Bundesautobahn 9 is an autobahn in Germany, connecting Berlin and Munich via Leipzig and Nuremberg. It is the fifth longest autobahn spanning 529 km (328.71 mi).
Bundesautobahn 9
Potsdam interchange
Rudolphstein Saale Bridge in the 1930s, graced by a Mercedes-Benz touring coach. The bridge was later destroyed at the end of the war but rebuilt due to West and East German cooperation in 1966. The river marked the inner German border
Railbus crossing the A 9 near Bayreuth, 1986
The Autobahn is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is Bundesautobahn, which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word Bundesautobahn is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'.
A 3 and A 5 at Frankfurter Kreuz near Frankfurt am Main
Overhead signage on A 3
Part of the AVUS road in Berlin, the first automobile-only road, and served as an inspiration for Piero Puricelli's 1924 autostrada between Milan and the northern Italian lakes, the first motorway in the world.
Hitler ceremonially starts the excavation works for the first Austrian autobahn (1938).