View source for Bundesautobahn 24

{{Short description|Federal motorway in Germany}}
{{Expand German|topic=transp|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox road
| country     = DEU
| type        = A
| route       = 24
| map         = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|stroke-width=3}}
| map_custom  = yes
| length_km   = 237
| established = 
| decommissioned = 
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a  = [[Hamburg]]
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b  = [[File:Bundesautobahn 10 number.svg|28px]] [[Bundesautobahn 10|A 10]] near [[Berlin]]
| states      = [[Hamburg]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[Brandenburg]]
| previous_type = A
| previous_route = 23
| next_type     = A
| next_route    = 25
}}

{{BAB intro|24}} is an [[autobahn]] in northern [[Germany]] that connects the large metropolitan regions of [[Hamburg]] and [[Berlin]]. It was one of the three transit access roads to [[West Berlin]] during the [[Cold War]].

On that road, there is a 150&nbsp;km (93&nbsp;mi) long section that has no speed limit at all (only a recommended speed of 130&nbsp;km/h), which means that about 65% of that Autobahn can be driven at very high speed.

== History ==
Planning for the autobahn began as far back as the 1930s; before [[World War II]] numerous bridges and sections of roadside shoulder were built between Hamburg and Berlin. The German divide, however, put a hold on further work and it was not until 1978 that construction was resumed, carried out by a [[German Democratic Republic|GDR]] work force and paid for by [[West Germany]]. In 1982 the A&nbsp;24 could finally be opened. Most pre-war bridges could not be used, however, and were replaced by new structures.

