Bundesautobahn 623
Bundesautobahn 623 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 623, short form Autobahn 623, abbreviated as BAB 623 or A 623) is an autobahn in Germany.
A623 | |
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Bundesautobahn 623 | |
Route information | |
Length | 11.9 km (7.4 mi) |
Major junctions | |
North end | Friedrichsthal |
South end | Saarbrücken |
Location | |
States | Saarland |
Highway system | |
The A 623 is a spur connecting the A 8 to Saarbrücken. As with the A 1 to the west, the A 623 does not enter the inner city. Connections to arteries into Saarbrücken are made at the final two junctions. Junction 7 offers a connection to the Camphauser Straße expressway, which leads to the B 268 and the B 51. The road also continues past junction 8 into Saarbrücken, but as the B 41. The section of B 41 immediately after junction 8, about 1.2 km, is a short Kraftfahrstrasse (expressway).
The entirety of the A 623 was once part of the B 41. When the road was designated as an autobahn, the B 41 designation remained. The concurrency is indicated on all distance signs along the A 623, a rarity for German roads. The concurrency continues a further three junctions to the east along the A 8.
There is no junction 6 along the A 623. This was to be the connection point with a proposed alignment of the A 1 into Saarbrücken. The planned route of the A 1 would have diverged from a location near that road's present-day junction 148 (Saarbrücken-Von der Heydt), then connecting with the A 623, continuing down the Camphauser Straße expressway, through Saarbrücken, and across the Westspange bridge to end at the A 620. For the same reason, the A 1 has no junction 149.
Exit list
(1) | Friedrichsthal 3-way interchange A8 | |
(2) | Sulzbach-Altenwald | |
(3) | Sulzbach | |
(4) | Saarbrücken-Dudweiler | |
(5) | Saarbrücken-Herrensohr | |
(7) | Saarbrücken-Ludwigsberg ( B51 B268) | |
(8) | Saarbrücken-Rodenhof | |
B41 | Road continues as the B 41 into Saarbrücken |