The Bundesstraße 257 is a German federal highway which leads from the connection to the A 565 near the Kreuz Meckenheim in a south-westerly direction through the Eifel to the border with Luxembourg in Echternacherbrück.

Behind the Adenau quarter of Breidscheid, the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring crosses the B 257, so that it runs within the Green Hell until the second overpass behind Quiddelbach.

Now it goes on in a south-westerly direction, whereby the Volcanic Eifel merges into the softer landscape of the Bitburger Gutland.

In Wolsfeld, which is known nationally for its hill climb, residents have been demanding a bypass for years because of the heavy traffic.

[2] The bypass road was opened for traffic on 13 December 2008 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Transport Minister Hendrik Hering and Parliamentary State Secretary Karl Diller from the Federal Ministry of Finance.