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The Bundesstraße 26 or Federal Highway 26, (abbreviation: B 26) runs between the city of
Riedstadt
Riedstadt, with its municipal area of 73.76 km² is Groß-Gerau district's biggest town by land area. It lies in Hesse, Germany, about 12 km southwest of Darmstadt.
Geography
Location
Riedstadt is shaped not only by its preserved rur ...
at the B44, to the city of
Hallstadt
Hallstadt is a town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg on the left bank of the Main, 4 km north of Bamberg.
Geography
Hallstadt borders in the south on the city of Bamberg and in the west on the Main. There are two constituent co ...
, at the
Bundesautobahn 70
is an autobahn in southern Germany, connecting the A 7 via Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of ...
, A70 in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. The highway run East to West. It crosses the River
Main
Main may refer to:
Geography
* Main River (disambiguation)
**Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany
* Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province
*"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries
...
and the
Mannheim–Frankfurt railway
Mannheim–Frankfurt railway is a German standard gauge, Railway electrification system, electrified railway line and runs in southern Hesse and northern Baden-Württemberg between Frankfurt and Mannheim Hauptbahnhof, Mannheim. It is also called ...
.
The highway runs through (West to East): Riedstadt,
Griesheim,
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
,
Dieburg
Dieburg () is a small town in southern Hesse, Germany. It was formerly the seat of the district ("Kreis") of Dieburg, but is now part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg.
History
The town of Dieburg was first named in 1492 in the tax books of the ...
,
Münster, Hesse,
Babenhausen,
Großostheim
Großostheim (or ''Grossostheim'') is a market community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. The inhabitants call themselves ''Aistmer'' (''ostheimers'').
Geography ...
,
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat.
Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...
,
Goldbach, Bavaria
Goldbach is a market community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Location
The market community is one of the most heavily populated communities in ...
,
Hösbach
Hösbach is a market community and municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 13,000 (2020).
Geography
Location
The municipa ...
,
Laufach
Laufach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany.
Geography Location
The community lies in northwest Bavaria east of Aschaffenburg. Laufach lies in the h ...
,
Rechtenbach
Rechtenbach is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association) of Lohr am Main. It has a popula ...
,
Lohr,
Gemünden am Main
Gemünden am Main (officially ''Gemünden a.Main'') is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and lies roughly 40 km down the Main from Würzburg. Gemünde ...
,
Karlstadt am Main
Karlstadt is a town in the Main-Spessart in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of Main-Spessart (''Kreisstadt''), and has a population of around 15,000.
Geography
...
,
Arnstein
Arnstein () is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Location
The town lies on the banks of the river Wern and is roughly 20 km from Schwe ...
,
Werneck
Werneck is a market town in the district of Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 10,000 and is best known for its Baroque palace, Schloss Werneck.
Geography Location
Werneck lies in the Lower Franco ...
,
Bergrheinfeld
Bergrheinfeld is a municipality in the district of Schweinfurt in Bavaria, Germany.
Economy
Boll KG is headquartered in Bergreinfeld.[Kon ...]
,
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban agg ...
,
Schonungen,
Theres
Theres is a municipality on the river Main, in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany. It was once the site of Theres Abbey
Theres Abbey (german: Kloster Theres) was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Theres in the district of ...
,
Haßfurt
Haßfurt (; English: Hassfurt) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Haßberge district. It is situated on the river Main, 20 km east of Schweinfurt and 30 km northwest of Bamberg. In 1852, Ludwig's Western Railway reached the ...
,
Zeil am Main
Zeil am Main is a town in the Haßberge district in Lower Franconia, an area in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 7 km east of Haßfurt, 24 km northwest of Bamberg, and 25 km ea ...
,
Ebelsbach
Ebelsbach is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, an ...
,
Eltmann
Eltmann () is a town of 5256 inhabitants (in the Haßberge district of Lower Franconia, in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the south bank of the Main river, west of Bamberg. It comprises the town proper, and its outlying districts, Dippach, Eschen ...
,
Viereth-Trunstadt,
Bischberg and Hallstadt.
Just west of
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
the B26 crosses the
Bundesautobahn 5
is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection (with the A 7. The southern end is at the Swiss border near Basel. It runs through the German states of Hessen and Baden-Wü ...
and
Bundesautobahn 67
is an autobahn in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Uni ...
, known as the Darmstädter Kreuz (Darmstadt cross).
Until the changing of Luisenplatz (Luis Square) in Darmstadt into pedestrian zone in the 1970s, the B26 road ran through center Darmstadt. In Darmstadt the B26 meets the North-South Highway of
Bundesstraße 3
The Bundesstraße 3 (abbr. B3) is one of the longest federal highways in Germany. It begins in Buxtehude and continues through Bergen, Celle, Hanover, Alfeld, Einbeck, Göttingen, Kassel, Marburg, Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, ...
, B3. Today, the B26 pass under the Darmstadt city center.
North eastern bypass Darmstadt
As a replacement for the crossing of the Darmstadt city center, a north eastern bypass is planned. It should relieve the downtown area from car and truck traffic. The planned route was to connect the Darmstadt Ostbahnhof and the Martin-Luther-King-ring. Half of this new road will run in a tunnel.
* Near Schonungen the B26 crosses the
Bundesstraße 303
The Bundesstraße 303 (abbreviation: B 303) is a German federal highway that runs from west to east, beginning at the A 7 autobahn west of Schweinfurt and ending at the border with the Czech Republic east of Schirnding. It runs through the east ...
. Near Bergrheinfeld the B26 cross the A70. Near Gemünden am Main the B26 crosses the
Bundesautobahn 7
is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe at 963 km (598 mi). It bisects the country almost evenly between east and west. In the north, it starts at the border with Denmark as an extension of the Danish part o ...
. In the town of Karlstadt am Main the B26 cross the
Bundesstraße 27
Bundesstraße 27 or B27 is a German federal road. It connects Blankenburg am Harz with Rafz in Switzerland.
Route
The Bundesstraße 27 crosses the following states and towns (north to south):
* Saxony-Anhalt: Blankenburg am Harz
* Lower Sax ...
. In Aschaffenburg the B26 cross the
Bundesautobahn 3
is an autobahn in Germany running from the Germany-Netherlands border near Wesel in the northwest to the Germany-Austria border near Passau.
Major cities along its total length of 778 km (483 mi) include Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsse ...
. In Dieburg the B26 crosses the
Bundesstraße 45.
See also
*
Autobahn
The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...
*
Bundesstraße
''Bundesstraße'' (German for "federal highway"), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.
Germany
Germany's ''Bundesstraßen'' network has a total length of about 40,000 km.
German ''Bundesstraßen'' ...
*
List of federal highways in Germany
The following is a list of the German federal highways or ''Bundesstraßen''. This does not include the autobahns.
Numbering system
The ''Bundesstraßen'' do not have a numbering system like that used for German '' autobahns'' (motorways), but ...
References
* A. Kurt: ''Zur Geschichte von Straßen und Verkehr im Land zwischen Rhein und Main.'' Dissertation an der Universität Frankfurt 1956.
* Hans-Peter Schäfer: ''Die Entwicklung des Straßennetzes im Raum Schweinfurt bis zur Mitte des 19. Jh.'' Würzburg 1976.
Information on city of Darmstadt on the north eastern bypassState Building Authority Wuerzburg B 26n, highway development axis Western MainFranken
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Darmstadt
Roads in Hesse
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*003, fictional British 00 Agent
*003, former emergency telephone number for the Norwegian ambulance service (until 1986)
*1990 OO3, the asteroid 6131 Towen
* OO3 gauge model railway
*''O03 (O2)'' and other related ...