A61 | |
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Bundesautobahn 61 | |
Route information | |
Length: | 331 km (206 mi) |
Major junctions | |
From: | Hockenheim |
To: | Heinenend, Nettetal |
Location | |
States: | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg |
Highway system | |
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Coordinates: 50°18′53″N 7°29′40″E / 50.31472°N 7.49444°E
Bundesautobahn 61 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 61, short form Autobahn 61, abbreviated as BAB 61 or A 61) is an autobahn in Germany that connects the border to the Netherlands near Venlo in the northwest to the interchange with A 6 near Hockenheim. In 1965, this required a redesign of the Hockenheimring.
The autobahn runs parallel to the A 3 on the opposite side of the Rhine. Between Mönchengladbach and Bergheim in the north and Worms, Ludwigshafen and Speyer in the south, it cuts through the landscapes of Eifel and Hunsrück, avoiding areas of dense population while still in proximity to Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz and Bingen.