Bundesstrasse 243

Bundesstrasse 243 in Germany
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Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Hildesheim ( 52 ° 9 ′  N , 9 ° 56 ′  E )
End of street:	Junction for large exchanges ( 51 ° 29 ′  N , 10 ° 43 ′  E )
Overall length:	108 km
of which in operation:	108 km
of which under construction:	5.4 km
of which in planning:	approx. 9.8 km
State :	Lower Saxony Thuringia
Development condition:	State of development
Course of the road State of Lower Saxony Hildesheim district Hildesheim - Weststadt Beginning of the motor road UNESCO World Heritage St. Michaelis and Cathedral End of Hildesheim Hildesheim- Ochtersum End of the highway L 485 Beuster Hildesheim- Marienburg Egenstedt bypass  Large fertilizer L 492 Wesseln L 490 Lamb Nice L 493 Bönnien bypass  Nice Bockenem Bornum L 594 District of Goslar Rhüden L 466 under   Bornhausen Seesen Start of the truck toll Beginning of the motor road together with direction Ildehausen (67)  Seesen (not free of intersections)  End of the highway Angelade Nice together with direction Seesen Ildehausen Beginning of the motor road Kirchberg Münchehof together with direction Bad Grund parking spot parking spot via the Herzberg – Seesen railway line together with direction Münchehof Münchehof-Süd Gittelde -Nord Separate ascent and descent Gittelde -Nord District of Göttingen parking spot via the Herzberg – Seesen railway line parking spot Gittelde-Süd L 524 Osterode- Katzenstein Osterode- Lasfelde parking spot Osterode- North Entrances and exits separated (1,150 m)  Osteroder Hochstrasse with Osterode-Nord and about Söse Osterode center together with direction Lerbach together with Dorste Osterode-Süd L 523 Osterode-Leege parking spot parking spot Ash hut Herzberg -North via the Herzberg – Seesen railway line Herzberg-North Beginning of the village in  Herzberg am Harz End of the highway End of the truck toll Sieber L 530 together with direction Bad Lauterberg L 521 Start of the truck toll Beginning of the motor road End of the village Herzberg am Harz Service station Herzberg-Ost (with junction) parking spot Scharzfeld parking spot (100 m)  Hasenwinkel Viaduct Barbis End of the truck toll together with direction Gieboldehausen Bad Lauterberg -West Start of the truck toll (528 m)  Oder Valley Bridge over and the Scharzfeld – St. Andreasberg and or Bad Lauterberg-Süd L 522 L 531 (650 m)  Winkeltal Bridge over L 522 L 531 End of the truck toll Bad Sachsa -West L 604 End of the highway via the Northeim – Nordhausen railway line Release vrstl. 2020 Nüxei bypass Steina Green bridge Parking lot (with toilet) Mackenrode Omission provisional connection Nüxei / quarry Nüxei Steina L 603 Free State of Thuringia Nordhausen district Mackenrode L 1014 L 2061 planned, construction planned to start in 2020 Holbach bypass Günzerode bypass  Omission Holbach L 2064 Uffe L 2062 Günzerode L 1039 Hochstedter Bach Helmets Osterhagen – Nordhausen railway line Major changes -North Beginning of the motor road Start of the truck toll Röstegraben Major changes Under construction In planning Traffic control system  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The federal highway 243 (abbreviation: B 243 ) leads from Hildesheim via Seesen (connection to the federal freeway 7 ) to the federal freeway 38 in case of major changes .

The meanwhile common alternative name for the largely autobahn-like section Seesen – Osterode – AS Großwechselungen Nord is Westharzschnellstraße (alluding to the Nordharzschnellstraße ).

course

Local authorities

• Lower Saxony
  • Hildesheim district
    • Hildesheim
    • Diekholzen : Egenstedt
    • Bad Salzdetfurth : Large fertilization , Wesseln
    • Bockenem : Nette , Bönnien , Bockenem, Bornum
  • District of Goslar
    • Seesen : Rhüden , Bornhausen , Seesen, Engelade , Münchehof
  • District of Göttingen
    • Bad Grund (Harz)
    • Osterode am Harz
    • Herzberg am Harz : Scharzfeld
    • Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains
    • Bad Sachsa : Nüxei
• Thuringia
  • Nordhausen district
    • Hohenstein : Mackenrode , Holbach
    • Werther : Günzerode , minor changes , major changes
    • Nordhausen : The Großwechselungen motorway triangle is located in the area of ​​the city of Nordhausen.

