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Bundesstraße

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Germany and Austria have plans to reconstruct and/or replace Bundesstraße as/by motorways (Autobahn), outside built-up areas, especially the important ones of 20 to 30 thousands kilometers of the ways in Germany. For Austria they have to replace another 8000 km by schnellstraße/motorways, then
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with circular yellow sign and black number that shows that this road has no fixed priority (right of way for users). A few yellow signs lived longer than 2002.
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respectively. The numbering was implemented by law in 1932 and has overall been retained up to today, except for those roads located in the
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are labelled with rectangular yellow signs with black numerals, as opposed to the white-on-blue markers of the
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In contrast to Germany, according to a 2002 amendment of the Austrian federal road act,
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is that there usually is a general 100 km/h (62 mph)
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Schnellstraße have to be replaced by/rebuilt as motorways.
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network has a total length of about 40,000 km. German
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The closest equivalent in the United States would be the
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and have retained their "B" designation (except for
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Index


Stadland
German
German
Austrian
highways

Autobahn
controlled-access highways
federal agency
Transport Ministry
Landesstraßen
Kreisstraßen
federal states
districts
former eastern territories of Germany

B 10
B 27
Stuttgart
speed limit
built-up areas
Richtgeschwindigkeit
dual carriageways
A1(M)
single carriageway
shoulder
U.S. highway system

autobahns

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