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Bundesautobahn 12 (translates fromGerman asFederal Motorway 12, short formAutobahn 12, abbreviated asBAB 12 orA 12), also known asAutobahn der Freiheit[1] (English:Motorway of Freedom) is anautobahn in northeasternGermany, connectingBerlin to thePolish border.
Poland lacked a symbolically significant event like thefall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent opening of the border to commemorate the end of thePeople's Republic . The poor condition of many Polish roads was seen as a symbol of the socialist planned economy's shortages. Until 1989, and for years afterward, there were practically no expressways. Even the motorway to Warsaw only opened a few months before the2012 European Football Championship . Thus, the new motorways became a symbol of the market economy and the connection with Western Europe. On June 4, 2014, the 25th anniversary of the1989 Polish parliamentary elections, the Polish A2 motorway was given the honorary name "Motorway of Freedom " ( Polish: "Autostrada Wolności" ) at the initiative ofPolish PresidentBronisław Komorowski . On October 9, 2014, the 25th anniversary of theMonday Demonstrations in Leipzig,Katherina Reiche, Brandenburg CDU Member of the Bundestag and Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, also bestowed the honorary name "Autobahn der Freiheit" (Motorway of Freedom ) upon the A12 .
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B 168
B 112n
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