This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. Please consult this guideline for information on how to create one. Please improve this article if you can.(December 2021)
The A8 is a significant east–west transit route. Its construction began in March 1934 during Nazi rule as a Reichsautobahn, the section between Karlsruhe and Salzburg having been completed by the time road works were discontinued in World War II. Although most parts have been modernized and extended since, significant sections remain in their original configuration from the 1930s - 2+2 lanes, no emergency lanes, steep hills and tight curves. In combination with today's traffic this makes the A8 one of the most crowded and dangerous autobahns in Germany. Especially in winter the slopes of the Black Forest, the Swabian Alb near Aichelberg, as well as the Irschenberg become bottlenecks when heavy trucks traverse the A8 uphill.
As of 2016, the following sections have three lanes in each direction of travel: Karlsruhe - Pforzheim-North, Pforzheim-South - Stuttgart - Mühlhausen, AK Ulm/Elchingen - Augsburg - Munich-Eschenried, and AK Munich-South - AD Inntal. Other sections in Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and Munich have two lanes in each direction of travel and follow current Autobahn standards.
As of 2016, the following sections have sections which are either incomplete or do not comply with modern Autobahn standards: near Merzig (under construction), AK Neunkirchen - Zweibrücken (no emergency lanes yet), Enz crossing near Pforzheim (modernizing planned), Alb crossing Mühlhausen - Hohenstadt (planned), Hohenstadt - Ulm-West (under construction), Ulm-West - AK Ulm/Elchingen (planned) and AD Inntal - Salzburg (planned). At least, complete section Karlsruhe - Salzburg will be extended to 3 + 3 lanes.
Incomplete
Plans for the section between Pirmasens and Karlsruhe were abandoned in the 1980s. Instead of this the B10 from Pirmasens to Landau is being widened. This is not completed as of early 2021. Also the Landau - Karlsruhe section was built as a part of A65 in the 90s. In Munich there is also a gap: the section from Augsburg ends in Munich-Obermenzing and the section from Salzburg ends in Munich-Ramersdorf. Transit traffic has to use the A99 north around Munich or the A995 west, "Mittlerer Ring" and A995 (shorter but incomplete autobahn)
Along the route
Near Merzig there used to be a section with only one lane in each direction, but it has been rebuilt as 2+2 lanes with hard shoulders.
Near Heusweiler wire netting was built over the autobahn as a faraday cage to protect vehicle electronics from radiation from Heusweiler high powered radio transmitter. The transmitter no longer operates and the wires have been removed, as of 2020.
Pirmasens-Winzeln is one of only four "left slip roads" in the German autobahn network: coming from Zweibrücken, the left lane is the exit to Winzeln and the right lane stays on the A8; access from Winzeln leads to the left lane. In the direction towards Zweibrücken, the exit and entry are normal. An interchange between the A8 and A62 was planned here, but following the cancellation of the A8 Pirmasens - Karlsruhe section the "interchange" was used for the Winzeln exit.
In Gruibingen (Stuttgart - Ulm section) Gruibingen motorway services was built according to feng shui philosophy.
At Drakensteiner Hang between Mühlhausen and Hohenstadt (Stuttgart - Ulm section) the A8 is divided into separate northbound and southbound routes on either side of the peak.
Near Adelsried (Ulm - Munich section) is the Autobahnkirche ("motorway church") Maria, Schutz der Reisenden ("Mary, patron saint of travellers"). It was built in 1956 as the first of 42 motorway churches in Germany.
For the expansion of the Ulm/Elchingen - Augsburg - Munich section, a new kind of financial funding was used, an operator model: consortiums of constructing companies funded the work themselves and in return they receive lorry road charges for 30 years. They are also responsible for maintenance during this period.
For transit traffic around Munich is signposted to use the orbital motorway A99 north/east at Eschenried and Munich-South interchanges. But those who are familiar with place often use A99 west - Mittlerer Ring - A995 as a shorter route, which can be faster if the traffic is light. However this route is narrower and leads through Munich so is more congested, therefore the authorities want to keep transit traffic out of town.
Austria charges tolls for use of its autobahns, so many drivers who do not want to pay for the short section to the border near Salzburg use the Bad Reichenhall or Schwarzbach exits which sometimes causes traffic jams on the local country roads.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bundesautobahn 8.
