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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 ...

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, linking the A 59 to the A 61. The oldest section of the A 565 was built in 1959, a branch of the

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- Bonn road. This short autobahn, which served as bypass of Bonn, ran from the present-day location of the interchange ''Bonn-Nord'', over the ''Tausendfüßler'' bridge, and ending at the current junction ''Bonn-

Endenich Endenich is a neighborhood in the western part of Bonn, Germany. Before 1904 it was an independent municipality. The village of Endenich was founded in the 8th century, and was first mentioned in 804 as ''Antiniche''. Today, about 12,000 people liv ...

''. This section was built with two lanes in each direction and was never widened, making it one of the busiest stretches of autobahn in Germany. Later, the road was extended to Lengsdorf, the present-day site of the junction ''Bonn-Lengsdorf''. In 1967, the highway was further extended to the north, across the Rhine and up to the A 170 ''Flughafenautobahn'' (present-day A 59). At this point, various sections of the Bonn bypass was signed as the B 56n, the B 9n, and the B 257n from there to Lengsdorf. Next, work focused on the southern end of the road. The section from Lengsdorf to ''Meckenheim-Nord'' was opened in 1971. The road was designated entirely as the A 221 along with the opening of that section. The southernmost portion, from the A 61 to the end of the autobahn, opened in 1973; the remaining portion from the A 61 to ''Meckenheim-Nord'' opened two years later. In between the two openings, in 1974, the autobahn received the designation of A 565.

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Altenahr Altenahr () is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative centre for the eponymous collective municipality, to which it belongs. Altenahr is a state-recognised tourist resort and is ra ...

External links

Autobahn Atlas: A565
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565 __NOTOC__ Year 565 ( DLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 565 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...