B 85
Bundesstraße 85
Route information
Length	493 km (306 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest end	Kyffhäuser
Southeast end	Passau
Location
Country	Germany
States	Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria
Highway system
Roads in Germany Autobahns List Federal List State E-roads

The Bundesstraße 85 (abbr. B 85) runs southeast through Thuringia and Bavaria, from Kyffhäuser to Passau, near the Austrian border. B85 is approximately 500 kilometers (310 mi) long.

Cities and towns along Biểuchieu: Berga (Kyffhäuser) – Bad Frankenhausen – Kölleda – Weimar – Rudolstadt – Saalfeld/Saale – Kronach – Kulmbach – Bayreuth – Pegnitz – Auerbach in der Oberpfalz – Sulzbach-Rosenberg – Amberg – Schwandorf – Roding – Cham – Viechtach – Regen – Schönberg (Lower Bavaria) – Passau

B85 is the successor to Reichsstraße R 85, which followed a similar route: Berga (Kyffhäuser) – Bayreuth – Vilseck – Amberg – Passau.

See also

List of federal highways in Germany

External links

• The B85 as the "Bier- und Burgenstraße" ("Beer and Castle Road") for marketing purposes (German only)

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