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höhenfrei (adj)
   grade separated (motorway, railway)

Die Kraftwagenstraße Köln-Bonn (heute die A555 Autobahn) hatte die ersten höhenfreien Anschlussstellen, es fehlte aber noch der Mittelstreifen, der die beiden Fahrbahnen getrennt hat.
The Cologne-Bonn limited-access highway (today the A555 autobahn*) had the first grade-separated intersections, but the median strip that divided the two roadways was still missing.

*The Cologne-Bonn limited-access highway was completed in 1932 and is considered the first autobahn in history.

Related Words:
die Höhenfreiheit grade separation
planfrei grade separated
die Schnellstraße limited access, high-speed highway (usually with only two lanes)

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