Bundesstraße 242
The B 242 is a federal highway () in Germany. It runs from Seesen to Mansfeld. Route 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. Rivers crossed Innerste Oderteich Warme Bode, near Sorge Hassel between Hasselfelde and Stiege Selke near Alexisbad Wipper in Mansfeld Photographs See also List of federal roads in Germany 242 Transport in the Harz