Bundesstraße 6n
Introduction The '''Bundesstraße 6n''' is a German federal road that runs east-west from the Vienenburg district of Goslar to Bernburg, where it connects to the A14.It was originally planned to be the A 36 motorway. It is intended to have four lanes running from the A 395 near Vienenburg through Wernigerode, Blankenburg, Quedlinburg, Aschersleben over the A 14 to Bernburg (Saale).The designation B 6n has been given to distinguish it from the old B 6 and B 185 during the planning and construction phase. After it is opened to traffic and the old ''Bundesstraße'' is downgraded to a ''Landesstraße'' or ''Kreisstraßen'' the B 6n will be renumbered the B 6 from Goslar to Aschersleben, the remaining section to the A 14 will become the B 185.For the most part the signs have already been changed accordingly.
Route The B 6n is signed off the A 14 (Magdeburg–Halle/Leipzig) motorway at Bernburg motorway junction and, after Braunschweig (Brunswick), it joins the A 395 at the Vienenburg three-way interchange (''Autobahndreieck''). It is thus intended to link these two motorways and create a new east–west axis. It is also intended to relieve traffic on the A 2 by providing an alternative route. The B 6 is being downgraded; indeed it already has been in those sections where the B 6n has already been built and is no longer signed as a ''Bundesstraße'' or federal road.From Vienenburg the B 6 continues as a 4-lane dual carriageway or ''Schnellstraße'' to Goslar and from there as the  B 82, albeit no longer a ''Schnellstraße'', to the A 7 motorway near Rhüden. During ultrasound testing on the route of the B 6n numerous sites of archaeological significance were found, including a burial hut (''Totenhütte'' ) of the Bernburg culture near Benzingerode in the borough of Wernigerode.The section between the three-way intersection at Vienenburg and Bernburg is already finished. This has relieved through traffic in the towns and villages by providing a motorway-like ''Schnellstraße'' or so-called "yellow motorway" (''gelbe Autobahn'').The extension of the B 6n is in planning and will consist of a ring road around Bernburg. In addition, there are preliminary investigations into an extension of the B 6 as far as the A 9 motorway. The route is intended to pass south of Köthen. The regional planning procedure for this was completed in 2001.The link to the A9 will be built near Thurland (about 5 kilometres south of the Dessau-Süd junction). There were thoughts about a further extension to Cottbus, but these have been put aside, because it was assessed that this route would not be used by a lot of traffic.At present the B 6n is open from the west i.e. Goslar as far as the Bernburg junction.Since 11 July 2007, planning and building law applies to all 13 sections (as far as the A 14).However, complaints were made to the Federal Administrative Court against the planning decision for section 13.3 (between Ilberstedt and the A 14). This legal dispute ended on 5 November 2008 with a court-proposed settlement agreement.According to the court decision, all applications for the B 6n gained governmental approval, which meant that the B 6n could be completed in the direction of the A 14 and lengthened as far as Bernburg.This last section was opened to traffic on 11 December 2011.
Administrative regions The B 6n passes through the following administrative regions:* Lower Saxony** Goslar district*** Vienenburg* Saxony-Anhalt** Harz district*** Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Nordharz: Abbenrode, Stapelburg*** Ilsenburg*** Wernigerode*** Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Blankenburg: Heimburg, Blankenburg*** Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Thale: Thale, Westerhausen*** Quedlinburg** Salzlandkreis*** Seeland*** Aschersleben*** Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Saale-Wipper: Güsten, Ilberstedt*** Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bernburg: Bernburg (Saale)
See also * List of federal roads in Germany* Bundesstraße 6
References
External links *  B6n-online