Bundesautobahn 49

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A 49
Bundesautobahn 49
Route information
Length	45 km (28 mi) (planned: 87 km)
Location
Country	Germany
States	Hesse
Highway system
Roads in Germany Autobahns List Federal List State E-roads
← A 48 → A 52

Bundesautobahn 49 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 49, short form Autobahn 49, abbreviated as BAB 49 or A 49) is a federal motorway running through north Hesse. It connects Kassel with the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, where it ends in Neuental. The motorway is planned to be extended to Gemünden (Felda) with a connection to A 5.

Course

A 49 splits off from

rivers, the latter being bridged over twice.

At its current end in Neuental, the A 49 flows into

state road

3074. As this road is not designed to handle motorway traffic, the 8.5 kilometer-long stretch between Borken and Neuental is prohibited for heavy traffic.

Exit list

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	(1)	Am Lohfaldener Rüssel
	(2)	Kasse-Mitte 4-way interchange A 7 E45
	(3)	Kassel-Industriepark
	(4)	Kassel-Waldau B 83
		Talbrücke Fulda 320 m
	(5)	Kassel-Auestadion B 3
	(6)	Kassel-Niederzwehren
	(7)	Kassel-West 4-way interchange A 44 E331
	(8)	Baunatal-Nord
	(9)	Baunatal-Mitte
	(10)	Baunatal-Süd
		Tankstelle Holzhausen
	(11)	Edermünde
	(12)	Felsberg B 256
		Rest area Scharfenstein/Am Sonnenborn
	(13)	Gudensberg
		Ems
	(14)	Fritzlar
		Ederbrücke 140 m
		Bahn-und Straßenbrücke 50 m
	(15)	Wabern B 253
	(16)	Borken (Hessen) B 3
		Talbrück Schwalm (1) 180 m
		Talbrück Schwalm (2) 100 m
	(17)	Neuental
		Goldbachtalbrücke 285 m
		Schlierbachtalbrücke 170 m
		Grünbrücke 50 m
		Todenbachtalbrücke 259 m
		Katzenbachtalbrücke 252 m
		Tunnel Frankhain 899 m
		Schwalmstadt (under construction)
		Talbrücke Biedenbacher Teiche 200 m (planned)
		Kreuz Schwalmstadt (planned) A 4
		Rest area Kälbachtal (planned)
		Kälbachtalbrücke 300 m (planned)
		Rest area Kälbachtal (planned)
		Neustadt (planned) (Hessen)
		Stadtallendorf-Nord (planned) B 454
		Joßkleintalbrücke 350 m (planned)
		Stadtallendorf-Süd (planned) B 62
		Gleentalbrücke 460 m (planned)
		Homberg (planned) (Ohm)
		3-way interchange Ohmtal (planned) A 5 E50

Planned extension

For decades, there have been wranglings over a 42.5 km extension of the A 49 from Neuental southwards to ease traffic on the

Rhein-Main Region

. The probable route from Neuental would be:

• Schwalmstadt
• Neustadt (Hessen)
• Stadtallendorf
• A 5 near Gemünden (Felda)

The last section to be opened to traffic was between the exits at

The plan now is for the A 49 to continue from its current end past Schwalmstadt and Stadtallendorf to Federal motorway 5 as quickly as possible, and thereby foregoing the previous plan to connect Kassel and Marburg with a motorway. Several sections of the original A 49 have been constructed with different names: the four-lane section of Federal road 3 between Marburg and the Gießen North interchange, between Karben and the Preungesheimer Dreieck, Bundesautobahn 485 between the Gießener Nordkreuz and Butzbach, and Bundesautobahn 661 between the Preungesheimer Dreieck and Egelsbach.

Constructions built for the A 49 extension, such as the Egelsbach junction and a service station near Dreieich, have been dismantled. The proposed easterly by-pass of Darmstadt has been abandoned due to nature conservation issues.

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bundesautobahn 49.

• Bundesautobahn 49 – detailed route plan (in German)
• Planungsstand der A 49 des Amtes für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen in Kassel
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070928151201/http://www.gps-kassel.de/touren/kartegross/a49.kmz der geplanten Streckenführung Neuental-Schwalmstadt
• Gemeinschaft gegen den Weiterbau der A49 von Neuental nach Gemünden