Geographic data related to Bundesautobahn 8 at OpenStreetMap
Bundesautobahn 8 – detailed route plan (in German)
bundesautobahn, this, article, contains, bulleted, list, table, intersections, which, should, presented, properly, formatted, junction, table, please, consult, this, guideline, information, create, please, improve, this, article, december, 2021, translates, fr. This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table Please consult this guideline for information on how to create one Please improve this article if you can December 2021 Bundesautobahn 8 translates from German as Federal Motorway 8 short form Autobahn 8 abbreviated as BAB 8 or A 8 is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km 309 mi from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen Pirmasens Karlsruhe Pforzheim Stuttgart Ulm Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near Salzburg A 8Bundesautobahn 8Route informationLength497 km 309 mi Major junctionsFromLuxembourg A13 motorwayMajor intersectionsRouteA 13 Luxembourg 1 Perl border crossing 2 Perl Besch B 419Talbrucke 300 m 3 Perl Borg B 407Tunnel Pellinger Berg 596 m 4 Merzig WellingenKohlenbrucher Bach Brucke 300 mTalbrucke 200 mRest area Weiler 5 Merzig Schwemlingen B 51 6 Merzig 7 Rehlingen 8 Dillingen Mitte 9 Saarlouis 3 way interchange A 620 10 Dillingen Sud 11 Saarlouis Steinrausch 12 Nalbach B 269 13 Saarwellingen B 405 14 Schwalbach 15 Schwalbach Schwarzenholz 16 Heusweiler B 268 17 Saarbrucken 4 way interchange A 1 18 Merchweiler 19 Friedrichsthal Bildstock 20 Friedrichsthal 3 way interchange A 623Sulzbachtalviadukt 800 m 21 Elversberg 22 Neunkirchen Heinitz 23 Neunkirchen Spiesen B 41Talbrucke 400 m 24 Neunkirchen Oberstadt 25 Neunkirchen Wellesweiler 26 Neunkirchen Kohlhof 27 Neunkirchen 4 way interchange A 6 28 Limbach Neckar Odenwald 30 Einod B 423Schwarzbachbrucke 100 m 31 Zweibrucken Ernstweiler 32 Zweibrucken 33 Zweibrucken Ixheim B 424 34 Contwig 35 WalshausenTalbrucke 300 mTalbrucke 250 m 36 Pirmasens 3 way interchange A 62 B 10 41 Dreieck Karlsruhe 3 way interchange A 5 B 3 42 Karlsbad 43 Pforzheim West B 10 44 Pforzheim Nord B 294 45a Pforzheim Ost B 10 45b Pforzheim Sud 46 Heimsheim 47 Rutesheim 48 Leonberg West 49 Dreieck Leonberg 3 way interchange A 81 50 Leonberg OstFriedensbrucke 338 mServices Sindelfinger Wald Ri Osten 51 Stuttgart 4 way interchange A 81 A 831 52a Stuttgart Mohringen 52b Stuttgart Degerloch B 27 53a Stuttgart Flughafen Messe 53b Stuttgart Plieningen 54 EsslingenServices Denkendorf Ri WestenSulzbachviadukt 370 m 55 Wendlingen B 313Neckarbrucke 144 m 56 Kirchheim Teck West 57 Kirchheim Teck Ost B 465 58 AichelbergMaustobelviadukt 500 mFranzosenschluchtviadukt 300 mServices Gruibingen 59 Muhlhausen B 466Filstalbrucke 800 mTunnel Himmelschleife 1170 mGosbachtalbrucke 460 mTunnel Drarckenstein 1670 m 59a Road toll 60 Hohenstadt 61 MerklingenServices Aichen 62 Ulm West B 10 63 Ulm Ost 64 Oberelchingen 65 Ulm Elchingen 4 way interchange A 7Donaubrucke 375 m 66 Leipheim B 10Services Leipheim Ri Osten 67 Gunzburg B 16 68 Unterknoringen geplant Services Burgauer See Ri Westen 69 BurgauServices Burgauer See 70 Zusmarshausen B 10Raststatte Luftenberg Ri Osten 71a AdelsriedServices Motel Edenbergen 71b Neusass 72 Augsburg West B 2 B 17Lechbrucke 93 mServices Augsburg 73 Augsburg Ost 73a Friedberg 74 Dasing B 300 75 Adelzhausen 76 Odelzhausen 77 Sulzemoos 78 Dachau Furstenfeldbruck B 471 79 Munchen Eschenried Eschenrieder Spange 3 way interchange A 99 80 Munchen Langwied 81 Munchen West 4 way interchange A 99 82 Munchen Obermenzing 91 Munchen Ramersdorf B 2 R 92a Munchen Perlach 92b NeubibergTunnel GTunnel Neubiberg 327 m 93 Unterhaching Ost 94 Taufkirchen Ost 95 Munchen Sud 4 way interchange A 99 A 995Raststatte Hofoldinger Forst Ri Osten 96 Hofoldinger ForstServices Holzkirchen Ri Osten 97 Holzkirchen B 318Services Holzkirchen Ri WestenMangfalltalbrucke 310 m 98 Weyarn 99 Irschenberg B 472Services Irschenberg Ri Osten 100 Bad Aibling Kolbermoor geplant B 15n Rosenheim West geplant B 15 101 Dreieck Inntal 3 way interchange A 93 102 Rosenheim B 15Innbrucke 103 RohrdorfServices Samerberg 104 Achenmuhle 105 Frasdorf 106 Bernau am Chiemsee B 305Raststatte Chiemsee Ri Westen 107 Felden 108 UberseeServices Hochfelln 109 Grabenstatt 110 Bergen 111 Schweinbach 112 Traunstein Siegsdorf B 306 113 NeukirchenLoithalbrucke 114 Anger 115 Bad Reichenhall Piding B 20Saalachbrucke 116 Piding Walserberg border crossingA 1 edit AustriaToAustrian West Autobahn near SalzburgLocationCountryGermanyStatesSaarland Rhineland Palatinate Baden Wurttemberg BavariaHighway systemRoads in GermanyAutobahns List Federal ListState E roads A 7 A 9 BAB 93 junction near RosenheimThe A8 is a significant east west transit