Frankfurter Allee

Frankfurter Allee
	The Allee looking towards Frankfurter Tor
	Interactive map of Frankfurter Allee
Former names	Full length:; Lindenallee or; Frankfurter Linden; (c. 1700–c. 1800); Frankfurter Chaussee; (c. 1800–1872); Parts:; Frankfurter Chaussee; (1872–c. 1920); Full length:; Stalinallee; (1949–1961);
Part of	Bundesstraße 1; Bundesstraße 5;
Namesake	Frankfurt (Oder)
Type	Thoroughfare
Length	3,600 m (11,800 ft)
Location	Berlin, Germany
Quarter	Friedrichshain, Lichtenberg, Rummelsburg
Nearest metro station	Frankfurter Tor; ; Frankfurter Allee; Samariterstraße; Magdalenenstraße; ; Lichtenberg;
Coordinates	52°30′48″N 13°28′41″E / 52.51339°N 13.478°E
West end	Karl-Marx-Allee; Frankfurter Tor; Warschauer Straße; Petersburger Straße [de];
Major; junctions	Gürtelstraße; Möllendorffstraße [de]; Weitlingstraße; Skandinavische Straße;
East end	Rosenfelder Straße; Alt-Friedrichsfelde [de];
Construction
Inauguration	Generally:; 1708; Current name:; 20 September 1872; (official renaming, progressively implemented 1872, 1881, 1916); 12 November 1961;

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The Frankfurter Allee is one of the oldest roads of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It extends the Karl-Marx-Allee from Frankfurter Tor in the direction of the city of Frankfurt (Oder). It is part of Bundesstraße 1 and has a length of 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi).

Line U5 of the city's U-Bahn runs beneath the length of Frankfurter Allee. The U-Bahn stations of Frankfurter Tor, Samariterstraße, Frankfurter Allee, Magdalenenstraße and Lichtenberg are all under or adjacent to the street. Frankfurter Allee and Lichtenberg stations are also served by the city's S-Bahn.^[4]

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