Keywords: Highway Bridge Stammbahn2.jpg en This is a former railway bridge over a former highway This was the Stammbahn Prussia's first railway line opened in 1838 connecting Berlin and Potsdam The highway was built in 1940 connecting one of the world's first racetracks the AVUS with Potsdam The GDR authorities rerouted the highway further to the east since the old route crossed the border between the GDR and West-Berlin multiple times As a transit route connecting West-Berlin with West Germany it was an important connection Nowadays the Autobahn 115 as it is called connects the inner city ring A100 with the outer highway ring A10 and still is an important highway own Sebastian Rittau 2011-03-15 52 24 15 34 N 13 10 6 7 E region DE_heading WSW Cc-zero Preußische Stammbahn highway bridge Photos by User Srittau |