Bundesautobahn 24
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Map of the A24 in Germany |
is an
autobahn in
Germany.It connects the metropolitan regions of
Hamburg and
Berlin and used to be one of three
transit access roads to
West Berlin during the
Cold War.
Plans for the autobahn reach as far back as the
1930s; before
World War II numerous bridges and parts of the shoulder were erected between Hamburg and Berlin. The German divide, however, put a hold on these plans and it wasn't before
1978 that construction was started again, carried out by the
GDR work force and paid for by
West Germany. In
1982 the A24 could finally be opened. Most pre-war bridges could not be used, however, and were newly erected at the time.
