Bundesautobahn 44
| A 44 | ||||
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| Bundesautobahn 44 | ||||
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| Length | 274.6 km (170.6 mi) (planned: 330.3 km) | |||
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| Country | Germany | |||
| States | North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, (planned Thuringia) | |||
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Bundesautobahn 44 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 44, short form Autobahn 44, abbreviated as BAB 44 or A 44) is a German Autobahn. It consists of three main sections and a few smaller sections. It begins in Aachen at the German–Belgian border (Belgian motorway A3) and ends near Kassel (Bundesautobahn 7). Before German unification it was a regional motorway. In the 1990s, it became an integral part of the German motorway system. The A 44 is a heavily-used link between the Rhine-Ruhr-Area and the new German states, especially Thuringia, and also eastern European states like Poland.