following territorial changes made after world war ii it ran through three countries: the soviet union's kaliningrad oblast (today an exclave of the same name, in post-1991 russia), poland, and what had been east germany through to october 1990. its original purpose gone, some segments of the road were incorporated into local road networks while most of it fell into disrepair. the border between the kaliningrad oblast and poland was completely sealed to civilian traffic during the cold war, given the high density of soviet military installations in that area, which ensured the berlinka section in that area saw almost no use. the border between poland and east germany was open to civilian traffic but the economies of the two countries were not well connected and auto traffic between them was not significant for many decades. given these conditions, some segments of berlinka became a minor tourist attraction in the years after the war, as an example of a nazi-built autobahn preserved in an almost pristine state, carrying very little or no traffic. a number of movies made in poland and the ussr that were set in germany had their "autobahn" scenes shot on berlinka sections. a popular polish book and television series about pan samochodzik had a high speed car chase that was set on berlinka (as at the time one of the few places in poland where a high speed car chase was even plausible, given the execrable condition of other roads). in recent years that attraction has diminished as most of the stretches completed in the 1930s have been reconstructed to modern standards and largely lost their original appearance. today the last remaining stretch that still has nazi era construction features is signed as voivodeship road 142, north-east of szczecin. as that stretch is only a local road, it is unlikely to be rebuilt in the foreseeable future.