Bundesstraße 242

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The B 242 is a federal highway (German: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from Seesen to Mansfeld.^[1]

B 242

Bundesstraße 242

Route information

Length

124 km (77 mi)

Major junctions

East end

Seesen

Route Map
		Seesen B 248
		Herrhausen
		Münchehof
Motor road		Kraftfahrstraße
		Münchehof B 243
		common route with the B 243
		Münchehof-Süd B 243
End of the motor road		end of motor road
Diversion		Bad Grund local diversion Harz unincorporated area
		Clausthal-Zellerfeld B 241 B 498
		common route with the B 498
		Dammhaus B 498
		Sonnenberg B 4
		common route with the B 4
		Braunlage-Nord
Motor road		Kraftfahrstraße
		parking area
		Braunlage-Mitte B 27 Hasselkopf Tunnel (220 m)
End of the motor road		end of motor road
		Braunlage-Süd B 4
		Sorge
		Trans-Harz Railway
		Tanne
		Trautenstein
		Hasselfelde B 81
		Stiege
		Selke Valley Railway
		Güntersberge
		Siptenfelde
		Alexisbad B 185
		Harzgerode
		Königerode
		Leimbach B 86
		Mansfeld Castle
		Klostermansfeld B 180

West end

Mansfeld

Location

Country

Germany

States

Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt

Highway system

Roads in Germany

Route

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The B 242, also known as the Harz High Road (Harzhochstraße), runs right across the Harz mountains in central Germany. From Seesen on the northwestern edge of the Harz near the A 7 motorway it runs through the Upper Harz past Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the High Harz, where it is combined for several kilometres with the B 4, past Braunlage and then through the eastern Harz foothills into Mansfelder Land. There it joins the B 180 east of Klostermansfeld.

An extension of the B 242 via Polleben and Salzmünde to Halle (Saale) is being planned.