autobahn in Germany
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Key facts
- Highway system.type
- A
- Highway system.title
- Bundesautobahn
- Highway system.markers
- 140px 70px|link=Bundesautobahn 2 70px|link=Bundesautobahn 14 70px|link=Bundesautobahn 63 70px|link=Bundesautobahn 480
- Highway system.caption
- Selected Autobahn signs with route markers for Bundesautobahnen 2, 14, 63, and 480
- Highway system.map
- Autobahnen in Deutschland.svg
- Highway system.map_alt
- Autobahnen in Deutschland.svg
- Highway system.map_notes
- A map of the German Bundesautobahn network
- Highway system.maint
- administrative division jurisdictions
- Highway system.length_km
- 13210
- Highway system.length_ref
- (2024)
- Highway system.label1
- Autobahns:
Article
38 sectionsContents
- Names
- Construction
- Numbering system
- History
- Weimar Republic: 1918-1933
- Third Reich: 1933-1945
- World War II: 1939-1945
- West Germany: 1949–1990
- East Germany: 1949–1990
- Reunification: 1990–present day
- Length
- German-built ''Reichsautobahnen'' in other countries
- Current density
- Facilities
- Emergency telephones
- Parking, rest areas, and truck stops
- Speed limits
- Public debate
- Early history
- After the World Wars
- Oil crisis of the 1970s
- Environmental concerns of the 1980s
- German reunification
- Since reunification
- Safety
- Safety: international comparison
- Travel speeds
- Toll roads
- Traffic laws and enforcement
- Notable laws
- In popular culture
- Film and television
- Music
- Video games
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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The ' (; German , ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is ' (abbreviated ), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'.