Between 1982 and 1990 Gudow served as West German inner German border crossing for cars travelling along Bundesautobahn 24 between the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the West German Federal Republic of Germany.
Bundesautobahn 7 | Bundesautobahn 1 | Bundesautobahn 4 | Bundesautobahn 10 | Bundesautobahn 81 | Bundesautobahn 24 | Bundesautobahn 14 | Bundesautobahn 114 | Bundesautobahn 100 | Bundesautobahn 6 | Bundesautobahn 57 | Bundesautobahn 23 (A23) | Bundesautobahn 23 | Bundesautobahn 20 | Bundesautobahn 19 | Bundesautobahn 94 | Bundesautobahn 831 | Bundesautobahn 8 | Bundesautobahn 72 | Bundesautobahn 555 | Bundesautobahn 5 | Bundesautobahn 2 |
From here the beltway runs northwards to the Havelland interchange with the Bundesautobahn 24 to Hamburg, and finally turns eastwards to the Oranienburg and Pankow interchanges with the Bundesautobahn 111 and Bundesautobahn 114 motorways both leading to the Berliner Stadtring.
During the division of Germany, the A 2 played, together with the A 24, an important role as a transit corridor to West Berlin, with allied checkpoints at Helmstedt and Dreilinden-Drewitz (on the A 10) respectively.