Bundesautobahn 20

A 20
A 20
Bundesautobahn 20
Route information
Length	279 km (173 mi)
Existed	1997–present
Location
Country	Germany
States	Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg
Highway system
	Roads in Germany; Autobahns List; ; Federal List; ; State; E-roads;

Bundesautobahn 20 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 20, short form Autobahn 20, abbreviated as BAB 20 or A 20) is an autobahn in Germany. The western part was initially planned as Bundesautobahn 22. It is colloquially known as Ostseeautobahn^[1] ("Baltic Freeway") or Küstenautobahn^[2] ("Coastal Freeway") 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 (Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund), to make it more beneficial for travel between these cities, and also to serve as bypass. On 25 June 2010 the land counsel of Lower Saxony decided that the A22 will be renamed to A20 to show it is a lengthening of the Ostsee- or Küstenautobahn.

1100m long A20 motorway bridge crossing the river Peene near Jarmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Construction started in 1992, only two years after the German reunification, near the junction Wismar-Nord and was completed in December 2005, when the last section was opened near Tribsees by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Building costs are estimated at € 1.8 billion. 279 km of the autobahn are in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 27 km in Brandenburg and 30 km in Schleswig-Holstein, making the A 20 the longest continuously built new autobahn since 1945.

On 28 July 2009 the western extension started with the opening between Autobahnkreuz Lübeck and junction Geschendorf. In the meantime the next six kilometers to the temporary end at Weede has been opened for traffic. The extension and opening of the section between the temporary end in Weede and Autobahnkreuz Bad Segeberg is planned for the end of 2010.^{[needs update]} Further extension west (designated A 22 until June 2010) is planned and awaiting funding, including a tunnel under the Elbe and a 2-way connection with the also-planned A 26.

North of Hamburg the A 20 will have a unique function, namely the connection of the highways A 1, A 21, A 7 and A 23, but it will also function as a northern bypass of the city-region of Hamburg which will take traffic going from France and the Benelux countries to Denmark and Sweden away from Hamburg.

The western part of the A 22 was initially planned as Bundesautobahn 22. It is still in the planning stage and supposed to connect the A 28 near Westerstede with the A 27 near Bremerhaven, crossing the A 29 near Jaderberg . A vital part is the Wesertunnel south of Bremerhaven, which is currently part of Bundesstraße 437. Eastwards of Bremerhaven. The further planning proposes passing Stade and crossing the Elbe river in a tunnel. Details of the trajectory are being discussed in the counties and municipalities involved; the projected start of construction is said to be around 2013.

Planned route of the A 20 through Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony

