Motorway triangle Moselle valley

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Motorway triangle Moselle valley
A1 A602 E44 E422
map
Overview map of the Moselle valley motorway triangle
location
Country: Germany
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '36 "  N , 6 ° 45' 29"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '36 "  N , 6 ° 45' 29"  E
Height: 130  m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type: Right-hand trumpet
Bridges: 1 (motorway) / 1 (other)
Traffic jam at the Moseltal motorway triangle. On the left the A1 federal motorway in the direction of Saarbrücken, the A 602 federal motorway branches off to the right in the direction of Trier. In the middle the tower of the parish church St. Martin in Schweich.

The Moseltal motorway triangle (abbreviation: AD Moseltal ; short form: Moseltal triangle ) is a motorway triangle in Rhineland-Palatinate , which is located near Schweich . Here the federal highway 602 ( Trier - Schweich) merges with the federal highway 1 ( Heiligenhafen - Hamburg - Cologne - Saarbrücken ) running in north-south direction .

geography

The closest cities are Schweich and Trier (both in the west). The closest places are Kenn in the west and Longuich , Longen , Mehring (Mosel) and Riol in the east. The triangle itself is located in the municipality of Longuich in the Trier-Saarburg district . It lies between the Eifel in the north and the Hunsrück in the south. If you follow the A1 from here into the Hunsrück, you will pass the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park .

The triangle is located directly between two river crossings. In the north is the crossing of the Moselle over the Moselle valley bridge , in the south the Feller Bach is crossed over the Fellerbachtal bridge. The Moselle Valley motorway triangle is located in the midst of vineyards in the Moselle wine region (wine-growing region) .

history

The triangle was built in the 1980s as part of the construction of Autobahn 1 and Bundesautobahn 48 between Saarbrücken and the Dernbacher Dreieck . So it is one of the youngest Autobahn triangles in Germany .

Traffic volume

From To Average
daily traffic volume		 Share of
heavy goods traffic
2005 2010 2015 2005 2010 2015
AS Schweich (A 1) AD Moselle valley 34,400 34,900 45,800 12.4% 12.6% 12.4%
AD Moselle valley AS Mehring (A1) 30,400 30,400 27,200 15.1% 14.6% 13.2%
AS Moselle Valley (A 602) AD Moselle valley 41,500 40,200 43,900 09.9% 09.1% 08.4%

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2010, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on August 25, 2017 .