The B 242 is a federal highway (German: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from Seesen to Mansfeld.[1]
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
- Innerste
- Oderteich
- Warme Bode, near Sorge
- Hassel between Hasselfelde and Stiege
- Selke near Alexisbad
- Wipper in Mansfeld
Photographs
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The highest point on the B 242 (828 m AMSL) between Dammhaus and Sonnenberg -
View from the Harz highway of the Brocken
See also
References
- ^ "Bundesstraßenverzeichnis, Ausgabe 2009 (BVERZ 2009)" (PDF). Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (in German). Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. 30 October 2009. p. 239. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
