is an

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. The A 485 is an eastern bypass of the town of

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. Between junctions 1 and 7, it is the eastern leg of the ''Gießener Ring''. The A 485 is one of two completed portions of an abandoned plan to extend the A 49 to

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. The other portion is the A 661 from junction 8 onwards. Junction 1 is split into three parts. Heading northbound, the first part that is encountered is a

trumpet interchange In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways, usi ...

with the B 3a freeway. The B 3a continues northbound, while A 485 traffic is required to exit the freeway to the right. After exiting, the A 485 continues on a shorter stretch of freeway, passing the ''Marburger Straße'' junction before ending at a trumpet with the A 480. All three parts are signed as junction 1, and both trumpets are named ''Gießener Nordkreuz''.

Exit list

exit from

northbound only, no entrance ''Freeway continues as the B 3 towards

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External links

Autobahn Atlas: A485
{{Bundesautobahn 485