Bundesstraße 242

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B 242
Bundesstraße 242
Route information
Length	124 km (77 mi)
Major junctions
East end	Seesen
Major intersections
Route Map  Seesen B 248  Herrhausen  Münchehof Kraftfahrstraße Münchehof B 243 common route with the B 243 Münchehof-Süd B 243 end of motor road Bad Grund local diversion Harz unincorporated area  Clausthal-Zellerfeld B 241 B 498 common route with the B 498  Dammhaus B 498  Sonnenberg B 4 common route with the B 4 Braunlage-Nord Kraftfahrstraße parking area Braunlage-Mitte B 27 Hasselkopf Tunnel (220 m) end of motor road Braunlage-Süd B 4  Sorge Trans-Harz Railway  Tanne  Trautenstein  Hasselfelde B 81  Stiege Selke Valley Railway  Güntersberge  Siptenfelde  Alexisbad B 185  Harzgerode  Königerode  Leimbach B 86 Mansfeld Castle  Klostermansfeld B 180
West end	Mansfeld
Location
Country	Germany
States	Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
Highway system
Roads in Germany Autobahns List Federal List State E-roads

The B 242 is a federal highway (German: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from Seesen to Mansfeld.^[1]

The B 242, also known as the Harz High Road (Harzhochstraße), runs right across the Harz mountains in central Germany. From Seesen on the northwestern edge of the Harz near the A 7 motorway it runs through the Upper Harz past Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the High Harz, where it is combined for several kilometres with the B 4, past Braunlage and then through the eastern Harz foothills into Mansfelder Land. There it joins the B 180 east of Klostermansfeld.

An extension of the B 242 via Polleben and Salzmünde to Halle (Saale) is being planned.

• Innerste
• Oderteich
• Warme Bode, near Sorge
• Hassel between Hasselfelde and Stiege
• Selke near Alexisbad
• Wipper in Mansfeld

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  The highest point on the B 242 (828 m AMSL) between Dammhaus and Sonnenberg
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  View from the Harz highway of the Brocken

• List of federal roads in Germany

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