Exit list

State	District	Location	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Niedersachsen	Ammerland	Bad Zwischenahn	—	Westerstede interchange	A 28 / E22 – Oldenburg, Leer	proposed western endpoint of motorway proposed interchange
		Wiefelstede	—	Wiefelstede	Wiefelstede, Spohle	proposed junction
		Rastede	—	Jaderberg interchange	A 29 – Wilhelmshaven, Oldenburg	proposed interchange
	Wesermarsch	Ovelgönne	—	Ovelgönne	Ovelgönne	proposed junction
		Stadland	—	Stadland	B 437 – Varel, Rödenkirchen	proposed junction
		Stadland	—	Nordenham	B 212 – Nordenham, Delmenhorst B 437 – Rödenkirchen	proposed rebuild of existing junction
	Weser	Unterweser	Tunnel	Weser Tunnel	Weser river	proposed route through existing tunnel
	Cuxhaven (district)	Loxstedt	—	Dedesdorf	Dedesdorf	proposed rebuild of existing junction
			—/11	Stotel interchange	A 27 / E234 – Bremen, Hannover	proposed rebuild of existing junction proposed concurrency with A 27 motorway (southern terminus)
			10	Bremerhaven-Süd	B 6 – Bremerhaven-Süd, Bremerhaven-Fischereihafen Nesse	junction exists as part of A 27 motorway
			—/9	Loxstedt interchange	A 27 – Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven	proposed rebuild of existing junction proposed concurrency with A 27 motorway (northern terminus)
		Beverstedt	—	Beverstedt-West	B 71 – Beverstedt	proposed junction
		Beverstedt	—	Beverstedt-Ost	Freisdorf, Appeln	proposed junction
	Rotenburg (Wümme)	Oerel	—	Bremervörde	B 495 – Hemmoor, Bremervörde	proposed junction
	Stade (district)	Estorf	—	Oldendorf	Oldendorf	proposed junction
		Burweg	—	Himmelpforten	B 73 – Himmelpforten, Cuxhaven	proposed junction
		Drochtersen	—	Kehdingen interchange	A 26 – Stade, Hamburg B 73 – Cuxhaven	proposed interchange
Elbe	Niederelbe		Tunnel	Elbtunnel	Elbe river	proposed tunnel
Schleswig-Holstein	Steinburg	Herzhorn	—	Glückstadt	B 431 – Glückstadt, Brunsbüttel, Elmshorn	proposed junction
		Süderau	—	Krempe	Krempe	proposed junction
		Horst	—	Hohenfelde interchange	A 23 – Hamburg, Itzehoe, Heide	proposed interchange
	Pinneberg	Bokel	—	Bokel	Bokel	proposed junction
	Segeberg	Lentföhrden	—	Lentföhrden	B 4 – Bad Bramstedt, Quickborn	proposed junction
		Lentföhrden	—	Bad Bramstedt interchange	A 7 / E45 – Flensburg, Kiel, Hamburg	proposed junction
		Hartenholm	—	Hartenholm	Struvenhütten, Hartenholm	proposed junction
		Wittenborn	—	Wittenborn	Wittenborn, Wahlstedt	proposed junction
		Högersdorf	—	Bad Segeberg interchange	A 21 – Kiel, Lüneburg	proposed interchange
		Bad Segeberg	—	Bad Segeberg-Ost	B 206 – Bad Segeberg	proposed junction
		Bad Segeberg	—	transition from federal road	B 206 – Bad Segeberg, Itzehoe	Transition from B 206 Current western endpoint of motorway
		Weede	Rest area	Kronsburg	Kronsburg reat area
		Geschendorf	—	Geschendorf	Geschendorf
	Stormarn	Mönkhagen	—	Mönkhagen	Mönkhagen, Stockelsdorf
	Stormarn	Hamberge	1	Lübeck interchange	A 1 / E22 / E47 – Hamburg, Reinfeld, Fehmarn, Puttgarden, Lübeck	western End of concurrency with european route E22
	Lübeck	Moisling	Tunnel	Tunnel Moisling	under Lübeck–Hamburg railway	length: 120 m
		Sankt Jürgen	Bridge	river bridge	over Elbe-Lübeck Canal	length: 180 m
			2a	Lübeck-Genin	Lübeck-Genin
			Rest area	Auf dem Karkfeld	Auf dem Karkfeld rest area
	Herzogtum Lauenburg	Groß Sarau	2b	Lübeck-Süd	B 207 – Lübeck-Süd, Lübeck Airport, Krummesse, Lüneburg, Ratzeburg, ( A 24)
	Herzogtum Lauenburg	Groß Sarau	3	Groß Sarau	Groß Sarau, Groß Grönau
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Nordwestmecklenburg	Lüdersdorf	4	Lüdersdorf	Lüdersdorf, Carlow
		Siemz-Niendorf	Rest area	Schönberger Land	Schönberger Land rest area
		Schönberg	5	Schönberg	B 104 – Schönberg, Schwerin, Gadebusch, Rehna	Schwerin is only signed eastbound
		Upahl	6	Grevesmühlen	Grevesmühlen, Boltenhagen, Mühlen, Eichsen
		Upahl	Rest area	Bretthäger Wisch	Bretthäger Wisch rest area
		Bobitz	7	Bobitz	Bobitz, Bad Kleinen, Gressow
		Barnekow	Rest area	Mölenbarg	Mölenbarg rest area
		Dorf Mecklenburg	8	Wismar-Mitte	B 208 / B 106 – Wismar-Mitte, Schwerin
		Hornstorf	9	Wismar interchange	A 14 – Dresden, Berlin, Schwerin, Insel Poel, Wismar