==Exit list==
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|state=Hamburg
|sspan=2
|district=Hamburg-Mitte
|dspan=2
|location=Horn, Hamburg
|lspan=1
|km=0.0
|exit=1
|name=[[Hamburg]]-[[Horn, Hamburg|Horn]]
|type=
|road=[[Hamburg]]-[[Horn, Hamburg|Horn]], [[Hamburg Airport]]
|notes=Western endpoint of motorway
----
Roundabout with local roads
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Billstedt
|lspan=1
|km=3.5
|exit=2
|name=Hamburg-[[Jenfeld]]
|type=
|road=[[Hamburg]]-[[Jenfeld]]
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=Schleswig-Holstein
|sspan=12
|district=Stormarn (district)
|district_special=[[Stormarn (district)|Stormarn]]
|dspan=4
|location=Barsbüttel
|lspan=2
|km=6.6
|exit=3
|name=Hamburg-Ost interchange
|type=incomplete
|road={{Jct|country=DEU|A|1|E|22|location1=[[Bremen]]|location2=[[Hannover]]|location3=[[Hamburg]]-Zentrum|location4=Hamburg-[[Öjendorf]]|location5=[[Fehmarn]]|location6=[[Lübeck]]|location7=[[Rostock]]|location8=[[Barsbüttel]]}}
|notes=no ramps between Lübeck and Berlin
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|km=10.8
|exit=4
|name=[[Reinbek]]
|type=
|road=[[Reinbek]], [[Glinde, Schleswig-Holstein|Glinde]], [[Barsbüttel]]
|notes=
}}
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|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Reinbek
|lspan=1
|km=15.8
|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
|name=Hahnenkoppel
|type=
|road=Hahnenkoppel rest area
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Witzhave
|lspan=1
|km=17.4
|exit=5
|name=[[Witzhave]]
|type=
|road=[[Witzhave]], [[Trittau]], [[Grande, Germany|Grande]]
|notes=Trittau and Grande are only signed eastbound
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=Herzogtum Lauenburg
|dspan=8
|location=Kasseburg
|lspan=2
|km=23.0
|exit=6
|name=[[Schwarzenbek]]/[[Grande, Germany|Grande]]
|type=
|road={{Jct|country=DEU|B|404|location1=[[Schwarzenbek]]|location2=[[Grande, Germany|Grande]]|location3=[[Lauenburg]]|location4=[[Kiel]]({{Jct|country=DEU|A|21}})|location5=[[Lübeck]]({{Jct|country=DEU|A|1|E|22}})}}
|notes=Lauenburg is only signed eastbound
----
Kiel and Lübeck are only signed westbound
}}
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|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|km=23.0
|exit=6
|name=Schwarzenbek/Grande interchange
|type=proposed
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|notes=interchange proposed
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Elmenhorst
|location_special=[[Elmenhorst, Lauenburg|Elmenhorst]]
|lspan=1
|km=33.1
|exit=7
|name=[[Talkau]]
|type=
|road={{Jct|country=DEU|B|207|location1=[[Talkau]]|location2=[[Mölln]]|location3=[[Schwarzenbek]]|location4=[[Ratzeburg]]}}
|notes=Schwarzenbek is only signed westbound
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Tramm
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|lspan=1
|km=37.1
|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
|name=Tramm
|type=
|road=Tramm rest area
|notes=westbound only
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Roseburg
|location_special=[[Roseburg, Schleswig-Holstein|Rosenburg]]
|lspan=1
|km=37.9
|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
|name=Roseburg
|type=
|road=Roseburg rest area
|notes=eastbound only
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Hornbek
|lspan=1
|km=39.0
|exit=8
|name=[[Hornbek]]
|type=
|road=[[Hornbek]], [[Büchen]], [[Lauenburg]]
|notes=
}}
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|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Besenthal
|lspan=1
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|exit=8b
|name=[[Gudow]]
|type=
|road=[[Gudow]], [[Büchen]]
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Gudow
|lspan=1
|km=50.4
|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
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|type=
|road=Gudow rest area
|notes=rest area is equipped with a gas station and a restaurant
----
Rest area is a former border checkpoint between west and east germany
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|sspan=13
|district=Ludwigslust-Parchim
|dspan=13
|location=Lüttow-Valluhn
|lspan=3
|km=52.7
|exit=9a
|name=[[Gallin]]
|type=incomplete
|road=[[Gallin]]
|notes=incomplete junction: only ramps from and towards Hamburg
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
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|district=
|dspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|km=53.6
|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
|name=Schaalsee
|type=incomplete
|road=Schaalsee
|notes=rest area is equipped with a gas station and a restaurant
----
eastbound only
}}
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|state=
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|dspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|km=56.5
|exit=9b
|name=[[Zarrentin]]
|type=
|road={{Jct|country=DEU|B|195|location1=[[Zarrentin]]|location2=[[Boizenburg]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
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|district=
|dspan=
|location=Wittenburg
|lspan=2
|km=69.7
|exit=10
|name=[[Wittenburg]]
|type=
|road=[[Wittenburg]], [[Hagenow]]-Kietz
|notes=
}}
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|district=
|dspan=
|location=
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|exit=11
|name=[[Hagenow]]
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|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
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|district=
|dspan=
|location=Hoort
|lspan=1
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|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
|name=Schremheide
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|road=Schremheide rest area
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Wöbbelin
|lspan=2
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|name=[[Wöbbelin]]
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|road=[[Wöbbelin]], [[Schwerin]], [[Ludwigslust]]-Nord
|notes=
}}
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|state=
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|dspan=
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|km=100.3
|exit=13
|name=[[Schwerin]] interchange
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|road={{Jct|country=DEU|A|14|location1=[[Wismar]]|location2=[[Rostock]]|location3=[[Schwerin]]|location4=[[Ludwigslust]]}}
|notes=Rostock is only signed eastbound
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
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|district=
|dspan=
|location=Neustadt-Glewe
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|exit=14
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|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=
|dspan=
|location=Brenz
|location_special=[[Brenz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Brenz]]
|lspan=1
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|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
|name=Blievenstorf
|type=
|road=Blievenstorf rest area
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
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|dspan=
|location=Stolpe
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|lspan=1
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|exit=''[[Rest area]]''
|name=Stolpe
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|road=Stolpe rest area
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
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|dspan=
|location=Karrenzin
|lspan=1
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|exit=15
|name=[[Parchim]]
|type=
|road=[[Parchim]], [[Ziegendorf]]
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=Brandenburg
|sspan=21
|district=Prignitz
|dspan=6
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|lspan=3
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|exit=16
|name=[[Suckow]]
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}}
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}}
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|dspan=
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|exit=17
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|notes=
}}
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|state=
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|dspan=
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|lspan=1
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|name=Dorngrund
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|road=Dorngrund rest area
|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
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|district=
|dspan=
|location=Gerdshagen
|lspan=1
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|exit=18
|name=[[Meyenburg]]
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|road={{Jct|country=DEU|B|103|location1=[[Meyenburg]]|location2=[[Pritzwalk]]-Nord|location3=[[Plau am See]]}}
|notes=Pritzwalk-Nord is only signed eastbound
----
Plau am See is only signed westbound
}}
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|notes=
}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
|state=
|sspan=
|district=Ostprignitz-Ruppin
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|exit=19
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}}
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|name=[[Wittstock/Dosse]] interchange
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|notes=main carriageway runs between Berlin and Rostock
}}
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}}
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}}
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}}
{{DEUint|exit|name
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|dspan=
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----
Kyritz is only signed westbound
}}
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|district=
|dspan=
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|notes=
}}
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|dspan=
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{{DEUint|exit|name
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|notes=
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{{DEUint|exit|name
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|location=
|lspan=
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|name=[[Havelland]] interchange
|type=
|road={{Jct|country=DEU|A|10|E|26|location1=[[Frankfurt (Oder)]]|location2=[[Prenzlau]]|location3=[[Berlin]]-Zentrum}}<br />{{Jct|country=DEU|A|10|E|55|location1=[[Leipzig]]|location2=[[Magdeburg]]|location3=[[Potsdam]]}}
|notes=Eastern endpoint od motorway
}}
{{jctbtm|col=9|keys=incomplete,proposed|exit|name}}

== Pictures ==
<gallery>
image:Autobahn 24 Dreieck Schwerin.jpg|Autobahn 24 near junction Schwerin
image:Autobahnbruecke_RAB 44 (A24).jpg|unused bridge near [[Hagenow]] on the former planned route of the 1930s
image:Autobahnleitplanke nach LKW Unfall.jpg|Truck destroyed the central barrier on the A24 (Feb. 2009)
</gallery>

== External links ==
{{Autobahnatlas|24}}

{{bundesautobahn}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Autobahns in Germany|24]]
[[Category:Roads in Brandenburg|A024]]
[[Category:Roads in Hamburg|A024]]
[[Category:Roads in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|A024]]
[[Category:Roads in Schleswig-Holstein|A024]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Oberhavel]]
[[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]


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