route Its construction began in March 1934 during Nazi rule as a Reichsautobahn the section between Karlsruhe and Salzburg having been completed by the time road works were discontinued in World War II Although most parts have been modernized and extended since significant sections remain in their original configuration from the 1930s 2 2 lanes no emergency lanes steep hills and tight curves In combination with today s traffic this makes the A8 one of the most crowded and dangerous autobahns in Germany Especially in winter the slopes of the Black Forest the Swabian Alb near Aichelberg as well as the Irschenberg become bottlenecks when heavy trucks traverse the A8 uphill As of 2016 the following sections have three lanes in each direction of travel Karlsruhe Pforzheim North Pforzheim South Stuttgart Muhlhausen AK Ulm Elchingen Augsburg Munich Eschenried and AK Munich South AD Inntal Other sections in Saarland Rhineland Palatinate and Munich have two lanes in each direction of travel and follow current Autobahn standards As of 2016 the following sections have sections which are either incomplete or do not comply with modern Autobahn standards near Merzig under construction AK Neunkirchen Zweibrucken no emergency lanes yet Enz crossing near Pforzheim modernizing planned Alb crossing Muhlhausen Hohenstadt planned Hohenstadt Ulm West under construction Ulm West AK Ulm Elchingen planned and AD Inntal Salzburg planned At least complete section Karlsruhe Salzburg will be extended to 3 3 lanes Incomplete EditPlans for the section between Pirmasens and Karlsruhe were abandoned in the 1980s Instead of this the B10 from Pirmasens to Landau is being widened This is not completed as of early 2021 Also the Landau Karlsruhe section was built as a part of A65 in the 90s In Munich there is also a gap the section from Augsburg ends in Munich Obermenzing and the section from Salzburg ends in Munich Ramersdorf Transit traffic has to use the A99 north around Munich or the A995 west Mittlerer Ring and A995 shorter but incomplete autobahn Along the route EditNear Merzig there used to be a section with only one lane in each direction but it has been rebuilt as 2 2 lanes with hard shoulders Near Heusweiler wire netting was built over the autobahn as a faraday cage to protect vehicle electronics from radiation from Heusweiler high powered radio transmitter The transmitter no longer operates and the wires have been removed as of 2020 Pirmasens Winzeln is one of only four left slip roads in the German autobahn network coming from Zweibrucken the left lane is the exit to Winzeln and the right lane stays on the A8 access from Winzeln leads to the left lane In the direction towards Zweibrucken the exit and entry are normal An interchange between the A8 and A62 was planned here but following the cancellation of the A8 Pirmasens Karlsruhe section the interchange was used for the Winzeln exit In Gruibingen Stuttgart Ulm section Gruibingen motorway services was built according to feng shui philosophy At Drakensteiner Hang between Muhlhausen and Hohenstadt Stuttgart Ulm section the A8 is divided into separate northbound and southbound routes on either side of the peak Near Adelsried Ulm Munich section is the Autobahnkirche motorway church Maria Schutz der Reisenden Mary patron saint of travellers It was built in 1956 as the first of 42 motorway churches in Germany For the expansion of the Ulm Elchingen Augsburg Munich section a new kind of financial funding was used an operator model consortiums of constructing companies funded the work themselves and in return they receive lorry road charges for 30 years They are also responsible for maintenance during this period For transit traffic around Munich is signposted to use the orbital motorway A99 north east at Eschenried and Munich South interchanges But those who are familiar with place often use A99 west Mittlerer Ring A995 as a shorter route which can be faster if the traffic is light However this route is narrower and leads through Munich so is more congested therefore the authorities want to keep transit traffic out of town Austria charges tolls for use of its autobahns so many drivers who do not want to pay for the short section to the border near Salzburg use the Bad Reichenhall or Schwarzbach exits which sometimes causes traffic jams on the local country roads External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bundesautobahn 8 Geographic data related to Bundesautobahn 8 at OpenStreetMap Bundesautobahn 8 detailed route plan in German 48 05 41 N 11 36 53 E 48 09459 N 11 61461 E 48 09459 11 61461 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bundesautobahn 8 amp oldid 1136830881, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
