Bundesstraße 462


The Bundesstraße 462 is a German Bundesstraße or federal road. It runs from the Upper Rhine Plain near Rastatt for about through the northern Black Forest to Rottweil. The section from Rastatt to Freudenstadt, which runs through the Murg valley to Baiersbronn, has been known since the 1960s as the Black Forest Valleys Road and, along with the B 500, is one of the tourist routes in the Black Forest. Both roads meet in Freudenstadt.
In 2001 the section from Rastatt to Gaggenau was widened into a dual carriageway as far as Schloss Bad Rotenfels and a further widening to the centre of Gaggenau is planned. In 1997, the road through Gernsbach was relieved by the building of the 1,527-metre-long Gernsbach Tunnel.

Route

The B 462 runs through the following larger settlements: Rastatt, Kuppenheim, Gaggenau, Gernsbach, Weisenbach, Forbach, Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt, Alpirsbach, Schenkenzell, Schiltach, Schramberg, Rottweil. From there the B 14 continues to Tuttlingen.

Electrification

In the "eWayBW" pilot project, the route 462 between Kuppenheim and Gernsbach-Obertsrot is to serve as a test route for trolleybus lorries. Three six-kilometer sections in this area will be electrified for this purpose. As of 2018, commissioning in 2020 and dismantling of the facilities is scheduled after three years of testing. After two "E-Highway" pilot projects on motorways is in Germany the first test on a public road.