B85 | |
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Bundesstraße 85 | |
Route information | |
Length: | 493 km (306 mi) |
Major junctions | |
Northwest end: | Kyffhäuser |
Southeast end: | Passau |
Location | |
States: | Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria |
Highway system | |
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The Bundesstraße 85 (abbr. B 85) runs southeast through Thuringia and Bavaria, from Kyffhäuser to Passau, near the Austrian border. B85 is approximately 500 kilometers (310 mi) long.
Cities and towns along B85: Berga (Kyffhäuser) – Bad Frankenhausen – Kölleda – Weimar – Rudolstadt – Saalfeld/Saale – Kronach – Kulmbach – Bayreuth – Pegnitz – Auerbach in der Oberpfalz – Sulzbach-Rosenberg – Amberg – Schwandorf – Roding – Cham – Viechtach – Regen – Schönberg (Lower Bavaria) – Passau
B85 is the successor to Reichsstraße R 85, which followed a similar route: Berga (Kyffhäuser) – Bayreuth – Vilseck – Amberg – Passau.