The Bundesstraße 303 (abbreviation: B 303) is a German federal highway that runs from west to east, beginning at the
A 7 autobahn west of
Schweinfurt and ending at the border with the
Czech Republic
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east of
Schirnding. It runs through the eastern part of
Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia (, ) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. It consists of nine districts and 308 municipalities (including three cities).
History
After ...
and the whole of
Upper Franconia
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.
History
The original route of ''
Reichsstraße'' 303 ran from Schweinfurt via
Schonungen,
Hofheim in Unterfranken,
Coburg
Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...
,
Mitwitz,
Kronach
Kronach (; ) is a Town#Germany, town in Upper Franconia, Germany, located in the Franconian Forest area. It is the capital of the Kronach (district), district Kronach.
The town is equipped with a nearly complete city wall and Germany's biggest an ...
and
Selbitz to
Hof and continued via
Rehau and
Eger to
Mitterteich. In 1941 the section from Hof via Eger to Mitterteich was replaced by
''Reichsstraße'' 15 and the section of that from Hundsbach (border) to Mitterteich by the
B 299. In the early 1950s the road from
Marktrodach via
Stadtsteinach,
Bad Berneck,
Marktredwitz and
Arzberg to Schirnding was redefined as the ''Bundesstraße'' 303. This section used to be called the Main Valley Road (''Maintalstraße'').
The central section of the B 303 between Schonungen am Main and
Tambach near Coburg originally ran through 14 villages. From the 1960s to the 1990s the route was re-routed eastwards in stages over a length of 49.7 km and, as a result, it now only passes through
Oberelldorf and Tambach. Since 19 October 2007, the B 303 has crossed over junction 10 of the new
A 73 autobahn (Nürnberg – Suhl) near
Ebersdorf bei Coburg.
Fichtelgebirge autobahn
There were plans to upgrade the section from
Wirsberg to
Cheb
Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River.
Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...
(Eger) into a four-lane '
yellow autobahn', the so-called 'Fichtelgebirge autobahn' (''Fichtelgebirgsautobahn''). This was intended to connected to the Czech
highway
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, the
D6 motorway, to
Prague
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. However these plans were not put into action due to the expected environmental damage, high construction costs and decreasing traffic volumes since January 2009. Instead the existing B 303 will be selectively widened in places.
Münchner Merkug:Aus für Fichtelgebirgsautobahn
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See also
* List of federal roads in Germany
External links
BI-B303 – Local initiative against heavy lorries on the B 303
Local initiative against the Fichtelgebirge autobahn
References
http://www.reichsstrassen.de.vu
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