Bundesautobahn 45

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Federal Motorway 45

Bundesautobahn 45 (German)
Route information
Length257 km (160 mi)
Major junctions
North endBundesautobahn 2 number.svg A 2 in Dortmund
South endBundesautobahn 3 number.svg A 3 in Seligenstadt
Location
CountryGermany
StatesNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Bavaria
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany
A 44 A 46

Bundesautobahn 45 (German for 'Federal Motorway 45', short form Autobahn 45, abbreviated as BAB 45 or A 45) is an autobahn in Germany, connecting Dortmund in the west with Aschaffenburg in the southwest. It is colloquially known as the Sauerlandlinie (Sauerland line) as it runs through the hilly, rural Sauerland region between Hagen and Siegen. The A45 has many bridges to cross valleys, the highest of which is the Sichter Valley bridge (Talbrücke Sichter) between Lüdenscheid and Meinerzhagen at 530 metres above mean sea level. It is mostly two lanes each way with frequent climbing lanes between Dortmund-Hafen and the Gambacher Kreuz intersection. In March 2013 30 people were injured in a pile-up on the A45.

History

During the 1960s and 1970s a southward extension was proposed as the „Odenwald-Neckar-Alb-Autobahn“ (ONAA), to pass through Groß-Umstadt, Michelstadt, Schwaigern, Neckarwestheim, Mundelsheim, Berglen, Remshalden, Lichtenwald and Schlierbach, linking the ONAA to the A 8 near Kirchheim unter Teck, however the project was abandoned for ecological reasons in 1979 by the state government of Baden-Württemberg.

Trajectory

The A 45 branches off the A 2 at the Dortmund Nord-West intersection, passes through the eastern Ruhr area and enters the Sauerland near Hagen. It then enters the Siegerland and the state of Hesse, where the A 45 is joined by the A 66 between the interchanges Hanauer Kreuz and Langenselbolder Dreieck. A short stretch of road, between junctions Alzenau and Mainhausen, is on Bavarian territory, then the A 45 merges with the A 3 at the interchange Seligenstädter Dreieck in the state of Hesse, just to the west of the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg. The Rahmede viaduct near Lüdenscheid was closed on 2 December 2021, due to damage to its structure. It was demolished in May 2023[1] and is due to be replaced.

Numerical listing of Exits and Junctions

A 45 near Lüdenscheid view north
StateDistrictLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
2Dortmund-Nordwest A 2
3Castrop-Rauxel-Ost A 42
4Dortmund-Hafen
5Dortmund-West A 40 B 1
6Dortmund-Eichlinghofen
7Dortmund / Witten A 44
8Dortmund-Süd B 54
9Westhofener Kreuz A 1
Ruhrbrücke
10Schwerte-Ergste
Lennetalbrücke
11Hagen A 46
12Hagen-Süd
Talbrücke Kattenohl 300 m
Talbrücke Brunsbecke 500 m
Talbrücke Sürenhagen
Talbrücke Eichelnbleck
Rölveder Mühle + Kaltenborn Rest area
13Lüdenscheid-Nord
Rahmedetalbrücke 453 m
14Lüdenscheid
Sauerland Rest area
15Lüdenscheid-Süd
Talbrücke Homert 200 m
Talbrücke Sichter 400 m
Talbrücke Immecke 200 m
16Meinerzhagen
Talbrücke Beustenbach 400 m
Talbrücke Lüdespert 300 m
Talbrücke Bleche 557 m
Talbrücke Germinghausen 200 m
17Drolshagen-Wegeringhausen
Talbrücke Wintersohl 300 m
18Olpe B 54
Talbrücke Rosenthal 400 m
Talbrücke Rüblinghausen 300 m
Talbrücke Sassmicke 700 m
19Olpe-Süd A 4
Talbrücke Gerlingen 400 m
Talbrücke Ottfingen 200 m
Talbrücke Büschergrund 400 m
20Freudenberg / Siegen-West
Siegerland Rest area
21Siegen B 62
Siegtalbrücke 1.050 m
22Siegen-Eisern
Talbrücke Eisern 327m
23Wilnsdorf
N.N 400 m
24Haiger / Burbach B 54
Talbrücke Kalteiche 500 m
Dilltalbrücke Haiger 801 m
Talbrücke Sechshelden 1.100 m
25Dillenburg B 277
Marbachtalbrücke 500 m
Lützelbachtalbrücke 300 m
Ambachtalbrücke 438 m (Under construction)
Windelbachtalbrücke 400 m (Under construction)
Dollenberg Pfeil oben.svg Rest area
Kallenbachtalbrücke 200 m
26Herborn-West B 255
27Herborn-Süd B 277
Rehbachbrücke 200 m
Heubachtalbrücke 300 m
Dilltalbrücke Edingen 801 m
Onsbachtalbrücke 300 m
Volkersbachtalbrücke 300 m
Katzenfurt Pfeil unten.svg Rest area
28Ehringshausen
Lemptalbrücke 300 m
Kreuzbachtalbrücke 300 m
Talbrücke Bechlingen 300 m
Bornbachtalbrücke 300 m
29Wetzlarer Kreuz A 480
Blasbachtalbrücke 500 m
Lahnbrücke 500 m
30Wetzlar-Ost B 49 E 40 E 44
31Wetzlar-Süd
Talbrücke Münchholzhausen 600 m
32Gießen-Lützellinden
33Gießener Südkreuz A 485 B 3
Talbrücke Langgöns 440 m
35Gambacher Kreuz A 5
36Münzenberg B 488
37Wölfersheim B 455
38Florstadt B 275
39Altenstadt B 521
Langen - Bergheim Rest area
41Langenselbold-West Pfeil unten.svg
42Langenselbolder Dreieck A 66
Kinzigbrücke
43Hanauer Kreuz A 66 B 43a
44Alzenau
45aKarlstein
45bKleinostheim B 8
Mainbrücke 450 m
46Mainhausen
47Seligenstadt A 3

References

  1. ^ "330 Pounds of Explosives Used to Demolish Unsafe Autobahn Bridge". Yahoo. 2023-05-09. Archived from the original on 2023-05-23.

External links

Media related to Bundesautobahn 45 at Wikimedia Commons