The Bundesstraße 31 (B 31) is a federal highway or ''
Bundesstraße'' running from east to west in South Germany. It runs from
Breisach on the border with
France
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to the Sigmarszell junction on the
Bundesautobahn 96 (A 96) near
Lindau. Between the transition of the
Bundesautobahn 98 (A 98) to the B 31 near the
Stockach-Ost exit and
Sigmarszell junction on the A 96 it is part of the
E 54 from
Paris
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to
Munich
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.
Route
Important places on the B 31 and junctions with other long distance roads:
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Breisach am Rhein (''federal border''
D 415 - to 2006
N415)
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Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...
(
A 5,
B 3)
*
Kirchzarten
*
Buchenbach
*
Hinterzarten (
B 500)
*
Titisee-Neustadt (
B 317)
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Löffingen
Löffingen () is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Donaueschingen, and 40 km southeast of Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the Li ...
(two petrol stations on the B 31, Schwarzwaldpark, Wutachschlucht)
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Hüfingen (
B 27)
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Donaueschingen (
B 33)
*
Geisingen (
A 81,
B 311)
*
Engen (
B 491)
*
Stockach (
A 98,
B 14)
*
Ãœberlingen
Überlingen (; ) is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the German-Swiss border, border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second-largest city in the Bodenseek ...
*
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen
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Meersburg (
B 33)
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Friedrichshafen (
B 30)
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Kressbronn am Bodensee (
B 467)
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Weißensberg (
B 12)
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Sigmarszell (
A 96,
B 308)
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Lindau (Bodensee)
See also
*
List of federal highways in Germany
Literature
* Daniel Schneider: ''Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der B 31 zwischen Freiburg im Breisgau und Breisach am Rhein'', in: Walter Laub/Bernhard Kenk/Daniel Schneider: Die B 31-West ...in und um Umkirch herum. Umkirch, 2007, pp. 7-20.
External links
www.dreisamufer.de(History of the B 31)
Report of the construction of the B31 Ost
References
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Tuttlingen (district)
Lindau (district)
Bodenseekreis
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
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