		Zurow	10	Zurow	B 192 – Zurow, Sternberg
		Zurow	Rest area	Selliner See	Selliner See rest area
		Glasin	11	Neukloster	Neukloster, Glasin
		Glasin	Rest area	Fuchsberg	Fuchsberg rest area
	Rostock	Jürgenshagen	12	Kröpelin	Kröpelin, Kühlungsborn, Bützow, Satow
		Satow	Rest area	Fuchsberg	Fuchsberg rest area
		Ziesendorf	13	Bad Doberan	Bad Doberan, Schwaan
		Ziesendorf	14	Rostock-West	B 103 – Rostock-West, Rostock-Warnemünde, Rostock-Zentrum, Rostock-Überseehafen (toll)	Überseehafen is only signed eastbound tolled destination goes through the Warnow Tunnel
		Polchow	15	Rostock-Südstadt	Rostock-Südstadt
		Dummerstorf	Rest area	Warnowtal	Warnowtal rest area
			16	Rostock interchange	A 19 / E55 – Berlin, Rostock-Überseehafen, Rostock-Warnemünde (toll), Rostock-Ost	Warnemünde is only signed westbound tolled destination goes through the Warnow Tunnel
			17	Dummerstorf	Dummerstorf, Waldeck
		Sanitz	Rest area	Speckmoor	Speckmoor rest area
		Sanitz	18	Sanitz	B 110 – Sanitz, Ribnitz-Damgarten, Tessin, Marlow	Marlow is only signed eastbound
		Thelkow	19	Tessin	B 110 – Tessin, Dargun, Gnioen, Demmin	Dargun, Gnoien and Demmin are only signed eastbound
		Grammow	Rest area	Lindholz	Lindholz rest area
	Vorpommern-Rügen	Lindholz	20	Bad Sülze	Bad Sülze, Barth, Gnoien	Gnoien is only signed westbound
		Tribsees	21	Tribsees	Tribsees, Richtenberg, Marlow	Marlow is only signed westbound
		Gransebieth	Rest area	Trebeltal	Trebeltal rest area
		Wendisch Baggendorf	22	Grimmen-West	Grimmen-West, Glewitz
		Süderholz	23	Grimmen-Ost	B 194 – Grimmen-Ost, Demmin, Loitz, Süderholz-Poggendorf
			24	Stralsund	B 96 / E22 / E251 – Stralsund, Sassnitz, Insel Rügen	eastern end of concurrency with european route E22 western end of concurrency with european route E251
			Rest area	Riedbruch	Riedbruch rest area
			25	Greifswald	B 109 – Greifswald, Süderholz-Poggendorf
	Vorpommern-Greifswald	Görmin	26	Dersekow	Dersekow, Loitz
		Görmin	Rest area	Peenetal	Peenetal rest area
		Gützkow	27	Gützkow	B 111 – Gützkow, Insel Usedom, Wolgast, Greifswald-Süd	Usedom is only signed eastbound Greifswald-Süd is only signed westbound
		Jarmen	28	Jarmen	B 110 – Jarmen, Dargun, Demmin, Anklam-Nord	Anklam-Nord is only signed eastbound
		Völschow	Rest area	Demminer Land	Demminer Land rest area
	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	Breest	29	Anklam	B 199 – Anklam, Burow, Insel Usedom	Insel Usedom is only signed westbound
		Werder	30	Altentreptow	Altentreptow, Werder, Stavenhagen
		Brunn	31	Neubrandenburg-Nord	Neubrandenburg-Nord, Neubrandenburg Airport, Friedland i.M., Brunn	Friedland in Mecklenburg is only signed eastbound
		Neverin	Rest area	Vier-Tore-Stadt	Vier-Tore-Stadt rest area
		Friedland	32	Neubrandenburg-Nord	B 110 / E251 – Neubrandenburg-Ost, Neubrandenburg-Zentrum, Glienke	eastern end of concurrency with european route E251
		Groß Miltzow	33	Friedland i.M.	Friedland i.M., Neustrelitz, Woldegk
		Groß Miltzow	Rest area	Brohmer Berge	Brohmer Berge rest area
		Schönhausen	34	Strasburg (Uckermark)	Strasburg (Uckermark)
	Vorpommern-Greifswald	Strasburg (Uckermark)	Rest area	Ravensmühle	Ravensmühle rest area
		Papendorf	35	Pasewalk-Nord	B 110 – Pasewalk-Nord, Ueckermünde, Torgelow	Ueckermünde and Torgelow are only signed eastbound
		Rollwitz	36	Pasewalk-Süd	B 109 – Pasewalk-Süd, Ueckermünde, Torgelow, Prenzlau	Ueckermünde and Torgelow are only signed westbound Prenzlau is only signed eastbound
Brandenburg	Uckermark	Schönfeld	Rest area	Klockow	Klockow rest area
		Rollwitz	37	Prenzlau-Ost	Prenzlau-Ost, Brüssow
		Grünow	38	Prenzlau-Süd	Prenzlau-Süd, Grünow, Eickstedt
		Uckerfelde	39	Uckermark interchange	A 11 / E28 – Berlin, Szczecin (PL)
		Uckerfelde	—	transition to federal road	B 166 – Schwedt	eastern endpoint of motorway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Proposed Route transition

References

External links

Bundesautobahn 20 – detailed route plan (in German)

[1] "Ostsee-Autobahn: Freie Fahrt zwischen Lübeck und Stettin".

[2] "Weser-Kurier: Zur Küstenautobahn schreibt der "Weser-Kurier" (Bremen) in seiner Ausgabe vom 19. August 2013".

[1]

[2]