Kreuz Hilden

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Kreuz Hilden
Location
Hilden, Germany
Coordinates51°11′40″N 6°56′22″E / 51.194553°N 6.939428°E / 51.194553; 6.939428
Roads at
junction
Construction
TypeCloverleaf interchange
Lanes2x2/2x3
Opened1987

The Kreuz Hilden (German: Autobahnkreuz Hilden) is a cloverleaf interchange in the German state North Rhine Westphalia.

The motorway interchange forms the connection between the A3 Dutch border northwest of Emmerich am Rhein-Austrian south of Passau and the A46 Heinsberg-Kreuz Wuppertal-Nord. [1]

Geography

The motorway interchange lays within the city limits of Hilden, after which it is named. Nearby cities are Düsseldorf, Erkrath, Haan and Solingen. The interchange lays approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the city centre of Düsseldorf and approximately 30 km (19 mi) north of Cologne. When you follow the A 3 form here further north you will pass the Neanderthal valley.

History

In this region the A3 exists since 1936,[2] when it was built due to the building of Reichsautobahn from Colonge to Düsseldorf. Back then the Hildener Kreuz was built as a normal motorway exit as a connection to the Landstraße Unterbach–Hilden.[3] The A 46 was built here in 1972 as B 326 also known as (Wupperschnellweg).

Reconstruction 2010

Between April and September 2010 they widened the connection towards Düsseldorf to two lanes to make the traffic flow better. the acceleration lanes we also lengthened to let the heavy traffic blend in better on the A 3. The A3 between the motorway interchange and the motorway exit Mettmann was also given a new roadsurface. [4][5][6]

Building form and road layout

The motorway interchange "Kreuz Hilden" is built on a cloverleaf interchange. Near the interchange the A 3 as well as the A 46 are built in a 2x3 layout. Originally all the connections were built with one lane. During the resurfacing of the A3, due to the heavy traffic, the connection towards Düsseldorf was widened to two lanes.

Specials

On the A 46 the Kreuz and the exit towards Landesstraße 403 (Exit Hilden) are double exits.

Traffiic near the interchange

Approximately 230,000 vehicles use the interchange on a daily basis. This makes it to one of the busiest motorway interchanges in North Rhine-Westphalia.

From To Average daily traffic

[7]

AS Mettmann (A 3) AK Hilden 129,000
AK Hilden AS Solingen (A 3) 119,200
AS Erkrath (A 46) AK Hilden 101,600
AK Hilden AS Hilden (A 46) 111,600

External links

  1. ^ "AK Hilden". Autobahnkreuze & Autobahndreiecke in Deutschland. 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  2. ^ Eröffnungsdaten auf autobahn-online.de
  3. ^ "Topografische Karte von 1939 auf "Geogreif"". Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  4. ^ "Hilden: A 3 wird zur Baustelle". Rheinische Post. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  5. ^ "Autobahnkreuz Hilden bis September eine Baustelle". DerWesten.de. 2010-04-03. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  6. ^ "A3: Zufahrt im Kreuz Hilden wird verlängert". Landesbetrieb Straßen NRW. 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  7. ^ "Manuelle Verkehrszählung BAB 2010". BASt Statistik. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-05. (PDF-Datei; 336 KB)