Bundesautobahn 63
| A 63 | ||||
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| Bundesautobahn 63 | ||||
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| Length | 73 km (45 mi) | |||
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| North end | Bundesautobahn 60 in Mainz | |||
| South end | Bundesautobahn 6 in kaiserslautern | |||
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| Country | Germany | |||
| States | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
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Bundesautobahn 63 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 63, short form Autobahn 63, abbreviated as BAB 63 or A 63) is an autobahn in southwestern Germany. It connects the Mainz area to Kaiserslautern and the A 6 and is therefore an important connection between the Rhine/Main and the Saar areas. It was constructed during the 1980/90s and finished in 2004: last section Sembach to Kaiserslautern.
Historically an uninterrupted Autobahn, one final 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) section was added between Sembach and Kaiserslautern at the current site of the Dreieck Kaiserslautern/KL-Zentrum Ausfahrt. This relieved the heavy traffic on the two lane Bundesstraße 40.