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A 36
Bundesautobahn 36
Route information
Length120.4 km (74.8 mi)
Existed2019–present
Location
CountryGermany
StatesLower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany
← A 33→ A 37

Bundesautobahn 36 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 36, short form Autobahn 36, abbreviated as BAB 36 or A 36) is an autobahn in Germany. It was established on 1 January 2019 from the Bundesautobahn 395 and parts of the Bundesstraße 6.[1]

The highway is collectively known as Nordharzautobahn (North Harz highway) due to the route being parallel to the Harz mountains from Vienenburg to Bernburg.[2]

History

In March 1926, a route between Seesen and Halberstadt north of the Harz mountains was first suggested as part of a greater network in Germany.[3] More detailed plannings of parts of today's route reach back to April 1953, when a planning office in Brunswick recommended a highway-like route between Braunschweig and Bad Harzburg; this route was built between 1972 and 1994 as A 395 and replaced the B 4 along its way. This part wasn't considered a part of A 26 until discussions about upgrading the highway-like Bundesstraße 6 between Vienenburg interchange (A 395) and Bernburg (Saale) interchange (A 14) emerged in 2017 and were officially realized on 1 January 2019, leading to the renaming of the A 395 (Braunschweig – Vienenburg) and B 6 (Vienenburg – Bernburg) to A 36.

The original planning of the A 36 considered a different route: In 1972, the highway was first named as A 106 and supposed to connect Bielefeld, Lage, Hamelin, Alfeld, Goslar, and Bad Harzburg to the Inner German border.[4] If built, this route would today connect the A 2 with a hypothetical A 35 south of Hamelin in direction of Hanover, the A 7 (Hanover – Kassel), and the A 369 (Braunschweig – Braunlage), not including the former B 6 route to the A 14.

A second planning from 1976 designated the route from Bielefeld to Hamelin as a part of the A 35, leaving the highway from Hamelin to Bad Harzburg under the official name A 36. This last official plan was the base for the later renaming, considering the B 6 as the eastward continuation of the suggested highway.[5] This plan was eventually abandoned in 1980, with only a minor route east of the A 2 (Ubbedissen, four-lane B 6) and west of the recent A 369 (Harlingerode, four-lane B 6) being realized for the purpose of being part of a major highway.

Exit list

(1) Brunschweig-Süd 4-way interchange A 39 B 248
Tankstelle
(-) Braunschweig-Melverode
(2) Braunschweig-Heldberg
(3) Braunschweig-Stöckheim
(4) Wolfenbüttel-Nord B 79
Oker bridge 250 m
(5) Wolfenbüttel-Nordwest
(6) Wolfenbüttel-West
(7) Wolfenbüttel-Süd
(8) Flöthe
Grünbrücke 10 m
Straßenbrücke 70 m
Rest area Werla
Talbrücke Warnetal 130 m
Rest area Ziegenberg
(9) Schladen-Nord B 82
(10) Schladen-Süd B 82
(11) Lengde
Oker bridge 200 m
(12) Vienenburg B 241
Bahn- und Straßenbrücke 150 m
(13) Osterwieck/Vienenburg-Ost
(14) Vienenburg 3-way interchange A 369
Schamlah bridge
Ecker bridge
(15) Abbenrode
Rest area Brockenblick
(16) Stapelburg
Ilse bridge 60 m
(17) Ilsenburg/Veckenstedt
(18) Wernigerode-Nord B 244
Holtemme bridge
(19) Wernigerode-Mitte
Rest area Regensteinblick
(20) Halberstadt/Heimburg B 81
(21) Blankenburg-Mitte B 81
(22) Blankenburg-Ost B 27
(23) Thale
(24) Quedlinburg-Mitte
Bode bridge
(25) Quedlinburg-Ost
Selke bridge
(26) Hoym
(27) Aschersleben-West B 185
(28) Aschersleben-Mitte B 180
Rest area Hasenwinkel
(29) Aschersleben-Ost
(30) Güsten
(31) Ilberstedt
(32) Bernburg 4-way interchange A 14 B 6

References

  1. ↑ "Aus gelb wird blau: B 6 und A 395 werden zu A 36 hochgestuft". Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit, Verkehr und Digitalisierung. 2018-12-18. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  2. ↑ Frank Drechsler (2018-12-20). "Nordharz-Autobahn ab Januar blau statt gelb". Volksstimme. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. ↑ Karte auf autobahnatlas-online.de
  4. ↑ "Bauleistungen auf Bundesfernstraßen im Jahre 1972. Ausbau der Bundesfernstraßen in den Jahren 1971 bis 1985. Anlage zum Straßenbaubericht 1972". Bundesminister für Verkehr Abt. Straßenbau. Retrieved 2013-03-31. Kartenausschnitt
  5. ↑ "Bauleistungen auf Bundesfernstraßen im Jahre 1972. Ausbau der Bundesfernstraßen in den Jahren 1971 bis 1985. Anlage zum Straßenbaubericht 1972". Bundesminister für Verkehr Abt. Straßenbau. Retrieved 2013-03-31. Kartenausschnitt
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