The Bundesstraße 327 is a German federal highway. It was built in 1938 and 1939 by the

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as a strategic road leading from

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over the

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mountain range to the

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near

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. After the war, the west part of the road after

Hermeskeil Hermeskeil () is a city in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier. Its population is about 5,900. Data Hermeskeil is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeind ...

was relabeled as the

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, while the Bundesstraße 327 went south to

Riegelsberg Riegelsberg () is a municipality in the District of Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 9 km northwest of Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest Lis ...

near

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. This part was later demoted after the

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was built, as such the Bundesstraße 327 now ends in Hermeskeil. There is currently a gap in the federal road due to the extension of the runway of

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, which required demolition of one segment of road.

References

327 __NOTOC__ Year 327 (Roman numerals, CCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 1080 ''Ab urbe con ...

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