Bundesautobahn 52

Federal Motorway 52
Federal Motorway 52
Bundesautobahn 52 (German)
Route information
Length	92 km (57 mi)
Location
Country	Germany
States	North Rhine-Westphalia
Highway system
	Roads in Germany; Autobahns List; ; Federal List; ; State; E-roads;

Bundesautobahn 52 (German for 'Federal Motorway 52', short form Autobahn 52, abbreviated as BAB 52 or A 52) is an autobahn in western Germany. It starts at the Dutch-German border near the community of Niederkrüchten, district of Viersen. From Niederkrüchten, it runs northeast.

Its westernmost part serves as an important commuter route into Düsseldorf. The autobahn becomes Bundesstraße 7 shortly before the Rheinkniebrücke, which leads into the Düsseldorf city centre. Traffic on the A 52 is routed through the Düsseldorf city centre on the B 8 and B 1 secondary roads up to Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich, where the A 52 becomes a road of its own again.

The autobahn has three parts:

Dutch-German border – Niederkrüchten-Elmpt – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf-Heerdt
Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich – Dreieck Essen-Ost
Gladbeck – Gelsenkirchen – Marl-Nord

A new connection from the Dutch border to Elmpt opened in May 2009.^[1] An extension connecting the interchange Essen-Ost with the interchange Gladbeck has been proposed for several years but has not been built yet due to the need for several kilometers of tunnels below densely populated areas.

Exit list

State	Location	km	mi
	From interchange Roermond A 73 (NL)
N280	Netherlands

	1–DE border
	Grünbrücke 50 m
	2	Elmpt
	3	Niederkrüchten B 221
	Schwalmtal 254 m
	4	Schwalmtal
	Straßenbrücke 60 m
	Kranenbachbrücke 60 m
	5	Hostert
	6	Mönchengladbach-Hardt
	7	Mönchengladbach A 61
	Wolfskull/Bockerter Rest area
	8	Mönchengladbach-Nord
	9	Mönchengladbach-Neuwerk
	10	Neersen A 44
	Kleinraststätt Cloerbruch Rest area
	11	Willich-Schiefbahn
	12	Kaarst-Nord
	13	Kaarst A 57	E 31
	14	Büderich



	21	Düsseldorf-Rath
	22	Düsseldorf-Nord A 44
	23	Ratingen
	Tiefenbroich Rest area
	Straßenbrücke 50 m
	24	Tiefenbroich
	25	Breitscheid A 524
	25a	Breitscheid A 3	E 35
	25b	Breitscheid B 227
	Auberg Rest area
	Mintarder Ruhrtal 1830 m
	Ickten Rest area
	26	Essen-Kettwig
	27	Essen-Haarzopf
	28	Essen-Rüttenscheid B 224
	29	Essen-Süd
	30	Essen-Bergerhausen B 227
	30a	Essen-Bergerhausen A 44	planned
	Huttrop 340 m Tunnel
	32	Essen-Ost A 40

	Frillendorf 680 m Tunnel (planned)
		Essen-Frillend-West
	700 m Tunnel (planned)
		Essen-Stoppenberg
	870 m Tunnel (planned)

B 224 interrupted (further need)

	Buer Filling station
	42	Gelsenkirchen-Buer-West B 226
	43	Gelsenkirchen-Scholven
	Straßenbrücke 220 m
	44	Gelsenkirchen-Hassel B 224
	45	Dorsten-Ost
	46	Marl-Frentrop B 225
	47	Marl-Brassert
	48	Marl-Zentrum
	Bahn- und Straßenbrücke 50 m
	49	Marl-Hamm
	50	Marl-Nord A 43
L612 Haltern