Bundesstraße 242
Appearance
B 242 | |
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Bundesstraße 242 | |
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Route information | |
Length | 124 km (77 mi) |
Major junctions | |
East end | Seesen |
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West end | Mansfeld |
Location | |
Country | Germany |
States | Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt |
Highway system | |
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The B 242 is a federal highway (German: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from Seesen to Mansfeld.
Route
The B 242, also known as the Harz High Road (Harzhochstraße), runs right across the Harz mountains in central Germany. From Seesen on the northwestern edge of the Harz near the A 7 motorway it runs through the Upper Harz past Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the High Harz, where it is combined for several kilometres with the B 4, past Braunlage and then through the eastern Harz foothills into Mansfelder Land. There it joins the B 180 east of Klostermansfeld.
An extension of the B 242 via Polleben and Salzmünde to Halle (Saale) is being planned.
Rivers crossed
- Innerste
- Oderteich
- Warme Bode, near Sorge
- Hassel between Hasselfelde and Stiege
- Selke near Alexisbad
- Wipper in Mansfeld
Photographs
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See also
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