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Heerstraße is German for military road, a type or road that was built to enable the rapid movement of armies.
Specific roads built for this purpose include the:
- Aachen-Frankfurter Heerstraße
- Bernauer Heerstraße
- Lüneburger Heerstraße
- Heerstraße (Berlin)
Heerstraße is also used in:
- Berlin Heerstraße station, a railway station in Berlin
- Heerstraße (Frankfurt U-Bahn), a metro station on the Frankfurt U-Bahn
- British War Cemetery, Heerstraße, on the list of cemeteries in Berlin
- in Bremen since 1914 the name of former chaussees (for example, the Schwachhauser Heerstraße)
- a road in Frankfurt am Main, once part of the historic Elisabethenstraße
Heerstraße runs from Theodor-Heuss-Platz in Berlin-Charlottenburg to the western city border of Berlin in the locality of Staaken in the borough of Spandau. It is part of Bundesstraße 5; from Theodor-Heuss-Platz to Wilhelmstraße it is forms part of Bundesstraße 2. With a length of around 10 kilometres, it is one of the longest streets in Berlin and an important commuter route. The street is a five-lane expressway (Kraftfahrstraße), depending on traffic flow the middle lane is available during rush hours in the morning (eastbound) and in the evening (westbound).