At the start of the holidays in NRW there will be endless traffic jams on many motorways. Construction sites, closures and traffic make things particularly bad on some routes. The big overview.
When NRW starts the holidays on June 27th as the first federal state, it will be extremely crowded on the motorways. On the one hand, this is due to the holidaymakers, but on the other hand, it is also due to the many construction sites that were put on hold during the summer holidays because then the rush-hour traffic decreases.
The ADAC predicts the most traffic jams on the motorways in NRW during the summer holidays on Fridays from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is the highest potential for congestion on the routes towards the North and Baltic Sea coasts, to the Netherlands and on the way to the south. Holidaymakers would have to expect delays, especially in the entire Ruhr area and in the greater Cologne area.
The Autobahns in NRW with an increased risk of traffic jams:
• A1 Cologne – Dortmund – Osnabrück – Bremen
• A2 Oberhausen – Dortmund – Hanover
• A3 Emmerich – Oberhausen – Cologne – Frankfurt
• A4 Cologne-Aachen
• A31 Bottrop-Ochtrup-Emden
• A40 Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Straelen
• A42 Dortmund-Oberhausen
• A43 Wuppertal – Bochum – Herne – Recklinghausen
• A44 Bochum – Dortmund – Kassel
• A45 Dortmund – Hagen – Lüdenscheid
• A46 Düsseldorf – Wuppertal
• A52 Essen – Dusseldorf – Mönchengladbach
• A57 Cologne – Krefeld – Kleve
• A61 Nettetal – Moenchengladbach – Koblenz
• A1/ A3/ A4/ A57/ A59 Greater Cologne
There are construction sites and closures here:
• A1: Six-lane widening north of Osnabrück between the Bramsche junction and the Lohne/Dinklage junction with two narrowed lanes in each direction
• A1: Preparatory work for bridge demolition north of the Unna junction with narrowed lanes in the direction of Bremen
• A1: Work on the replacement of the Liedbach Viaduct with restriction of the exits at the Unna junction (especially the A1 towards Münster on the A44 towards Kassel)
• A1: New construction of the Leverkusen bridge between Kreuz Leverkusen-West and junction Köln-Niehl, reduced and narrowed lanes
• A2: Road rehabilitation between Bottrop and Oberhausen with narrowed lanes in both directions
• A2: Bridge construction work between AS Kamen/Bergkamen and Kreuz Kamen with two narrowed lanes in the direction of Hanover and three in the direction of Oberhausen
• A3: Roadway and bridge work in sections between AS Siebengebirge and Dreieck Köln-Heumar, further to Kreuz Leverkusen with partially narrowed and reduced lanes in both directions
• A4: Ceiling renovation between Dreieick Köln-Heumar and Kreuz Köln-Gremberg with full closure in the direction of Aachen (1 July from 10 p.m. to 4 July 5 a.m.)
• A33: Road renovation between Junction Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock and Stukenbrock-Senne with two lanes in the construction site
• A33: Road renovation between AS Paderborn-Zentrum and AS Paderborn-Schloss-Neuhaus with two lanes in the construction site
• A40: Ceiling renovation between Kreuz Kaiserberg and AS Mülheim-Heißen with full closure in the direction of Dortmund (1 July from 8 p.m. to 11 July at 5 a.m.)
• A40: Explosive ordnance detection at the Duisburg junction with one lane blocked in the direction of Dortmund (24 June from 8 p.m. to 27 June 5 a.m.)
• A40: New construction of the Neuenkamp Rhine bridge between AS Duisburg-Hafen and AS Duisburg-Rheinhausen, blocked for trucks over 11.5 tons
• A40: Elimination of the accident black spot in the Gelsenkirchen-Süd junction with the exit and main lane blocked in the direction of Dortmund (1 July from 8 p.m. to 4 July 5 a.m.)
• A40: Demolition of the construction site security between AS Essen-Huttrop and AS Essen-Kray with closure of one lane in each direction (10 July, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and full nightly closure in the direction of Dortmund (until 11 July, 5 a.m.)
• A43: Six-lane expansion between Recklinghausen and Herne, construction site traffic management in the Herne junction
• A43: Closure of the Emscher Viaduct between Kreuz Recklinghausen and Kreuz Herne for vehicles over 3.5 tons, weighing systems with barriers in the direction of Münster (in front of Kreuz Herne) and Wuppertal (between Kreuz Recklinghausen and junction Recklinghausen-Hochlamark)
• A44: Surface renovation between AS Krefeld-Osterath and Kreuz Meerbusch with single-lane traffic routing (1.7.-12.7.)
• A45: Complete closure of the Rahmede viaduct near Lüdenscheid
• A46: Permanent construction site between AS Haan-Ost and Sonnborner Kreuz with full closure in the direction of Düsseldorf (28 July from 10 p.m. to 1 August 5 a.m.) and Dortmund (4 August from 10 p.m. to 8 August 5 a.m.)
• A46: Road renewal between AS Bestwig and Kreuz Meschede with only one narrowed lane in each direction
• A57: Surface renovation between Kreuz Kamp-Lintfort and AS Asdonkshof with single-lane traffic routing in the direction of Nijmegen (29 July from 10 p.m. to 1 August 5 a.m. and 5 August from 10 p.m. to 8 August 5 a.m.)
• A57: Replacement bridge dismantling between Kreuz Meerbusch and AS Krefeld-Oppum with full closure in both directions (29 July from 9 p.m. to 1 August 5 a.m.)
• A59: Elimination of the accident black spot in the Duisburg-Großenbaum junction with the exit and main lane blocked in the direction of Dinslaken (29 July from 10 p.m. to 1 August 5 a.m.)
• A59: Explosive ordnance detection between AS Duisburg-Ruhrort and AS Duisburg-Meiderich with closure of one lane in the direction of Düsseldorf (8 July from 8 p.m. to 11 July 5 a.m.)
• A59: Bridge work at the Leverkusen-West junction with full closure in both directions (5 August from 8 p.m. to 8 August 5 a.m.), traffic from Düsseldorf (A59) to Dortmund/Koblenz (A1) remains open
• A61: Concrete slab renovation between Dreieck Erfttal and AS Bergheim with complete closure in the direction of Venlo (from July 1st)
There are fewer traffic jams at these times
“Basically, if you are flexible, you should set off between Monday and Thursday outside of rush hour or use Sunday as the day of arrival. If it has to be Friday or Saturday, then it’s worth starting early in the morning or in the evening,” said ADAC traffic expert Roman Suthold.
with dpa
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