ation ▁ ▁The ▁abbre viation ▁for ▁a ▁Landes straße ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁prefix ed ▁capital ▁letter ▁L ▁and ▁a ▁serial ▁number ▁( e . ▁g . ▁L ▁ 1 , ▁L ▁ 8 3 , ▁L ▁ 2 6 2 ▁or ▁L ▁ 3 1 9 0 ). ▁Staats stra ßen ▁in ▁Sax ony ▁are ▁similarly ▁abbre vi ated ▁using ▁a ▁capital ▁S ▁( e . ▁g . ▁S ▁ 1 9 0 ) ▁and ▁ ▁the ▁Staats stra ßen ▁in ▁Bav aria ▁are ▁prefix ed ▁with ▁the ▁letters ▁St ▁( e . ▁g . ▁St ▁ 2 1 0 8 ). ▁ ▁The ▁kilomet rage ▁is ▁shown ▁on ▁white ▁signs ▁by ▁the ▁road side ▁with ▁black ▁letters , ▁known ▁as ▁location ▁signs ▁( St ations zeich en ), ▁that ▁replace ▁the ▁former ▁kilomet re ▁stones . ▁The ▁beginning ▁and ▁end ▁of ▁a ▁Landes straße ▁is ▁specified ▁using ▁so - called ▁hub ▁( N etz k not en ) ▁numbers . ▁That ▁makes ▁its ▁location ▁un ambigu ous , ▁which ▁is ▁important ▁for ▁rapid ▁assistance ▁when ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁accident , ▁for ▁example . ▁The ▁hub ▁numbers ▁are ▁displayed ▁on ▁the ▁upper ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁sign ▁and ▁also ▁indicate ▁their ▁direction . ▁In ▁the ▁example ▁in ▁the ▁photograph , ▁therefore ▁No . ▁ 6 6 0 8 ▁ 0 3 9 ▁is ▁left ▁of ▁the ▁sign ▁ 6 6 0 8 ▁ 0 2 3 ▁to ▁the ▁right . ▁In ▁the ▁bottom ▁right - hand ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁sign ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁the