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Holiday truck bans in Germany: see what’s changed

The German government has again made changes to its summer truck ban restrictions. In response, a German haulage organisation has already published a map of alternative routes.

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At the end of June, the German government published a regulation on summer traffic restrictions, introducing some changes.

The revised document regulates the ban on trucks over 7.5t and trucks with trailers from 7 am to 8 pm on all Saturdays between 1 July and 31 August 2024 and in subsequent years. 

The routes covered by the summer restrictions were supplemented by the section of the A67 motorway between Darmstädter Kreuz and the Viernheimer junction.

Other road sections with summer bans remain unchanged from last year’s list:

  • A1 from Erfttal junction via Leverkusen-West junction, Wuppertal, Kamener Kreuz, Münster to Lohne/Dinklage junction
  • A2 from Oberhausen interchange to Bad Oeynhausen interchange
  • A3 from Oberhausen to Cologne-East junction, from Mönchhof Dreieck via Frankfurter Kreuz to Nuremberg junction
  • A4 from Kirchheimer Dreieck to the Thuringian border near Herleshausen
  • A5 from Hattenbacher Dreieck to Bad Homburger Kreuz, from Darmstädter Kreuz to Karlsruhe-South junction and from Offenburg junction to Neuenburg junction
  • A6 from the Schwetzingen-Hockenheim interchange to the Nuremberg-South interchange
  • A7 from the Schleswig/Jagel interchange to the Bordesholm interchange, from the Soltau-South interchange to the Göttingen-North interchange, from the Schweinfurt/Werneck interchange via the Biebelried interchange, the Ulm/Elchingen interchange and the Allgäu interchange to the end of the border with Austria at Füssen
  • A8 from Karlsruhe Junction to Munich-Obermenzing Junction and from Munich-Ramersdorf Junction to Bad Reichenhall Junction
  • A9/E 51 Berliner Ring (Leipzig/Potsdam interchange) to Munich-Schwabing interchange
  • A10 Berliner Ring, from Werder junction via Potsdam-Nord junction to Berlin-Spandau junction
  • A45 from Dortmund-South junction via Westhofener Kreuz and Gambacher Kreuz junction to Seligenstädter Dreieck junction
  • A61 from Meckenheim via Koblenz interchange to Hockenheim interchange
  • A81 from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen junction to Gärtringen junction
  • A92 from Munich-Feldmoching junction to Oberschleißheim junction and from Neufahrn junction to Erding junction
  • A93 from Inntal Dreieck junction to Reischenhart junction
  • A99 from Munich-South-West via Munich-West, Munich-Allach, Munich-Feldmoching, Munich-North, Munich-East, Munich-South and Munich-Eschenried junction
  • A831 from Stuttgart-Vaihingen junction to Stuttgart junction
  • A980 from Allgäu to Waltenhofen junction
  • A995 from Sauerlach to Munich-South junction
  • B31 from Stockach-East junction on the A98 to Sigmarszell junction on the A96
  • B96/E 251 from the Berlin border to the B104 at Neubrandenburg

Map of alternative routes

Each year, to help find alternative routes, the German transport association BGL produces a map for truck drivers and hauliers. The digital map is freely scalable, allowing it to be used on mobile devices.

It is available free of charge on the BGL website. Prohibited routes are marked in red. Alternative routes recommended for truck drivers are marked in green.

The map is also available on the app of the German motorway operator Autobahn GmbH.

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