Bundesstraße 242

The B 242 is a federal highway (German: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from Seesen to Mansfeld.

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B 242
Bundesstraße 242
Route information
Length124 km (77 mi)
Major junctions
East endSeesen
Major intersections
Route Map
  Seesen B 248
  Herrhausen
  Münchehof
Motor road
Motor road
 Kraftfahrstraße
Münchehof B 243
common route with the B 243
Münchehof-Süd B 243
End of the motor road
End of the motor road
 end of motor road
Diversion
Diversion
 Bad Grund local diversion

Harz unincorporated area

  Clausthal-Zellerfeld B 241

B 498

common route with the B 498
  Dammhaus B 498
  Sonnenberg

B 4

common route with the B 4
Braunlage-Nord
Motor road
Motor road
 Kraftfahrstraße
parking area
Braunlage-Mitte B 27

Hasselkopf Tunnel (220 m)

End of the motor road
End of the motor road
 end of motor road
Braunlage-Süd

B 4

  Sorge
Trans-Harz Railway
  Tanne
  Trautenstein
  Hasselfelde B 81
  Stiege
Selke Valley Railway
  Güntersberge
  Siptenfelde
  Alexisbad B 185
  Harzgerode
  Königerode
  Leimbach B 86
Mansfeld Castle
  Klostermansfeld B 180
West endMansfeld
Location
CountryGermany
StatesLower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany

Route

The B 242, also known as the Harz High Road (Harzhochstraße), runs right across the Harz mountains in central Germany. From Seesen on the northwestern edge of the Harz near the A 7 motorway it runs through the Upper Harz past Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the High Harz, where it is combined for several kilometres with the B 4, past Braunlage and then through the eastern Harz foothills into Mansfelder Land. There it joins the B 180 east of Klostermansfeld.

An extension of the B 242 via Polleben and Salzmünde to Halle (Saale) is being planned.

Rivers crossed

Photographs
  • The highest point on the B 242 (828 m AMSL) between Dammhaus and Sonnenberg
    The highest point on the B 242 (828 m AMSL) between Dammhaus and Sonnenberg
  • View from the Harz highway of the Brocken
    View from the Harz highway of the Brocken

See also
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