen currentEmslandautobahn, (Ost-)FriesenspießEmden – Lingen – Gronau – BottropcurrentSchwarmstedt – Celle – WolfsburgCancelled in 1980; never builtTeutoburger-Wald-Autobahn, Senne-AutobahnOsnabrück – Halle – Bielefeld – Paderborn – AK Wünnenberg-Haarencurrent

planned: AD Wallenhorst – Osnabrück-WidukindlandNienburg – Hannover – Hameln – BielefeldCancelled in 1980Partially built as B 6, B 61 and partially as B 66 NordharzautobahnBraunschweig – Goslar – Wernigerode – BernburgcurrentFormer A 395 and former portion of B 6Hameln – Alfeld – GoslarCancelled in 1980Partially built as B 6 and B 82Messeschnellweg, MessestutzenBurgdorf – Hannover-Misburg

Hannover Messe – AD Hannover-SüdcurrentSüdharzautobahn, Südumgehung Leipzig, Mitteldeutsche SchleifeAD Drammetal – Nordhausen – Halle (Saale) – Leipzig – AD ParthenauecurrentMaschener Autobahn, NordlandautobahnMaschener Kreuz – Lüneburg

Wolfsburg – Braunschweig – AD Salzgittercurrent

planned: Lüneburg – WolfsburgTotal Length

A 40 to A 49 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMapRuhrschnellweg / Ruhrschleichweg(Venlo A67 –) Moers – Duisburg – Mülheim an der Ruhr – Essen – Bochum – Dortmundcurrent

under construction and planned: Dortmund – AK Dortmund/UnnaLipperandstraße / LippeschnellwegKamp-Lintfort – Dinslaken – Marl – Lünen – Hamm – BeckumCancelled by 1986Nord-Süd-Autobahn GelsenkirchenDorsten – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – SprockhövelCancelled in 1980Partially built as A 52 and L 608Emscherschnellweg / SchalkeschleichwegKamp-Lintfort – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Bottrop – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Castrop-Rauxel – DortmundcurrentMünster – Marl – Recklinghausen – Herne – Bochum – Witten – WuppertalcurrentBelgienlinie, (DüBoDo partially replaced by A 448), Hellweglinie(Lüttich A3) – Aachen – Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen

Mönchengladbach-Ost – Düsseldorf – Ratingen

Heiligenhaus – Essen-Heisingen

Holzwickede – Soest– Kassel

Helsa – Sontra-West

Sontra-Ost - AD Wommencurrent

under construction: Ratingen – Heiligenhaus

planned: Kassel – Helsa

under construction: Sontra-West – Sontra-OstDortmunder Ring, Sauerlandautobahn / -linie, Siegerlandautobahn, WetteraulinieDortmund – Siegen – Gießen – Hanau – AschaffenburgcurrentWupperschnellweg, Hochsauerlandlinie, RuhrtalautobahnHeinsberg – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal

Hagen – Hemer

Arnsberg – Olsbergcurrent

planned: Hemer – MendenBielefeld – Gütersloh – Lippstadt – ErwitteCancelled in 1980Partially built as B 55, B 61, and B 239 Eifelautobahn, WesterwaldautobahnAD Vulkaneifel – Koblenz – AD DernbachcurrentLohfeldener Rüssel / Rüsselschwenk, Südtangente KasselKassel – Schwalmstadt – Homberg (Ohm)currentTotal Length

A 50 to A 59 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMapOberbergische StraßeAachen – OlpePlanned number for the western extension of the A 4 from Olpe if extension plans were abandoned, but this never happened; became a portion of A 4 in the 1970sDuisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Hückelhoven – AachenCancelled in 1986Partially constructed as B 509(Roermond N280–) Mönchengladbach – Neuss

Düsseldorf – Essen

Gelsenkirchen – Marlcurrent

planned: Essen – Gelsenkirchen(Liège A3–) Aachen – DüsseldorfBecame a portion of A 44 in 1976Viehbachtalstraße, Stadtautobahn Solingen(Heerlen –) Jülich – Solingen – Lüdenscheid – WerdohlCancelled in 1986Partially constructed as A 542, B 55 and L 141nGoch – Kempen – Krefeld – Grevenbroich – HürthCancelled in 1980 because it ran parallel to the A 57; never builtEnnertaufstiegSelfkant – Jülich – Düren – Euskirchen – Bonn – WaldbrölCancelled in 1986Partially constructed as A 562 and B 56Niederrheinautobahn / Trans-Niederrhein-Magistrale, Linksrheinische Autobahn(Nijmegen A77 –) Goch – Moers – Krefeld – Neuss – KölncurrentNord-Süd-Straße, FlughafenautobahnDinslaken – Duisburg

Düsseldorf – Leverkusen

Cologne – BonncurrentTotal Length

A 60 to A 69 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMapMainzer Ring (southern part)(Liège A27–) Winterspelt – Wittlich

Bingen – Mainz – RüsselsheimcurrentLinksrheinische Autobahn(Venlo A74 –) Kaldenkirchen – Mönchengladbach-Wanlo

Jackerath – Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler – Koblenz – Bingen – Worms – Ludwigshafen – HockenheimcurrentNonnweiler – PirmasenscurrentMainz – KaiserslauterncurrentLuxemburger Autobahn, Meulenwaldautobahn(A1–) Grenzübergang Mesenich – Trier currentPfälzer AutobahnLudwigshafen – Neustadt – WörthcurrentRhein-Main-Schnellweg, Kinzigtalautobahn, "Route 66", Mainzer Ring (northern part)Wiesbaden – Frankfurt – Frankfurt-Miquelallee

Frankfurt-Enkheim – Hanau – Fuldacurrent

under construction: AD Erlenbruch – Frankfurt-Bergen-EnkheimRechtsrheinische AutobahnRüsselsheim – Darmstadt – ViernheimcurrentBienwaldautobahnSchifferstadt – Germersheim – Wörth am Rhein (– Strasbourg A35)Cancelled by 2016Partially constructed as B 9Total Length

A 70 to A 79 Highway shieldExpressway NameConnectsLength(km)Length(mi)StatusMapMaintalautobahnSchweinfurt – Bamberg – BayreuthcurrentThüringer-Wald-AutobahnSangerhausen – Erfurt – Suhl – SchweinfurtcurrentVogtlandautobahnHof – Zwickau – Chemnitz – LeipzigcurrentFrankenschnellweg (northern part)

Südwesttangente (eastern part)Suhl – Coburg – Bamberg – Erlangen – Nürnberg/Fürth

Nürnberg-Hafen-Ost – FeuchtcurrentMittelfrankenautobahnBaiersdorf – Nürnberg – HilpoltsteinCancelled in the early 1980s; never builtFrankenschnellweg (southern part)Nürnberg-Hafen – Weißenburg in Bayern – DonauwörthPlanning abandonedPartially constructed as B 2 and K N4Total Length

A 80 to A 89