Bundesautobahn 3

Bundesautobahn 3

Southeast end: Austrian border near Passau Location States: North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg Highway system

• Roads in Germany

• Motorways (Autobahnen)
• Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen)

Bundesautobahn 3 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 3, short form Autobahn 3, abbreviated as BAB 3 or A 3) is an autobahn in Germany that links the border to the Netherlands near Wesel in the northwest to the Austrian border near Passau in the southeast.

Major cities along its total length of 778 km (483 mi) include Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Leverkusen, Cologne, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nuremberg and Regensburg. The A 3 is a major connection between Rhine-Ruhr area and southern Germany, resulting in heavy traffic. Consequently, large parts have three lanes (plus emergency lane) for each direction, including a 300 km (187.5 mi) long part between Oberhausen and Aschaffenburg.