Bundesstrasse 268
Bundesstrasse 268 in Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator: | Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start of the street: |
Trier ( 49 ° 44 ′ N , 6 ° 38 ′ E ) |
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End of street: |
Saarbrücken ( 49 ° 15 ′ N , 6 ° 59 ′ E ) |
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Overall length: | 79 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Development condition: | two-lane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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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
Individual evidence
- ^ Carsten Wasow: The federal and imperial roads in Germany. Federal roads No. 166 to 327. In: www.carsten-wasow.de. Retrieved December 5, 2017 .
- ↑ A1 / A48 between Koblenz and Saarbrücken. In: www.autobahn-online.de. Henning Maruhn, accessed December 5, 2017 .