Common routing

Joint route with the B 27 between AS Barbis and AS Bad Lauterberg-West

• From Seesen to AS Ildehausen or AS Kirchberg together with the B 248
• Between AS Münchehof and AS Münchehof-Süd together with the B 242
• In Osterode between AS Osterode-Mitte and AS Osterode-Süd together with the B 241
• Between Herzberg and AS Bad Lauterberg-West, shared route with the B 27

State of development

The development of the B 243 is structured as follows:

section	Stripes	Dividing strip	Crossing freedom	comment
Hildesheim (Schützenallee) - K 301 Hildesheim (Kurt-Schumacher-Straße)	4th	partially	No	urban
K 301 Hildesheim (Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse) - L 485	4th	Yes	Yes	motorway-like
L 485 - Seesen -West	2	No	No	rural
Seesen-West - ( slag mill )	4th	Yes	No
(Slag mill) - K 27 Herzberg (Lonauer Straße)	4th	Yes	Yes	motorway-like
K 27 Herzberg (Lonauer Straße) - L 521 Herzberg (Juesholzstraße)	4th	partially	No	urban
L 521 Herzberg (Juesholzstraße) - L 604 AS Steina	4th	Yes	Yes	motorway-like
L 604 AS Steina - ( Wolfskuhle quarry )	3	partially	Yes	motorway-like
(Wolfskuhle quarry) - K 4 AS large changes -North	2	No	No	rural
AS Großwechselungen-Nord - AD Großwechselungen	4th	Yes	Yes	motorway-like

Crossed waters

The B 243 crosses the Röstegraben

• Beuster , near Hildesheim-Marienburg
• Lamme , by Wesseln
• Nice , at Bockenem and Engelade
• Söse , in Osterode
• Sieber , in Herzberg
• Or , in Barbis - part of Bad Lauterberg
• Steina , in Nüxei - district of Bad Sachsa
• Uffe , at Holbach
• Helmets , at the Flarichsmühle (B 243n)
• Röstegraben , east of Großwechselungen (B 243n)
• Hochstedter Bach , east of Günzerode

history

origin

The paved Kunststraße ( Chaussee ) between Seesen and Osterode was built between 1785 and 1795 as an extension of Frankfurter Straße and called Thüringer Straße .

The national highway 243 between Hildesheim and Nordhausen was around 1937 established. It was interrupted by the division of Germany and has only been continuously passable since November 18, 1989 , when a border crossing was established between Nüxei and Mackenrode . In the GDR , the section between Mackenrode and Nordhausen was called Fernverkehrsstrasse 243 .

Replacements

The expanded B 243 in Herzberg, direction Nordhausen

The section between Seesen and Barbis was expanded like a motorway in 1979 due to the distribution function in the southern Harz region . After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the resulting increased volume of traffic, the “yellow motorway” (“Westharz Schnellstraße”) was extended to Steina in 2014 (see expansion plans ). During major changes, the federal highway was connected to the A 38 in 2012 (see expansion plans ). The former route continued to the B 80 near Nordhausen.

The original routes have been downgraded to the following roads:

• Gemeindestraße, B 242 and K 65 (district of Goslar)
• K 421 , K 427 , Gemeindestraße, tw. K 9 , Gemeindestraße and tw. K 32 (district of Göttingen)
• K 28 (Nordhausen district)

In addition, the A 7 runs parallel between Hildesheim and Seesen - especially in the Bockenem – Seesen section. In spite of the low traffic importance, this route section has not (yet) been downgraded.

Truck toll

The federal highways 27 and 243 at the end of Herzberg in the direction of Braunlage or Großwechselungen. The truck toll sign has just been installed at the beginning of the motorway-like road.

Since 2015, a truck toll has been levied on the sections of the Schlackenmühle (B 64) - entrance Herzberg, exit Herzberg - AS Barbis and AS Bad-Lauterberg-West - AS Steina, which are designated as motorways . This section is part of the abbreviation between the motorways 7 and 38 and is a 60-kilometer abbreviation. However, there is no toll on the approximately 500-meter-long section between the Barbis junctions and the Odertalbrücke.

Expansion planning

The B 243 is to be relocated or expanded to four lanes between the Barbis junction with the B 27 and the major swaps junction of the A 38 . This is done so that the towns are relieved of the through-traffic.

Traffic unit II (bypass Barbis and Osterhagen)

The diversion used during construction shortly after the opening

The VKE II is a 8.6 km long bypass . It begins at the junction with the B 27 (AS Bad Lauterberg West) and ends shortly before Nüxei. Important parts of this section include the Winkeltalbrücke (650 m) and the Odertalbrücke (528 m). In addition to the valley bridges mentioned above, six underpasses as well as an overpass and a pedestrian and bike path bridge were built. In addition to the above measures, a total of 2.2 km long connections were built.

The planning approval decision was issued on December 30, 2005, and construction began on October 30, 2008. Completion was initially planned for autumn 2012, but was delayed until the beginning of September 2014. The construction of this traffic unit was estimated at 60.2 million euros, but most recently cost 98 million euros. Enak Ferlemann and Daniela Behrens officially opened the doors to traffic on September 5, 2014 at the level of the pedestrian bridge ("Lau2").

