Bundesautobahn 17

A 17
Bundesautobahn 17
Route information
Length	44.75 km (27.81 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Dresden
Major intersections
Route (1) Dresden-West 3-way interchange A 4 E40 E55 Zschonergrund Bridge 230 m (2) Dresden-Gorbitz B 173 Altfranken Tunnel 345 m Dölzschen Tunnel 1.070 m Weißeritztal Bridge 220 m Coschütz Tunnel 2.332 m Kaitzbach Bridge Zschauketal Bridge 142 m (3) Dresden-Südvorstadt B 170 Nöthnitzgrund Bridge 225 m (4) Dresden-Prohlis Gebergrund Bridge 288 m Lockwitztal Bridge 723 m (5) Heidenau Meuschaer Höhe Tunnel 90 m Müglitztal Bridge 350 m (6) Pirna B 172a Seidewitztal Bridge 605 m (7) Bahretal (8) Bad Gottleuba (9) Border crossing Börnersdorf Nasenbachtal Bridge 280 m Harte Tunnel 300 m Border bridge above the Schönwalder Bach 409 m () Czech Republic border crossing D 8 E55
South end	Czech border
Location
Country	Germany
States	Saxony
Highway system
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Bundesautobahn 17 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 17, short form Autobahn 17, abbreviated as BAB 17 or A 17) is an autobahn in Saxony, south-eastern Germany. It links Dresden to the Czech border where the D8 continues to Prague. The road is a fairly new contribution to the German autobahn-system, with its first stretch opened in 2001 and the last in 2006.

Location

Greater Dresden, run of the A 17 highlighted

The A 17 is one of three autobahns that have one of their end points at the Bundesautobahn 4 near Dresden. The other two are the Bundesautobahn 13 at the northern Dresden autobahn triangle (Dresden – Berlin) and the Bundesautobahn 14 at the Nossen autobahn triangle (Dresden – Leipzig).

The A 17 begins at the western Dresden autobahn triangle, generally follows the edge of the city to the south, passing the towns of Heidenau and Pirna until it reaches the border between Germany and the Czech Republic at the Ore Mountains, where it ends. From there the D8 continues to Prague.

Special

A Protestcamp against A 17 existed in Zschonergrund (Zöllmen) from April 1997 until April 21st 1999.

Bundesautobahn 17 crossing the Weißeritz valley in southern Dresden

Tunnel bridge combination crossing the Weißeritz valley

Although the A 17 is only 45 km long, it has quite a lot of larger bridges and tunnels compared to other German autobahns.

The designation of A 17 was originally given to a post-reunification Autobahn corridor planned to run from the A 4 near Bautzen to the Polish border at Zittau (actually very close to the German-Polish-Czech tripoint). Planning for this incarnation of the A 17 was shelved in the 1990s before any fixed route for this Autobahn was established, and the designation was given instead to the southernmost section (then being planned) of the A 13.

External links

• Bundesautobahn 17 – detailed route plan (in German)