A31 (Germany)

The A31 is a 241 km long motorway in the West of Germany going in North-South direction from Emden to Bottrop in the Ruhr Area.

By many people this motorway is called the Friesenspieß or Emslandautobahn, because it's going straightforward through the Emsland, and especially at night you'll see no cars for miles along the motorway here. This part of the motorway is one of the most emptiest streets in Germany.

You can find one petrol station between Lingen and Wietmarschen. Two petrol stations are in planning (Aschendorf and Hochmoor), but it's not sure when they are finished.

Hitching the A31

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	(1) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Emden-West
	(2) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Pewsum
	(3) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Emden-Mitte
	(4) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Emden-Wolthusen
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	(8) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Veenhusen
	(9) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Dreieck Leer * connection to the A28
	(10) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Leer-Nord
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination (average) Easy to get a ride to the Netherlands since a lot of Dutch people go shopping in Leer.	(11) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Leer-West	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination (bad) It's very difficult to hitchhike in the direction of Oldenburg since most (if not all) people will take a different on-ramp.
	(12) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Jemgum
	(13) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Weener
	(14) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Dreieck Bunde * connection to the A280
	(15) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Papenburg
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	(24) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Wietmarschen
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Raststätte Ems-Vechte West		Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Raststätte Ems-Vechte Ost
	(25) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Lingen
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination (bad)	(26) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Emsbüren Get off here if you want to hitch along the A30. Walk away from this ramp in direction south-west for 1 km and you'll get to the Schüttorf-Nord ramp along the A30. There you can try hitching towards Osnabrück easily, towards the Netherlands it's a bit more difficult because of missing traffic. Hitchhiking the Emsbüren ramp is not the best option, it's quite empty in both directions.	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination (bad)
	(27) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Kreuz Schüttorf * connection to the A30
	(28) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Schüttorf-Ost
	(29) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Ochtrup-Nord
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination (bad)	(30) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Gronau/Ochtrup No way to hitch this ramp because it's on the B54. On this ramp cars drive around 100 km/h and it's hard to stop and dangerous for you! If going towards Gronau, Enschede or Münster,	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination (bad)
	(31) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Heek
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	(42) Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Dreieck Bottrop * connection to the A2
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German highways

Major highways: A1 • A2 • A3 • A4 • A5 • A6 • A7 • A8 • A9

Minor highways: A10 • A11 • A12 • A13 • A14 • A15 • A17 • A19 • A20 • A21 • A23 • A24 • A25 • A26 • A27 • A28 • A29 • A30 • A31 • A33 • A37 • A38 • A39 • A40 • A42 • A43 • A44 • A45 • A46 • A48 • A49 • A52 • A57 • A59 • A60 • A61 • A62 • A63 • A64 • A65 • A66 • A67 • A70 • A71 • A72 • A73 • A81 • A92 • A93 • A94 • A95 • A96 • A98 • A99