Traffic unit III (Lower Saxony part of the Mackenrode bypass)

VKE III begins at construction kilometer 19.350 (end of VKE II) and ends south of Tettenborn on the border between Lower Saxony and Thuringia (construction kilometer 22.985). It has a length of 3,655 km. The plan approval procedure was initiated on September 12, 2008. The plan approval decision was issued on November 20, 2009. It will be built in an FFH area (here RQ 10.5) in the RQ 15.5 ( 2 + 1 system ). In the course of this traffic unit, 1.239 km of connections, 5 underpasses (total length: 40.5 m), one overpass (length: 20.5 m) and a PWC system must be built. The L 604 must also be laid on a short section; a green bridge will be built here.

Traffic unit IV (Thuringian part of the Mackenrode bypass)

VKE IV begins at the border between Lower Saxony and Thuringia and ends at AS Mackenrode. This short section, together with VKE III, forms the Mackenrode bypass. As with VKE III, the initiation of the planning approval procedure was on September 12, 2008. Construction began together with VKE III.

Traffic unit V (connection to the A 38)

Günzerode and Holbach bypasses (2nd section)

A 9.8 km long three-lane route is to be built around the localities of Günzerode and Holbach, starting at AS Mackenrode up to the existing AS Großwechselungen-Nord. This runs south of the current route. There has been a building permit since September 10, 2018, and construction work should begin after the construction work on the Mackenrode bypass has been completed.

A 38 - major changes (1st section)

The VKE V begins on the (former) Kreisstraße 4 north of Großwechselungen. There are five bridges in this traffic unit (total length: 109.76 m). It runs east of Großwechselungen in the direction of the A 38. There it meets the A 38 in a triangle (left-hand trumpet). It is designed like a motorway (road cross-section RQ20). This 3.5 km long traffic unit cost 19 million euros. Also included was an approximately one kilometer long connecting road (RQ11) from the old federal road via the junction to the K 4 north of Großwechselungen. This is the feeder to the new expressway and therefore also a federal road until the Günzerode bypass is built. It also replaces the old connection B 243 – Großwechselungen (K 4 and L 2068 (today's K 31 )), which ran in parallel.

The planning approval decision was issued on October 18, 2005. Construction began on August 21, 2009. The opening of this section took place on December 5, 2012.

Herzberg bypass

After all construction phases have been completed, only the city of Herzberg will continue to be burdened by a through-town drive on the B 243, which will then be built without intersections between A 7 and A 38. No decision has yet been made about the route for this bypass, which has yet to be implemented. This delay in planning is not least due to resistance from Herzberg himself. In the course of the preparation of the next federal traffic route plan, the city of Herzberg asked for the bypass to be classified as an urgent need. This is supported by the district of Osterode. A 4-lane route without hard shoulder is planned.

tourism

Tourist routes

• The German half-timbered road runs on the former B 243 between Osterode and Herzberg .
• The German Alps – Baltic Sea holiday route runs between Osterode and Herzberg on the former B 243.
• Harz-Heide-Straße runs on the B 243 between Herzberg and AS Bad Lauterberg-West .
• At Münchehof there is a connection to Deutsche Alleenstrasse .

Scenic routes

• Hildesheim - Wesseln - Nice
• Bockenem - Seesen
• Herzberg - Nüxei (Harzrand, especially the Steinberg , the Odertal and the Winkeltal)
• Nüxei - junction Großwechselungen-Nord (Upper Helmetal, northern Thuringian hill country )

Web links

Commons : Bundesstrasse 243  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Map of Germany's toll roads
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Signs along the route
3. ↑ OSM-Relation 3241079 original course of the B 243 in the OpenStreetMap
4. ↑ Approval of the B 243 is approaching , accessed on July 26, 2014
5. ↑ Report on the website of the State of Lower Saxony , accessed on September 11, 2009
6. ↑ Report on the website of the State of Lower Saxony , accessed on August 30, 2009
7. ^ Notification of the planning approval decision on the website of the State of Lower Saxony , accessed on November 20, 2009
8. ↑ Further planning for B 243 near Günzerode can begin . In: Thuringian General . ( thueringer-allgemeine.de [accessed on September 13, 2018]).
9. ↑ Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture: Building law to close the gap in the expansion of the B 243. September 10, 2018, accessed on September 13, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Groundbreaking B 243n from AS Großwechselungen - K4. Retrieved August 30, 2009 . 
11. ↑ NNZ-online press release , accessed on December 5, 2012
12. ↑ Through farmland or nature reserve
13. ↑ Application for the bypass
14. ↑ New establishment of the federal transport route plan - part of the road; Record of the results of the regional conference for municipalities and chambers in Braunschweig on October 11, 2012
15. ^ The large ADAC anniversary atlas , 2000, pages 181 & 207.
16. ^ The large ADAC anniversary atlas , 2000, page 207.