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Bundesautobahn 623

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A 623
Bundesautobahn 623
Route information
Length11.9 km (7.4 mi)
Major junctions
North endFriedrichsthal
South endSaarbrücken
Location
CountryGermany
StatesSaarland
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany

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.

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

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StateDistrictLocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
SaarlandSaarbrücken (district)Sulzbach (Saar)9.86.11Dreieck Friedrichsthal A 8 – Luxembourg, Saarlouis, Trier, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, NeunkirchenNorthern terminus
Friedrichsthal9.35.82AltenwaldAltenwald, Hühnerfeld, FriedrichsthalSouthbound exit and entrance only
8.75.42AltenwaldAltenwald, Hühnerfeld, FriedrichsthalNorthbound exit and entrance only
Sulzbach (Saar)7.14.43SulzbachSulzbach, QuierschiedSouthbound exit and entrance only
6.33.93SulzbachSulzbach, QuierschiedNorthbound exit and entrance only
Saarbrücken4.62.94Saarbrücken-DudweilerL255 – Dudweiler, Fischbach, Camphausen
3.22.05Saarbrücken-HerrensohrL256 – Herrensohr, FischbachNorthbound exit and southbound entrance only
00.07Dreieck Dicke Buche B 41 – Saarbrücken-St. JohannNorthbound entrance and southbound exit only
00.07Dreieck Dicke BucheCamphauser Straße – Metz, SaarbrückenSouthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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