Bundesstrasse 268

Bundesstrasse 268 in Germany
Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Trier ( 49 ° 44 ′  N , 6 ° 38 ′  E )
End of street:	Saarbrücken ( 49 ° 15 ′  N , 6 ° 59 ′  E )
Overall length:	79 km
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland
Development condition:	two-lane
Course of the road State of Rhineland-Palatinate Independent city of Trier Trier-South over the Saar line Trier-Feyen / Weismark End of  Trier District of Trier-Saarburg L 139 Krettnach L 139 Franzenheim Pellingen Zerf Saarland Merzig-Wadern district Britten bypass  L 374 L 375 L 373 mountains Losheim am See bypass  L 157 L 158 Wadern -OT Nunkirchen L 148 L 152 L 156 Saarlouis district Schmelz (Saar) L 143 L 145 L 334 Lebach bypass  L 142 Lebach-OT Landsweiler Regional association Saarbrücken Heusweiler bypass  -OT Eiweiler L 301 L 305 L 339 (16)  Heusweiler Heusweiler Riegelsberg L 139 (147)  Saarbrücken-Neuhaus   replaced by   (150)  Saarbrücken-Burbach   Motorway end   Saarbrücken  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The federal highway 268 (abbreviation: B 268 ) is a federal highway in Germany and connects the city of Trier with the agglomeration of Saarbrücken .

course

B 268 begins in Rhineland-Palatinate in the south of the city of Trier. It branches off from the B 51 on the southern side of the Moselle ( Pacelliufer ) . After leaving the city, the B 268 initially runs through the rather sparsely populated area of the Trier-Saarburg district . The road leads through the village of Pellingen and along the villages of Zerf and Greimerath through the hilly foothills of the Hunsrück .

Before Losheim am See , the federal road reaches the Merzig-Wadern district in Saarland . In Losheim am See the B 268 crosses the Merzig Süd – Büschfeld line . The road now reaches the community of Schmelz (Saar) in the district of Saarlouis along the foothills of the Saar-Nahe mountains and the town of Nunkirchen . Here it crosses the Prims and crosses the Primstalbahn .

Now the B 268 runs to Lebach . Here it crosses the B 269 and crosses the Theel . Accompanied by the Lebach – Völklingen railway line , the federal road reaches the A 8 and thus the Saarbrücken regional association . Further on via Heusweiler and Riegelsberg , the B 268 joins the A 1 , which replaces the federal road. At the southern end of the A1, in the urban area of ​​Saarbrücken, it merges into the B 268. Along the Saarbahn , the B 268 reaches its end on the B 51 near the main train station at Ludwigskreisel .

history

Until 1949 the line was called Reichsstraße 268 (R 268). During the Second World War the R 268 was extended to occupied France ; Via Hanweiler (today the B 51), Saargemünd , Bitsch and Bad Niederbronn to Hagenau .

In the mid-1950s, plans were made for a "power train" to relieve the traffic on the B 268, which was then heavily loaded. In 1960 the section between Riegelsberg and Saarbrücken was opened to traffic.

Importance for road traffic

The B 268 is the shortest connection between Trier and Saarbrücken. Nevertheless, it is almost exclusively of importance for regional traffic. The supraregional traffic uses the A1.

A connection road between Merzig and junction 137 of the A 1 Nonnweiler-Braunshausen was planned with the Nordsaarlandstraße , which should run between Losheim am See and Nunkirchen along the B 268.

Trivia

In regional usage, the street is often called "Pellinger". This name is derived from Pellingen after a (historical) section of the street in Trier is named.

See also

• List of federal highways in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carsten Wasow: The federal and imperial roads in Germany. Federal roads No. 166 to 327. In: www.carsten-wasow.de. Retrieved December 5, 2017 . 
2. ↑ A1 / A48 between Koblenz and Saarbrücken. In: www.autobahn-online.de. Henning Maruhn, accessed December 5, 2017 .