Bundesstraße 5
B 5 | |
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| Bundesstraße 5 | |
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| Length | 553 km (344 mi) |
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| Country | Germany |
| States | Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Brandenburg |
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The Bundesstraße 5 (abbr. B5) is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll to Frankfurt (Oder). It provides a direct route for motorists traveling between Berlin and Hamburg. In Berlin B5 forms among others the following squares and streets Heerstraße, Theodor-Heuss-Platz, Kaiserdamm, Straße des 17. Juni, Großer Stern, Unter den Linden, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Alexanderplatz, Karl-Marx-Allee, Frankfurter Tor, and Frankfurter Allee. The section north of Hamburg is partially paralleled by Bundesautobahn 23.