Autobahn (Germany)

An Autobahn is a German term for motorway which in 1929 was introduced by Professor Robert Otzen. Motorways in Germany are called Bundesautobahnen ' officially ', whose usual abbreviation BAB is. Road numbers are referred to without the letters A or BAB, on a blue shield with ' dimpled ' white outline. See roads in Germany.

The Autobahn is known worldwide because it is one of the few motorways in the world where (about 3/4 down the stretch) no speed limit applies. There is a opinion speed of 130 mph. If a collision is caused on the motorway where one of the drivers drove harder than 130 km/h, then this always for at least 50% liable for the incident.[1]  the way the highways are constructed is unique: the base layer is more than twice as thick as in other countries, use is made of special Guide rails and turns are usually laid out in a way that never had much speed should be returned.

Germany has almost 13,000 kilometres of motorways, and is number 3 in the world after the United States and China. Since the land area of Germany is relatively small, Germany also has one of the densest highway networks in the world. ==History[ Edit] == The term ' Autobahn ' was first introduced in 1929 by Professor Robert Otzen. The first plan to build a motorway is the HaFraBa-plan from 1927. It was supposed tomburg HA, FRAnkfurt and BAzel to connect via a motorway. The first motorway opened in 1924 in the world, between Milan and Varese in Italy, was as an example.

With the concept of ' Autobahn ' was a motorway in 1929 (Judenburg in upper Styria) without intersections and oncoming traffic meant. The first Autobahn that did to this description, was on August 6, 1932 by Konrad Adenauer, the Mayor of Cologne, opened between Cologne and Bonn and was 20 kilometers in length. today this piece called the A555 . This road was already designed for speeds of 120 km/h, although the vehicles at the time, but could achieve a significantly lower maximum speed.

In 1935 by Adolf Hitler between Frankfurt and Darmstadt opened a ' Reichsautobahn ', used by the nazi propaganda incorrect the first German Autobahn was mentioned.This road is now part of the A5.

After the second world war came a number of autobahns in the GDR and Poland rightly so. These countries have done little to maintenance, making many roads were in poor condition and were dangerous. The new German Government gave priority to revamping the Autobahns after 1990 in the former GDR. The Polish Government has, as part of its own plan to set up a highway network, the old German highways refurbished, so they can be part of the new Polish road network. ==Transitautobahnen[ Edit] == At the time of the GDR could traffic between West Germany and West Berlin use four routes:

For the use of these roads golden strict rules. It was forbidden to leave the road. Also if the trip in principle do not interrupt without need. Service stations and truck stops should be used but more contact than is strictly necessary if with with the GDR citizens; In addition, one had to underpin the extra travel time through consultation of the invoice.
 * Hamburg -Berlin (by the GDR via the A 24, A 10 and A 111)
 * Hannover -Berlin (by the GDR via the A 2, A 10 and A 115)
 * Frankfurt am Main -Berlin (by the GDR via the A 4, A 9, A 10 and A 115)
 * Nuremberg -Berlin (by the GDR via the A 9, A 10 and A 115)