The (abbreviation: BAB 995 ) – short form: Autobahn 995 (abbreviation: A 995 ) is an
autobahn
The (; German , ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'.
Much of t ...
near
Munich
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in southern
Germany
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. It connects the southwestern parts of Munich with the
A 8 (Munich – Salzburg ) and
A 99. It is around eleven kilometers long and has two lanes and hard a shoulder in each direction.
History
The entire section of road was completed in 1972 for the
Olympic Games
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as the "
Unterhaching
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–
Taufkirchen bypass".
Status
Despite the continuous blue signage and full motorway provisions, originally only the short stretch between the Munich-South junction and Sauerlach was actually dedicated as a federal motorway. The route between the Sauerlach junction and the southern border of Munich (at the
Munich-Giesing junction) was designated as "Bundesstraße 13 (new)". The "Autobahndirektion Südbayern" was responsible for this section according to Section 3 (2) (a) of the Ordinance on the Transfer of Powers under the German Federal Trunk Roads Act. Therefore, no motorway or federal road number was given for the entire route, only the
European route E54
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On 1 January 2018 the entire route was finally upgraded to Bundesautobahn 995 (BAB 995), which also required the installation of new signs showing the Autobahn number.
As of 1 October 2019, the responsibilities for the A 995 are with the Hohenbrunn motorway maintenance department.
[Oberste Baubehörde im Bayerischen Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr]
''Freistaat Bayern - Straßenübersichtskarte - Zuständigkeiten der Autobahnmeistereien''.
(PDF; 2,9 MB) .baysis.bayern.de, 1 January 2016; retrieved 17 September 2016.
Exit list
References
External links
995
Year 995 (Roman numerals, CMXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Japan
* 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies.
* 3 June: Fujiwara no Michikane gains power and becomes Rege ...
A995
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