BAB 20 ('Ostseeautobahn')
Introduction
Bundesautobahn 20 (Autobahn 20, BAB 20 or A 20 for short) is one of a programme of German Unity Transport Projects built following reunification to link the old and new Federal states together, and also forms part of the EU Trans-European Road Network. It is colloquially known as Ostseeautobahn, due to its geographic location near the Baltic Sea coastline.
At 323km, the A 20 is the longest continuously built new autobahn since 1945. It was designed to be opened in stages, with construction starting in 1992, the first section opening in 1997 and the official opening ceremony in December 2005.
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