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The Berlin - Hamburg motorway opened in November 1982. Here, the new route in the area of ??the GDR checkpoint Stolpe-Sued. The works on the eastern side are almost completed. To prevent
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Walsleben-West motorway service area, Hamburg-Berlin transit route, car park with motorists and motorcyclists from the GDR and the Federal Republic Stock Photo - Alamy
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