The Bundesstraße 96a (B96a) is a federal highway in Germany. It begins in Mahlow south of Berlin on the B96 and ends north of Berlin in Birkenwerder, again on the B96. In the

GDR East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

it replaced the route of today's B96 running through

West Berlin West Berlin ( or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin lacked any sovereignty and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1 ...

. In the GDR it was called F 96 and after

German reunification German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...

was renamed B96a. The B96 leads from the south near Mahlow to the north towards the city center of Berlin on former

territory. For this reason, a new route was designated in the GDR, which starts at Mahlow and turns east towards

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) ...

, from there it crosses the Adlergestell in the former

East Berlin East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...

district of

Treptow Treptow () was a former borough in the southeast of Berlin. It merged with Köpenick to form Treptow-Köpenick in 2001. Geography The district was composed by the localities of Alt-Treptow, Plänterwald, Baumschulenweg, Niederschönewei ...

and crosses the Spree on the Elsenbrücke bridge. In the former district of

Friedrichshain Friedrichshain () is a quarter (''Ortsteil'') of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. From its creation in 1920 until 2001, it was a freestanding Boroughs of Berlin, city borough. Formerly part of East Berlin, it is adjace ...

, the route runs along Stralauer Allee, Warschauer Straße and today's Petersburger Straße, in the former district of

Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban district of the borough of Pankow. From its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right ...

along today's

Danziger Straße Danziger, being related to Danzig (Gdańsk, Poland) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolphe Danziger De Castro (1859–1959), Jewish scholar, journalist, lawyer *Aharon Danziger (fl. 1976–1984), Israeli paralympic voll ...

and then northwards along Schönhauser Allee. Through the district of

Pankow Pankow () is the second largest and most populous Boroughs and quarters of Berlin, borough of the German capital Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee (Berlin), W ...

it leads to Birkenwerder, where it meets the route of the B96 again. Until the construction of the bridge over the

Berlin outer ring The Berlin outer ring (, BAR) is a long double track electrified railway, originally built by the German Democratic Republic to bypass West Berlin in preparation for the building of the Berlin Wall during the division of Germany. It was develop ...

two kilometers west of

Waßmannsdorf Waßmannsdorf is a village and a civil parish (''Ortsteil'') of the German town of Schönefeld, located in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg. As of 2007 its population was of around 1,000. History First mentioned in 1350 as ''Wasmans ...

in the 1980s, today's B96a did not begin in Mahlow, but in the Glasow district, led via Selchow to

and from there—since the early 1990s in four lanes—to the airport in

. With the planned expansion of Berlin-Schönefeld Airport into an international air hub (BER), old plans were taken up again and revised. In 2002 the four-lane link from the northern bypass of Mahlow to the bridge with the

was expanded. Since 2007, the expressway from there via Waßmannsdorf to Schönefeld has been passable with four lanes throughout. The Berlin-Schönefeld Airport had already been connected to

in four lanes. From the

junction on the A 117 motorway, the route continues as a motor road without intersections and ends at the broad Adlergestell, which leads into the city of Berlin.

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