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.
Junction lists Seesen Herrhausen Münchehof Kraftfahrstraße Münchehof common route with the Münchehof-Süd end of motor road Bad Grund local diversion Harz unincorporated area Clausthal-Zellerfeld common route with the Dammhaus Sonnenbergcommon route with the Braunlage-Nord Kraftfahrstraße parking area Braunlage-Mitte Hasselkopf Tunnel (220 m) end of motor road Braunlage-Süd SorgeTrans-Harz Railway Tanne Trautenstein Hasselfelde StiegeSelke Valley Railway Güntersberge Siptenfelde Alexisbad Harzgerode Königerode Leimbach Mansfeld Castle Klostermansfeld Rivers crossed Innerste Oderteich Warme Bode, near Sorge Hassel between Hasselfelde and Stiege Selke near Alexisbad Wipper in Mansfeld
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See also List of federal roads in Germany
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