Bundesautobahn241 (translates from German as Federal Motorway241, short form Autobahn241, abbreviated as BAB241 or A241) was an autobahn in Germany. It led around Schwerin and is now part of the A14.
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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".
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.
An extension of the autobahn to the A20 had been planned in 1992, but failed to be realized due to financial and environmental factors. The current extension will not be finished before 2009.
Bundesautobahn 20 is an autobahn in Germany. It is colloquially known as Ostseeautobahn or Küstenautobahn due to its geographic location near the Baltic Sea coastline. The road is not built along a straight line, instead it is built near important cities, to make it more beneficial for travel between these cities, and also to serve as bypass.
The former A241 never carried much traffic because Schwerin can be reached from the A24, a much shorter connection. Also, Wismar could only be reached from the A241 by driving through narrow avenues, so that the B106 became the preferred route. More traffic can be expected to flow once the gap is closed and the junction Schwerin-Süd is finished.
Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It has a population of about 100,000.
Bundesautobahn 24 is an autobahn in northern Germany that connects the large metropolitan regions of Hamburg and Berlin. It was one of the three transit access roads to West Berlin during the Cold War.
Wismar is a port and Hanseatic city in Northern Germany on the Baltic Sea, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located about 45 kilometres east of Lübeck and 30 kilometres north of Schwerin, and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Its natural harbour, located in the Bay of Wismar, is protected by a promontory. The population was 42,219 in 2013. It is the capital of the district of Nordwestmecklenburg.
On August 24, 2006, the part between the Kreuz Wismar and the junction Jesendorf was opened for traffic. This 11 km long segment of the road cost over €50 million to construct. Once completed, the A241 will be renumbered as part of the A14.
Bundesautobahn 14 is an autobahn in eastern Germany.
* original plan: number is used by another route now
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