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  2. Road signs in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Guidelines for the Safety of Road Construction Sites (RSA, German: Richtlinien für die verkehrsrechtliche Sicherung von Arbeitsstellen an Straßen) [15] Each sign has an assigned number. The suffix number after the hyphen refers to the variation of the sign; the suffix on signs with variable numbers is the number depicted on the sign (for ...

  3. Autobahn - Wikipedia

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    A 3 and A 5 at Frankfurter Kreuz near Frankfurt am Main Overhead signage on A 3. The Autobahn (IPA: [ˈaʊtoˌbaːn] ⓘ; German pl. Autobahnen, pronounced [ˈaʊtoˌbaːnən] ⓘ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany.

  4. Dortmund rail freight bypass - Wikipedia

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    The Dortmund freight bypass railway (German: Güterumgehungsbahn Dortmund) is a railway line in the north of the city of Dortmund in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is designed for the carriage of freight only, allowing freight trains that pass through Dortmund to avoid Dortmund Hauptbahnhof , reducing delays to passenger traffic ...

  5. Route number - Wikipedia

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    A route (or road) number, designation or abbreviation is an identifying numeric (or alphanumeric) designation assigned by a highway authority to a particular stretch of roadway to distinguish it from other routes and, in many cases, also to indicate its classification (e.g. motorway, primary route, regional road, etc.), general geographical location (in zonal numbering systems) and/or ...

  6. Bypass (road) - Wikipedia

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    A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, to improve road safety and as replacement for obsolete roads that are no longer in use as a result of devastating natural disasters ...

  7. Comparison of European road signs - Wikipedia

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    Irish rural speed limit sign on a local road. Sometimes similar signs have minor differences in meanings, following the local traffic codes. The United Kingdom's "pass either side" sign indicates that drivers may pass on either side of an obstacle, such as a traffic island, to reach the same destination. [2]

  8. List of German abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    In German, acronyms retain the grammatical gender of their primary noun. [ 1 ] Syllable words ( German : Silbenkurzwörter ), or syllabic abbreviation or clipping, is a particularly German method of creating an abbreviation by combining the first two or more letters of each word to form a single word.

  9. Speed limits in Germany - Wikipedia

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    Speed limits in Germany. Speed limits in Germany (German: Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung) are set by the federal government.All limits are multiples of 10 km/h. There are two default speed limits: 50 km/h (31 mph) inside built-up areas and 100 km/h (62 mph) outside built-up areas.