is an
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'. ...
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 road that would become the A 117 was opened on 6 October 1962 as the A 113, intended as a connection from the
A 10-
A 13 junction in
Schönefeld
Schönefeld (meaning ''beautiful field'') is a suburban municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg, Germany. It borders the southeastern districts of Berlin. The municipal area encompasses the old Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) a ...
to the Berlin neighborhood of
Adlershof
Adlershof (, literally "Eagle's Court") is a locality (') in the borough (') Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany.
Adlershof is home to the new City of Science, Technology and Media ( WISTA), located on the southwestern edge of the locality.
Hist ...
. This road's path was similar to all of the A 117's present-day route, then the A 113's route south to the beginning of the A 13.
Soon after reunification, a junction was built along the A 113 at Waltersdorf (present-day A 117 junction 2). In 1997, construction began in
Neukölln
Neukölln () is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located in the southeastern part from the city centre towards Berlin Schönefeld Airport. It was part of the former American sector under the Four-Power occupation of the city. It featu ...
on a new section of autobahn, which was to begin at the
A 100 and connect the inner city to Adlershof and the already-existing section of the A 113. The new section was completed in 2008 and received the A 113 designation. The stub that was left, from Waltersdorf into Treptow, was renumbered A 117.
During construction of the A 113 extension, a new three-way interchange had to be built at the point where the extension meets the existing roadway. The existing autobahn also had to be slightly rerouted, as the town's cemetery was isolated from the rest of its area by the road. The only way to resolve this problem and retain both the new junction and the existing junction was to combine the two junctions, although to this day they are still numbered separately.
When the A 113-A 117 project was completed, the portion of the
B 179 that ran into Berlin was downgraded to
L 400, a fact that still has not been noted by most maps.
Exit list
External links
Autobahn Atlas: A117
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117 117 may refer to:
*117 (number)
*AD 117
*117 BC
*117 (emergency telephone number)
*117 (MBTA bus)
* 117 (TFL bus)
*117 (New Jersey bus)
*''117°'', a 1998 album by Izzy Stradlin
*No. 117 (SPARTAN-II soldier ID), personal name John, the Master Chief ...
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