
Germany: alternative routes during the HGV holiday driving ban
By virtue of the Holiday Travel Ordinance, there is an additional HGV driving ban on several motorway and federal road sections on all Saturdays in July and August (from July 1 to August 26 inclusive). The ban applies to vehicles and vehicle combinations with an GVW of over 7.5 t, in the period from 07:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
The BGL association has prepared a map showing motorways and roads affected by the ban and alternative routes. The map is available HERE ⬅CLICK or at the end of the article.
The holiday HGV driving ban applies on these roads:
⭕A1 – from the Köln-West interchange to the Lohne/Dinklage junction
⭕A2 – from the Oberhausen interchange to the Bad Oeynhausen interchange
⭕A3 – from the Oberhausen interchange to the Köln-Ost interchange
⭕A3 – from the Mönchhof motorway triangle to the Nürnberg interchange
⭕A5 – from the Darmstädter interchange to the Karlsruhe-Süd junction
⭕A5 – from the Offenburg junction to the Neuenburg interchange
⭕A6 – from to the Schwetzingen-Hockenheim junction to the Nürnberg-Süd interchange
⭕A7 – from the Schleswig/Jagel junction to the Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord junction
⭕A7 – from the Soltau-Süd junction to the Göttingen-Nord junction
⭕A7 – from the Autobahn triangle Schweinfurt/Werneck to the end of the autobahn at the federal border in Füssen
⭕A8 – from the Karlsruhe interchange to the Munich-Obermenzing junction
⭕A8 – from the Munich-Ramersdorf junction to the Bad Reichenhall junction
⭕A9/ E51 – from Berliner Ring (Leipzig/Autobahndreieck Potsdam junction) to the Munich Schwabing junction
⭕A10 – Berliner Ring (exceptions: the area between the Berlin-Spandau junction via the Havelland interchange to the Oranienburg interchange and the area between the Spreeau interchange to the Werder interchange)
⭕A45 – from the Dortmund-Süd junction to the Seligenstädter motorway triangle
⭕A 61 – from the Meckenheim interchange to the Hockenheim motorway triangle
⭕A 81 – from the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen junction to the Gärtringen junction
⭕A 92 – from the Munich-Feldmoching interchange to the Oberschleißheim junction
⭕A 92 – from the Neufahrn motorway junction to the Erding junction
⭕A 93 – from the Inntal motorway triangle to the Reischenhart junction
⭕A 99 – from the Munich South-West motorway triangle to the Munich/Eschenried motorway triangle
⭕A 215 – from the Bordesholm motorway triangle to the Blumenthal junction
⭕A 831 – from the Stuttgart-Vaihingen junction to the Stuttgart interchange
⭕A 980 – from the Allgäu interchange to the Waltenhofen junction
⭕A 995 – from the Sauerlach junction to the Munich-South interchange
⭕B31 – from the Stockach-Ost junction of the A 98 to the Sigmarszell junction of the A 96
⭕B96 / E251 – from Neubrandenburger Ring to Berlin
The map of alternative routes
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