Bundesstraße 8

The Bundesstraße 8 (abbr. B8) is a German federal highway in southwestern Germany of great historical importance. It has existed since the 9th century, known then as Via Publica, and until recent times was a key trade route linking the towns of Brussels, Duisburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Regensburg and Passau. Today it has been replaced as a main route by the A3 motorway, which runs parallel to it.

"Via Publica" redirects here. For type of Roman road, see Roman roads § Viae publicae, consulares, praetoriae and militares.
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B 8
Bundesstraße 8
Route information
Length800 km (500 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest endEmmerich am Rhein
Southeast endPassau
Location
CountryGermany
StatesNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Bavaria
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany

History

The Via Publica (later known as the Poststraße or Handelsstraße) was first mentioned in 839 in a diploma of Louis the Pious. In the Middle Ages it joined the commercial cities of Cologne, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Regensburg. The Steinerne Brücke bridge in Regensburg (1135–46), the Innbrücke bridge in Passau (1143), the Lahnbrücke bridge in Limburg (completed 1341) and the main bridges in Würzburg (1133), Frankfurt (before 1222) and Kitzingen (before 1300) are among the oldest stone bridges in central Europe and testify to the historical importance of this road.

In 1615, the general postmaster Lamoral von Taxis was tasked by emperor Matthias with setting up a postal route between Brussels and Prague, via Frankfurt and Nuremberg. To achieve this the Via Publica was expanded to a Poststraße. The present day Bundesstraße 8 is largely identical to the Via Publica. The medieval trade route largely used dry level roads rather than the valleys, which were swampy and impassible after rain. Part of the Via Publcia was referred to as the Mauspfad.

Route / Junctions
from Zevenaar
(NL) border crossing
North Rhine-Westphalia
 Elten
 Emmerich am Rhein B 220
 Rees B 67
 Wesel B 473 B 58 B 70
(1) Dinslaken-West A 59

replaced by L1

 Duisburg-Huckingen B 288
 Düsseldorf-Wittlaer
Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth
Düsseldorf-Lohausen
(30) Düsseldorf-Stockum A 44
Düsseldorf-Derendorf B 1/ B 7
(23) Düsseldorf-Bilk B 326 A 46

replaced by A 46 A 59

 Düsseldorf-Benrath B 228
(23) Düsseldorf-Garath A 59
 Langenfeld B 229
(2) Langenfeld-Reusrath A 542
 Opladen B 232
(22) Opladen A 3
Leverkusen-Wiesdorf
Leverkusen A 1
 Cologne B 51 B 506 B 55 B 55a
(31) Gremberghoven A 59
(36) Lind A 59
 Siegburg B 56

replaced by L333

replaced by A 560

(7) Hennef (Sieg)-Ost A 560
Rheinland-Pfalz
 Altenkirchen (Westerwald) B 256 B 414
 Höchstenbach B 413
 Hahn am See B 255
 Wallmerod
Hesse
 Limburg an der Lahn B 54/ B 49 B 417
Lahn
Tunnel Schiede Tunnel 240 m
(43) Limburg-Süd A 3
 Bad Camberg
 Waldems-Esch B 275
 Königstein B 455 B 519
Motor road
Motor road
 Kraftfahrstraße
Kelkheim B 519
Bad Soden
Sulzbach
End of the motor road
End of the motor road
 end of motor road
(16) Frankfurt-Höchst A 66

replaced by A 66

(18) Eschborner 3-way interchange A 648

replaced by A 648

(3) Westkreuz Frankfurt A 5
(5) Katharinenkreisel (formerly Opelrondell) B 44
(-) Frankfurt-Messe A 648
(21) Frankfurt-Miquelallee A 66
 Frankfurt am Main B 3
(14) Frankfurt-Ost A 661
(33) Maintal-Bischofsheim A 66

replaced by A 66

Kreuz (36) Hanau-Nord B 45 A 66
Kreuz (37) Erlensee interchange A 66
Hanau-Lamboy
Hanau B 43
 Hanau
Hanau-Wolfgang B 43a
Bayern
 Kahl
 Karlstein
(45b) Kleinostheim A 45
 Kleinostheim
(58) Aschaffenburg-West A 3
Mainaschaff
Motor road
Motor road
 Kraftfahrstraße
Mainaschaff-Ost/Aschaffenburg-Strietwald
End of the motor road
End of the motor road
 end of motor road
 Aschaffenburg B 26

replaced by A 3

(65) Marktheidenfeld A 3
Main
 Marktheidenfeld
(67) Helmstadt B 468 A 3
 Würzburg B 27 B 19 B 13
Main
Intersection bei Rottendorf 3-way interchange B 22
Kreuz (72) Rottendorf A 3
Biebelried-West
(103) Kitzingen A 7
 Kitzingen
Main
 Enzlar B 286
no lorries
no lorries
 Barred to lorry traffic
End of lorry-free section
End of lorry-free section
 Open to lorry traffic
Diversion
Diversion
 Neustadt/Aisch local diversion B 470
Motor road
Motor road
 Kraftfahrstraße
Langenzenn/Wilhermsdorf
Langenzenn-Burggrafenhof
Langenzenn-Horbach (entry / exit )
Seukendorf
Intersection with southwest tangent, 3-way interchange B 8 branches off
Diversion
Diversion
 Fürth–Burgfarrnbach local diversion
Fürth West
End of the motor road
End of the motor road
 end of motor road
 Fürth
(38) Nuremberg/Fürth A 73
Crossing Maximilianstraße B 4 R

replaced by B 4 R

 Nürnberg B 2 B 4 B 14
Crossing Münchener Straße B 4 R
(45) Nuremberg-Zollhaus A 73

replaced by A 73

(48) Nuremberg/Feucht A 73
Diversion
Diversion
 Feucht local diversion
 Schwarzenbruck
 Pfeifferhütte
Diversion
Diversion
 Oberferrieden local diversion
 Postbauer-Heng
Diversion
Diversion
 Neumarkt-Pölling local diversion
Diversion
Diversion
 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz local diversion B 299
 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
 Deining
Diversion
Diversion
 Batzhausen local diversion
 Seubersdorf
 Daßwang
Diversion
Diversion
 Hemau local diversion
 Nittendorf
(97) Nittendorf A 3
(39) Regensburg-Pfaffenstein A 93
 Regensburg B 15 B 16
Nibelungen Bridge Regensburg
(103) Rosenhof A 3
Diversion
Diversion
 Pfatter local diversion
Diversion
Diversion
 Rain local diversion
Diversion
Diversion
 Straubing local diversion
Diversion
Diversion
 Aiterhofen local diversion B 20
Diversion
Diversion
 Straßkirchen local diversion
(22) Plattling-West A 92
no lorries
no lorries
 Barred to lorry traffic
 Plattling
End of lorry-free section
End of lorry-free section
 Open to lorry traffic
Diversion
Diversion
 Osterhofen local diversion
 Vilshofen an der Donau
 Passau B 12 B 85
(A) border crossing

continues towards Linz

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