B54 (Germany)

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The B54 is a German Bundesstrasse (one step smaller than the Autobahn, but still forbidden to hitch on) between Gronau and Wiesbaden.

It is the main connection coming from Enschede or in general from the Netherlands going to Münster and/or if the traveler wants to continue onto the A1 towards Dortmund or Hamburg, though in direction Hamburg the A30 could be also considered, but it's still a pain in the ass to hitch northwards from the A30 onto the A1.

Hitching the B54

Legend:  (very good) |  (good) |  (average) |  (bad) |  (senseless)

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	border crossing Gronau * connection to the A35 (Netherlands)
(bad) Into Germany traffic is extremely low on this on-ramp, for obvious reasons, you will see if you get stranded there :) But still there's traffic and it's possible.	Gronau-West Traffic islands on both sides are sufficient for stopping cars directly when they turn onto the ramp. No hard-shoulder.	(good) Towards Enschede enough traffic to get at least onto the on-ramp Enschede-Zuid of the A35.
(senseless) In direction East it's the worst construction ever, nearly impossible for cars to stop and traffic lights also don't really help.	Gronau-Epe	(good) In direction Netherlands pretty good, just make sure you walk up about 20 meter. No hard shoulder, but enough green to stand on. Don't stop lorries here, but cars can pick you up easily.
(average) Low traffic, mostly lorries, dangerous to stop them.	Gronau-Ost	Traffic island in direction west. No hard shoulder.
	A31 Do not get out here unless you want to get picked up by border police to pay a huge fine.
	Ochtrup/Heek	(average) Average traffic, traffic island to stand on, cars see you ages ago and have place to stop, though no hard shoulder.
	Ochtrup	(good) Low traffic, out of the way-ramp, but you can flag down cars going up, mostly good experiences here.
	Metelen
	Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt West
	Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt Nord	(average) Low traffic, but huge hard shoulder to stop cars.
	Steinfurt
	Steinfurt-Borghorst
	Nordwalde
	Altenberge-West
	Altenberge-Süd
	Münster-Nienberge
	A1
	Münster-Steinfurter Straße
	Münster-Eissporthalle	(good)

The Bundesstraße goes further to Dortmund, Hagen, Lüdenscheid, Olpe, Siegen, Limburg an der Lahn, Bad Schwalbach and Wiesbaden, but these parts are not important for hitchhiking.