
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), 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 ...
at the B44, to the city of
Hallstadt, at the
Bundesautobahn 70
is an autobahn in southern Germany, connecting the Bundesautobahn 7, A 7 via Schweinfurt and Bamberg to the Bundesautobahn 9, A 9.
Exit list
External links
Autob ...
, A70 in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. The highway run East to West. It crosses the River
Main
Main may refer to:
Geography
*Main River (disambiguation), multiple rivers with the same name
*Ma'in, an ancient kingdom in modern-day Yemen
* Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province
*Spanish Main, the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territ ...
and the
Mannheim–Frankfurt railway.
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 the ...
,
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
Early mentions of Dieburg date back to the early 13th century, with ...
,
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 (; Hessian: ''Aschebersch'', ) is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg, despite being its administrative seat, is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg.
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 ...
,
Hösbach
Hösbach is a market community and municipality in the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. As of 2023, It has a population of 13,323.
Geography
...
,
Laufach
Laufach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. As of 2023, the population of Laufach was 5,308.
Geography Location
The community lies in northwest Ba ...
,
Rechtenbach,
Lohr,
Gemünden am Main
Gemünden am Main (; officially ''Gemünden a.Main'') is a town in the Main-Spessart, Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and lies roughly 40 km down the Main (river), ...
,
Karlstadt am Main
Karlstadt (), also called Karlstadt am Main, 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 popula ...
,
Arnstein,
Werneck,
Bergrheinfeld,
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a town#Germany, city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding Schweinfurt (district), district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultur ...
,
Schonungen,
Theres,
Haßfurt
Haßfurt (; English: Hassfurt) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Haßberge (district), Haßberge district. It is situated on the river Main (river), Main, 20 km east of Schweinfurt and 30 km northwest of Bamberg. In 1852, Ludw ...
,
Zeil am Main,
Ebelsbach,
Eltmann,
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 the ...
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 Bundesautobahn 7, A 7). The southern end is at the Switzerland, Swiss border near Basel. It runs through the Germa ...
and
Bundesautobahn 67, 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, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe an ...
, 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 ea ...
. 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 of ...
. 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 S ...
. 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
The Bundesstraße 45 is a German federal highway. It branches off the Bundesstraße 3 in Wöllstadt and leads south, goes through the city of Hanau, traverses the Odenwald and ends in Sinsheim.
The strip between Hanau and Dieburg
Dieburg () i ...
.
See also
*
Autobahn
The (; German , ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'.
Much of t ...
*
Bundesstraße
''Bundesstraße'' (, ), 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'' are labelled with re ...
*
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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