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.

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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

See also


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